"cshenk" wrote
"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?

Followup, they survived well and we left 1 fruit on each though they didn't
come to full size.

Now, they are fallow in winter. In 2 months, (maybe less, weather depends)
we will see shoots and flowers erupt all over them. I can't wait!