I need to plant an apple tree

By Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58669)

Portugal

April 10, 2019 7:28am CST

My daughter is better today, she doesn't have fever since yesterday, it seems the sore throat was a virus and she didn't need the antibiotic. As she was feeling better yesterday night she wanted apples, her favorite fruit and she ate 3

I have many fruit trees in my yard but curiously I don't have an apple tree. My kids eat so many apples that I think it makes sense plant a tree of red apples, their favorite. I just don't know if it is the right time to plant it

I usually buy apples on Saturdays or Sundays and we run out of it on Wednesday... I think I need a very big tree

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

10 Apr 19

I'm glad your daughter feels better.

I have several apple trees in the yard. Now is the perfect time to plant it.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

Yes, it seems it is. Does it give lots of work?

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

@Nevena83 that is great, so you have many apples?

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Nevena Zivkovic

@Nevena83 (65277)

• Serbia

10 Apr 19

@nela13 Not much work. Most of our apples are over 100 years old.

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@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

10 Apr 19

Yes, you can plant an apple tree right now, it's a good season. One of my neighbors did two days ago.

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@LadyDuck (471500)

• Switzerland

11 Apr 19

@nela13 This is a good time to plant trees, even if they already show small fruits.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

@LadyDuck I really like to have my own fruits and as they eat many apples, if I have my own I know that they are organic without pesticides

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

Really?! I will look for it as soon as I can, maybe next week my husband can plant it.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

11 Apr 19

Oh I do not now when is that right time to plant it. maybe during summers when there is plenty of sun for it to grow fast before it succumbs to winter it should be big enough already to counter the cold weather. I saw apple orchards and most of them are leafless at this point in time and my sister said they would start to have leaves when summer comes and during fall is their time to bear fruits and winter is when they would literally stop until spring and summer comes back again.

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@rsa101 (38166)

• Philippines

11 Apr 19

@nela13 I am not and expert since we do not have that in my place. So I guess you better get good seedlings and start planting them just enough for them to grow comfortably.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

For what the other users have told me here it seems the perfect time to plant it is now! I think about it in the right time

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

@rsa101 It will take a time until we can harvest some apples, that is why I should plant it as soon as I can.

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

10 Apr 19

So glad your daughter is feeling better and the fever is gone. No antibiotics are good, and wouldn't do much for a virus, anyway. I love apples, too. It's wonderful that your kids like them so much!

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

11 Apr 19

@nela13 It would wonderful if you could grow your own apple tree just for the kids!

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Thank you, I am so glad that she didn't need the antibiotic, it is better for her this way. Yes, they love it so much that I think it makes sense having an apple tree.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

13 Apr 19

@DianneN we will buy the tree next week and our kids will help us to plant it

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

15 Apr 19

@nela13 I am glad your daughter is better. It sounds like a good idea to plant an apple tree then.

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@Hannihar (130218)

• Israel

15 Apr 19

@nela13 It certainly does make sense if they eat so many of them.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

15 Apr 19

@Hannihar and as we don't use pesticides I know our apples will be good for them.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

15 Apr 19

They eat so many that it makes sense

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

11 Apr 19

Glad she is better today. We all need an apple tree.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

12 Apr 19

Thank you. Do you like apples?

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

12 Apr 19

@CarolDM those are our favorite too

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@CarolDM (203422)

• Nashville, Tennessee

12 Apr 19

@nela13 Love the red delicious.

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@shaggin (72131)

• United States

11 Apr 19

I am glad she is felling better. My daughter used to eat tons of apples as well. About 3 a day. My son the last year or so has been that way with oranges. It is to cold here to grow oranges but we do have an apple tree in the yard. They take so long to grow and bear fruit. Free fruit is wonderful once they start producing!

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@shaggin (72131)

• United States

11 Apr 19

@nela13 absolutely!

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Yes, it will take a time until we can harvest some apples, that is why I should plant it as soon as I can.

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

10 Apr 19

what kind of apples.They need a lot of care once you get it going.

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@amadeo (111938)

• United States

10 Apr 19

@nela13 are you able to handle it?

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

@amadeo my husband does it

@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

They like red ones and it is one of those trees that I want. Yes, it requires some work.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317041)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Apr 19

I'm not sure when the best time to plant an apple tree is, but you can always start it inside and transplant it later. Yes, you need a tree, maybe more than one.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

You're right, maybe I need more than one

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317041)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

10 Apr 19

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@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

10 Apr 19

Apple trees are harder than citrus trees.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

Do you mean Apple trees require more work? I have orange trees.

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@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

10 Apr 19

Just that apples can grow shriveled, taste bad, wormy.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

@JohnRoberts ohh I see, I think it needs to be pruning once a year.

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@FayeHazel (40243)

• United States

11 Apr 19

Happy daughter is better. Oh! If you buy that apple tree - you need another one close by for pollination.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Really?! I didn't know that, so maybe I need to buy 2 for the pollination

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

18 Apr 19

@FayeHazel No, there are no apples trees near here, I think I will buy 2. Thank you

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@FayeHazel (40243)

• United States

11 Apr 19

@nela13 I think that would be the safest idea - and you would have plenty of apples. If any near neighbors have apple trees that might work, too... but I'm unsure how close they need to be. Fairly close, I think.

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@Janet357 (75646)

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10 Apr 19

And this apple tree will keep the doctor away.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

That is what the proverb say

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@Janet357 (75646)

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11 Apr 19

@nela13 i think having it in your backyard or garden makes it beautiful. Imagine how colorful the tree gets once it bears fruits

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

@Janet357 Yes, I think it will be a very beautiful tree

@didinedhia (8470)

• Algeria

11 Apr 19

ohh that is a good idea!!! i dont have any place to plant anything

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

I think it is as we eat many apples.

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@didinedhia (8470)

• Algeria

11 Apr 19

@nela13 that's great

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@LowRiderX (22903)

• Serbia

22 Apr 19

Do not forget to plant next to the tree and horseradish. It keeps the tree from root disease

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

22 Apr 19

What is horseradish?

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

26 Apr 19

@LowRiderX Is it similar to ginger?

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@LowRiderX (22903)

• Serbia

26 Apr 19

@nela13 Yes it's similar but not the same vegetable

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@snowy22315 (180691)

• United States

11 Apr 19

I don't know you would have to check on that. Glad she is better

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Thank you, she is much better now. It seems it is the right time to plant it

@allknowing (136397)

• India

11 Apr 19

You should definitely plant since you say apples are in demand in your household.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Very demand

I think it worth having my own tree.

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@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

11 Apr 19

Oh I hope you do Manuela. Apples are the best

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Yes, it is a great fruit and my kids love it.

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

11 Apr 19

It sounds an excellent idea to plant an apple tree if you have the room for it .

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Yes, I think it makes sense as we eat so many apples.

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@pjmurphy (2499)

• United States

10 Apr 19

You definitely need to plant an apple tree. Hope your daughter is feeling better.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

10 Apr 19

I have enough space to plant it and as tmy children love apples, I think it worth. She is, thank you

@debjani1 (7202)

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11 Apr 19

Glad to know that your daughter is feeling better. As you have a yard so you can easily plant an apple tree. I don't like apple. But an apple a day keeps a doctor away.

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@nela13 (58669)

• Portugal

11 Apr 19

Yes, as they eat so many I think it makes sense have one apple tree.