tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post2556536421114764448..comments2023-05-09T15:04:53.510+01:00Comments on Experiments with Plants: Apple (19 AUG 2011)b-a-ghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-58364205766858575762011-08-27T10:21:04.715+01:002011-08-27T10:21:04.715+01:00Thanks Laura - The tree has been suffering over th...Thanks Laura - The tree has been suffering over the years. As usual, my mother made the difficult decision and took action. When I was younger, I never saw her as being a role model, but I do now. I'll take your advice and bake her an apple crumble this holiday weekend.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-37332620545187867362011-08-25T10:24:51.128+01:002011-08-25T10:24:51.128+01:00was very touched by this post b-a-g. Seeing a belo...was very touched by this post b-a-g. Seeing a beloved family 'member' felled must have been a shock, like a sudden death. The garden will not feel the same again but then in truth it never was. Even the tree had not stood still in time and mortality. The sight of your seedlings was not only hopeful but the mark of a true gardener. Time maybe to start baking and enjoying the fruits of theLaura Bloomsburyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03163589497828975276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-50689981664538527092011-08-24T06:23:22.217+01:002011-08-24T06:23:22.217+01:00Thanks for your kind words Alistair, One, Malar &a...Thanks for your kind words Alistair, One, Malar & Deb.<br /><br />Linnie - I'm cautious about planting trees in my small garden. I start thinking about the pros & cons then end up with analysis paralysis. I'll grow the saplings in pots for as long as possible.<br /><br />Carolyn - It seems strange grieving for a tree, but why not? ... it's another living thing.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-30667461194269988002011-08-23T21:56:35.239+01:002011-08-23T21:56:35.239+01:00Change can be a wrenching thing, especially when i...Change can be a wrenching thing, especially when it messes fond childhood recollections. I am glad you have the little saplings, already putting down roots and finding their own place in your memories.debsgardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15656883577922890561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-17937176770758271602011-08-22T18:13:12.713+01:002011-08-22T18:13:12.713+01:00I still see holes in the sky in our neighborhood w...I still see holes in the sky in our neighborhood where favorite trees have been taken down. It sounds silly but I think I grieve for them. After all most of them are way older than the person who decided to cut them, yet they are removed with not a thought. Al least your mother had some persuasive reasons even if they don't quite resonate with you. So sorry.Carolyn @ Carolyn's Shade Gardenshttp://carolynsshadegardens.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-56566405845651295702011-08-22T16:14:04.002+01:002011-08-22T16:14:04.002+01:00Oh b-a-g! I am so sorry about your beloved tree! W...Oh b-a-g! I am so sorry about your beloved tree! What a terrible shock, finding it gone. That you use the expression "put down" tells all. I do regret if my half-pear tree made it worse. But those baby trees look wonderful. Do you have room to plant a known variety of apple this fall, AND space for a baby one to go in the ground too? You deserve both. (My mother cut trees too- I never linniewhttp://linniew.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-60878591161716332052011-08-22T02:42:42.552+01:002011-08-22T02:42:42.552+01:00Oh dear! I have the same story too with mango and ...Oh dear! I have the same story too with mango and coconut tree abck in my hometown! <br />Hope you apple tree grow well and produce a lot of apples for you!Malarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18421349464010347804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-85623367268350070872011-08-22T01:44:01.493+01:002011-08-22T01:44:01.493+01:00Still feeling like a new parent. 6 years isn't...Still feeling like a new parent. 6 years isn't that long. Durian trees can take more than 10 years before they mature.<br /><br />Your caption has been selected and is being posted today. Congrats again!Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-60846087264350524012011-08-21T14:13:26.378+01:002011-08-21T14:13:26.378+01:00Hi b-a-g,I remember your February post well. Glad ...Hi b-a-g,I remember your February post well. Glad I am not the only sentimental nut case. I will be willing on your little saplings.Alistairhttp://www.aberdeengardening.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66508086550514199322011-08-21T09:55:31.632+01:002011-08-21T09:55:31.632+01:00Kininvie & Sproutling - In my post in February...Kininvie & Sproutling - In my post in February, I planned to graft a twig of the branch onto a sucker from the root to make a replica of the family tree. Unfortunately it's too late now, but I would rather grow on these seedlings knowing that they came from the family tree (and accepting that the fruit may not be the same) than search out a graft from a similar variety of apple tree.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-5707065095844230622011-08-21T09:48:08.812+01:002011-08-21T09:48:08.812+01:00Holly, Donna, One, Karin, Stacy, Pauline & Chr...Holly, Donna, One, Karin, Stacy, Pauline & Christine - Thanks for your best wishes. This feels like a baby shower. The little trees have not grown much in height as I expected but as Stacy noticed, buds are forming. From what I have read, it takes about 6 years for apple trees to mature and fruit. Containing the roots encourages more fruiting.b-a-ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01565084697297328338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-44660191577230101432011-08-21T09:39:37.297+01:002011-08-21T09:39:37.297+01:00You have my sympathy - it's sad to lose an old...You have my sympathy - it's sad to lose an old childhood friend. I hope the babies will grow well. They'll have their own personalities and stories to tell so does it really matter if they won't be carbon copies of the old tree?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-63004309330761395822011-08-20T23:18:03.749+01:002011-08-20T23:18:03.749+01:00Ah yes, I remember your post in Feb about your Mom...Ah yes, I remember your post in Feb about your Mom's apple tree and your apple seedlings ... At least you have those and I hope with you they grow and help to fill that void.Christine @ the Gardening Bloghttp://www.thegardeningblog.co.za/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-24143342678509597382011-08-20T19:27:37.577+01:002011-08-20T19:27:37.577+01:00I know very little about apples...but the word ...I know very little about apples...but the word 'grafting springs to mind. If you grafted a bud of the same variety as your old apple tree onto your seedlings, you might have the best of all possible worlds. But you'd need to seek some advice....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-28873684632135687982011-08-20T13:48:27.749+01:002011-08-20T13:48:27.749+01:00So sad when an old friend has to come down, but wo...So sad when an old friend has to come down, but wonderful that your tree lives on in your seedlings, How many years I wonder before they start producing apples for your crumbles ?!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057764572761794703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-66325093114786129912011-08-20T13:18:00.193+01:002011-08-20T13:18:00.193+01:00Losing a family friend, childhood memory, and curr...Losing a family friend, childhood memory, and current source of delight all in one go--yes, that would be a heartache. We will think encouraging thoughts at your seedlings, which are coming on well. Is that next year's bud I see forming in the photo on the left?Stacyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08297253093260251145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-1829891757085637362011-08-20T12:46:26.137+01:002011-08-20T12:46:26.137+01:00What a shock! Change is difficult to face sometime...What a shock! Change is difficult to face sometimes especially when there are wonderful memories. I am glad that your seedlings are beginning to grow. Hopefully they will grow into magnificent trees!Karin / Southern Meadowshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06514989784715204223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-83596560055082203672011-08-20T03:34:53.910+01:002011-08-20T03:34:53.910+01:00Congratulations! The babies hatched. You are a new...Congratulations! The babies hatched. You are a new parent...<br /><br />We can't grow apples in our climate.Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-43419478878051076112011-08-20T01:32:18.119+01:002011-08-20T01:32:18.119+01:00I enjoyed your post today. It seems like nostalgia...I enjoyed your post today. It seems like nostalgia day. I remember the huge apple tree at an aunt's house. We had orchard apples at my grandfather's estate, but the one huge tree at my aunt's was my favorite. It was never sprayed and you always risked the proverbial worm, but it was my all time favorite tree to climb and pick apples. So I see and feel your joy at the small apple Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5424558166690591608.post-35621479034528466532011-08-19T23:02:50.241+01:002011-08-19T23:02:50.241+01:00Yes, we often complain about something just becaus...Yes, we often complain about something just because it's familiar, when we really love it. I hope your new apple seedlings take off well and make fruit.HolleyGardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14892421871044249940noreply@blogger.com