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Post by emseypop on Apr 27, 2009 9:57:50 GMT 1
Debidoos Mum had a real bargain about 18 months ago, three apple tree's for £15, the trouble was they had no labels, we know one is a cooking apple tree. We planted them on our allotment, I gave up the plot last year, now Debi and her Mom have decided to do the same, out came the apple trees. Debi's mon decided to keep the cooking apple tree, Debi will take the one that looks like an espalier to her new house, she has the perfect spot, and I was offered the other tree. We collected in on sat, Its over 6 ft, so I don't know how old it is, It went on the front seat and as its quite bendy, stretched across to the back seat. Debi mentioned that it would need pruning now i've planted it, but I'm not sure, i have a very complicated fruit book from the 70's telling me how to prune for the first 4 years, and winter pruning for established trees  Do you think I should cut it back or leave it?  Told you i couldn't get a decent blossom pic Sleepy   |
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Post by maggyd on Apr 27, 2009 16:28:14 GMT 1
I found this em
Open centred bush and standard trees: the pruning of these trees is very simple.The maiden stem is cut to a bud at the required height , and three or four of the resulting shoots which are well spaced are selected to form the main branches . Those coming out at a wide angle are best for this reason the top one or two are often cut out, as they tend to be too upright. From then on pruning is aimed at building up a cup shaped tree with well spaced branches.
Nothing in the way of detailed spur pruning need be attempted. It should always be remembered that hard pruning makes more vigorous growth, so that weak shoots need to be urged to grow stronger, they should be cut back to a few buds, but where vigour is needs to be reduced, only the slightest cutting back should be done.
I hope you can understand this em I havent a clue and O.H. just prunes ours where he thinks! I know when we had Ballerina at our last house we asked at the G.C. and was told to prune when the sap is rising so I take that as just as it is coming into growth.
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Post by debidoos on Apr 27, 2009 18:17:17 GMT 1
The one Tree was called Katja which i think is the cooking one, one is someone (I think James Grieves) but i can't remember the other at the mo.
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Post by emseypop on Apr 27, 2009 18:27:16 GMT 1
Thanks-Maggy what you've said is more or less the same as my book, I think I'll leave it for now and do as it says and prune in the winter.
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Post by maggyd on Apr 27, 2009 21:57:52 GMT 1
The one Tree was called Katja which i think is the cooking one, one is someone (I think James Grieves) but i can't remember the other at the mo. Hi Deb nice to see you here I hope you and little one are doing O.K. ;D You will soon know what it is when it fruits! I have a Cox,s that we got from Aldi its O.K. had a couple of apples. |
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Post by owdboggy on Apr 28, 2009 12:39:40 GMT 1
Katja or Katie is a red, early non-keeping eater, very sweet and tasty.
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Post by emseypop on Apr 28, 2009 13:14:08 GMT 1
Katja or Katie is a red, early non-keeping eater, very sweet and tasty. Thanks OB, that should really help us tell which is which, I hope thats the one i've got, i like the sound of that I think they'll be gobbled up quite quickly here, so that would suit us too. How are all your fruit tree doing, do you think you'll have tons of plums again this year? |
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Post by owdboggy on Apr 28, 2009 17:03:15 GMT 1
Certainly would have to be a bad year to be worse than last with plums, we had virtually none! Year before was the good one.
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Post by emseypop on Apr 28, 2009 17:05:22 GMT 1
Certainly would have to be a bad year to be worse than last with plums, we had virtually none! Year before was the good one. I can remember seeing a photo you posted OB, or boxes and boxes of plums, was that really the year before last!  |
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Post by owdboggy on Apr 28, 2009 20:46:31 GMT 1
That was boxes and boxes of apples and that was last Autumn, And we have got through most of them too.
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Do you think I should cut it back or leave it? 
