We also lose plenty of apples from our three trees in the backyard so I am thinking of putting a mat underneath, maybe landscape fabric strung around the tree held by wood stakes and sloping down to a catch bucket. What do you think?
No reason why you can't do this. Fallen apples if clean and not bruised can be used at home but you should not sell them and they are unlikely to store well.
Sunset is pretty reliable, and widely receommended across the range of writers, but I must be fair and say this is the best ever crop on these trees.
They were planted as tiny one year maiden trees in the winter of 1999/2000 and have yielded about 20kg per tree this year. I propagated them all myself by bud grafting to MM106 stocks.
To achieve this size they were strongly thinned in May and again in July.
awesome video! i love this, i think im gonna make a orchid someday, how long does it take to get nice apple trees like that or atleast going more than 20 apples a harvest? thanks so much!
These trees were planted in 1999, they were just tiny sticks with no branches then. They have been cropping well for 4 or 5 years, this year is the best yet..
You can get a few apples 2 years after planting 2 year old trees, the usual size you get from nurseries. 5 years after planting you should be getting 20 or 30 apples per tree. Its definitely worth doing, you don't have to wait that long.
We also lose plenty of apples from our three trees in the backyard so I am thinking of putting a mat underneath, maybe landscape fabric strung around the tree held by wood stakes and sloping down to a catch bucket. What do you think?
fartyboy54 1 year ago
No reason why you can't do this. Fallen apples if clean and not bruised can be used at home but you should not sell them and they are unlikely to store well.
stephenhayesuk 1 year ago
Thanks for another great video!
If i may say, thats a huge harvest, my apple sunset is showing lots of potential for a bumper crop next year also.
mcgrimes 2 years ago
Sunset is pretty reliable, and widely receommended across the range of writers, but I must be fair and say this is the best ever crop on these trees.
They were planted as tiny one year maiden trees in the winter of 1999/2000 and have yielded about 20kg per tree this year. I propagated them all myself by bud grafting to MM106 stocks.
To achieve this size they were strongly thinned in May and again in July.
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
awesome video! i love this, i think im gonna make a orchid someday, how long does it take to get nice apple trees like that or atleast going more than 20 apples a harvest? thanks so much!
boxa888 2 years ago
These trees were planted in 1999, they were just tiny sticks with no branches then. They have been cropping well for 4 or 5 years, this year is the best yet..
You can get a few apples 2 years after planting 2 year old trees, the usual size you get from nurseries. 5 years after planting you should be getting 20 or 30 apples per tree. Its definitely worth doing, you don't have to wait that long.
stephenhayesuk 2 years ago
thanks for your great advice!
boxa888 2 years ago
Five Stars!!
MadBadVoodo 2 years ago
THANKS
MAMEMAN1975 2 years ago