Stupid weather !

[Lardman]

It looks suspiciously like my Christmas Pippin apple is about to flower again . I dont think I've seen that before, wonder what impact it will have an next year?

[sparrow100]

You're not on your own - my Christmas Pippin is also flowering again. Silly beggar. Have nipped off all the flower buds this morning.

[Lardman]

I've just gone and checked the rest of the trees and they're fine so it must just be the xmas pippin. You've grown it longer than I have , do I recall you saying it had slipped into bi-annual fruiting, is this an on or off year for you?

[Brack]

I've lost my entire crop from my self fertile Cox due to the extreme heat for a fortnight/storm/drown for a week/storm/bake for a week cycle. In fairness it was only 2 fruitlets, but it hurts.

[Lardman]

In fairness it was only 2 fruitlets, but it hurts.

Between the frost, the dry, the wet and the pests I currently have 3 apples left as a result each is sitting in it's own organza bag in an attempt to stop the season being a complete failure.

[sparrow100]

I've just gone and checked the rest of the trees and they're fine so it must just be the xmas pippin. You've grown it longer than I have , do I recall you saying it had slipped into bi-annual fruiting, is this an on or off year for you?

It's an 'on' year, but in the last one it didn't try to keep flowering. I've taken 4/5ths of the fruit off in an attempt to get a decent sized apple and possibly to encourage it to fruit consistently next year, though I was a bit late doing it.