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Apple tree aphids

mjhulbertmjhulbert Posts: 8
edited June 2018 in Fruit & veg
I have a three year old apple tree but it’s always been blighted with aphids ,I did have some blossom but  will I ever get fruit.    ???

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  • PalustrisPalustris Posts: 4,307
    Aphids do not stop a tree from producing apples. Is there another Apple tree near enough for cross pollination? Some Apples need pollen from two other trees to produce fruit.
  • mjhulbertmjhulbert Posts: 8
    It’s self pollinating ,but there is another older tree next door too.   !
  • mjhulbertmjhulbert Posts: 8
    Berghill said:
    Aphids do not stop a tree from producing apples. Is there another Apple tree near enough for cross pollination? Some Apples need pollen from two other trees to produce fruit.
    It’s self pollinating ,but there is another apple tree next door too !
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A three year old apple tree is still  a baby ... like most living things, they need to grow up a bit before they reproduce  :)

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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