Help Save My Apple Tree

[Lady Slipper Lover]

So, a few years back, I ate an apple and thought that it tasted good, so I decided to plant its seeds. I put those in a flower pot, and as the tree grew, I kept changing its pot and was also using the Back to Eden method a little, too. A couple years ago for whatever reason, the tree died. I carelessly dumped it in a compost pile and left it. Last year, the tree decided to come back to life and start growing again. (Then it died again during the summer, but has come back to life again this spring.) Unfortuntly, its in a bad spot. Its growing next to a big Hemlock, in between the Hemlock's roots. I'd really like to save my apple tree, but I don't know what to do without risking its life. Please help if possible! Thanks!

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Also, this is an apple tree, right? Sorry, I don't know what type of apple tree it is, the apple tasted good to me, and that's all I know.

 

[Collector]

Does it dry up in mid summer and go dormant? If so it may have some type of blight and getting rid of it may be the best option. At our last house there were two full grown apple trees when we moved in, they would set fruit in the spring, and by midsummer they would dry out and look dead then come back in spring. I was told it was blight and to get rid of them and the stumps. Do not take this as a diagnosis, just a suggestion. Good luck with the tree.

 

[Lady Slipper Lover]

Does it dry up in mid summer and go dormant? If so it may have some type of blight and getting rid of it may be the best option. At our last house there were two full grown apple trees when we moved in, they would set fruit in the spring, and by midsummer they would dry out and look dead then come back in spring. I was told it was blight and to get rid of them and the stumps. Do not take this as a diagnosis, just a suggestion. Good luck with the tree.

I hope it's not blight. I love this tree and really don't want to get rid of it. It's still kinda of a seedling, it's probably under two feet tall. If it is blight, do you think that it'll out grow it? As far as it drying up, I'm not always the best at watering it, especially when I'm away a good lot of the summer.

 

[ducks4you]

Tree nursery's will often root prune in the Spring, then dig up in the Fall, so digging won't hurt it.
You can dig further down than you think the roots are, just by looking at the top height and digging deeper and wider.
If you have a big tree pot---which I recommend bc I use mine EVERY YEAR for Something--you can nurse it along and develop really good roots where it is well drained and you can control the water.
I am babying 2 blueberry bushes right now in my tree pot and their roots only went about 4 inches down, with about 12 inches below, when I transplanted them there.
I will try to get some pictures this weekend.

 

[Lady Slipper Lover]

Tree nursery's will often root prune in the Spring, then dig up in the Fall, so digging won't hurt it.
You can dig further down than you think the roots are, just by looking at the top height and digging deeper and wider.
If you have a big tree pot---which I recommend bc I use mine EVERY YEAR for Something--you can nurse it along and develop really good roots where it is well drained and you can control the water.
I am babying 2 blueberry bushes right now in my tree pot and their roots only went about 4 inches down, with about 12 inches below, when I transplanted them there.
I will try to get some pictures this weekend.

Ok! Thanks so much for the help! Would a five gallon bucket work? The apple tree is growing in between roots of a Hemlock tree. Would both trees be ok if any of their roots accidentally got damaged from me digging?

 

[ducks4you]

It needs to have drainage holes on the bottom, but that should be big enough.

 

[Lady Slipper Lover]

It needs to have drainage holes on the bottom, but that should be big enough.

Ok. The five-gallon bucket that I'm using already had holes in the bottom.

 

[Lady Slipper Lover]

I tried digging down as far as I could, but because of the Hemlock's roots, I couldn't get very far or wide. I think a couple of the apple tree's roots broke while I was trying to get it out. I hope that it'll be ok. I now got it in a five-gallon bucket with holes and very rich soil. I got a little of the Back to Eden method going on, too. It was raining a little, so I haven't watered it yet. Here's a picture of my set up:

 

[Ridgerunner]

I'd water it to settle dirt around the roots, then let it drain.

 

[Lady Slipper Lover]

I'd water it to settle dirt around the roots, then let it drain.

Ok.