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Bradley Seedling Apple Tree
John Henderson
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We have a fairly large Bramley Seedling apple tree that we believe to be at least 12-15 years old, this year the crop was small in number and poor in quality, we took some apples and leaves to a local apple fair and were told the tree is suffering from Calcium deficiency. How best to treat the problem please, what with, how much, how and when. Thank you.
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If its not having a very heavy crop, has it lost one of its pollinators?
Bramleys need two pollinators or they will not set a good crop.
Sorry for delay in responding, PC problems. No mention of Bitter Pit but thanks for RHS link looks useful, had thought about fitting a treegator and slow watering/feeding with something like Maxicrop Cal-Sea-Feed or similar?
As far as I can remember there was normal blossom in the spiting and our Worcester Permian gave a good crop so think pollination was not a problem.
According to this site http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/pollinationchecker.aspx
Worcester Pearmain ought to pollinate a Bramley's Seedling so it shouldn't be a pollination problem.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.