My Edible Fruit Trees: Dwarf Apple Trees

Apple - Dwarf Golden Delicious (Grafted) ^8/10

Height 7 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

Comments: -

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.

Spring 2020 - Flowered 

Nov-Dec 2020 - Fruited (only left two on). Damaged by ?fruit fly, but still edible. Will try bagging next year. 

September 2021: Flowering and setting fruit again. Now in 45L planter bag.

Planted: 2020

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 10 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Golden Dorsett

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted)

Comments: -

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.

Spring 2020 - Flowered 

Nov-Dec 2020 - Fruited (only left two on). Damaged by ?fruit fly, but still edible. Will try bagging next year. 

September 2021: Flowering and setting fruit again. Now in 45L planter bag.

Planted: 2020

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 10 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic Sweet

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR

Dwarf Apple - Red Delicious (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - borers, was a wonderful tree for 5 years then died.

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Pink Lady (Grafted)

Pollination: No

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna (Grafted)

Comments: -

1st picture taken 2009. No rain Nov-Jan  Aug-Sept Flowering

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

I am wondering myself whether or not these would really be suitable for coastel north of Brisbane weather. I think not actually and I wondered what sort of climate you are ine. What would be the lowest temperature you get down to in winter?

Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted)

Comments: -

Photo taken 2009. A Dorset Gold in Middle. Apple Tropic Sweet left side. Apple Anna right side & in far background Avocado Bacon.  This area can go as low as -2 temp

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted)

Comments: -

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

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropical Anna

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Osmocote Fruit Trees - Worm Castings

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic Sweet

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Osmocote Fruit Trees - Worm Castings

Dwarf Apple - Akane

Comments: - This variety i think is too high chill for my area. You can see the buds didn't really open vrey well this year and there was no additional height from last year. Cill issues seem to effect the top of the plant more. I'm grafting on lwer chill varieties and will try misting and shading during winter to get more chill.

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR (Seedling)

Comments: - Naturally dwarfing rootstock on these. Seems to be slower grower and smaller variety than M26 rootstock.

Planted: 2018

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Apple - Red Fuji (Grafted)

Comments: - Planted in 2017. Finally got first apple this year (2020). Grafted many other varieties on since.

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf Apple - Redlove

Dwarf Apple - Cox Orange Pippin

Dwarf Apple - Pink Lady (Grafted) ^10/10

Planted: 2019

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question: When should I feed and what with? 

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith ^9/10

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Apple - Red Fuji

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR

Planted: 2019

Growing: In the Ground

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Dwarf apple

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Was not doing well so Position changed in July 2017 and pruned half. now in front yard

slow growing,, Strugling, still same size

DIED IN 2019-20 SEASON

Dwarf Apple - Pink Lady ^5/10

Comments: -

Raising as a Stepover apple

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Granny Smith

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Comments

Growing great. Vigorous and Vase shaped. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture. Will convert it into Step Over Apple.

Size is controlled heavily,L SHAPED, 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide only

NOT A SINGLE APPLE YET

SEASON 2019-20 , 3 APPLES

10/09/20 - Relocated to Front of property on west wall due House being demolished for renovations. Was Damaged also by Crane, But Looks ok as off today ( 01/03/21)

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith ^5/10

Comments: -

Great pollinator for other varities.

Raising as a Stepover apple

Planted: 2014

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: gala

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Growing great. Vigorous and Vase shaped. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture. Will convert it into Step Over Apple.

fruited this year approx 10 apples. Size is controlled heavily, 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide only

SEASON 2019-20 NICE FRUIT SET

10/09/20 - Relocated to Front of property on west wall due House being demolished for renovations. Was Damaged alaso by Crane, But Looks ok as ff today ( 01/03/21)

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - This is our very first fruit, but the tree has been flowering for the past 2yrs. Seems to have some trouble self pollinating so I may have to assist next time. It's almost totally deciduous in our winter here. It's growing strongly and is in a large raised bed facing north - in our pool area which has a 6ft brick wall around it - so a nice microclimate in winter and summer.

Planted: 2014

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets, little and often during the growing season. Sulphur in early spring if needed.

Dwarf Apple - Redlove ^9/10

Comments: - Really interested in growing one of these beauties. I'd like to graft a granny smith onto it to get a combined Red and Green Apple tree

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

This Apple is a semi dwarf on mm778 rootstock,nice and hardy , will keep in a large pot .

I believe it to be fairly self fertile . However - 

I may end up with a tropic gold Dorsett,as I like golden delicious and they are much the same .

Planted: 2019

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna

Comments: - Similar to red delicious

Planted: 2018

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Espaliered, looks awesome - took well to this and friends have commented. Love the fruit, not gritty/grainy like some other custard apples and small seeds too. No need to hand pollinate. Downside is that all of the fruit comes at once, quickly over a month from mid-feb to march in Brisbane. Must bag/net to protect from fruit fly - unripe fruit drops leading up to harvest as a natural thinning method so I bag by Feb and find fruit only start to get stung two weeks after the very first fruit drops. I harvest fruit to freeze the pulp to use later. Amazing with vanilla ice cream. I took a gamble with limited info online when I got this tree - it is a winner!!! I don't know why someone could not like the taste.

Fruiting Months March

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified