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Bramley Apple Tree

Stephen HawgoodStephen Hawgood Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg

I brought a Bramley Seedling 20 tree last spring and planted it, only afterwards did I realise it was a triploid (needing 3 different pollinators) so I decided to buy a Braeburn cordon earlier this year to help. Both blossomed well and have both got fruit, i owe a big thanks to the bees who have obviously been visiting other apple trees somewhere near by.

I'm not sure of the age of these trees be it 1/2 years but is there any way I can justify keeping some of the fruit this year or should I be the responsible longer term gardener and let the trees establish more. both are grown and staked as cordons.

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  • LoganLogan Posts: 2,532
    You're lucky I had to wait 4 years for mine to flower if they got a lot of fruit may be thin them out.
  • steephillsteephill Posts: 2,841

    I would remove all the fruit this year and allow one or two next year just to check that they are in fact the varieties you chose. Trees are long term investments and will do best if allowed to build roots first.

  • Jimmy CrawfordJimmy Crawford Posts: 468

    Yup let them flower as you'll just stress the trees if you pinch the flowers out. Once they have formed tiny green fruits, pinch them out.

  • Stephen HawgoodStephen Hawgood Posts: 3

    Thanks for the advice all, I'll try and follow it although I may 'accidentally' miss one when I pinch them out.image

  • Jill StephensJill Stephens Posts: 26

    My Young Bramley is about 5 years old and full of fruit but has leaf curl, and when I open them up they are full of ants. Is the curling leaf a disease, are the ants the cause, and will it/they affect the fruit. What should I do. The same thing is affecting my young cherry tree and the apricot tree. Help!

    Jill

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    I thinks it will be aphids that the ants are after and aphid sucking activities make the leaves curl.

     



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jimmy CrawfordJimmy Crawford Posts: 468

    Spray bottle with some dilute dish soap in it. Open up the leaves and give them a good spray. That'll dry the aphids out and kill them. Don't use a pesticide on a fruiting plant if you want to eat the fruit. You can put a circle of ant powder around the base of the tree to keep the ants of it if you want to.

  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445

    Reading the thread about missing bees, maybe lay off the insecticides all together. 



    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Jill StephensJill Stephens Posts: 26

    Thanks Jimmy, I will do that. But also would like to know if the aphids enter the fruit and damage it?

    Jill

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,138

    Hang a bird feeder in the tree to attract blue tits and great tits etc - they'll get the aphids and any other bugs and critters in the tree for you image


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





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