Apple trees require a bit of care throughout the year to get the best possible crop from them. Thinning is really important because it gets rid of large clumps of small apples to make way for a few apples to grow to full size instead of having a lot of small ones. If you want to know how to prune an established apple tree you can see how to do it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vbg5b-6jx8
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Very informative and well presented! 🙂
All the best,
Halvor
The pigs are going to have a nice treat. 🙂
Thanks Huw! I never know how many to thin to. We are in drought this year so the tree has barely any on it but for next year i will have it thinned perfectly
Do you spray the trees with anything or are the organic?
Very helpful and informative video!
good information, I didn't know this.
Can goats eat young apples? I have no idea if they can. I plan to get a couple of goats and this would be perfect because my apple tree is producing insane amounts of apples but the chickens don't much care for them.
Awesome!!!!
0:44 Bi-annual what?
Great video, I had no idea about any of this–kind of method.
never thought of that—thx for the info
That is a great video on thinning apples !
Awesome. Thanks dad
Due to fire blight, I am getting no apples this year and May end to to pull my tree and plant another one.
Hi, Huw (and Huw's dad!) I have a miniature Braeburn apple tree in a large pot. It always has masses of lovely blossom in Spring but it only has a few apples on it now….what I want to know is why so few apples when there was so much blossom? (:o(
Does this technique work for peaches??
I just harvested my red currant and make a red currant jelly and red currant juice concentrate. Will you make a video how to make a vinegar and wine from the red currant. Your video really helps. Thank you.
My Gala apple does not have any fruits this year. To many fruits last year and I did not cut or reduced of too much fruits last year. I am learning from your video how I will take care of the apple fruits. Only i have problems with ants, i use organic ant killer, but this ants keep on coming back every year. How i will get rid of this ants? Thank you sharing this video.
Will you us how to take care of asian pears. Is apple and pears treatment to increase crop production the same?
Your dad is cool, and I love the new snips. The apples thinning is something I never thought of. Do you have to cook the apples before you give them to the pigs or can you just give them raw off the tree?
Great information 🙂 I'm new to growing apples and felt this was very helpful, thanks for the tips!
Thank you for your instructive video. I just purchased a "Triple Play Apple" tree. The trunks are quite close together. Can you tell me how to plant it? I'm sure the trunks will be over a foot wide at maturity. And what about branching? The trees will be up to 20'. The nursery man told me to gently pull the plants apart prior to planting. I'm just confused and flummoxed about what to do with this.
thank you!
What if it's early August ? My apple tree is littered with apples but I don't think that they will get very big
Hello, Thanks for sharing. I am from India and I am planning to plant some Apples tree in my garden could you please provide me some insight on this.
Loved this Vid. No long boring intro. Strait to the point and expertly explained and shown.
Hi Huw, I take it these are culinary apples? Given cider apples are smaller would you also thin them to two per truss?
Regards Peter.