Apple tree advice please :)

Morning all,

Me & my aunty planted some fruit trees in Feb and the apply tree seemed to get a bit of a battering when it was chucked over the fence by the delivery man.

The top looked dead and upon gently scraping some bark the top (well approx 60% of the tree) showed no growth.

Only last week did the first leaves appear near the bottom of the tree and so now I have a apple tree that is alive for the first 40% and dead for the remaining top 60% of the plant.

What should I do?

Thanks for your replies,

Samuel

 

So long as the bottom growth is above the "graft" then just cut off the top dead bit and encourage the bottom growth.

Apple trees grow quickly when they are young, so it should replace the damaged part, and a fair bit more, before the summer is out. (Provided it isn't on a dwarf rooting stock, they are slowed (Obviously!) and a lot more fussy.