Posted by Lucyj on June 9, 2011, 6:29 am
I have grown this apple tree from a seed and so far it has been healthy
and growing really quickly.
It sits on my window sill with plenty of light and although it is far
down in the plant pot, this hasn't been a problem for it so far.
I water it every day, but never too much as there is no drainage. The
soil is damp to touch at the moment. I also give it a small amount of
plant food once a week.
I did add some new soil on the top at the same time that the red spots
appeared.
Hopefully someone will be able to help before I loose it completely!
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Lucyj
Posted by David Hare-Scott on June 9, 2011, 6:50 pm
Lucyj wrote:
> I have grown this apple tree from a seed and so far it has been
> healthy and growing really quickly.
> It sits on my window sill with plenty of light and although it is far
> down in the plant pot, this hasn't been a problem for it so far.
How do you know? It needs sun. Apples are not indoor plants.
> I water it every day, but never too much as there is no drainage.
It needs drainage.
The
> soil is damp to touch at the moment. I also give it a small amount of
> plant food once a week.
It's damp to the touch at the top, the bottom could be a swamp, this will
kill the roots and then the tree.
It doesn't need weekly feeding. Depending on how much "a small amount" is
it might, or might not, do harm.
> I did add some new soil on the top at the same time that the red spots
> appeared.
Not a good idea. Some plants (tomatoes) will take being planted over-deep
they just grow new roots off the stem, apples don't.
What red spots? I see no red spots here. I see one discoloured leaf and
what looks like potting mix sprinkled over.
> Hopefully someone will be able to help before I loose it completely!
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Re-pot at the right height into good potting mix in a pot with drainage and
place in the sun. Don't over water or over feed. Don't expect too much, an
apple grown from seed will be a genetic lucky dip and it isn't going to go
too far in a pot anyway.
David
Posted by Nelly on June 9, 2011, 7:34 pm
I have grown this apple tree from a seed and so far it has been healthy
and growing really quickly.
It sits on my window sill with plenty of light and although it is far
down in the plant pot, this hasn't been a problem for it so far.
I water it every day, but never too much as there is no drainage. The
soil is damp to touch at the moment. I also give it a small amount of
plant food once a week.
I did add some new soil on the top at the same time that the red spots
appeared.
Hopefully someone will be able to help before I loose it completely!
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Sorry to say,
Yes. It's dying :-(
Hard to enumerate the mistakes, but...
Supposing it were to thrive, did you know before you started this
experiment:
http://treesandshrubs.about.com/od/propagation/f/applesfromseed.htm
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> healthy and growing really quickly.
> It sits on my window sill with plenty of light and although it is far
> down in the plant pot, this hasn't been a problem for it so far.