Step over apple trees

Did anyoen see AT garden programme on Tuesday.

I really like the idea of step over apples.:luv:

Where can you get these apples trees?

Also this year I bought Aldi dwarf apple trees whcih I palnted in a pot.

They never pruduced fruit this year.:(

Could this type of plant be used to train if pruned .

If not should I have pruned these dwarf fruit trees

 

Thanks anyone John I am involved in our local community garden thought it may be a good idea for there.

 

As long as the rootstock is a very dwarf one then you can train any apple tree as a 'step over' type. The ones AT planted were obviously Nursery trained, but it is not that hard to do for yourself.
I was interested until he said about the number of apples the tree gives, it was less than a weeks worth for us.

 

Hi Kath

I planted 3 trees from Aldi and this has been their 2nd fruiting year,

I think they will be 3 next spring,:cnfs: as we have been here 3 years this week. :thumb:

1 pear which drowned, a Coxs and a Jonagold (deliciously sweet) .The Coxs had 12 or so apples :gnthb:,and the Jonagold 7 but they were huge :lollol:

 

My sisters got one, keep tripping over the blooming thing.

 

:dh:

 

Just ask at your garden centre, although its quite expensive. About £40-£50 per tree I think. Or you could try here.

http://www.deaconsnurseryfruits.co.uk/

I ordered a catalogue and there's loads of stuff. Its also a lot cheaper as well coz they are very newly grafted trees. Only a year or 2. The downside is that you will need to train the tree yourself.

I have no commercial interest. Just passing on what I know.

 

Pam hopefully my Aldi fruit trees will bloom next year then.

Your climate will be warmer than us.

Are your planted in the ground?


ZiggyLOL

Thanks JpB I shall have a look at their site .

Have you used their site?

 

My sisters one has been in the ground for about 3 years now, not seen a fruit on it yet.

 

I had an allotment years ago and ordered a few to grow as Espaliers on the boundary fence. They grew fine. No probs. I dont remember there being any probs with delivery, although like I said its was years ago ( like 20!!)
I had to leave the allotment coz of a bad back.
Now that the kids have grown up I wanna grow stepovers as a boundary to my lawn/ flower bed.
I visited Ness Gardens this year because they had some there, and I wanted to see what they looked like in situ. They only have a few growing but they are in a Potagers garden so they are mixed in with other plants and not a feature of their own.
You can see one of the videos I took of my trip on youtube here....

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK_hA8xweLM"]YouTube - Stepover Apple Tree[/nomedia]

 

Saw some at Bridgemere today. £35 apiece. 12 apples a year, take a while to recoup!

 

Yeah, they are expensive at Garden centres.
I was quoted £50
At the link I gave, you can get trees on M26 for £12.75 each and M27 £13.25 each.

Like I said, I am not spamming for the site. I am not affiliated or anything.

 

Sorry Kath bit slow nowadays :cry: Yes they are in the ground ,now I come to think the "cox`s" was moved after 1 year ,as my garden was proving prone to flooding at the bottom end :lollol: