"Tom J" wrote
cshenk wrote:

I planted them late fall, later than normally advised and with the far
harsher than normal winter on the east coast, expected they had died.

2 weeks ago we saw buds. Last week we saw a few greening bits. Today,
literally overnight one burst into bloom

If you want to have strong healthy apple trees, as soon as they set fruit,
you'll be out there pulling them all off this 1st season!!

Hi Tomj, This is a very old message. 9 April 2010.

It's a followup to one sent 24 October 2009 when I planted these 2 trees.
"I just planted 2. One is a Yellow Delicious semi-dwarf and the other is a
Granny Smith. They are about 15 ft apart."

I lost track of this group when Cox removed newsgroups. Someone just
mentioned it in the home repair newsgroup and I went 'oh yeah!'.

You were right. They fruited like crazy but we carefully enjoyed the blooms
then removed all the fruit. There were probably at least 20 on the yellow
delicious and at least 5 on the granny smith.

Now it's time for their second winter. They've grown a bit but not hugely
nor did I expect that. As they are still filling out, I think no trimming
this fall. They are both about 6ft tall. We had to use some mild apple tree
sprays on them for a leaf mold in spring when it was wetter than normal but
otherwise nothing. In spring we'll do more fruit tree spikes (just a few,
let'em reach natures point mostly).

Ok to let 1-2 fruits this next year try to develop?