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Apples falling off trees?
A lot of apples are falling from the trees due, I suspect, to the dry weather we are having. At this rate we will have none to eat through the winter, should I pick them now, although they are not yet ripe, and store them in the hope they will ripen in storage? Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk |
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Apples falling off trees?
In article , Alan Holmes
writes A lot of apples are falling from the trees due, I suspect, to the dry weather we are having. At this rate we will have none to eat through the winter, should I pick them now, although they are not yet ripe, and store them in the hope they will ripen in storage? They should continue to ripen in storage (the ones that are ready for eating from Dec onwards *have* to finish their ripening in storage). I'd suggest picking the ones that come away easily when you gently lift them, but leaving the rest for a little longer. -- Kay Easton Edward's earthworm page: http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm |
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Apples falling off trees?
Kay Easton wrote in message ...
In article , Alan Holmes writes A lot of apples are falling from the trees due, I suspect, to the dry weather we are having. At this rate we will have none to eat through the winter, should I pick them now, although they are not yet ripe, and store them in the hope they will ripen in storage? They should continue to ripen in storage (the ones that are ready for eating from Dec onwards *have* to finish their ripening in storage). I'd suggest picking the ones that come away easily when you gently lift them, but leaving the rest for a little longer. Sound sense. But it's worth asking if by any chance the trees are getting shaded by others nearby finally growing that bit too tall without your having noticed. I mention this because it's happened to me: I'm incurably careless, and let a field hedge on the sunny side get too tall, and the apples started to drop. Similarly a damson which always flowers well but used to lose its fruit is bearing well this year after I've chopped down a misplaced cypress. Mike. |
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