growing apple pips

Awwww...'cmon, I shape live wood....not dead :D :D

 

What are you gonna make out of that then. :D

 

:D Probably a fortune when an expert in living art sees them!
:D

 

No comment :D

 

Ok...I'll come clean! My kids planted them and I did not want massive fruit trees....My wife does not like wasps..which of course comes with the fruits,because hospital food she don't like..What would you folk do,throw away a bit of your kids past or tinker with their present?
I see it as letting them grow ..but with a little bit of control from Dad

 

sounds fair enough.

 

I think they're great, Paladin! Do they flower?
Apples, pears, cherries usually grow fairly easily from seed if left alone , but it is a long wait if you're wanting fruit, and has been said, you don't know what you'll get.
If you want to try them as bonsai it will be best to put them in an outside bed for at least 2 years before digging them up to prune their roots. You can grow them on in pots but their stems thicken up better in the ground.

 

Until last year I have pruned them and taken off the previous years growth,but I hope they will bud this year and flower and give fruit that I can give my kids when they visit.

 

Hi Sampsoph, regarding the apple trees and their fruit:
As far as I know if you grow a fruit plant from seed , it will have to have a little "operation" later in life in order to bear acceptable fruits in size and taste.
There are many ways to do it, some less drastic than others (you will have a few years to get some documentation...).
Here I enclose a link which shows you some pictures which will give you a rough idea of what I am talking about.
http://www.vogliaditerra.com/ulivi/innesto/innesto.htm

 

hows your apple pips doing, i tried a few got 1 surviving planted it out and it died so i doubt i will be trying that again.
from rosa

 

I haven't tried apple pips as I have a Ballerina tree already but I do have a Pear seedling about cm tall started in the Autumn and two Lychees 6cm and 10cm tall started at Christmas. At the moment they all live under a shrub for protection. I may Bonsai the Pear and one Lychee for my collection and let the other Lychee grow.