Blushing golden apple trees at Home Depot

[Charles Clear]

I was at home depot yesterday and saw some really nice looking trees. They were Blushing Golden apple trees. Would these make a decent apple tree for deer? They also had some bagged honey crisp trees for 20$ I was thinking of buying too.

 

[Northbound]

I know nothing about blushing some l apple, but I'd like to hear others input on those bag trees. Been seeing them at many retailers. Nice size trunk and branched. Just looks like to much tree to be in like 2 qts of soil. Not to mention they all have them indoors

 

[Charles Clear]

They had them outside, but I agree, the trees in the bags were huge and the roots looked small. Honeycrisp is definitely on my bucket list for a late hanging apple.

 

[aerospacefarmer]

They had them outside, but I agree, the trees in the bags were huge and the roots looked small. Honeycrisp is definitely on my bucket list for a late hanging apple.

Honeycrisp don’t hang too long. They are ripe in mid to late sept so they won’t last too long. Maybe goldrush or Enterprise would be better choice

 

[Prof.Kent]

Honeycrisp don’t hang too long. They are ripe in mid to late sept so they won’t last too long. Maybe goldrush or Enterprise would be better choice

My honeycrisp hang long but they do get softer by November. Freezes do that.

 

[Charles Clear]

Me neighbors Honeycrisp hang late too. Very late actually

 

[Charman03]

I'm always so tempted by the lowes, Home Depot and tsc trees, but I'm to the point now where I only want certain trees on certain rootstocks and realize growing a tree is a lot of effort, so I usually just hold out for what I really want as hard as it can be sometimes

 

[H20fwler]

I’m not familiar with the Blushing Golden either, I do have Honeycrisp and like them for eating and for wildlife. Honeycrisp can last for a couple months on the tree depending on hard freezes and wind.
Trouble with a lot of box store trees is unknown rootstocks, some do list them others just say dwarf semi or standard. If you have all kinds of room and aren’t fussy about rootstock they are worth trying.
If space is an issue order exactly what you want, other than that I think it’s always better to plant a fruit tree than not. Trying new or different varieties can be fun.

 

[g squared 23]

I am too limited on space to try any trees on unknown rootstock. Already tried that, and now I'm going to have to pull out dead stumps and plant resistant trees on known rootstock. Oh well, live and learn the hard way.


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[Tree Spud]

Purchased 4 bartlett pear trees from HD 3 years ago. The main trunk was 3-4' tall and when I went to transplant the root ball was about the size of a softball. Clearly they had over trimmed to save on shipping costs. Three never made it through the 1st year. The 4th is still hanging on but has had very poor growth.