Apple Abundance!!! Growing a Pink Lady Apple Tree in Phoenix, AZ 

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! I'm glad you enjoyed the tour!

Hi Kathleen, thank you for watching and commenting! I really appreciate hearing your feedback about how easy and doable I made growing a pink lady apple tree seem. It is easy and definitely a rewarding fruit tree to grow. I have several trees from Costco although my pink lady I bought from a local nursery. Good luck with your apple growing and let me know if you have questions.

Hello @brie3679, thank you for watching and commenting! That is awesome that you are going to try growing some Pink Lady Apples in SW FL! I hope it works out for you. They are a good apple and a somewhat easier tree to grow and have produce here in Phoenix. I think it may be interesting to see how they grow from seed since I know most Pink Lady Apple Trees are grafted. You'll have to keep me updated on your progress and hopefully your successes. Let me know if you have any questions.

I'm glad you enjoyed the update! Thank you for the reminder, I will have to make an update of the Honeycrisp apple tree as well!

Hi Angel, that is a great question! In Phoenix we can plant year round because of our mild winter. I'm not sure about in Colorado. If it were me and I lived in Colorado I would probably wait until next spring to give the tree the best chance to establish itself before its winter again. I'm not an expert but that is probably what I would do.

@@thegreenyardaz Thank you. Will do. 😊

Hi DeeDee, thank you for watching! I think a pink lady apple tree would do fine in Las Vegas. Mine is planted in full sun and thrives even when it's 115 degrees outside. Our soil is essentially just clay and lacks minerals and life as well. I would recommend amending the soil that you plant your tree in and use heavy mulch to bring up the organic matter content in your soil. This is what I have done for my Apple trees and they are doing very well. Let me know if you have any other questions.

@@thegreenyardaz Thanks. Would you ever plant them in a big pot?

Hi DeeDee, I think they could probably be planted in a big pot and survive. I have not tried that here in The Green Yard but I'm sure it's possible. I would say give it a shot and hopefully get some delicious apples from it. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hi, thank you for watching and commenting! Our Pink Lady Apple tree is on the West wall of The Green Yard. So it gets sun all day long and the wall it's on gets hot too. This is definitely a tree that can survive and thrive in Phoenix with the proper care. Let me know if you have any questions.

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! That is a great question. No, for this tree I do not need a cross pollinator. From my research and from talking to other apple growers, the cross pollination helps to increase the production of the tree but most apple trees will self pollinate and create their own fruit. I have even more fruit this year as well, which you can see in my more recent, "Bountiful Apples, Peaches, Grapes and More!! Touring a Mini STONE FRUIT ORCHARD in Phoenix, AZ" video. Hope this helps answer your question!

Hi Brian, thank you for watching and commenting! This tree was not grown from seed, it is grafted and I purchased it when it was already a few years old in a fifteen gallon pot. I have had the tree myself for over four years so it is definitely becoming a mature tree. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Hello, thank you for watching and commenting! My understanding is that the type of apple depends on the root stock. So for my Pink Lady or Cripps Pink Apple, it is grafted onto a rootstock tree. I'm not sure what the rootstock is but I believe that a seed from these apples would not be a Pink Lady but instead would be whatever the rootstock is. The cutting directly from the original tree would clone that taste, yes. I would never try to start a stone fruit or citrus tree from seed because there is no guarantee that you would get that exact variety of fruit. That is why I like to buy my trees already established (and typically grafted) from a nursery. Not only does this guarantee that I will get the fruit I want, I will also get fruit in maybe 2-3 years instead of 10.

The video says growing in a desert. Not planting. I can give you a tip.. go where you want it.. look down.... thats where you plant it.

Hi David, thank you for watching and commenting! I’m sorry you did not find this video helpful. Around the 4:45 mark I did talk very briefly about how I planted this tree but I did not show it. I would recommend you check out our Honeycrisp Apple tree planting video if you want more of an in depth Apple tree planting video. Our growing videos are typically updates after the tree has already been planted where as the planting videos are detailed descriptions of planting methods and putting the trees in the ground.