Gravenstein Apple tree
Owner: Cheuk
Location: Amsterdam, NOORD-HOLLAND, Netherlands
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| Age: | Planted in about 2019 |
| Age of this tree: | 8 years |
| Soil: | Plot has peaty/acidity soil, so fruit trees go into a container. 20 Litres with compost, cow dung, potassium, bloodmeal, lime, liquid fertilizer |
| Climate at this location: | zone 7a, mild sea climate, lots of sun, lots of wind, hedge to slowdown some wind |
| Pruning: | Pruned off the central leader to create a vase shape |
| Tree form: | Bush (wider at top than bottom) |
| Height: | Up to 6ft / 2m |
| Cropping: | Not specified |
| Growth: | This tree does not grow well here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | none at this moment (has never given any apples) |
Owner's comments
Bought this tree from my favourite nursery in the south of The Netherlands. This year the gravensteiner wanted to bear fruits, but I cut them all off. I have never eaten a gravenstein apple, and in a few years I'll now how these taste. From it's rootstock a runner is growing, maybe I'll graft another gravensteiner upon this runner. It is a semi-vigorous rootstock.Season records for this tree
2023
Spring blossom: 18 March
This small tree doesn't like the climate where it is in. I have it about 2-3 years, but still no fruit. It produces fruitlets, but they do not become real fruit.2022
Spring blossom: 18 April
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
Gravensteiner has all blossoms open a 100 % open. With big and white blossom petals.