Honey Crisp Flowering Time Question

General Fruit Growing
#21

Your immature HC is not lazy, it’s just inconsistent. My HC tree certainly was inconsistent when it was young. Along about its sixth year it had apples, The next year it didn’t. Bud times varied. Give your HC tree time.

Here is a thread that I posted back in 2016 expressing my thoughts with my HC tree.

Jury still out on the Honeycrisp apple for me - General Fruit Growing - Growing Fruit

Here is my HC tree today in full bloom in its 13th season. We had snow on the ground for 8 straight days in the middle of this past January. The chill hours should have helped it. BTW, I think the jury is still out. :grinning:
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#22

I grafted Rome in hopes it would cross pollinate Court Pendu Plat. Rome hasn’t bloomed yet, but my Prairie Spy now covers CPP for me

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#23

Crimson Crisp seems a good pollinator. I had a decent crop of both last year.