Hello Everyone:
I live in Southern California. I planted an apple tree about 7 years ago and didn't know what I was doing. The tree is about 5 feet tall. I never fertilized it, never pruned it, nothing. It never died but never bloomed or produced any apples either. Last fall, I tried to educate myself a bit and find out that my tree probably needed a cross pollinator. So in September, I bought a second apple tree from my local nursery called a Beverly Hills apple tree. It stands about 7 feet tall. I was told by the nursery that the Beverly Hills apple tree would cross-pollinate with my other tree. I have pictures of both trees attached. I planted to Beverly Hills tree about 5 feet away from the original apple tree, and fertilized them both last fall (in September as I recall).
My original apple tree started blooming around December, and ultimately produced about 5 or 6 golf ball sized apples. They were really sweet and crisp. Very tasty. Not many produced though. There is still one apply on that tree, as you can hopefully see. I am hoping it will grow more but it has been the same size for months. The new Beverly Hills tree has yielded nothing so far. It had a few flowers bloom also in December, but no production.
I fertilized them both in late February. Haven't seen much budding yet this season, but I know its early.
Any advice on proper care? How do the trees look overall? Now that I am more educated, I see that my Beverly hills apple tree has a long branch growing from the root on one since, and two very small limbs growing- all on one side of the tree. No limbs on the other side of the tree. You can see what I am saying in last picture below. Knowing what i know now, I assume that type of tree growth pattern is not good? Can anything be done now to maximize tree balance and good production on either tree?
I live in Southern California. I planted an apple tree about 7 years ago and didn't know what I was doing. The tree is about 5 feet tall. I never fertilized it, never pruned it, nothing. It never died but never bloomed or produced any apples either. Last fall, I tried to educate myself a bit and find out that my tree probably needed a cross pollinator. So in September, I bought a second apple tree from my local nursery called a Beverly Hills apple tree. It stands about 7 feet tall. I was told by the nursery that the Beverly Hills apple tree would cross-pollinate with my other tree. I have pictures of both trees attached. I planted to Beverly Hills tree about 5 feet away from the original apple tree, and fertilized them both last fall (in September as I recall).
My original apple tree started blooming around December, and ultimately produced about 5 or 6 golf ball sized apples. They were really sweet and crisp. Very tasty. Not many produced though. There is still one apply on that tree, as you can hopefully see. I am hoping it will grow more but it has been the same size for months. The new Beverly Hills tree has yielded nothing so far. It had a few flowers bloom also in December, but no production.
I fertilized them both in late February. Haven't seen much budding yet this season, but I know its early.
Any advice on proper care? How do the trees look overall? Now that I am more educated, I see that my Beverly hills apple tree has a long branch growing from the root on one since, and two very small limbs growing- all on one side of the tree. No limbs on the other side of the tree. You can see what I am saying in last picture below. Knowing what i know now, I assume that type of tree growth pattern is not good? Can anything be done now to maximize tree balance and good production on either tree?
