u/KBonenine

Hi everyone

Just started my small backyard apple orchard. I live in zone 7A. I have planted one of Empire, Gold Delicious, Liberty, Winecrisp, Honeycrisp and Ashmeads Kernal. Only the Honeycrisp and AK are semi-dwarf rootstocks, rest are B9 dwarves.

From what I have read, they should pollinate each other well, and do reasonably well against disease/pests.

Now that they are in the ground, I want to learn more about spraying them and applying to appropriate treatments.

Can anyone share their experiences? Looking for any and all - the species I've planted, dwarves/semidwarves, treatments that have worked well for you, etc.

Thanks so much!