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i've had very few apples on my trees this year. usually i have many more than this year. is it a weather issue?
I would be most grateful if you could advise me to Fruit Grafting courses coming up in the next few months in the Leinster area. I haven`t had any luck to date.
For the last two years we had a reasonable crop of apples which were maturing nicely but in the last two Septembers they have completely disappeared would magpies or buzzards have stolen them as we have a lot of both around the area, any clues
My two year old apple tree (KATJA ) has produced a wonderful crop for the first time and are delicious.However I have been told that I should not pick them all this time round.I'm not sure why as they will fall off eventually anyway. Is it something to do with energy or is it a rerun of the Biblical story of Adam in his garden ?
We have 3 apple trees in our front garden. We moved into the house nearly 2 years ago but do not know how old the trees are. They are quite mature though. We are fairly novice gardeners and in the last few weeks have found a grey sort of bubbly fungus on the trunks of all three (see photo). What is this? Is it bad? What can be done? As well from my readings I suspect the tree may have wholly aphids and apple scab. Is it ok to spray trees this time of year? What's the best way to do this with such large trees?
We have about 6 (out of about 12) apple trees that produced few leaves this year, leaves have brown spots, are dry and fruit is sparse. They look sick. The trees are about 13 years old, dwarf, not sure the specific types, but various types. We have lived here 3 years and the past 2 years have been healthy and produced lots of fruit. This year, lots of blossoms, but few leaves and then little fruit: and fruit that is produced had hard brown skin, cracked/woody. Even the trees in the orchard not effected by the brown spots have produced little or no good fruit. I guess it must be some form of apple scab disease (from reading your database). Is there anything I can do now (sept) for them? I really want to look after them. Is this a result of over-pruning? My poor trees! Please help. Thanks.
This appears to be a bad Summer for Pollination of Fruit trees in the West of Ireland.Can you give me some 'specific advise' about the pruning of young Fruit trees. The trees are only in their second year from the Garden Center and are Apple and Plum.
I bought an apple tree today. I can't find the information I am looking for on the internet. I wonder can you help me. It is Malus 'Redlane' and I would like to know does it need a second one to pollinate it.
Cooking apples are rotting on tree , leaves are curled.Most of the apples appear fine but some rot very quickly and fall.Any help would be appreciated.
my cooking apples which are a year planted are producing really big apples but close up the apples have huge fissures in them. i opened one and it looked perfect on the inside. its just unsightly on the outside. is it to do with inconsistant watering?
CAn you advise why my single apple tree had apples on for the first 2 years but none this year and how can I make sure it produces next year?
My dad's apple and pear trees are not bearing any fruit this year. He is wondering if it is due to a frost that may have occured when he was away in April.
Our Bramley is sick, its 30 years old lots of blossom but few apples and leaves are sparse except on the top, would it have suffered during the dry spell? Our soil acid dries out but none of the other trees have suffered. We have had a bumper crop each year and was expecting the same again because of the blossom and weather was good for setting,Is there anything I can do now water/ feed? All other fruit is ok and has cropped well.
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