tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post4622649377421673418..comments2024-03-26T17:53:49.471+00:00Comments on Mark's Veg Plot: Apples and Pears - a progress reportMark Willishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-42380822944404125352012-06-26T21:18:33.662+01:002012-06-26T21:18:33.662+01:00I seem to have loads of apple on my tree, but only...I seem to have loads of apple on my tree, but only one fruit on the pear tree... I suspect the late frosts might have killed off most of the flowers.Sørenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05498022011073557015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-87915146434080157342012-06-26T12:55:45.498+01:002012-06-26T12:55:45.498+01:00I suspect the 'best in the UK' title will ...I suspect the 'best in the UK' title will go elsewhere in future.Lizhttp://www.suburbantomato.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-91056502747754561162012-06-26T12:01:43.493+01:002012-06-26T12:01:43.493+01:00Hope you get a crop! I had no idea apples were so ...Hope you get a crop! I had no idea apples were so labor intensive!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490964982321159910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-1710029367160811012012-06-26T10:22:20.846+01:002012-06-26T10:22:20.846+01:00It looks like you'll have success with the app...It looks like you'll have success with the apples. The tree which I bought earlier this year hasn't blossomed so no apples for me this year.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-24406540058935237422012-06-26T10:08:28.337+01:002012-06-26T10:08:28.337+01:00Yes I recognised my little friend even with long f...Yes I recognised my little friend even with long finger nails.<br /><br />Our pears usually fruit each year but all the fruitlets that had formed have disappeared but the apples have set fruit and it seems plenty have remined after the June drop. You are disciplined removing fruit Mark<br /><br />Pruning remians a mystery in spite of seeing it done lots of times on gardening programmes I just go by instinct.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-33530803673498187442012-06-26T09:29:31.844+01:002012-06-26T09:29:31.844+01:00Our pears had lots of frothy blossom, but the stro...Our pears had lots of frothy blossom, but the strong winds blew off all the forming fruit in the first couple of weeks, so there will be no pears for us this year either. We have a few apples coming though, like you, and strangely the peach tree, which is more exposed than anything else in the garden at a dozen feet high at least, still has lots of fruit fattening up despite wave after wave of storms this year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-299959224407527042012-06-26T04:33:39.257+01:002012-06-26T04:33:39.257+01:00Hi Mark, wishing you success with apples this year...Hi Mark, wishing you success with apples this year! Another blogger I follow last year did a post about how she grows organic apples. She found a supplier of small, nylons (like women's stockings) and one is placed around ever small apple and then stretches with it during the growing season. She reports success despite it being a bit of a pain, but says she gets a crop with using pesticides. I hope my apple tree will get big enough to try it out some day. Cheers, JenniRainy Day Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06139202327960366363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-73638073556391940322012-06-26T00:50:04.897+01:002012-06-26T00:50:04.897+01:00Good luck. I have a plum tree that is an aphid mag...Good luck. I have a plum tree that is an aphid magnet too. At the beginning of the season I can just rub them off at the top, but eventually they get out of control.Daphne Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305049560953735881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-6077068195350361902012-06-25T23:47:44.445+01:002012-06-25T23:47:44.445+01:00Good luck there Mark. I have two immature apple tr...Good luck there Mark. I have two immature apple trees but they are growing rather badly. I would love apples and pears.veggiegobblerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17455990251167385168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-60563561517664215342012-06-25T21:48:31.737+01:002012-06-25T21:48:31.737+01:00Fingers crossed for your apples Mark! I would love...Fingers crossed for your apples Mark! I would love to have some fruit from the apple, plum and pear trees but the squirrels simply eat the blossom...one day perhaps...Green Dragonettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11577026799637153889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-41271638092728432432012-06-25T21:09:18.368+01:002012-06-25T21:09:18.368+01:00I've got a similar situation this year. Apple ...I've got a similar situation this year. Apple tree nil Apples. Pear tree 1 pear, Plum tree nil Plums. Cherry tree growing well but still to young to produce fruit.Rookohttp://rookosallotment.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-13652981082134129702012-06-25T19:42:00.448+01:002012-06-25T19:42:00.448+01:00Maybe next you will get a bumper pear crop? In my ...Maybe next you will get a bumper pear crop? In my mind fruit is generally difficult to grow so I'm always impressed when others get a good crop. I've noticed apples developing on my container apple tree but I think the moths/caterpillars ruined quite a few.Kellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263430746482725687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-10809089614118734502012-06-25T18:51:38.883+01:002012-06-25T18:51:38.883+01:00Those apples are very impressive to me, I would ea...Those apples are very impressive to me, I would eat them at that stage: love the tart taste of green unripened apples!Marinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05573855440431259324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3840827850297141825.post-88243190976367266742012-06-25T18:13:39.808+01:002012-06-25T18:13:39.808+01:00Looks good so far. I have tried to plant apple tre...Looks good so far. I have tried to plant apple trees a couple times now but they have died. I really would love to have one so I am sure I will keep trying.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.com