Jonagold Apple trouble (emergency)

Hi
After ordering a Jonagold Apple Tree. I could not wait to receive the tree. The tree arrived only 12" tall but looking very healthy I planted it in a pot and it has wilted badly so I have taken it out of the pot and put in the garden soil. I have had a lot of trouble with seeds this year (same compost John Innes) do you think that I have done the right thing by putting it direct into the garden soil (I wanted it in a pot on the patio really)?????

It seems to have picked up a little in the last day but looks like very small brown patches on the leaves. I can't understand how a plant that looked so healthy could become so wilted overnight??

Help I am panicking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was really looking forward to getting some apples next year (if they bear fruit that quick)

Thanks

Dave : :confused:

 

Dave

Did you buy the tree bare routed of was it in another pot? Its not recommended repotting fruit trees while the sap is rising so should normally be dony during the autumn. Keep watering the tree regulalry and make sure it doesnt dry out and it may recover

Arun

 

Hi Arun

It was a bear rooted plant with some tissue like stuff around the roots. I removed the tissue as it looked like it was binding the roots together. It still looks wilted but it does look a little better today. Do you think I should leave it where it is for now and can move it to a pot in the autumn??

I was hoping to be able to overwinter it in the greenhouse and then there would be no worries of late frosts killing the buds.

Thanks for the earlier reply

Dave

 

Hi Davidguy, there is no way on this planet that you are going to get fruit from this plant next year if it is only 12" tall now. The plant needs to be at least 3 years old before you will see an apple and what you have is a seedling , possibly a year old. I hope you didn`t pay much for it. It`s in the ground now so leave it there but keep a close eye on it. I would not recommend trying to repot it until late Autumn, even then if it has established itself I would be more likely to leave it alone. Also, even if it was old enough to bear fruit you do realise that you need another 2 different pollinating trees. And if you have just received this plant bareroot I would suggest you change your supplier. David.

 

Hi
No I only paid �£9.50 for it. I will leave it where it is for now but I will need to move it in the Autumn, yes there are apple trees up and down the road where I live. I will certainly not buy from this supplier again.

Thanks for the help

David Guy

 

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NINE POUNDS FIFTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That is criminal. the Dingle Nursery in Welshpool sell bare rooted fruit trees in Autumn/Spring, ready for planting as 5 year maidens at a height of about 6 to 8 feet tall for (this last year) between �£9.50 and �£12.50. depending on variety and level of training.
You were rooked!

 

Thanks for that wiseoldowl, you are right I will learn from this, oh by the way the tree (seedling) is looking slightly better although I will have to move it in the Autumn.

Thanks again

Dave

 

Sorry David, I was not intending to criticise you. It was the suppliers. They should be named and shamed. We have all been there and not just in garden things!

 

No offence taken Palustris, I think it is probably going to survive. On the plus side if I do ever eat an Apple of this tree I will enjoy it all the more and will have a story to go with any I give away (if it produces).
I did look on the site you advised about but could not see any of this type I guess as it is the wrong time of year for this they will put them on when they are available.

Best wishes
Dave

 

Hi
Sorry to bring this to the top again but I have tried various places to get a "Jonagold" Apple tree and cannot seem to find any one who has them!!
I have emailed the Dingle Nursery in Welshpool but have not heard back yet, any ideas where I can get one of these Apples without going back to the previous supplier that was too expensive for such a small plant.

By the way the plant I did get has survived the summer and I now plan to move it to a better position in the garden, is it a good time now before the frosts start???

Thanks again

Dave

 

Have you tried Brogdale?

 

Hi Dave, I am really surprised you cannot get hold of Jonagold. If I were you I would go to my nearest (independent) garden centre and ask them to get you one. David,

 

You can always buy loads of jonagold apples around here in the autumn.
I tend to think its nice to grow a variety thats not quite so commercial.
That means looking up on the varieties available and perhaps going along to a tasting.
They do this sort of thing at Wisley Davidguy, and thats not far from you.