Howdy!
I live in Holland north of Austin.
I planted a couple of apple trees this year for the first time and am
wondering if there are any special things i need to do to insure apples
every year? I know that they need a certain amount of cold every winter
but there's not a lot i can do about that. Any suggestions would be
welcome.

Thanks
Alan

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 06:04:13 -0500, (Scruffy Dog) opined:

Howdy!
I live in Holland north of Austin.
I planted a couple of apple trees this year for the first time and am
wondering if there are any special things i need to do to insure apples
every year? I know that they need a certain amount of cold every winter
but there's not a lot i can do about that. Any suggestions would be
welcome.

Thanks
Alan

Only if you selected low chill hour varieties will you have apples. You also
need two apple trees for good pollination. Two varieties which are low chill
hours, which compliment one another are 'Granny Smith' and 'Mollies Delicious.'


Outside of low chill hours, making sure you have not planted the trees too
deeply and getting on a program of fertilization. A nice layer of compost and
mulch on top of the soil surrounding the trees is a sound way to insure good
soil structure.


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I have Mollies Delicious and Dorsett Golden. The Mollies is an excellent
pollinator or so the tag says. The dorsett tag says it's good for warm
winter climates, needing only 100 hours below 45=B0.

Thanks for the compost and mulch advice.

On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 12:20:36 -0500, (Scruffy Dog) opined:

I have Mollies Delicious and Dorsett Golden. The Mollies is an excellent
pollinator or so the tag says. The dorsett tag says it's good for warm
winter climates, needing only 100 hours below 45°.

Thanks for the compost and mulch advice.

Well, all you have to do is properly prune each year and stand back! You do
have two properly selected trees.

I would like to give a plug to a particular mulch I started using this year.
It's the Sylvan Formula. I don't know where the name comes from, but as far as
I know, Dromgoole created it and I cannot say enough about it.

The very same week I put it out only my perennial border in the front gardens
the plants responded. Not a small difference, a huge difference. So, I went
back and bought more and more and it is truly amazing stuff. So, now I use
the Revitilizer Mix and the Sylvan Formula and my plants are doing better than
they ever had before.

If you don't want to use it all over because of cost related issues, buy a few
bags (bag your own you get more for the money) and use it only on your trees.
It is great stuff.

Victoria


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