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Nearly two years later and my apple trees are really looking like small trees, rather than sticks with a branch or three! They even handled my late pruning quite well this spring. The Pink Lady took to the training so well. It has a nice open shape. The Fuji, on the other hand, I should have paid closer attention after the initial training I guess. The branches all grew straight up, after the point where my ties were. I’ve staked some more branches, and the original branches further along. I’m working on opening the tree up and getting better lateral growth. We’ll see how it grows.
Both trees are having an easier time this year with leaf munching insects. I remembered to spray with insecticidal soap fairly early on. Unfortunately both trees are having problems with Cedar-Apple Rust. The Fuji is having a worse time of it than the Pink Lady which follows what this table of apple tree susceptibility to cedar-apple rust shows. I imagine the lack of air flow due to all the vertical growth on that tree doesn’t help. I’ll have to rake up the leaves when they fall, do better about spraying and work harder at my branch training.
Only 1-2 more years till my apple trees ought to start bearing!
