apple trees

I know this a weed growing form. But I know y’all cooly booly. I have a old apple tree at my mamas place me and my one my grandparents planted when I was like 11, lllong ass time ago! Haha I’ve noticed this moldy stuff growing on the branches, any ideas of how to rid it of this...

This is both a question to anybody with direct experience on the subject and an experiment. Here's the espaliered tree in question, it's of a good age and in need of a severe pruning. It's absolutely loaded with immature fruits, but it's equally loaded with Wooly Aphids. ...

I'm going to grow some apple trees that are currently in 5 gallon containers and some chestnut seedlings that are in 1 gallon containers in some Air-pots in an attempt to increase their survivability and as a comparison 'test'. I've previously planted fruit/nut seedlings and had a mediocre...