How Can You Tell When Apples Are Ready to Eat
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This is the first year we've had apple off tree I'm not sure how to tell when they ready to eat 
Hold the apple in your hand , Twist - if it comes away it is ready , don't pull hard . If they don't come away try the next day They look about ready to me 
Golfforall thanks I will try tomorrow when my son comes home from school, it's his apple tree
Imnotcheap Tell him he's done very well . They look much better than mine . I have loads on trees (too many to test individually ) but when the wind blows them off they tend to bruise after hitting the ground . He might want to put something soft under the ones that are hanging over in case the same thing happens .
So difficult to grow any kind of fruit, without it getting eaten by bugs. So well done to you and your Son. They look absolutely delicious already and I would love to be able to test one for you both!
we have had a small apple tree in our small garden for many years and its never produced that much int he way of decent apples. a year or so go it blew down in a storm. we tried to prop it back up and tie it to the fence but the next storm it blew down again. We left it half propped up against the fence, growing at about a 40% angle to the ground and were planning to uproot it and maybe plant a new tree. Good job we never got round to it as we are getting more apples from it now then we have ever had before!
My parents have had apple trees in the garden for 30 years, they get fruit from them every year. They have plums trees too, we get so much chutney. I'm not sure how to tell how they are ready as my mum used to tell me when to pick them!
Imnotcheap the apples from my parents tree were always delicious. They made amazing apple pie.
Imnotcheap my mother and mother in law make amazing apple pie! Can't beat some apple pie and custard
I am growing four varieties of apples at the moment, none are ready to eat from the tree yet, Just finishing the last of the plums and pears.
Imnotcheap As of today I have one variety ready to come off the tree. Tried them a couple of days ago and still stuck firm, went into the garden today and they come off with no effort at all.
Going to be very different for future generations. Gardens are tiny. Both my grandparents had big gardens. Even my paternal grandparents who lived in a council house (until they bought it) had a front garden you'd be proud of, but the back was half a football pitch. Both had fruit trees. Apples, plums, and pears. But the latter only fruited every few years.
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