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Apple Tree?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:51 am
by Frog Lips
I have an apple tree that I have grown from a pip!
It is now 5yr’s old, and six ft tall. I planted it outlast year, and it is thriving!
Can anyone tell me what I can expect of it i.e. will it ever fruit etc?
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:49 am
by red
i would expect it to fruit. what you will get though is anyone's guess
but hey.. bramley was grown from a pip - so maybe you will have somethng great?......
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:51 am
by Jack
Gidday
I think apples are one fruit that don't vary too much from what they come from but being from seed could be quite a few years waiting yet.
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 4:51 pm
by Frog Lips
Red/Jack!
Thank you for the replies! 8-)
Oh goody, I’m sooo pleased that I might well get fruit!
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:34 am
by mybarnconversion
Has it ever blossomed?
Are there other trees nearby for cross-pollination?
I'd have expected a 5 year old tree to have blossomed or fruited by now...
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 7:25 pm
by smile_sunshine
For most varieties they're not self-fertile so you need another apple tree (blossoming at the same time) nearby to cross-pollinate
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:00 am
by frozenthunderbolt
Pruning it back quite strongly - maybe 1/4 -1/3 - at the right time of year can also force seedlings to fruit sooner. Try find a reference to back that though - i think i saw it in one of my John Seymour books but am not certain