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Title: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: Rods2 on 21 August 2011, 21:24:21

I have two mature cooking apple trees and two eating apple trees in my garden.

At the beginning of the second week of July we had very heavy rain and gale force winds. This half uprooted my Bramley apple tree. I've firmly propped it up using a wooden pole for now until the apples get bigger, but once it has cropped it is going to have to come down as it is potentially dangerous.  >:(

This week after the heavy rains, followed by fairly strong gusting wind on Wednesday, I found on Thursday morning my other cooking apple tree, which has three different varieties grafted to the root stock, on its side in the garden. I spent a couple of hours this afternoon picking the apples and got 11 carrier bags full, with another 4 carrier bags full of wind falls. This week I'm going to have to cut the tree down as it is blocking off part of the garden.  >:(

Both of the trees are about 20 years old and I've lost them both in the space of about 6 weeks.  >:(

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: Debs. on 21 August 2011, 21:31:15

 :o There`ve been too many British orchards grubbed-up/lost of late....`so sad to lose even single trees! :'(

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: tunnie on 21 August 2011, 21:35:16

hats off to people who keep tree's for food, I can barely keep a single plant in my bathroom alive  ;D

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: Debs. on 21 August 2011, 21:40:59

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hats off to people who keep tree's for food, I can barely keep a single plant in my bathroom alive  ;D

In the bathroom?!?!?! :o

.....what`s all this; hydroponics? ;D

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 22 August 2011, 20:23:09

We have apple, pear and plum trees in our garden. We try to get the apples and plums picked before the wasps have them.  :-/ :-/

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 22 August 2011, 20:27:37

we also have an apple tree in the backside garden.. giving excellent taste but only if we give water regularly.. last time we tried , it was so heavy that arms were about to break , so I sacrificed half of the apples.. :(

after then I give up.. but still we have tomatos, lettuce , green pepper and unions.. :)

Title: Re: Lost both my cooking apple trees in 6 weeks
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 22 August 2011, 20:28:42

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We have apple, pear and plum trees in our garden. We try to get the apples and plums picked before the wasps have them.  :-/ :-/

let them some.. few is enough  :) :y