My Edibles: Apricot Trees

apricot - trevat (Grafted)

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As they are only babies I removed all the fruit as soon as it set as I want them to get their roots fully established so they can survive the summer!They are being espilared against the fence. A few have been hard hit by the storm and had some unorthordox pruning (thanks Perth storms) - but they seem to have recovered well. All their leaves have been removed for winter and I'm hoping they spring out of dormancy soon)

leavs are emerging late September. There are not many flowers - this could be due to Perth storm pruning, or insufficient chill, but a few fruit have set (obviously not enough ... one can never have too many apricots!) I always knew apricots would be a challenge in Perth!

I striped the plants of leaves in June. Hopefully they will learn that it is winter and crop in summer (maybe). The first blossom has appeared mid September 2011. It is still just waking up as of mid October 2011. There might be tiny fruitlets (just a few). It would be wonderful to get apricots in Perth (given we have far too few chill hours)

Jan 2012 - yummy, yummy, yummy ... fresh apricots are so delicious. The is no danger of an apricot crop in Perth breaking the branches of the tree, but a dozen fruit per tree is a nice treat, and so much more flavour than in the shops.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

ladybugs!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Apricot - Storeys (Early Moorepark) (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - good eating and good for jam

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Apricot - Moorepark

Eugenia myrcianthes - \'Tropical Apricot\'

Comments: - Flowered spring 2011, no fruit set as yet. It is a fairly ornamental plant with furry leaves. Moderate growth rate. 

Planted: 2010

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Moorepark ^9/10

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Bought from the market in a pot 3 years ago.  Two years ago I transfered to ground.  It gets sun all day and is thriving.  Last year got one apricot, this year nothing but the tree looks great.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Apricot (Dwarf)

Apricot - Trevatt

Apricot - Moorepark ^7/10

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I love apricots so am looking forward to sampling fruit off this tree!

Planted: 2011

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Divinity (Grafted)

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Early  season variety

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Question:

Apricot - Moorepark

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted)

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New

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Blenheim (Grafted)

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New

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted)

Comments: -

New

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Moorepark

Organic Status:Organic

Apricot - Fireball

Apricot - Storeys (Early Moorepark) ^10/10

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Fastest growing tree in my garden. Have to heavily prune as I've planted too close to the house. Beautiful flowers, delicious fruit.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted) ^7/10

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TASTE home grown fruit picked when ripe & tasted great

tried some apricots from a large supermarket that deals in fresh food    bloody awful. large good looking pale orange fruit when fully ripe ,was watery with no flavour

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Apricot - Fireball

Apricot - Glengarry ^3/10

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No action here - still.

Aug 2010: has not lost any of last seasons leaves yet....

Feb 2011: it flowered well in spring but set no fruit (again!)

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Comments

Apricot - Moorpark

Comments: - Nice tasting fruit.  Should not produce as much as the very productive varieties ad should still plenty more than we need.

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, compost

Organic Status:Organic

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Love the taste of fresh apricots!  Love the heart shaped leaves of the tree.  Love that it is not fussy.  Love that it is growing so well and bearing so much fruit this year.

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter, Complete Fruit tree fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None.  Almost daily inspection to prevent problems

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I haven't pruned it yet and have been surprised by the amazing spring growth.  But now the branches are bending down under the weight of scores of fruit. Being greedy, I thought I'd let it drop the excess fruit at its own discretion, but only a few have fallen.  I will have to support the branches somehow for the next couple of months.  Then I want to do a summer prune as I've heard winter pruning encourages fungal diseases.  (Which is why I didn't prune it earlier)

Last year it had about thirty fruit, six months after planting, but this year it's loaded with them!

My question is:   Should I thin out the fruit which is dotted along the whole length of the branches and causing them to hang horizontally?   Then, when I summer-prune, how hard should I be? 

Apricot - Divinity/Trevatt (Grafted)

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Apriots are beautiful when  allowed to ripen from the tree, but every now and then I also like chomping them at the semi ripe stage when they are still crisp.

Planted in the ground in September 2010.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Moorepark

Apricot - Fireball

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apricot - Trevatt (Grafted) ^7/10

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Planted in the same hole as a Moorpark Apricot and trained to form half of a vase (The moorpark forms the other half). Not fruiting yet- expect the first fruit this year.

Heaps of fruit summer 09/10- enought for eating over the relatively short season (hey it is stonefruit after all) but not enough yet for jam

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 25% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Fruit fly plus bordeaux spray in winter just before bud burst

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted) ^6/10

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Planted in the same hole as a Trevatt Apricot and trained to form half of a vase (The Trevatt forms the other half). Not fruiting yet- expect the first fruit this year.

Heaps of fruit summer 09/10- enought for eating over the relatively short season (hey it is stonefruit after all) but not enough yet for jam

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 25% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Fruit fly spray and bordeaux spray in winter just before bud burst

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Apricot - Moorepark (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Apricot - Bentley

Pollination: No

Apricot - Glengarry ^8/10

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Full of flowers now, hope the birds will leave some fruits for us this year.

A graceful tree and extremely healthy. The tree is quite tall so no fruit has been picked. The birds dropped some fruits with some of them barely touched. I couldn't resist to pick it up and have a task. Oh, it was so sweet and tasty. Wish I were a bird. But, considering it provides nice afternoon shade in summer and beautiful blossoms in spring, I am not going to prune it back.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Height 6 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

pest free