Tag: thinning | Orchard Notes

Re-Thinning Apples in the Air-Pot Mini Orchard

With apple fruitlets a little on the small size, it was time to re-thin the pot-grown apple trees.

Now is a the best time to hand-thin apple fruitlets, particularly on smaller trees and definitely on any that are growing in pots.

Thinning out weaker, surplus fruitlets helps to improve the size and quality of the final fruits.