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Apple (variety unknown)
Malus domestica (variety unknown)
Young fruit tree with a slim trunk branching into several upright shoots, staked with a black stake. Grown in a large grey ribbed planter with a bark mulch.
Bought as a grafted whip in a bundle and grown on. Rootstock tbc.
- Common name
- Apple (variety unknown)
- Section
- Fruit, veg & herbs
- Spot
- Patio
- Soil
- Compost with bark mulch
- Options
Patio pot · Plant out
Patio pot
A large-container apple if its rootstock is suitable.
Plant out
A fruiting garden tree, with the existing branches offering scope for a bush-tree form.
- From
- An online plant retailer, Mar 2026
- Age
- About 2 years
- Next repot
- Around Mar 2027
- Edible
- ✅ Yes: Apples, once it gets going.
- Hardy
- ✅ Fully
- Garden-centre price
- about £25
Care & updates
- Next root check
- Mar 2027
- What to expect
- Flowering and cropping depend on maturity, variety, pollination and growing conditions. First useful harvests may take several seasons. Flowers Apr–May.
- Feeding
- Every 28 days, Mar–Jul, with High-potash fruit feed
- Corrected
Turned out to be an apple, not a pear. Variety and rootstock tbc.
- Observation
Healthy, upright with several branches forming. Leaves have soft, downy undersides.
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Mega Drive moment
Disney's Aladdin (Mega Drive)
Aladdin's weapon of choice? Apples, thrown at guards.
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