Pollinating Apple Trees

Pollinating apple trees is really important. Without pollination there won’t be any fruits to eat, despite having a full grown apple tree. Usually, for the purpose of pollination, you need to plant two different types of apple trees. But, as we have a limited space and already struggle to grow one apple tree, of course having two will be a major problem.

Why pollinating apple trees are required?

Apple trees cannot be able to pollinate themselves. Although some plants are capable of doing this, apple trees certainly can’t. However, there are certain things and methods we can do to overcome this problem.

Usually, the insects such as bees carry the pollens from one tree to another. But the trees, where the bees collect the pollen from, have to be different type of tree. For instance, if you are growing Granny Smith apples, the pollen from another Granny Smith apple tree will not do the job. It has to be different type, for instance, Double Red Jonathan apple tree.

So, if we don’t have the space required for the purpose of pollinating apple trees, what do we do? Do we just forget about our passion and forget about growing fresh apples? Of course not.

Dwarf Apple Trees To The Rescue

Whether you plant a normal size tree or a dwarf tree, you can always use another dwarf apple tree for the pollination purposes. For instance, let say, you planted your apple tree, but it requires another tree so it can pollinate. You can always plant a smaller dwarf tree that is different type than your normal trees. This will do the job for pollinating your main tree.

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