Amelia Bear

Thanks Janet! That's a lot of good information. I am on the hunt for a neighbor who may know a bit about apple trees. But an Arborist may be a good idea since I want the tree to thrive. We have a pear tree next to the apple tree and it's produced a lot of fruit this year but it's branches are also all tangled together. So I'm going to have to prune that one in the winter also. I live in Portland OR, so not sure if that affects my pruning season but I'll look into it. Thanks agian!

Hi Jen,

Thanks for the response!

By suckers, are you talking about ivy? We had some ivy growing up the base and roots which I removed. The rest is moss (I live in Oregon where it rains a ton). I don’t know what kind of apples it is. The tree hasn’t produced any fruit yet. I’m itching to find out though!

Hello,

We bought a house earlier this year and the yard was fairly overgrown. We are not gardeners at all but we are trying to learn. This house came with an apple tree in the back yard. The large maple tree (I think it’s maple) behind it was growing over the apple tree, blocking most of not all of the sun. Anyway we just cut back the branches on the maple tree and I’d like to nurse this apple tree back to health. The leaves at the top look healthy but the ones toward the bottom are curling and look really unhappy. Any suggestions? Pruning? Watering? Fertilizer? Etc. I don’t know what I’m doing..so gardening for dummies for me. Thanks in advance

Also, someone cut back branches on the tree. I’m not sure when and the seller didn’t know either. He didn’t live at the house. So I’m not sure if cutting more would be healthy for the tree?