Pink Lady Pollination (forum)

Hardidge starts with ...
I have just purchased a dwarf pink lady and a dwarf golden dorsett..
I was wondering if they will pollinate each other or I will have to purchase another vareity?


Time: 10th August 2009 6:17pm

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Ellen says...
I don't know much about golden dorsett but I do know that Pink Lady will do well with Gala in cross pollination


Time: 11th August 2009 9:24am

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Jimmy says...
No, the tropical stuff flowers too early. Granny smith is the best.

www.plantnet.com.au sell dwarf grannies.

Time: 11th August 2009 11:02am

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Hardidge says...
Thanks heaps for your advice, will look at getting two more varieties, one for the golden dorsett and one for the pink lady.. Husband won't be happy, woops..

Time: 11th August 2009 9:35pm

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amanda says...
Jimmy - Hardidge is on the Gold Coast - isn't that semi-tropical? What's the origin of Golden Dorsett?

Fuji and Pink lady work together too - I love my Fuji - it's done well here (semi arid - semi tropical) In fact I am thinking of grafting a cupla Pink lady branches onto the Fuji and getting rid of the Pink Lady ... she's got to get her act together this year or it's the chop 4 her!! :)

Time: 11th August 2009 10:40pm

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Jimmy says...
Anna is from Israel and golden dorsett is from the bahamas.

Time: 13th August 2009 12:26pm

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amanda says...
Hey Jimmy - do u think it might b a bit warm for apples up here in Gero? I only have Pink Lady and Fuji - the fuji does all right - but I'm wodering if it's too warm for them?

Time: 13th August 2009 6:07pm

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Jimmy says...
have a look at www.kuffelcreek.com for warm climate apple growing info.

I bought the book ! It says both are low chill -ish.

I'm old school, so yes too warm, but I grow trees by pulling leaves off in Perth and as you can see from my photos the fruit is good !

Have a look at my edibles page.

Time: 14th August 2009 2:57pm

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amanda says...
Thanks Jimmy - when do u pull the leaves off?
Does this give trick the tree into thinking it's dormant?

Your trees look lovely and healthy! Nice green...

Time: 16th August 2009 11:46am

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Jimmy says...
Ther are two schools of thought, the first is to pull off in autumn to allow the buds to get the max chill.

the other is to pull off in spring (like now) and then the tree will bud up and bloom within 3 weeks.

I have tried both and there seems to be no diff yet,

Time: 18th August 2009 11:07am

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amanda says...
Thanks heaps Jimmy - I will do mine 2morrow too n see what happens :)

Time: 18th August 2009 4:53pm

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amanda says...
Is it odd for my apple trees to be flowering again now? They are already carrying fruit the size of an apricot. I'm not bothered by it - I just thought it was a bit strange at this time of the year? Don't they flower all at once?

Time: 23rd December 2009 12:23pm

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Damo says...
Bog standard for low chill areas see
www.kuffelcreek.com for details.

Time: 23rd December 2009 7:43pm

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Diana says...
Hi all,

This is what the kuffel creek site people say about dorset golden in southern California:

"Dorset Golden Bahamas, 1954 Bred by Mrs. I. Dorsett in Nassau as a chance seedling of Golden Delicious. If you

Time: 24th December 2009 8:29am

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