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New apple trees - care required

scarepanda · 2024-05-04 09:17:08

Hi everyone! I have two new apple trees that are currently in pots, until at least the autumn. One is a crab apple and the other is a cooker/eater. Both are on mm106 (maybe one is mm111). One was bought as a two year old potted tree and the other was bare root last autumn. What, if anything, do I need to do with them at…

04-05-2024 9:17am

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Hi everyone!
I have two new apple trees that are currently in pots, until at least the autumn. One is a crab apple and the other is a cooker/eater. Both are on mm106 (maybe one is mm111). One was bought as a two year old potted tree and the other was bare root last autumn.
What, if anything, do I need to do with them at the moment? Do they need to be pruned to encourage them to start branching? Or will that happen on its own? I have them potted up into 24l pots at the moment.

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