Why I grow Honeycrisp

[tennessean]

@mamuang

HC is a tendency to go biennial if you do not thin aggresstvely and I meant taking off 80% or more of flowers out.

While I respect your experience with the HC tree, when I only have say 10 cluster flowers, I cannot bring myself to thin out 8 of the cluster flowers leaving only 2 cluster flowers. I don’t remember exactly how many flowers I had on my HC tree last spring but I can clearly remember it having a pitiful amount. If I remember correctly, in the spring of 2017 it had zero flowers.

Even when I did have HC apples in 2016, I did not think they met the hype. Based on my experience, the Honeycrisp tree should not be recommended for southern climates.

Jury still out on the Honeycrisp apple for me

Well I ate my first Honeycrisp apple yesterday from a tree that that I planted in 2011. It had a little insect damage so I ate it early. While It had pretty good flavor, I was not blown away by it. I know that in a couple of weeks that it may improve. Still not convinced that it will meet the hype that some folks give it.