Question about flowers on my apple tree

[Isaiah 58:11]

Hello! Last year I bought a Johnny apple tree. This year I see some little flowers! Does this mean I will see apples this year if the flowers have been pollinated? Also is there a way to tell if the flowers have been pollinated? There aren’t a lot of flowers, only a few on three branches

 

[Chuck]

Possibly but unlikely on a very young tree. If they are successfully pollinated you will soon see a little bitty apple at the base of the flower. Your tree needs to be fertilized now with both macro and micro nutrients as shown by the dark green veins on the leaves, or you will soon see yellowing and dropping of leaves.

 

[Isaiah 58:11]

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions on what to fertilize with?

 

[Chuck]

Thanks! Do you have any suggestions on what to fertilize with?

Any OMRI rated granular fertilizer. You would use 2-3 lbs of the fertilizer per inch of the diameter of the trunk out to the drip line of the tree. I would also apply either greensand, azomite, liquid seaweed or Chelated Iron as per directions out to the drip line also. I would do this twice per year. I would also apply compost AND mulch out to and slightly passed the drip line and keep this slightly away from the trunk of the tree.