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Distance of apple trees for pollination

alfharris8

alfharris8 Posts: 513

May 2021 in Plants

How close do apple trees need to be to allow for pollination if they are not self fertile?
Thanks.

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Liriodendron Posts: 8,328

May 2021

Someone told me that bees will fly up to a mile between trees - so they don't both need to be in your garden to get pollinated...

Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
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alfharris8 Posts: 513

May 2021

Crikey! That's amazing, thanks

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bertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697

May 2021

It also depends on the type of apple you are growing.
Have a look at
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/pdfs/applepollinationgroups.pdf

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