growing apple pips

Hello,
Late last summer i planted some apple seeds, but nothing ever came of them, so i put the pot outside by my bird table and gave up on them.
now a few weeks ago i noticed some seedlings coming up, i thought they were stray sunflower seeds we had loads of them last year, but on close inspection this evening, i noticed the second lot of leaves on the shoot had like a spikey edge, and two seedlings actually still had the husk of the apple seed still on it. I can't beleive these tiny little seeds survived the ice and snow this winter
but anyway, back to my question, am i right in thinking these won't grow to bare fruit? they were bought ones from asda?
Gill

[ 01. April 2006, 09:16 PM: Message edited by: samsoph ]

 

They might well bear fruit, but its a gamble and they are not likely to be better or anything like the apple they came from.
Its interesting to grow them, though it could be quite a few years before they bear any fruit.

 

Well, they will if you wait long enough, minimum of 5 years. AND the chances of the fruit being anything other than crab apples are very small. AND since they will be on their own roots you are looking at 25 feet plus trees eventually. BUT you never know, Granny Smith did it!

 

Six years approx! I have one that fruited last year.
I will post a pic tomorrow of the tree...but I promise you,it will look quite different to any Apple tree you may have seen before :rolleyes:

 

thank you all for your replies,
i think i have got about 15 in the tray, they are probably about 1 1/2 inches high, the tray is very small, (its a plastic container i bought mushrooms in) how long do you think they can be in there for before they need more space, i will post a pic tomorrow?
Paladin, i would love to see the pic of your tree.
Gill

 

Trying to bonsai a couple in pots might be fun Samsoph.

 

Hi dave,
that certainly is an idea! i have plenty to practice with...better start reading up on that idea,
thanks for the suggestion
Gill

 

Forgot to add that I have one in a pot that hasn't fruited yet and that's been in there for ten years...I'll post that one too

 

Do give it a go I have a friend with a apple tree growing in a rockery only left there because it has lovely apples, sweet, juicy, and with a bit of sharpness, and that came of it's own accord. Each year these apples are eagerly awaited, they don't keep, which is lucky for me, and there is a pink tint in the flesh. It is pruned back occaisionally seems to be quite happy.
[so am I as we won 2 nil yesterday Shrewsbury.]

 

OK,here they are...not your average specimens!
The kids planted them and I am assured the actual age of the "trees" are in fact
Ten years..


and Fourteen years.

 

Hi Hans,
i'm definatly going to give them a go they've got two chances as i'm hardly charlie dimmock, lol

Paladin..wow..what can i say, i certainly haven't seen anything like these before, and this is how they grew naturally? they look like some abract decorations you see in posh modern houses, lol thanks for showing me..here are my little babes

Gill

 

Not exactly naturally I'm afraid...a little twist here..a little graft there... :rolleyes:
You know what it's like...when the lawns are cut,the weeding done..there's always something to fiddle with

 

The word 'Grotesque' comes to mind

Hope I've spelt that right.

 

:D :D
Artistic/sadistic manipulation of nature :D

 

You've certainly got a nasty streak, and you've been found out, with those pics.
No more Mr Nice Guy. :D