My Apple Tree

[debodun]

I stated from a seed. Don't ask what kind.

 

[Chet]

I once did the same thing. When it got big enough, I planted it outside. It grew slowly year after year until I got tired of babying it and just cut it down. Supposedly, they won't produce apples original to the apple it came from, so you don't know what you'll get. Orchard apple trees are from grafts.

 

[debodun]

I just wanted to see what would happen. There was a seed sprouting when I cut the apple open and didn't have the heart to throw it out, so I stuck it in a small pot with potting soil. Just a fun thing to do and I don't mind if it ever makes apples.

 

[Murrmurr]

I just wanted to see what would happen. There was a seed sprouting when I cut the apple open and didn't have the heart to throw it out, so I stuck it in a small pot with potting soil. Just a fun thing to do and I don't mind if it ever makes apples.

I'm not sure that's a baby apple tree, Deb. Apple tree leaves have smooth edges; they don't have little pointy things around the edge. Give it a few weeks or so and see if the edges smooth out.

If you want, you can gently pull it up and see what kind of seed is at the root, but you'd have to do that now, before it's completely gone (the seed, I mean).

 

[Murrmurr]

I'm not sure that's a baby apple tree, Deb. Apple tree leaves have smooth edges; they don't have little pointy things around the edge. Give it a few weeks or so and see if the edges smooth out.

If you want, you can gently pull it up and see what kind of seed is at the root, but you'd have to do that now, before it's completely gone (the seed, I mean).

Oh - maybe depends what kind of apple it is.

 

[debodun]

Here a video of someone that started apples from seed. They have erose leaves. You don't have to watch the whole thing - fast forward to about 13:30.

 

[Aunt Bea]

 

[Bellbird]

If it does fruit it could take years coming from a seedling, but it's worth the wait and see, it might make a good specimen in the pot.

 

[debodun]

Progress report - it's getting to be quite a large seedling now despite it's setbacks. Difficult to tell against the green grass background.

 

[hollydolly]

Is this the one the gardener knocked out ?

 

[debodun]

Is this the one the gardener knocked out ?

Yes, that's why I mentioned it had setbacks. It also showed signs of cedar rust earlier in the year, but it looks as if it dropped those leaves.

 

[hollydolly]

Yes, that's why I mentioned it had setbacks. It also showed signs of cedar rust earlier in the year, but it looks as if it dropped those leaves.

well you're taking great care of it, it's looking very healthy !

 

[Murrmurr]

The "setbacks" caused multiple main-stems....two, at least, right? I hope they both fruit.

This could get interesting.

 

[debodun]

Two lanky bifurcations. Maybe next year I'll prune it and see what happens.

 

[Murrmurr]

Two lanky bifurcations. Maybe next year I'll prune it and see what happens.

Prune it down to one? I hope you wait a few years or so....unless a bifurcated trunk is unhealthy for apple trees.
Do you know if it is?

 

[debodun]

 

[debodun]

I can probably look up info on apple tree pruning online.

 

[Murrmurr]

I can probably look up info on apple tree pruning online.

Or google images of "apple trees with bifurcated trunks". If there aren't any, then maybe having multiple trunks is fatal for for apple trees.

 

[Murrmurr]

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I don't know much, either. In fact, I only recently learned the word "bifurcated".