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re: 2022 Spring Garden Thread
Posted on 1/17/22 at 11:05 am to Longer Tail Tiger
Posted on 1/17/22 at 11:05 am to Longer Tail Tiger
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What kind of apple trees do you have?
I've got a Cinnamon Spice and Winter Banana apple tree. I wanted to try something a little different than the traditional Anna or Golden Delicious varieties you see down here even though I may not be as successful with consistent production. These 2 I found though have pretty low chill hour req's. About 350-400 hrs. I'm right on the line between the 150-500hr and 500-750hr zones below so I should hit my mark most years.
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Have you been picking apples from them?
I planted both of them in the spring of 2019 so they are both still small. I actually got a couple apples started on the winter bannana tree this past year. I've had blooms on both trees though so I'm hopeful they will both produce with time.
That first summer was rough on them though, especially the smaller cinnamon spice tree. They both got hit with apple rust but it hit the cinnamon spice real hard. I thought I was going to lose it. I treated it and it recovered though. The 2nd year Laura came through and stripped all the leaves on them. 2021 has been the only year they haven't had some adversity to battle through. Of course we have had a mild winter overall so I probably won't hit the chill hour requirement
I'm fine with it though because they are both still pretty small so I'd rather they focus on growth. Any apples I get right now will not have a large canopy to shade it from the sun and probably not do well anyways.
Sorry about the absurdly large image. I don't know how to resize it.
Posted on 1/18/22 at 9:11 am to BallsEleven
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Sorry about the absurdly large image. I don't know how to resize it.
I wouldn’t worry about that. I’m sure there are some aging posters who appreciate a large, high resolution image.
But if you wanted to resize, after the image web address hit space and type in width=XXX. "XXX" being the size such as 350 or 400 for example. Easy peazy.
Posted on 1/18/22 at 9:45 am to BallsEleven
I'm thinking your Cinnamon Spice and Winter Banana apple tree, based on what you've said, are well on their way to becoming very nice trees that'll reward you with nice apples in the near future taking in account your location. I'd never heard of either variety. I like the choice you made of trying different varieties. As far as the image, I like and appreciate it and everything else you posted.
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