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Ribston Pippin Apple tree

Owner: deadbird

Location:  Epsom, SURREY, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2013
Age of this tree:13 years
Soil:clay on chalk 
Pruning:Pruned hard 2015
Tree form:Cordon
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Mildew

Owner's comments

Even more lichen

Season records for this tree

  • 2022

    Spring blossom: 16 April
    Covered in lichen ,has really struggled
  • 2022

    Spring blossom: 16 April
    Covered in lichen ,has really struggled
  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 6 May
    Little growth this year
  • 2014

    Size: 1.0m / 3.3ft high   
    planted early 2013