APPLES, APPLES and more APPLES

[snow2]

I have 4 summers on my maybe 6 year old honeycrisp. It produce one apple the first year, and zero every year since.

My father is somewhat a horticulturist and said to cut about half the branches off, and rough up a few spots on the tree, shocking it into new growth, claims that will help make it produce. So this fall that is what I did, well see.

Last year it didn't even bud, so its not that it isn't getting pollinated, it in fact hasn't budded since season one.

Lol,green thumb eh juan?

 

[WormWiggler]

If its not producing, its not happy, like humans, when plants are unhappy they dont try to reproduce. You need to figure out why your tree isnt happy... Likely its a nutrition issue, could be water or sun also. Try dumping some good fertilizer on it that includes micro nutrients and Id guess youll see improvement. Depending on the size of your tree, it might just not be ready yet. Full sized apple trees can take many years to start producing. You can cut down on the wait by making them extra happy usually.

sounds like @johnr needs to double up his tree hugging

 

[snow2]

The more posts from juanr the more I giggle.

Juan your wife must be some kind of special with thick skin...lol.

 

[johnr]

The more posts from juanr the more I giggle.

Juan your wife must be some kind of special with thick skin...lol.

She is a lucky woman, and blessed to have such a man as myself to care for her.

 

[snow2]

She is a lucky woman, and blessed to have such a man as myself to care for her.

See? More giggling,thanx.

 

[Retired-Guy]

I had to cut my Honeycrisp down a year ago last fall. It produced wonderful apples for several years and then it just started dying little by little. And Lycan is correct about the insects loving them if you don't spray. A friend's dad who was quite the pomologist told him that you need to prune apple trees to the point where birds can fly through them without hitting anything. That's easier said than done after them get so tall.