Apple Tree Growth Chart

Standard or full-sized trees can grow up to 30 feet tall and can take six years to bear their first fruit. Semi-dwarf and dwarf apple trees can grow from 6 to 20 feet tall and produce full-sized apples in about three years.

How tall is a 2 year old apple tree?

(2 years old and 3-4 feet tall.) 3-in-1 Apple Jubilee Tree - Different apple varieties grow on each of the 3 limbs!

How tall should you let an apple tree grow?

Space apple trees according to their height. Standard apples that can grow to 20 or 30 feet tall; they should be spaced 25 to 30 feet apart. Semi-dwarf trees that can grow to 12 to 15 feet tall; they should be spaced 15 feet apart. Dwarf trees that can grow 6 to 10 feet tall; they should be spaced 8 to 10 feet apart.

How long does it take for an apple tree to yield apples?

Dwarfs and semi-dwarfs will bear in 3 to 4 years, yielding 1 to 2 bushels per year. Standard-size trees will bear in 5 to 8 years, yielding 4 to 5 bushels of apples per year. The variety of apple selected should be based on fruit characteristics, bloom time, and pollen compatibility.

What makes apple trees grow faster?

Be Consistent With Maintenance & Care. Like any living thing, your apple tree is going to thrive and grow faster if its well-cared for. A tree that is watered irregularly or never fertilized is going to grow slower than a tree that has a watering bag and regular fertilization.

What is the fastest apple tree to grow?

Some fast growing apple trees include Red Delicious and Yellow Delicious. They can grow up to 6-10 inches per year or more.

How old is a 5 gallon apple tree?

Group	Age	Container
Size 1	2-3 yrs old	1 Gallon
Size 2	3-4 yrs old	3 Gallon
Size 3	4-5 yrs old	5 Gallon
Size 4	5-6 yrs old	7 Gallon

What not to plant with apple trees?

Apple trees and grass are not exactly good companion plants. We are often asked how wide a mulch ring is around any given fruit tree.

At what age does an apple tree bear fruit?

The average bearing age of fruit trees is as follows; apple - 4 to 5 years, sour or tart cherry - 3 to 5 years, pear - 4 to 6 years, and plum - 3 to 5 years.

Can I cut the top off my apple tree?

New dwarf varieties of apples, called 'spur type,' don't need to be pruned to set up spurs. They do it themselves. Topping is bad for any tree, including fruit trees. The suckers that shoot back up from a topped fruit tree are not only ugly, but they produce leaves instead of fruit.

Can you plant apple trees 10 feet apart?

The spacing depends on the type of tree: a row of full-size trees should be planted 15 to 18 feet apart; dwarf varieties can be closer, 6 to 8 feet apart in a row.

Can you make apple trees grow faster?

If your fruit trees are small and gnarled and scrubby, it's time to pay some attention to them. If you want to grow fruit trees fast, give them mulch, fertilizer and water and don't let the grass fight with them for resources.

How often do you water an apple tree?

Once every 7- to 10-days (or even once every two weeks) is plenty. Worse than dry, thirsty roots are waterlogged, drowning roots.

How much water does an apple tree need per day?

Generally, apple trees need about an inch of rainfall every seven to ten days for established trees. Another way of looking at it is water when the top eight to ten inches of soil are dry.

Do you need 2 apple trees to produce fruit?

Apples are self-unfruitful. Plant at least two different apple tree varieties within 50 feet of one another for a good fruit set. Some apple varieties, such as Golden Delicious, will produce a crop without cross-pollination from a second variety.

How do you stimulate an apple tree to grow?

The best apple tree fertilizer is nutrient rich mulch. You spread it on the soil over the roots of your apple tree once a year, in the early spring.

What is the best fertilizer for apples?

Fruit trees prefer an organic, high nitrogen fertilizer. Blood meal, soybean meal, composted chicken manure, cottonseed meal, and feather meal are all good, organic nitrogen sources.

How do you encourage apples to grow?

Encourage good flowering and fruit formation by applying sulphate of potash fertiliser. Each spring, spread a mulch of garden compost under the tree to condition the soil, hold in moisture and suppress weeds. Summer pruning helps transform leafy shoots into fruiting ones.

Should you plant 2 apple trees?

Good quality apples tend to have larger and / or more numerous pips - the result of good pollination. This is the reason why (in the case of apples and pears) it is often best to plant at least two trees (of different varieties), rather than relying on one self-fertile variety.

How long does a Honeycrisp apple tree take to grow?

If properly planted and maintained, you will see your first apples in two to five years for dwarf Honeycrisp apple trees and seven to eight years for full-size trees.