DWARF APPLE - TROPIC SWEET

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^10/10

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It's first year, last year, this dwarf apple produced 6 delicious, crisp apples whilst still in a pot.  This year it is truly magnificent with so many attracttive flowers, I am sure we will have a good yield.  It is nearly 1.5m high and in full sun.  It now has a companion, a Dwarf Tropical Anna about 2m away and it could be this addition that is allowing our Dwarf Tropic Sweet to blossom so well.  It will be interesting to see how many sweet apples we can pick this year.  What a delightful tree!

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chicken and cow manure

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

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Have grown this before and is my favourite of all tropical apples - very crisp and sweet with some acidity, tasting much like a Jonathon. A rewarding tree, but does require some mainenance to keep productive. At least this time I have a  dwarf variety, so pruning won't be such a chore! (They can grow very big normally.) 

Read a tip if not getting enough chill - manually defoliate tree about July/August, and this will activate a hormone to produce flowers and fruit.(Same as if naturally dropped leaves.)  Wonder if this would work on non-tropical varieties?

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropical Anna

Pest Control:

Everything loves apples/apple trees - fungi, bugs, birds, bats, possums. If vigilant, can keep fungal diseases in check with organic sprays.  If exclusion nets then used, can have a really nice crop - must net as soon as fruit sets though.

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^9/10

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I am espaliering this tree with 2 other apples- Anna And Golden Dorset in a candelabra shape. This is the first year fruiting - I've had about 10 small apples, very sweet and crisp but don't seem to keep well in the fridge- they become floury.  Fruit fly has been an issue so I will need to take treatment next year.   Spring 2011 - this year more fruit set on all 3 apples. I have thinned some. Growth has reached to top of the fence so will prune in mid summer to reduce growth.

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2008

Height 1.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Golden Dorset

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Cow manure in winter, potassium in spring, trace elements in winter,

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: I'm controlling fruit fly with paper exclusion bags  . They work fine. 

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

I didn't think we could grow apples in Sydney; now I might give it a try

How many plants are required to get fruit? Thanks

2 they need a cross pollinator so you must ensure you have the right variety to cross pollinate.

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^7/10

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Still early days. I have had problems with ants but have temporarily solved by moving the pot periodically

(2009 Aug) I have got some very promising flowers already.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Keep us informed !!

I have had a few more apples off this tree this year but unfortunately I have developed a love for Fuji apples and I can't grow them here in my hot environment.

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^8/10

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Planted a year ago and it has grown well and dealt with high winds. It has recently flowered and looking quite happy.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Golden Dorsett

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Bought it this year from Daleys , planted June and it already has 2 fruit growing.

Fruiting Months October

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^10/10

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   I love apples, but I'm sick of the tasteless ones sold in supermarkets, so three trees should keep us going for hopefully nearly six months of the year.

   Bought from Daleys and planted mid Nov 2017 (Gold Coast) in a garden bed next to a dwarf tropical anna (on left) and dwarf dorsett golden (on right). These three form a triple planting about 45cm apart under the Dave Wilson Nursery backyard orchard concept. The entire bed has a thick layer of cane mulch. At present (Jan 2018) they are about 90cm tall, and will be pruned regularly so they grow no taller than 150-180cm.

   I fertilise with varying ratios and amounts of Dynamic Lifter or Rooster Booster, sulphate of potash, and blood and bone at the beginning of spring, summer and autumn. I also give fortnightly foliar sprays of a diluted solution of Seasol, Powerfeed for flowers and fruit, soluble sulphate of potash, and Epsom salts during the non-dormant months.

   I use a soil moisture meter, and water the trees as necessary.

   All three apple trees are very healthy and growing vigorously, and the grafts are very strong.

Planted: 2017

Height 90 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Dwarf tropical anna and dwarf dorsett golden

Pest Control:

Occasional Eco-Neem spray, and copper spray during dormancy. When fruiting the fruit will be bagged against fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^6/10

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Have just moved this tree about 2 months ago, so that is why some of the leaves are brown as it dried out.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: animal manures, blood and bone

Pest Control:

Will also need to be covered from the birds.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^7/10

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Only one of my apples is alive, and only because the possum could not reach the very top leaves. Didn't stop it from trying as the pot was knocked over 3 times. Barely alive I now have a possum-trimmed topiary tree, but I don't know how well it will fruit without a friend tree.

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet ^5/10

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Not having any luck growing any of the tropical apples

Planted: 2008

Height 45 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^8/10

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Espaliered, pretty flowers at front entrance with dwarf golden dorsett and nashi pear. Good snack sized fruit within six months of purchase. Must bag/net to protect from fruit fly... best time to harvest is when fruit drops into bag. I bag fruit when slightly larger than my thumb as some fruit drops before then, as prior to that it is too easy to damage tieing the bag on and you need to do your thinning. Won mother-in-law over so got her a tree for christmas. So much nicer tasting than store-bought fruit. I want an Anna tree one day too.

Most interested in seeing the multiple crops happen throughout the year...

Fruiting Months October, November, December

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

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Photo taken 2009.  Apple TS is in foreground

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet ^7/10

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Fared a little better than Tropical Anna in the full Mareeba sun. Suffered a small amount of sun burn, but is doing better in a spot that gets full sun in the mornings only.

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Am training it over an archway

Height 3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Amgrow Organic Fruit Fertilizer and Composted Manure

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: Only when needed and use an underplanting of Foxgloves and use Beneficial Insects

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: lucerne mulch

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

bat safe netting

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet

Comments: - WISH LIST Top of my priorities is growing apples in Brisbane. A few locals are having great success in South Brisbane. I want so badly.

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months January, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet

Comments: - Just arrived from Daleys. (13/11/2014)

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^10/10

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Growing apples is a first time and I am quite looking forward to it

June 2016 A small crop this year is expected

Dec 2017 A small crop of quite nice apples coming on

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2014

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: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropical Anna

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Netting

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

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Plant arrived in in Feb 2020 in great condition with soil still damp. Will plant this into a pot after 1-2 weeks outside and provide updates.

May 2020 - Has been growing well so far, no issues as of yet.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Golden Dorsett