You Can Grow Your Own Apple Trees!

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You can definately reap the benefits of growing apples in your backyard. Nothing screams autum bliss more then a ripe fresh apple from your own apple tree. It only takes just enough land to put two apple trees on to begin to enjoy apples.

The first thing you should do before you decide to grow apples is to get a good book for beginners such as The Backyard Orchardist . You will need to learn a bit about your soil, how to amend it properly, and how to prepare it for your apple trees. You will need to decide where the best place to put your trees will be and also what cultivar of tree to consider purchasing.

The state horticulture extention office associated with your states university system is one of the best resources for finding out what apple trees grow the best in your area. Plan on purchasing two different types of apple trees because they must cross pollinate to produce fruit. You should also consider how disease resistance the apple trees you are buying are. Remember the more disease resistant the less chemicals you will have to use on your plants.

Next you will need to decide what size of tree to get. Smaller types of apple trees are easy to harves with a fruit picker basket. Some full size trees are very hard to harvest apples from even with a ladder because they get so tall.

You must also learn how to properly prune your apple trees over time. By properly pruning your tree you are encoraging healthy growth and also increased apple size. Tools such as pruners and loppers can be good starting tools to get for pruning. Pruning will ultimately assist in helping your trees fruit production and your trees over all health.

Apple trees are actually pretty easy to keep up with. There are some types of apples that begin to set fruit just a few years after they are planted in your yard.