All, had a question about fruit trees I planted from seed.
About 5 years ago my kids and I gathered some small crab apples, Fuji apples and galas, as well as some type of pear that was growing wild at my sons school. We did the whole stratifying thing and the trees have been planted in grow tubes since probably spring of 2011. The crabs we planted were indian summer.
I am fully aware of the issues with fruit trees and not producing true from seed but it doesn't matter as I did this for a fun project for myself and the kids. All trees are planted around edge of food plots upstate New York. They are solely going to be for wild life, deer, birds, etc.
The question is when do they produce apples. I know it has only been a few years but the question is more about what happens with the tree before it produces apples? Will they all eventually flower and then eventually produce fruit or is it when they start producing flowers that's when they produce fruit???
The pears are about 7 to 8 feet tall with the apples right around the 5 foot mark. I kno I got a long way to go but still exciting to see how tall some are already.
About 5 years ago my kids and I gathered some small crab apples, Fuji apples and galas, as well as some type of pear that was growing wild at my sons school. We did the whole stratifying thing and the trees have been planted in grow tubes since probably spring of 2011. The crabs we planted were indian summer.
I am fully aware of the issues with fruit trees and not producing true from seed but it doesn't matter as I did this for a fun project for myself and the kids. All trees are planted around edge of food plots upstate New York. They are solely going to be for wild life, deer, birds, etc.
The question is when do they produce apples. I know it has only been a few years but the question is more about what happens with the tree before it produces apples? Will they all eventually flower and then eventually produce fruit or is it when they start producing flowers that's when they produce fruit???
The pears are about 7 to 8 feet tall with the apples right around the 5 foot mark. I kno I got a long way to go but still exciting to see how tall some are already.