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Akane Apple tree

Owner: Cindy

Location:  Bonney Lake, WA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2005
Age of this tree:21 years
Climate at this location:Maritime Pacific Northwest
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:Maggots, coddling moths

Owner's comments

To control pests and disease, we use maggot barrier socks every year. Applied when thinning late spring.