So cool

Last spring, I bought two apple trees from Costco and planted them in my yard. I have always wanted to have fruit trees, so it was cool to finally get some. The bad thing is that it can take a few years for your trees to bear any fruit depending on the age of the tree when you get it.

These tree wont grow any fruit this year, and I am not sure if they will be mature enough to bear fruit next year either. I have heard that you have to pull the flowers off during the first couple years to prevent the trees from trying to grow fruit before they are ready.

If you leave the flowers on and they get pollinated, the tree will divert a lot of energy into trying to grow fruit instead of focusing on creating strong roots and stronger branches.

The trees are still pretty short, so it is really important for me to get rid of the flowers. It sucks pulling these off the tree, but it is best for the future of the trees.

I wanted to wait until at least one of the flowers bloomed before I cut the flowers off the trees. It will be cool to see how many flowers are on the trees next year. I think i will leave a few flowers on some of the stronger branches and see if they get pollinated or not.

Spring is my favorite time of the year. I love all the flowers and the warm weather. This winter was extremely long and we are ready for things to warm up a bit here. I hope you enjoyed the pictures of my flowers. I hope there are so many more next year.