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Apple Tree
Hi all,
We would like to plant some apple trees in our back yard. Our local Home Depot & Lowes store has some dwarf trees for sale, The trees are about 5 ft tall & look pretty much just like twigs. My question is does anyone know how long trees like this will take to grow & produce fruit? Thanks for reading my post. Big Duke |
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"Big Duke" wrote in message news:3BTLj.38$gT3.27@trndny02... Hi all, We would like to plant some apple trees in our back yard. Our local Home Depot & Lowes store has some dwarf trees for sale, The trees are about 5 ft tall & look pretty much just like twigs. My question is does anyone know how long trees like this will take to grow & produce fruit? Thanks for reading my post. Big Duke I planted 3 trees last spring, and allowed 1 apple to grow on the one that had fruit. My trees are semi-dwarf trees, which will grow larger than the dwarf ones. You might want to think about the area you have, and how big you'd want the trees to get to choose the right size. Then look into the varieties that grow well in your area and meet your desires for apple types. Then look at the local diseases and bugs, and which varieties resist them. I highly recommend going to a real nursery for this info. They will have better prepared info, better trained people, and more choices of trees. Saving $10-20 on a fruit tree is poor economy if it doesn't meet your needs. It can be a lifetime investment. Don't buy a tree for the varieties in the store unless you really love them. The less common varieties are often way better. |
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"Big Duke" wrote in message news:3BTLj.38$gT3.27@trndny02... Hi all, We would like to plant some apple trees in our back yard. Our local Home Depot & Lowes store has some dwarf trees for sale, The trees are about 5 ft tall & look pretty much just like twigs. My question is does anyone know how long trees like this will take to grow & produce fruit? Thanks for reading my post. Big Duke We were surprised at how big our dwarf fruit trees got. And we were told to plant 10' apart - that turned out to be too close. |
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"Srgnt Billko" wrote in message news:widMj.2167$vz2.1147@trndny05... "Big Duke" wrote in message news:3BTLj.38$gT3.27@trndny02... Hi all, We would like to plant some apple trees in our back yard. Our local Home Depot & Lowes store has some dwarf trees for sale, The trees are about 5 ft tall & look pretty much just like twigs. My question is does anyone know how long trees like this will take to grow & produce fruit? Thanks for reading my post. Big Duke We were surprised at how big our dwarf fruit trees got. And we were told to plant 10' apart - that turned out to be too close. And that's another issue. Did you get what it said it was? |
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