Anyone else just fed up of customers at the moment

[Mick Dempsey]

Is it an apple?

[Clutchy]

2 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Is it an apple?

Yes

[Clutchy]

If you're about to tell me it will come back fine.... that's really not the point. 

[Mick Dempsey]

What is the point then?

[Paddy1000111]

Big difference between "coming back fine" and coming back in a massive attack of messy epicormic growth that looks like crap and leaves a tree that will only deteriorate and end up going to bi-annual fruiting 😉

[Mick Dempsey]

If you say so.

 

 

 

 

 

[Clutchy]

31 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

If you say so.

If this was your tree in your garden, what would you do?

 

Its not interfering with any buildings but it will soon. It is probably at the max size suitable for the space.

 

Pollarded Apple trees look sh!t in my opinion. Loads of straight messy regrowth and it will develop problems down the line say 7-12 years later.

[Mick Dempsey]

I’d cut it a bit higher, but still pollard it, go for shape, forget growth points.

 

Lanky apples like that usually break under the weight of fruit anyway.

 

 

Not sure about your 7/12 year doomsday scenario, but even if it were true, so what? Plant another, it’s a fruit tree not some oak Robert the Bruce hid in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Khriss]

' shape'  no, load of good growth points there, plenty of scope for a good canopy  without hammering it, with easy picking fr fruit- probably got a bit cyclical on fruiting so a prune could buck it up a bit. Mulching definate and check soil. Possibly offer alternate planted tree to help pollination. K

[Clutchy]

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Lanky apples like that usually break under the weight of fruit anyway

A good point 

 

6 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Not sure about your 7/12 year doomsday scenario, but even if it were true, so what? Plant another, it’s a fruit tree not some oak Robert the Bruce hid in.

Not so sure on that out look, you can re-plant but that doesn't seem like the best way to conduct work, also it would take many years to get back to a substantial tree. I don't rate Apple trees so wouldn't have one.

 

Still doesn't get away from the fact I'd have to see an abortion of a tree in Winter without the leaves to hide the sins.

 

Each to their own I suppose which helpfully does make me understand the customer's view point more so thank you