Apple Trees - When are they ready to eat?

vicwatson · 19-08-2015 06:02PM #1

When are my apples, Cox and Pippin, ready to be eaten? They look large enough but is there a certain time that I need to leave them for?

Subcomandante Marcos · 19-08-2015 06:06PM

When they're ripe. It will depends from year to year and variety to variety. Try one now, if it's not sweet enough leave it a week, if you want to be 100% sure just wait until they start dropping themselves.

Littlehorny · 19-08-2015 06:11PM

I think i heard that if you have to yank them to get them off, they are not ready. But if you grab an apple, give it a twist and it comes off in your hand, then they are ripe. Or you could just taste one every week!

looksee · 19-08-2015 07:58PM

That's a bit like testing home brew to see is it ready...on the last bottle - ah, that's nice!

vicwatson · 19-08-2015 10:29PM

Littlehorny wrote: »

if you have to yank them to get them off, they are not ready. But if you grab an apple, give it a twist and it comes off in your hand, then they are ripe. Or you could just taste one every week!

Ok thanks littlehorny !!:P

Supercell · 20-08-2015 06:53AM

Second this, i've already have a few James Grieve apples off mine, something special about picking them right off the tree and eating

Apple Trees - When are they ready to eat?

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