Comments on: The Crabby Crabapple Owner

By: How To Find Oregon Crab Apples Near You – Loup City

How To Find Oregon Crab Apples Near You – Loup City — Fri, 16 Dec 2022 04:12:38 +0000

[…] can be eaten directly from the tree in a variety of ways, including Dolgo and Centennial varieties. Crabapple owners, on the other hand, prefer to cook the fruit into preserves, butters, sauces, and pies. To cook, a […]

By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 11 Oct 2017 00:31:20 +0000

In reply to Cheryl D. That is genius! I'm definitely doing that next year! I had to laugh at your shop-vac idea though. Tried that. Thought my husband was going to have a stroke when he saw me using it on the apples :)

By: Cheryl D

Cheryl D — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 14:13:46 +0000

I have found a helpful answer to my 2 crabapple trees. My husband says to just leave them on the ground. I can't, I hate to mow and walk all over them, they also bring a lot of flies around this time of year. Raking (good exercise mind you) is what I wanted to try to avoid. I tried my shop-vac (takes too long), tried some deer fencing material (too weak, weight of crab apples tore the net). This year I had success. I used a sturdier netting with small enough holes (Tenax hardware fence, 3X15 roll and tied them together every couple of ft with twist ties, I didn't have zip ties handy at the time) around my tree on the ground. I mowed down short first, then played fencing down right before crab apples started to fall. Worked beautifully. Rolled my pieces up and they are ready for next year. Should be less labor intensive since most my rolls are pieced together (Tenax didn't make larger rolls in the weight I needed). Hope this helps ease the battle of the crab apples! :)

By: Tricia

Tricia — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 23:28:58 +0000

I have a crabapple tree in my driveway. The apples are constantly falling in the summer and fall! I had been picking them up by hand, then taking them into a pile and picking them up with a snow shovel; I just recently found an apple broom on Amazon. It is a wire basket with a gaps and a long handle. Roll the basket over the apples and they are contained in the basket; then open up a gap a little wider and shake the apples out. ITs $59 but worth every penny for me!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 02:46:59 +0000

Try putting a tarp under your tree and shaking the apples out of the tree. Its easy to bundle up the tarp and either pick through the apples or dispose of them.

By: Minnie's Milestones

Minnie's Milestones — Wed, 17 Sep 2014 15:57:31 +0000

LOL, I don't have one in my yard, but my sister did and your right they are a mess.

By: Marci

Marci — Tue, 16 Sep 2014 02:09:19 +0000

We dont have crap apple trees but we do have hedge apples. They are great to make a fall display with but the dang things are everywhere and if one lands on your head it will knock you out (they are big and heavy!)

By: The Old Parsonage

The Old Parsonage — Sun, 14 Sep 2014 22:25:15 +0000

We had one for years, then the hurricaine last year toppled it over. Can't say I was sad to see it go. we used a rake to pull them into a pile then a shovel to scoop them up.

I do miss the blooms for cutting though.

Leann

By: Ida

Ida — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 20:10:16 +0000

Oh my this made me laugh big time. I mean the part about your "job" and not seeing any actual "money" for your hard work...how true is that. I think I have many such jobs. It has to be annoying not being able to do much with the apples although this year we picked up apples that fell off our neighbors apple tree that they just let rot and fall to the ground and we made apple pies with them. - I'd say though that those blooms would be worth keeping the tree around as they really were gorgeous.

By: TARYTERRE

TARYTERRE — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 01:07:43 +0000

In my younger days when I could pull the chainsaw I cut down what I didn't like. These days everything stays. I do not like crabapples either. Good luck.