Sugar Tyme Crabapple Trees - In Espalier - Summer Growth - Late September 2024
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The last time that I checked in on the pair of Sugar Tyme crabapple trees - that are planted on the southside of our house - was in mid-March when they started to leaf-out on the tips of the branches . I planted the pair of these trees in September of 2021 , so this was the third FULL growing season. They seemed to do fine in 2022 and 2023. They bloomed each Spring and had fruit in their first Fall , too. I last pruned these in February of this year - February 2024. When they were dormant . At that time, the tree on the right was showing some 'upwards' growth and was a bit more 'ahead' of the tree on the left. But, I pruned them back to be horizontal cordons - four layers with a 'flat' top layer. This growing season, the trees kept-on-going. But, the tree on the right shot WAY ahead of the one on the left. Have a look at the trees - as they currently look - at the end of September - in the photo below: The tree on the right has A TON of top g...