Have you ever considered growing your own apples on your property?

If you like apples, it may be worth your time to grow your own apples. There is nothing that speaks of fall better then fresh ripe apples picked right off the tree. It only takes just enough land to put two apple trees on to begin to enjoy apples.

The first thing you should do is purchase a books such as The Backyard Orchardist to begin to learn what goes into keeping apple trees. You will need to learn how to prepare your soil property to house your apple trees. You will need to decide where the best place to put your trees will be and also what cultivar of tree to consider purchasing.

If you have a state agriculture or horticulture extension office, they can often provide you with information regarding what type of apple trees you should get. Plan on purchasing two different types of apple trees because they must cross pollinate to produce fruit. Disease resistance of the variety of apple tree you are getting also should be taken into consideration. The more disease resistant they are the more likely you will have a healthy tree and good apples.

Next you will need to decide what size of tree to get. You can harvest most if not all of your apples from a smaller tree with a fruit picker basket. Some full size trees are very hard to harvest apples from even with a ladder because they get so tall.

You will also have to learn the art of pruning your apple tree. This is also vital is keeping your tree healthy and producing a large number of apples over the year. Tools such as pruners and loppers can be good starting tools to get for pruning. Ultimately pruning helps keep your tree healthy and manageable for harvesting.

It doesn't really take that much work to grow apple trees. Depending on the type of apple you may start to see fruit within a year or two after planting them.

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