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| Hi Guys, Did a bit of search around but could not find an answer to this. So hoping someone can help. I live on the NSW Central Coast. Zone 4 I would love to plant some dwarf apple tress but due to the cost I want to be sure they will fruit in my area. I am thinking of step over apples. Does anyone know of any types that will grow in my area or does anyone have any experience with them in my area. Thank all in advance for your contributions. |
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| Sorry, do not know the answer to your question except to tell you that the NSW Central Coast is probably Zone 10. Maybe post on one of the Australian Forums though there is not a lot of activity there. |
This post was edited by arthurm on Fri, Aug 1, 14 at 21:19
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| Yeah I live in Sydney around the same area as the Granny Smith apple originated. Not sure about what American zone our climate compares to I figured it was maybe a zone 9? Similar to some of the costal areas of California? San Francisco maybe? Regardless I went ahead and planted a range of apples modern, heritage, "low chill" English, American, French, Japanese, etc. I have about 34 different varieties at the moment. I have no idea what will work but I figure some will work and some wont. I can remove the ones that don't and graft on different types. It's fun. I based my original list of apples off the kuffle creek apple list and added some other that sounded interesting. I think that as long as you keep in mind that growing apples in our climate is a bit of an experiment and that they might not all work you might as well have a crack at it. That being said i would be confident that Anna and Dorset Golden will grow and fruit on the central coast. Good luck |
Here is a link that might be useful: Kuffle creek apple list
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sat, Aug 2, 14 at 5:38
| Given that there has been success growing apples in the tropics if one strips the leaves to force dormancy, I assume there are many varieties that can be grown there. I'd probably start with Granny Smith, Pink Lady and Fuji after the obvious two already mentioned. |
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