My apple seedling

[debodun]

I started an apple from a seed last spring. It is now about 10" tall in the pot. I thought it was too young and tender to set it out over this winter, but I've heard an apple tree needs a cold spell. I am beginning to wonder what would be a good time to replant it.

 

[Chet]

I started an apple from a seed last spring. It is now about 10" tall in the pot. I thought it was too young and tender to set it out over this winter, but I've heard an apple tree needs a cold spell. I am beginning to wonder what would be a good time to replant it.

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I did the same thing and planted it in the spring when there was no danger of frost. It grew slowly but was eventually put under siege by insects and maybe a blight. I got tired of dealing with it after a few years and just cut it down. From what I read, it may not have had apples true to the original since orchard trees are grafted and not started from seeds, and even if it did, no one here probably would be alive to see it. Keep it inside and watch it do it's thing. Bonsai trees live inside.

 

[leastlongprime]

Probably need some rest before the spring growing season.
IIRC, new cambrian wood is added in the late winter, with no leaves.

You do know that your tree will be a crab apple, and useless for edibility and probably so as a rootstock.

 

[debodun]

I am just looking to replace the maple I had cut down last summer.

 

[leastlongprime]

crabapples have varying degrees of susceptibility to apple scab from severe to mild. Likewise to tree size. Avoid any top pruning if you want something like your natural maple.

 

[debodun]

Avoid any top pruning if you want something like your natural maple.

You answered my next question. Thanks.

 

[Barefootgirl]

Great job I wish I had green thumb.
Every plant comes to my house to die.

 

[Alligatorob]

I've heard an apple tree needs a cold spell.

I think that is only to produce fruit. A friend in Florida had a nice big apple tree, good shade, but no apples.

 

[Chet]

What once was mine.