Apple seedling care

15 years ago

About 12 months back I planted an apple seed in a yoghurt pot with a clear plastic drink bottle dome over the top and I've just noticed it has sprouted in the last week.

It's currently outside ATM but I'm wondering if it'll survive where it is or wether I should put it in my mini greenhouse or even bring it inside.

What are your thoughts?

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sharna
15 years ago
Carefully re pot it into a 1 gal pot with good loose potting soil. Keep it in the
mini greenhouse until all chance of freezing is over. :) On second thought
just put it in the greenhouse now until it gets to be say 2' or so and then
re pot.
flora_uk
15 years ago
Apples are totally hardy in the UK so leave it outside. It is currently dormant and is perfectly capable of living outdoors. It will leaf out at the appropriate time. The only thing to watch is that nothing nibbles the shoot and that it doesn't get boiled if we have a sunny day (ha ha) and the dome acts like a green house. If it were mine I would be gradually removing the dome until it's left off completely. If you intend to grow it in a pot now would be a good time to pot it on to a larger size. If you are going to put it in the garden you could do it now but I'd probably wait until the Autumn after the leaves fall.
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flora_uk
15 years ago
sharna posted while I was typing. The thing to remember is that this is in the UK. Severe frost is extremely unlikely now and since this thing has germinated outdoors there is no danger in leaving it out. Putting it in the greenhouse would not help it.
Mad Ferret
Original Author
15 years ago
Actually when I say yoghurt pot it's a big yoghurt about the 3 inch. It already has the 1st leaves and isn't dormant.

I'm more worried about the frost side of things which I suspect will only be -2 at most.

It is getting a good amount of sunlight where it is so I'm tempted to leave it alone.

Thanks for your replies.
flora_uk
15 years ago
If it's already got leaves then it's probably been brought on by the plastic cover. Outdoor apples are not leafing out yet. I still don't think frost will hurt it. I'm sure you can id an apple seedling but one other possibility is that what has come up is not the apple at all but some other seed which was in the potting soil. Is there a chance that is what has happened?
Mad Ferret
Original Author
15 years ago
It always possible :) but its unlikely as the only other thing it could be is a lime seed, it looks like an apple seedling however, not a lime one, and well i'd have expecting a lime seed to have rotted by now.

As long as the frost doesn't hurt it I'm happy with it staying where it is.

I'll get a pic up later, when I get home from work. You can probably tell me if it at least looks like an apple seedling.