I have two apple trees which were planted in my yard, one in front
other in back, by a friend. They usually bloom about the same time in
early spring, but in the two springs they have lived here, each has
had only a few blossoms. Now it is October and they are coming out
all over the place.

One is a, I think, Pink Lady and the other is a crabby. Freezes are
rare here around south Houston. Assuming they manage to pollenize (?)
each other, what might my chances be of seeing a few apples this
winter?

Mycosimian wrote:
I have two apple trees which were planted in my yard, one in front
other in back, by a friend. They usually bloom about the same time in
early spring, but in the two springs they have lived here, each has
had only a few blossoms. Now it is October and they are coming out
all over the place.

One is a, I think, Pink Lady and the other is a crabby. Freezes are
rare here around south Houston. Assuming they manage to pollenize (?)
each other, what might my chances be of seeing a few apples this
winter?

Most of my experience is with cold winters here in the Midwest. I
imagine that if you have no frosts to kill the blossoms and there are
insects around to pollinate them, you could get apples. It seems
strange that they did not produce more blossoms this spring, yet are
doing so now.

Sherwin

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Sherwin wrote:

Mycosimian wrote:
I have two apple trees which were planted in my yard, one in front
other in back, by a friend. They usually bloom about the same time in
early spring, but in the two springs they have lived here, each has
had only a few blossoms. Now it is October and they are coming out
all over the place.

One is a, I think, Pink Lady and the other is a crabby. Freezes are
rare here around south Houston. Assuming they manage to pollenize (?)
each other, what might my chances be of seeing a few apples this
winter?

Most of my experience is with cold winters here in the Midwest. I
imagine that if you have no frosts to kill the blossoms and there are
insects around to pollinate them, you could get apples. It seems
strange that they did not produce more blossoms this spring, yet are
doing so now.

Sherwin

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strange that they did not produce more blossoms this spring, yet are
doing so now.

Sherwin

During winter here, temps tend to get up into the 80's between cold
fronts. They don't seem to like having their beauty sleep
interrupted.

Is this a good time to plant apples?

Wil wrote:
Is this a good time to plant apples?


Yes. Depends somewhat on what climate zone you are in. I would
wait for the tree to go dormant and/or drop all it's leaves. The
advantage of fall planting is that the lower ground takes longer to
freeze than the surface. This gives the tree some time to get it's
root structure going without the added strain of putting out top
growth as in the regular growing season. I would cover the tree around
the drip line with mulch, except near the trunk, to keep the ground
temperature more uniform. That winter sun can sometimes do damage
and you don't want the ground freezing and thawing alternately.

Sherwin