Apple tree - when / how to thin fruit on youngish tree

**fishpond** · 22-05-2015, 03:18 AM

I see no harm in letting a 4yr old, 9 foot tree, fruit.
You will no doubt lose a few in the June drop anyway.

**SkyChild** · 22-05-2015, 10:53 AM

Let it fruit - 4 years is plenty

I think for thinning you wait until you've got a few smallish fruits and then just pluck them off so they are not overcrowded.
But the tree will drop some anyway

**Jungle Jane** · 22-05-2015, 07:51 PM

Thin the fruit not the flowers. I did mine today,the apples are about 1cm big,you need to see what fruit you've got & some will come off the tree easily like they're weaker. I also get rid of the smaller looking ones,I leave about 10cm between each apple so they don't touch each other when they grow.

**Martin H** · 22-05-2015, 08:22 PM

I always wait until the tree has dropped all the ones it wants to before thinning.

I understand that they tend to drop the ones without many pips in, because they aren't worth the effort of bringing to maturity. I can't tell which those are, so once the tree is happy I take some more off to reduce the load, get bigger fruit and to discourage biennial bearing.

**Philthy** · 23-05-2015, 09:44 PM

I'll leave it be then and see what happens.

Cheers.

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