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Apple's growing on young tree

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I have a healthy crop of apples growing on my trees which are around 2 years old, unfortunately because the branches are still young they cannot bear the weight of the fruit and are being pulled down towards the ground. Should I remove the fruit or can this damage the tree in any way?




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I would take off a couple from each cluster - this shpuld put less stress on the tree and allow the apples to grow bigger.

9 Aug, 2008

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