Apples, Pears and Grapes, Oh My! - October 15th, 2004 at 12:03 PM
Well, our first year in the new house was somewhat discouraging with the fruit production. Lots and lots of apples, but they had black spots on them and they were little. Question on apples is when do I spray them with dormant oil and how do I go about pruning this huge trees for better fruit production. Also, how can you pick them? All my fruit hit the ground and of course, split.
Grapes, lots of leaves. Not one grape cluster. What do I need to do to them this fall so that next spring they give me grapes.
Two pear trees. Pitiful looking things. I think maybe 2 bartlett pears of one and almost no leaves on the other one. When can I prune these and do they get dormant oil too?
As for the garden this year. Somewhat sad. Very bad soil. Fixing that with horse manure and leaves this fall, then blood meal, bone meal and other goodies in the spring.
I WANT MY FRUIT! Please help me find it.
Dawn in Ohio
Grapes, lots of leaves. Not one grape cluster. What do I need to do to them this fall so that next spring they give me grapes.
Two pear trees. Pitiful looking things. I think maybe 2 bartlett pears of one and almost no leaves on the other one. When can I prune these and do they get dormant oil too?
As for the garden this year. Somewhat sad. Very bad soil. Fixing that with horse manure and leaves this fall, then blood meal, bone meal and other goodies in the spring.
I WANT MY FRUIT! Please help me find it.
Dawn in Ohio