I have five apple trees on my little allotment plot. The oldest at roughly twenty years old is also the smallest at four foot six inches max. It's a good example of a small tree anybody could grow. Or if somebody was looking for something they could manage whilst in a wheelchair. There is a great range of fruit trees out there on the dwarfing root stocks. And since they are so small and easy to manage, why not get two? Two trees are about £50-60ish from any decent online stockist. And you will get more than enough apples for a few pies, and some fresh off the trees. If you want to save money and don't mind waiting a few years. Then get a pair of what they used to call dwarf patio apple trees in the local store. I assume they still use that terminology today? Just plant them, add a layer of mulch around them and let them be for a few years. I wouldn't prune anything unless it's rubbing or damaged etc. Just let the tree do its thing. If you get trigger-happy, you'll only be making more work for yourself down the line. And get fewer apples as a result of all that hard work.
I have five apple trees on my little allotment plot. The oldest at roughly twenty years old is also the smallest at four foot six inches max. It's a good example of a small tree anybody could grow. Or if somebody was looking for something they could manage whilst in a wheelchair.
There is a great range of fruit trees out there on the dwarfing root stocks. And since they are so small and easy to manage, why not get two? Two trees are about £50-60ish from any decent online stockist. And you will get more than enough apples for a few pies, and some fresh off the trees.
If you want to save money and don't mind waiting a few years. Then get a pair of what they used to call dwarf patio apple trees in the local store. I assume they still use that terminology today? Just plant them, add a layer of mulch around them and let them be for a few years. I wouldn't prune anything unless it's rubbing or damaged etc. Just let the tree do its thing. If you get trigger-happy, you'll only be making more work for yourself down the line. And get fewer apples as a result of all that hard work.
Thank you both for this video.. great questions and answers for someone like me who is dreaming of a small orchard in our front garden in east kent.
Wonderful sense of fruit farm history. Thank you.
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Thank you for this! Great video! Can't wait to read the book!🤗🤗🤗
Not ramorial. Its ramial.