Flowers on new M27 gala apple tree

heynonnynonny

Evening gardeners

I took delivery of 3 dwarf fruit trees today, and the Gala tree which is almost 2 foot tall seems to have blossomed quite profusely.

My question is - I've never ever grown any sort of tree before let alone a fruit tree. Is it best I nip off the blossom in order to let it grow stronger for next year or leave it be? There is quite a lot on it with a lot of leaves. The other 2 are just sticks though at the moment!

Money_maker

Leave it. You will lose some through natural causes. You can also thin the fruit with scissors later on once you see how much has set.

heynonnynonny

Thanks, I will do that.

wallbash

Always thought you removed all fruit for the first year . But I had to save just the one apple , last year . After buying an expensive fan shaped ergmont russet tree , that one apple cost me over thirty pounds. Hope my investment pays back this year.

heynonnynonny

I got all 3 trees for about £20, looking forward to learning about pruning and the like. Weird to see blossom on a 30cm high apple tree!

Farway

wallbash wrote: »

Always thought you removed all fruit for the first year . But I had to save just the one apple , last year . After buying an expensive fan shaped ergmont russet tree , that one apple cost me over thirty pounds. Hope my investment pays back this year.

Likewise, I have two cherries on my Sunburst tree planted last Autumn, that is over £7.50 each, they had better be tasty

I also have a promise of 3 figs on my two year old, £4 Lidl tree, so they will be a much cheaper than the cherries