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GoldRush Apple tree
Owner: Monika
Location: Denver, CO, United States
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| Age: | Planted in about 2021 |
| Age of this tree: | 2 years |
| Soil: | Amended clay |
| Climate at this location: | Four seasons, zone 5 more or less, semi arid desert on east edge of Denver, tree gets a once a week soaking |
| Pruning: | none yet |
| Tree form: | Not sure |
| Height: | Not sure |
| Cropping: | Not specified |
| Growth: | Not specified |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Organic treatments |
| Local pests: | codling moths |
Owner's comments
The mulch is removed and replaced each spring. When tree is mature enough, same procedures as those used for Enterprise blossom and apples will be followed.Season records for this tree
2022
Spring blossom: 8 May
Leaves beginning to grow end of April, mulch removed, replaced with fresh mulch end of April. Four blossoms, it is doing very well.2021
Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high
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
Planted as a stick in spring 2021, no leaves at all. Mustard Seed meal was added to the planting hole, it has been staked, mulched and is branching out with lots of leaves, and basically doing very well.2020
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