I always wondered what real apples actually taste like. There is a diference ya know between stuff you grow personally then stuff you buy.
Yeah I hate the taste of an unwashed storebought apple... they're superb from the tree though. How exactly would one go about growing an apple tree?
Buy a young tree from a nursery.Apples don't grow true from seed.They prefer places that get a frost. Generally better in locations that are a bit exposed.The wind helps blow the bugs off.Remember this, trees and grass are constantly trying to put each other out of business.Therefore keep grass away from the drip line of any tree.The drip line is where you apply fertilizer.If you buy a bare rooted tree, preferably make a a seaweed solution and drip the root ball in the seaweed solution.Dig a hole that is twice as wide and deep as the root ball.If is is very sticky clay soil, sprinkle some gypsum in the bottom. Break up the soil before adding it back in.Mix in grass clippings,leaves and other organic mattter.When you plant the tree, try to keep the soil loose- avoid compaction as much as possible.Once planted give it ten minutes of watering and then water weekly in warm weather.If you water too regular , you will get shallow rooting.if you do apply mulch, keep it away from the trunk.
I noticed yesterday when i was slicing tomatoes at work that they are coated in wax as well... some sort of vegetable-based wax i believe
yeah, apples fell from tree are much better. Pears,figs, grapes, and berries too. I'm just glad spring planting season has started around here.
i saw some apples at the store that were grape flavored. it had an ingredents list that said: apples, artifical grape flavoring. how sick is that! its probly somthing that will give you cancer in 5 years.
why would someone want grape flavord apples? i like my appells to tast like apples and my grapes to taste like grapes i think i have heard it all know artifiecaly flaverd apples? what fkd up sht will they think of next? the scary thing is some people will think its cool and feed it to their kids!
i like apples. i used to go and harvest at my friends organic farm up in wisconsin, they even let me run this huge cider press. nuthin like organic cider seconds away from the press.
I won't eat apples unless I get them from an orchard, none of that grocery store crap. Every fall we go up to the North Georgia mountains just about every other weekend and get bushels and bushels of apples. Yummy. I've never had store bought apples that didn't taste mealy. We grow our own blueberries and they're so much better than store bought. We get 2 gallons on a good day and most of the time we eat as we pick, so each day's picking only lasts us one to two days. It's awesome. I love fresh fruit.
hey silverclover what kind of blueberries do you grow? its time for some softwood cuttings i would love some a freind of mine goes to atlanta every so often or i would pay for over night shiping! if you are planning on doing any pruning or you can just take a few im interested pm or email me!!! i so much love blue food!!weehhheee
ive been exposed to some oldtime variaties that you wont find exept with pepole that search them out if anyone wants and has propagation experience and wanted to spend a weekend i could propably lead you to some obscure variates , ever hear of the transparent yellow? probably put the flavor in the deliciuse i know i cant spell or type worth a sht. but other var. also if you have the means lets get them!!!
