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Bramley Seedling

Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
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I have a Bramley seedling but it has not produced very good results over the past two years There is one other old apple tree very close (I do not know the variety). Should I buy another type of apple tree for pollination?

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  • Chrissy the gardenerChrissy the gardener Posts: 1,072

    Bramley is a very poor pollinator it needs at least two other apple trees for decent pollinatio. Don't forget they must be different kinds of apples and blossom at the same time.

  • Chrissy the gardenerChrissy the gardener Posts: 1,072

    Pansy face you beat me to it.

  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    Thank you Pansyface and Chrissy the gardener. There is an old tree in my garden which has apples like a Worcester and there are neighbours' apple trees nearby. I planted the Bramley about 4 years ago but it has had a miserable couple of years! Perhaps I should use some sort of fertiliser?
  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    Thanks again! There is quite a lot I can do then. I have got a lot of unused compost I can use, I do get quite a bit of couch grass under the tree which is a real pain to get rid of and I will maybe use some bonemeal in Spring. Fingers crossed I will get more Bramleys this year!



    I wouldn't mind getting another tree but they all seem to be grafted on to dwarf rootstock. I would quite like to buy one that would grow bigger, I do have a fair size garden.
  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    The list on keepers nursery will be really useful too.
  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    Oh really? I thought (mistakenly) if I bought another apple tree that was large I wouldn't have to wait so long! Ha ha, wrong again. Still, I might get one anyway. Will think about it.
  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    The list on keepers nursery will be really useful too.
  • Lynn DLynn D Posts: 32
    Thank you Pansyface and Chrissy the gardener. There is an old tree in my garden which has apples like a Worcester and there are neighbours' apple trees nearby. I planted the Bramley about 4 years ago but it has had a miserable couple of years! Perhaps I should use some sort of fertiliser?
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