Lord Lambourne Apple

I have just been to Morrisons and bought a couple of Apple trees "Lord Lambourne" �£4.99 they are on MM 106 root stock. The question is will I be able to grow these sucessfully in a pot or would they be best in the ground.

They are about 4 feet tall at the moment, will I get any fruits this year?

I did read in a book once that you should take off the first years fruit buds is that true?

Thanks

Dave

 

They should be fine in pots, Dave. Just make sure the pots are big enough. Just a question to get sarra going, what are using for a pollinator? :D

 

Hi Dave

The neighbours have got different types of apple growing just over the fence, I am hoping one of these will do the job. I live in quite a built up area and all the houses have gardens.

I am trying to convince myself I don't need another tree space is a bit limited here.

Thanks for the reply

DaveGuy
now Dave G

 

Dave, ask your neighbours what varieties they have.

 

Hi Dave

I will try and find out I know the lady directly next door wont know as she did not plant nor cares about them (whooly aphid? and things like that going on) but the man behind will know (if he is talking to me, my son is 12 and keen on ball games in the garden)I will speak with him soon. I have not planted them out yet I am waiting for the frost's to stop. Or will it not matter about the cold nights??

Dave

 

Are they bare root Dave or in pots? If bare rooted you need to plant them as soon as poss.

 

Hi DAve

They are in a green bag, I guess this is to reduce the price but have the benefit of soil around the roots.
I have put them in the garden for todat (still in their packaging) but I will get them in tonight another cold night forcast.

Dave

 

I have never had any trouble with planting bare rooted fruit trees. I note that some DIY chain garden centres are selling potted fruit trees (at about double the price of bare-rooted specimens) but the small print says that they "are not established in the pot" ie they are bare-rooted trees that have been potted up to look good!

 

That's it I have had enough they are in, can't ask the man behind about his apple trees it seems he is playing hide and seek at the moment every time I look over the fence he has gone. The lady next door now wants me to pay for the new fence, who's idea was it to talk to her??

what a day!!

Dave

 

I bought one apple tree last year with the hope that it would be pollinated by another tree in the area. I was not left disapointed. I removed the fruit though to let the tree put its energy into putting some roots down.
This year I hope to be eating apple pie from my own apples

 

Hi CZ Silhouette

Welcome to GC
Lets hope you have a good year for them, I will find it really hard to take off the flowers ( I guess that's how you do it) if I have any and it will be even harder if it is next year before and flowers appear. I have a Brambley I bought a few yaers ago never seen a flower nor Apple yet, this is probably its last year I have moved it in the hope it will spur it into life.

Prastio
Yes I know what you are saying they will try anything to make a profit, always worth reading the small print (something I am normally quite good at).

Still they are in and I can see some green on the buds so lets hope they will be OK. The only thing that is worrying me is that it seems this is a "A" type pollinator (I think) and that seems rather uncommon. I have planted 2 trees will that cover the pollination issues or do they need to be different types of trees??

Dave

 

Dave, firstly, regarding your Bramley,It is what`s known as a Triploid. That means that it MUST have two differant varieties of apple, of the same group ( b ) to pollinate it. The most popular being Cox`s and James Greave. Secondly, you Lord Lambourne needs a differant variety of apple in the same group for pollination. The two varieties you should be able to get quite easily are,Egremont Russet and Idared. Hope this is of some help.

 

Re removing the flowers on a newly planted tree I removed all the fruitlets on my crab apple two years running to give the tree a chance to establish some strong roots it did the trick it is a sturdy little tree now.

 

Thanks Dave
I do a lot of shooting, so I'm quite lucky in the fact that I can gather apples,pears & blackberries free from the farms I shoot at. I must admit that if I did not have another source for apples I would not have been able to resist leaving at least one fruit on my tree.

 

Your apple is pollination group C which means if there are apples of pollination group B, C or D near, it should be pollinated OK.

see here

http://www.keepers-nursery.co.uk/searchpolpartner.aspx?id=LORLAM

According to the list above its just B or C but I've found one at either side (slightly earlier or later) will work.