Planting Two Harvest Gold Hargozam Crabapple Trees in Belgian Fence - June 2021
Back during quarantine (Spring/Summer of 2020), I bought eight very inexpensive apple trees and planted them about two feet apart along our fence . Then, I proceeded to lop them them off at about 24" from the ground and hoped for the best. They all seemed to throw off some new buds and I thought that maybe they'd all do fine. I wired them up by mid-Summer and saw some new growth. But, by August, I had three trees that had died . #1, #5, #6 (from the left) were all lost - that was two Golden Delicious and a Honeycrisp trees. When I was planning this Belgian Fence espalier, I did a little bit of research into pollinators and what combination(s) were needed to bear fruit. I'm KNOW that Honeycrisp trees pollinate Golden/Yellow Delicious Trees. And...I'm pretty sure that Golden/Yellow Delicious trees pollinate Honeycrisp apple trees. So, when I was going to find replacements, I knew that what I had remaining were four Honeycrisp trees and one Golden Delicious t