Three years ago this fall we planted a couple apple trees, knowing it would take a few years before they'd produce.
Two years ago, deer pretty much stripped them.. but they flowered a little and we got 3 apples...
Last winter - the deer stayed away, all looked pretty good, tons of flowers this spring, and now -
OMG! It's loaded! And even small I can tell they're gonna pull the young branches down when they get bigger.
Are we supposed to remove some of the apples before something happens or just let it do whatever it's gonna do?
See how skinny the branch is? That's up in the middle of the tree; there are at least 20 little apples hanging on the end of that one and more on the same branch up towards the trunk!
Yes, this is my first fruit tree. I don't know squat about this and Tom doesn't either.
We probably should have removed the lowest branches, those are already hanging just 6" from the ground, and we'll do that late fall -
ALL thoughts/ideas welcome. Thanks!