How to Easily Grow Apples, Complete Growing Guide
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- Опубликовано: 10 авг 2021
- Can you grow an Apple Tree in your Backyard? I have been growing Apples for 9 years now and today I want to share with you how it is done, some tricks I have learned along the way, and we will grab a huge harvest from just a 4 year old apple tree.
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We planted 3 apple trees this past spring and this video has been so helpful -- thank you so much for all that you and Tuck do to help new gardeners!
Fruit trees are a long-term commitment, and a long-term food provider. I planted our apple and pear trees in the spring of 1983 - 38 years ago - and they are still very productive. Properly maintained apple trees can live 100 years. It is nice getting bushels of free fruit every fall.
Friend taught me " put a $10 tree in a $50 hole" meaning prep is important
It seems to me
You have to know what sort of soil you have
And
Know what kind of soil the plant in question prefers.
And then you may want to amend your soil
My mother used to say, don’t put a fifty dollars tree in a five dollar hole.
Huh. My little apple trees cost $200.
Guess I need a D9 caterpillar for my >$1000 hole?
@@jeffreygeorgia995😂👏🏼👏🏼
I'm newly growing apple trees and needed to just do more research and learn. As soon as I searched his video came up. I said out loud oh I'm watching this he, he knows shit. I've learned so much from him. I'm also an animal lover, him and Tuk in the garden are like myself and my cat Moo. Right down to her eating snacks 😂
Thanks James for all you do to help teach the future of where humanity around the world needs to evolve. One video at a time gives home growing a whole new hope and gardens are popping up all over 🤗
Nothing brings more joy than harvesting your own produce. I watched this video with a smile from start to finish. 👍🌺🇦🇺
I’ve been watching this guy for over 10 years. .
Holy!!! Me and Tuck love to hear that, and you are the person me and Tuck still make videos for. You’re a bigger part of the garden and channel than you know.
Hi James, I am from Trinidad 🇹🇹 and I have been watching your channel for years but this is the first time I've got the courage to make a comment. Although most of the stuff you plant doesn't grow in my country I really enjoy watching so thank you. I don't have space for a food forest but I really wish I did cuz your videos are so inspiring and Tuck just makes it even better. I am so surprised that he loves eating vegetables. Keep up the good work 👏
Hi, just wanted to say that I live in Puerto Rico and I thought the same thing about fruits like apples, pears, etc. I found out there is a local nursery here that sells them, varieties that can grow in the tropics. They said that as long as the plant needed under 300 or 250 chill hours that it could grow and fruit.
ROCK THAT MID-ATLANTIC 7A CLIMATE ZONE!!!!!
Let’s Gooo!!!
G'day James, it makes me jealous to see all those apples sitting proudly on your trees without nets etc. Unfortunately, here in the subtropics, we are limited in what varieties we can grow and then we have to deal with the fruit fly and many other animals that target apple crops. Good to see you hitting it out of the park (some of those apples are as big as softballs). Cheers :)
Thanks Mark! Yeah we were really fortunate this year that the squirrels stole all my hazelnuts instead of my apples 🤣🤣
It seems like the critters always outsmart me somehow, but I still have fun.
Thanks for commenting Mark, me and Tuck have been enjoying your videos for a long time ❤️
We can grow mangoes, oranges, limes, etc which I think are better and I know you probably do too mark 😂
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what variety of apples can be grown in the subtropics? please let me know. I watched a video of two gardeners that says any apple can be grown in warmer climates and that what was previously believed about apples is false. apple trees can adapt or are just naturally able to produce in any climate.
Loved seeing this comment just got into gardening this year and you are the first two I started to watch
James, your significant other is really lucky to have you and Tuck. Enjoy all your videos. LaNita
Hi James, just wanted to say thank you for all the years of amazing inspirational, entertaining, informing, and uplifting content! Watching you interact and showcase your passion literally helped me get over my fear of the camera and show my own gardening off for those of us in the Southern Hemisphere. You are a gem! Not to mention you saved me a truckload of money in garden beds!!! ❤
Long term sustainability is a challenge I wish more folks attempted. One things all folks have in common is food.
It's January 24, 2022 and preparing myself for delivery from Raintree Nursery. I have my son and daughter and friend from church on stand by to plant 120 Trees, Bushes and bare root( strawberry, Sweet potato) PLUS 80 to 100 direct seed tasks. I cut my planting plans in half when I watched one of your video's describing the conditions of wood chips after 6 months. WISH ME LUCK!!! HUGS FOR TUCK AND A HIGH FIVE FOR YOU JAMES.
"I feel so Blessed and Thankful". Love it - THAT's how your joy just radiates! :D
Hello dear 🙏🙏🙏
Ooh this is useful because my apple seeds just sprouted. Thank you for this wonderful video
Let's Gooo!!!!
Same, saw the video about growing apples from seed and it inspired me to do so
Hello dear 🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@conorknorr1926 hello dear 🙏🙏❤️🌷
He is okay and I hope he comes back soon ❤️🌹🙏
Nothing better then reaping what you sow. pawpaw trees actually like staying wet but they're probably the hardest fruit to grow in my experience.
Hello 🙏🙏🙏🙏
My Flaming Fury peach which was planted last year, produced a single peach this year (unexpectedly) and we ate it today. It was really good. Definitely the best peach I have had. Most of my fruit trees (peach, sweet cherry, apple) were planted last year or this spring but the peach we had today is just a preview of what will come in the years ahead.
William's pride and enterprise are my first two apple trees. They're growing great on a g890 rootstock (which is also disease resistant). Disease resistant is really important to me. It's nice not worrying as much about fireblight ripping through your trees... Orange pippin trees has an amazing selection of trees and you can generally get some of the premium rootstock varieties. I plant all my bare-root trees whenever they show up in late winter / early spring. Just dig your holes early if your ground is going to be frozen. :)
There's a ton of things to think about for apple selection, here's a few thoughts. Most apples are diploid and good pollinators (but you still have some variation in bloom time, sometimes put into different groups). Triploid apples (i.e. Jonagold, Ashmeads Kernel, Liberty) are a bit trickier. They can't pollinate other trees and will need 2 different diploid trees to set fruit (or one self-fertile apple variety or a crabapple). Some apples are self fertile but most don't seem to be. We put in a crabapple to serve as an additional source of pollen and help ensure good fruit set. You can also graft your trees if bloom time / fruit set is a concern. Beyond that there's a bunch of other things to think about - chilling hours? Heat tolerance? When does the apple ripen? How long does it keep? Flavor - sweet / sharp? How firm is the fruit? Rootstocks are almost as important - some of the smaller rootstocks are pretty weakly rooted and you might have to permanently stake your trees so they don't fall over under the weight of fruit or in a wind storm. Usually the semi-standard (large semi-dwarf) and standard / seedling rootstocks are very well rooted and it's not a concern.
As another tip, I'd highly recommend pruning your spur-bearing trees in the summer (as well as a usual winter pruning). The summer pruning totally helps with spur (fruit wood) growth, and you can also use it to manage vigor. My apples are open center, they're growing great.
I've had issues with hornets and wasps attacking apples as they ripen. Once a hornet discovers your tree they keep coming back (with friends). For me, the solution was a kind of bottle that has a raised hole in the bottom. You put a mixture of white (malt) vinegar and sugar inside, close the top and hang it in the tree. The hornets/wasps are attracted to the bait rather than the apples and can't escape because the bottle is clear.
I got zapped 5 times on my right hand a few days ago because of this. Hornets love sugar smelling fruits
Hi James! I hope you and Tuck are enjoying the week and all it's blessings!
Hey a. Marie! Yes we are having a great week, eating lost of snacks. We hope you are having a great week also!
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Hey Prigioni, I just wanted to thank you with all my heart for your channel. I love watching you because you have so much enthusiasm and it seems like you’ve mastered a lot of the things that you grow. I’ve been growing heirloom tomatoes for the last five years straight because my dad turned me onto them. So this year after being inspired by you I found a good person on craigslist who had some bamboo and I am now in the 10 foot tall bamboo club. I think it’s an excellent idea I’ve been using his little dinky stakes from big box stores for way too long they’re just not big enough. Also I thought it was an awesome tip to plant the tomato sideways I had a buddy telling me plan them deeper and put rocks in the bottom of the hole and that would increase the root size. But I think your way is gonna work a lot better I don’t know why didn’t think of that. Also thanks for the Mykos tip. Your food forest looks awesome keep it up real good to see some healthy live in coming out here take care man if you’re ever out in California give me a call. I’ll hook you up with some of my tomatoes.
Those apples look DELICIOUS!!
I can feel the enthusiasm for plants this guy has.
James, Once you have tried all the other possible solutions you then need to move to the next level. I understand you not wanting to use the sulfur, I wouldn't want to either. BUT sometimes you need to to set a crop to have a harvest. You never sprayed anything for the Plum Curcuilo _ you just tried to make the best of it and work around it. Now that you can use Surround, which is just natural Koalin clay, you are. You are a great example and an inspiration to us all. Tuck is the very best Garden Manager ever! Love how Tuck checks the produce to make sure it is of the highest quality before he let's you try it -- Hard working and self-sacrificing, he's the best!! Marjorie
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I love watching your chips harvest agricultural products
Love to see Tucker. He is stunning!
The dog is so happy ❤
I moved to NC from NJ and started a garden. Having problems with grasses over growing 😣. I need to get more mulch. But!!!! I was telling one of my patients about your channel and she started laughing saying yours is the only channel she listens to!!!!! Just know your amazing influence is reaching so many of us and we love you and Tuck. Your joy and enthusiasm is so inspiring and brings so much happiness!!! Thank you, James!!!!! And TUCK!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️
Hi James
I always enjoy your videos. My fruit orchard is just starting to produce. Last summer I got a lot of apples, pears, peaches, and plums. My oldest trees are about six years old. I battled the deer for several years. They destroyed many of my trees until I built an eight foot fence. I live in the high mountain desert where there are a lot of hungry critters. In addition to the fence I have to net everything. I hate netting as I think it's an eyesore. But no nets, no fruit. Tuck is a cool little garden buddy. My little dog Martha likes to hang out in the garden with me and I can never eat an apple without giving her some. Keep up the great videos, I always learn something.
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The whitish color on the outside of your fruit is called the 'Bloom' of the fruit. It is a wax like coating that is made by the fruit to protect it from water loss. Ain't Nature Grand! Marjorie
Love the apples but i love Tuck more he's such a cute little dog
I would love ❤️ to grow apple trees 🌳 and other fruit 🍇 trees 🌲 , your produce is amazing 💯❣️
This video made my heart melt during harvest time 🍎 you're like a kid in a candy store, I love it
Hello
I planted 2 dwarf trees this spring. A Williams Pride and Liberty on your recommendation from Raintree. Great video.
"I feel so blessed and thankful". My test for authenticity is when an idylic scene, a soothng sound, or a genuine expression brings me to tears. A lifetime of anxiety and depression finds me attracted to the best this world has to offer. I do what I can to improve myself...and it is very satisfying (and disruptive - in a good way) to be in the presence of joy.
I and my three year old grandson. He enjoys a lot with your cute dog.
Hello Marie
Save your spurs! Don't pull apples off the tree, you kinda have to pivot the apple around the stem-spur junction and it should just pop off cleanly. Stefan Sobkowiak - The Permaculture Orchard has an excellent video on how to carefully harvest apples. Spurs are really long lived (10 years or more), don't beat them up :)
After just a 20s watch, I liked and subscribed. I'm excited to watch all your videos.
you living in paradise..... big hug from Indonesia ^.^ semangattttttt
Every time i see someone who harvest apple in their backyard is such a stress reliever for me.
Every time I watch you video's my mouth waters 😆
Great video James! Never missed your videos… because of you I got myself 9 garden beds. First year doing gardening.
Hello dear 🙏🙏
Here is zone 7a all the ol timers suggest planting fruit trees in the fall. What do you think?
Wooo hoooo ! Good deal ! And Good Luck !
that william pride apples were fantastic
Those apples look so good. William’s pride. I could almost smell them through my phone. 😘😍😋
Hi James!🖐 Thanks for sharing your amazing tips in growing apple trees!👏 Enjoy all your fantastic videos and tips!👏 I just purchased three fruit trees (Golden Delicious & Pink Lady apple trees and a Elberta Peach tree) this Spring (2021) and potted them in 18 gallon containers for now. The Japanese beetles started eating a few of the apple tree leaves but really homed in the the peach tree leaves. When they discovered my rose of sharon bush flowering, they changed and went for that. I was happy about that because I no longer had to capture and put them in a sudsy bucket of water! Blessings to you and Tuck!♥️ 🦋8/12/2021🦋
Good evening I love apple I want here in the Philippines... I like to plant apple tree in my backyard but cannot because my country is tropical seens in my childhood I see apple tree one time only in Japan in the house of my cousin when I see apple tree I'm very happy because... I pray to God I want to see apple tree and he answered my prayer.....Godbless u♥️
Aside from just being so darn knowledgeable, your energy is infectious! Thank you for these videos!
Let's Gooo Rev K! 😁🐕❤️
Hey James, and Tuck from Mid Wales, UK. Just love your enthusiasm, it has such a feel-good factor! I wonder if we could actually put chopped garlic in between the rows of plants to keep slugs and cabbage whites away, or grow it between all the plants - just a thought from a previous video of yours I watched earlier. I'm always trying out new ideas and doing little experiments in my garden. Recently I took cuttings from my sweet potato foliage, put them in water and they produced roots. Maybe it is a cheap way of making slips, as in the UK it takes months for them to grow and they are very expensive to buy-in. Anyway, keep it up, my friend. Keep smiling and take good care.
Wow love that old rose kind of an apple💗😊💐😊
Thanks!
Wow beautiful Apples
You are so smart James.Thank you for helping us to become self suffcient...what we all need to be in this world.
I’ve been waiting to plant an apple tree for our house and I’m glad I got to see your video before investing in a tree. I’m excited to get it ready during the fall to plant in spring, I appreciate you being real and showing us what you use! Much Aloha 🌺💚
You need two apple trees to pollinate for fruiting if I understand correctly unless it’s multi grafted I think he said.
I see happiness in your face while you’re explaining how you focus in your fruit bearing trees ❤️ and I know that’s the best feeling when you can harvest already 🥰
I have a Gravenstein that produced for the first time last year - only five blooms thst the birds enjoyed This year, there are over 80 blooms. I hope the birds save me some this year.
@@swannoir7949 Ahahaha how lucky birds is goodluck this year👍🏻
@@simplengpangarap Thanks. I’m gonna need it.
I LOVE watching and learning from you. My son, granddaughter and HER daughter WILL EAT FROM A FOOD FOREST BECAUSE OF YOU❣️❤️👏🏻😊😎🦩🌴👍🏻🌺
Imagine THAT for a moment!!!!! Or longer 😁❣️
Tuck stalking @2:07 💙🐶
Hi James. Trying to grow a golden delicious and a crab apple tree in North Florida. The crab apple will pollinate with the golden delicious just fine, right? You have the ideal yard! Thanks for the tips!
Your enthusiasm for gardening is contagious. Keep up the great work!
Greetings from Texas. James and Tuck are always a breath of fresh air. We love this channel.
Thank you and I love your garden! Early spring flowers under the trees, such as: hyacinth, tulips, daffodils, and also nearby planted bushes like forsythia and witch hazel are helping the trees pollination. Bee hives and white acacia are the combo we use on the Balkans for the orchards. Tagetes and calendula under the peaches and apricots are must against aphidis.
Brother you have my dream paradise. Hope i can have that back yard someday.
Good vibes to you man!!
Ohh I miss planting 🥲 Great video 👍
One bad apple won't spoil your whole bunch. Thanks for the tips.
Dude- WHY AM I TURNED ON BY YOU SHINING UP THAT APPLE THO 😂😭💗🍎🍏🍐
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Hello Veronica
Adam's Apples!
Jesus the Apple Tree~
James, I don’t know what’s better, your intros or your content ha! Love you channel and thanks for providing such relevant content. Let’s Go!
“Me and tuck”😍😍😍😍
God, I love this show! Yummy food!
I love you and Tuck. Y'all are such avid gardeners. Thanks so much.
Hello
Blessings to all!
Alway good stuff on this channel!
I love your channel!!! And I just realized you’re in New Jersey as I am! I’m looking to plant trees for wildlife. I’d like the fruits to stagger into winter, because I’ll be moving from my house in 5-7 years and I want to leave lots of food for wildlife and hope the new owners won’t mind sharing their fruit with all
The wildlife I have given my yard to. I planted a peach tree for a big box store 7 years ago and I could t figure out why the fruit would never get ripe, well when the squirrels didn’t wipe the peaches out every year. So I think I know why now. You talked about thinning out the fruit before it matures. I bet that’s the problem, because I had so many peaches pop out and they would never ripen fully, but the squirrels ate them anyhow and buried some for winter food supply. Thank you for the advice about planting apple trees in spring, because I found this video in hopes of buying apple trees this weekend to plant for my wildlife, but I’ll wait until spring now. 9/20/23!- thanks so much! I’m addicted to your channel now
I'm jealous watching how happy you are while harvesting your best & delicious apples❤❤❤
Hello
Thank you for your video I learned a lot of how to get rid off the worms from my trees
I love you James you help me so much with ever garden video just because of you I have my own garden I am a big fan
Enjoyed your apple harvesting and your guide to have big delicious organic apples. Wish I could be in your garden...
So many tips for apples here. It's always the energy in your delivery for me.😄😄
You did it! I am so proud of you frfr. Thank you.
Think of how badass some apple pie would taste.
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Wow, video good, Hello my friend thanks for sharing ♥️
Thank you for being so informative!!! I'm in Bergen County, NJ and your channel helped me so much! I've done my very first veggie/fruit garden!!!! I've been harvesting as everything grows. I go to Alpine Nursery in Belleville - they're great!!!
Awesome! Well done. I feel like eating these fresh, delicious, organic Apples. Very nutritious!!
I am so jealous! I have a beautiful 8 year old home orchard. I fought borers, Codling moth, plum curculio, scab, fire blight, just to have the birds peck holes in every single apple!
I Got A Lot Of Knowledge Today And You Are Bless Thank You For Blessing Us
I feel you on the whole being greedy thing. I lost 32 pears about a month or so ago because I wanted to get all the pears I could. The morning I decided I was gonna string up that branch, it snapped a few hours later. I was able to ripen and can some, but most didn't do well.
Wow yummy my favorite apple thank you for sharing your video with us have fun stay safe everyone have a good day to sir, from Philippines
Thanks for yet another great video! I have already started checking out Raintree Nursery for my next tree and berry additions to my fledgling food forest.
You and Tuck are true inspirations!
Hi James! New sub here.... sharing your valuable knowledge and experience with growing apples is so impressive..... you have an enormous heart.... am learning a lot from you.... would like to try growing apples.... I’m from the Philippines... Some say that apples will not grow here, since we are in zone 12-13.... but someone from the South, an Agricultural Student was successful in growing the Fuji Apple variety... will keep in mind all your tips in caring and growing Apple trees.... thank you so much and keep safe and healthy! ❤️🍎🍏🍓🍇🥒
I don't know but it makes me feel relaxed when watching you gardening... KEEP UP!
Dude I must say you are THE MAN🤌🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
Haha thanks! Anything good about me I learned from Tuck 🐕
James and Tuck, thank you so much for this information! I've been wanting to grow fruit trees but wasn't sure how to go about it. This video (as all of them) was very informative, interesting and helpful! Thank you!🙃❤
Thank you for all the helpful apple seletion, maintenance and harvesting tips.
James! I am a lover of your videos, my husband told me that he hopes that watching all your videos benefit me. L, it really does but I am now pregnant with my 6th child and have all the time in the world to watch you and tuck. I wanted to ask you a favor since we do not get to grow apples here in Guyana 🇬🇾. Can you send me a few clippings of your best apples and grapes so I can try growing them in my garden? It will be a great surprise if it really does. BTW you are making my mouth water biting into that apple.
Love watching your videos with Tuck always. 👍🥰🐶❤️❤️❤️
Hello Rose
Gorgeous apples...love how excited you are about veggies and fruit. It's so fun to grow your own❤️ and organic.❤️
Your a proud papa. Thanks to all your growing tips I harvested beautiful Cauliflower and Broccoli shared with my neighbors and nice Fumes 💟
Hi James .. I'm going to grow some fruit trees when I relocate to zone 7 in the spring. Your channel is a wonderful source of knowledge for me. You certainly have found your calling in life, and keep up the good work !!
LETS GO!!! I was hoping you would do an apple video at some point. I’ve been struggling with disease and pest as well while trying to remain organic. Thank you for sharing your methods. I will definitely apply.
Beautiful! Thanks for all the great info and I love how you’re so grateful! That is why GOD blesses you with such abundance! Hi, Tuck!
Hello dear 🙏🙏🙏
what a blessed man with a blessed harvest, your hard work pays much!