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Lalady Covington, LA(Zone 8b) Mar 10, 2004

I planted 2 year old apple, peach, plum trees last January. They say you should remove flowers the first year. Does that mean this year or last March?

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mominem Ashton, IL(Zone 5a) Mar 12, 2004

No one ever told me to remove the blossoms, so I never did. My apples never set fruit the first couple years after planting anyway. However my mom's did, and they were small and mealy. So if you did take off the blossoms again this year, you probably won't be missing out on a bumper crop or anything, and it will let the tree concentrate on growth.

Eileen

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 12, 2004

Lalady...were it me, I wouldn't mess w/em. Let 'em have at it!

Are they standard trees? Dwarfs? Semi-dwarfs? (Just curious.)
Your trees are now established and will do fine. My feeling is if you leave the flowers the local pollinators will establish their territory (and their homes) nearby, giving you good pollination in years to come. (Plus it sure would be a pain to go pick off all those flowers!)


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Lalady Covington, LA(Zone 8b) Mar 12, 2004

They are all standard trees. Im training the apples (2) in an espalier along a fence. There are only a few varieties that will grow in Louisiana and Ive never grown any before. So this is all new to me. Thanks for info.

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Horseshoe Efland, NC(Zone 7a) Mar 12, 2004

cool! I've always wanted to try espalier, just never have.

Hope you'll take some pics as you go along. That's gonna be a fun project!

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gretagreta (Zone 4b) Apr 01, 2004

I LOVE espalier! I started a plum espalier a few years back and really enjoyed the pruning and sculptural aspect. But I got over excited one time and snipped the top off which was dumb cause of course it started a new leader off to the side and it lost its beautiful lines... so DONT do that!! I plan on doing an extensive apple fence when I find some really cheap whips.
Greta

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