Apple trees

hi i have been growing some apple trees from seed for a couple of months in my greenhouse, they are currently 3~5 inches.
can anybody give me some advice on the best way to keep them healthy through the winter?

 

Just keep them in as much sun as possible not too much water and frost free.

Now the bad news! Apple trees grown from pips don't follow the type of apple the pip came from. I shall let others far more knowledgeable on the subject take it from here. . . Cheers, Tony.

 

Yes, could could waste years waiting to find out whether they will be palatable or not, plus you wont know what size they'll grow to.

Or for about £5 (when the likes of Aldi sell them) you can get a bare rooted tree of a known variety that will start producing apples years before anything grown from a pip.

The only variety I've been informed (by a commercial apple grower) that has the most chance of growing true is Blenheim Orange.

 

thanks for the info, the main purpose in growing the trees is to form a boundry so im not to worried about the quality of fruit.... anything would be nice!

 

i had planned on buying the small bare root trees, but then when i calculated that i would need approx 400 trees it was starting to look very expensive, thats why im giving the pips a chance!

 

Interesting choice for a boundary What sort of boundary is it? Something to train horizontally along some wires? or a row of "small trees"? Or perhaps something else?

 

Not apples as such, but my neighbour's Cherry tree seeded in my containers last year (with the help of some birds no doubt). I just potted both of them on and left them outside in a sheltered spot over winter and they were fine.

 

i currently have a 1.5m stock fence in place, following a design i saw many years ago where 12inch apple trees were planted 1m apart at the base of the fence then trained to interlock with each other as they grow.

 

You might find these two links of interest:-

http://www.buckingham-nurseries.co.uk/acatalog/Index_Hedging__Trees__Shrubs___Conifers_1.html


http://www.botanica.org.uk/HedgingCommon.htm

BTW, welcome to the GC, forums Barry

 

Sounds lovely. A bit like this perhaps?

 

thats the general idea, but not sure if i can mantain those standards.