Apple tree Welsey: description, care and pruning of the tree
The Wellsey apple tree has a winter ripening fruit. This plant is quite unpretentious to care for, which allows it to be grown in any summer cottage.
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Description of the Welsey apple variety
The Wellsey apple trees are of medium size. At a young age, they have a wide-pyramidal crown, and a little later a rounded shape, which consists of upwardly directed branches, characterized by the presence of penetrating ends. Departure of the main branches from the trunk is carried out at an acute angle.
Apple tree shoots are characterized by a moderately lowered, medium thickness and brownish color. The foliage of this plant can be small or medium in size. They are characterized by curvature, a peculiar luster and the presence of a twisted top. The leaves are dark green in color, and their edge is highly fibrous. The apple tree stipules are lanceolate and average in size. The buds of this plant are of medium size, and a white-pink shade interspersed with purple.
The fruit of the apple tree is average or below average. They are yellowish-green or yellow in color with a red flank.
The skin of the fruit is quite thin, smooth and firm. The apple pulp can be white or greenish. The fruits have a sweet and sour taste.
Welsey Apple Tree Care
Caring for an apple tree consists in performing the following actions:
- Pruning
- Fertilizer
- Bodily Injury Treatment
- Pest control
For the full growth and development of the apple tree, as well as to ensure a rich harvest, it is necessary to regularly fertilize the soil under the apple tree. First of all, weeds must be removed under the tree, since the plant of this variety does not like such "neighbors". If the apple tree is young, you can remove the weeds with a small hand shovel, which will also loosen the ground. For this purpose, you can also use a pitchfork.
It is necessary to loosen the soil as carefully as possible so as not to damage the root system of the tree.
Apple fertilizer:
- In the process of loosening the soil, it is necessary to form small grooves with the help of which this plant will be fertilized.
- To fertilize the soil under the apple tree, you can use ordinary manure... It must be diluted with water in a ratio of 1:10 and the resulting solution is poured into the grooves.
- Very often, bird droppings are used to fertilize this variety of apple trees in a ratio of 1:15.
- Also, for fertilization, ash or solutions of trace elements can be used. After fertilization, the soil must be loosened again.
Young Wellsey apple trees need special care during the winter. This care consists of rodent control and frost protection. To do this, young apple trees must be tied with special materials, which include reeds, spruce or pine branches, as well as ordinary roofing paper. This action takes place in late autumn - early spring: when the first frost occurs. The branches are pre-tied into a bunch, and then tied around the apple tree from top to bottom.
In order to protect the roots from freezing, it is necessary to cover the near-stem circle of the plant with fallen leaves.
The foliage layer should be within 5-6 centimeters.Also for this purpose, you can use manure, the layer of which should be no more than 10 centimeters. Trees get bored in early spring. For 2-3 years after planting in early spring, it is necessary to whitewash the trunk of the Welsey apple tree. This action will protect this plant from damage by various insects.
For the correct formation of the crown of the Welsey apple tree, it is necessary to regularly prune it:
- The product of this action will improve the lighting of the crown, as well as strengthen the trunk, which will allow the apple tree to withstand large yields.
- Apple pruning should be done only with fertilizers and soil treatment.
- Pruning of an apple tree of this variety can be done by thinning or shortening.
- When thinning the crown apple tree branch or shoot is removed entirely, and when shortened - only part of it.
Carrying out tree rejuvenation
In the event that the Welsey apple tree is 20 or 30 years old, then it can be rejuvenated, which will positively affect the yield... To awaken strong buds at the base of skeletal branches or on trunks, it is necessary to perform strong pruning of the apple tree. This action is carried out in early spring, and in the summer, new and young branches that are suitable for fruiting will appear on it.
The next year, some of the new branches must be removed, and the correct crown must be formed from the rest. For this purpose, the branches are shortened. Only 2-3 kidneys need to be left on them. After a year, strong horizontal shoots will grow from these buds. After several years, full-fledged fruits will appear on these buds. Some of the new branches can be planted with the more fertile branches of Welsey Apple or other varieties.
Apple trees of this variety need constant rejuvenating pruning.
This action is performed if regular watering and feeding the apple tree does not bring the desired results, and new shoots do not grow more than 15 centimeters. If the tree has a healthy trunk, pruning will have a positive result. After performing anti-aging pruning, a large number of vertical shoots will appear on the tree. Most of these shoots must be removed without fail, which will positively affect the fruiting of the Welsey apple tree.
The Welsey apple tree is an original winter variety. With proper care of it, you can get a rich harvest, which is especially valuable for every gardener.
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