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cmk
#1 Posted : Thursday, May 24, 2012 12:20:52 PM
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i am interested in growing apples but the trees i have are from quite old varieties and the fruits are not pleasing to the eyes..i would like to get a few modern trees,preferably with fruits very much like the ones in the market...any one with ideas on where to look? will appreciate.
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#2 Posted : Thursday, May 24, 2012 4:17:08 PM
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Try the KARI that is near you. If they dont have they will advice you where to get. They ones you have may look that way coz the environment is not favorable.
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#3 Posted : Thursday, May 24, 2012 9:32:57 PM
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#4 Posted : Thursday, May 24, 2012 11:58:56 PM
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What is the best climate for growing Apples and how long do they take before they mature?
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cmk
#5 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 11:14:31 AM
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murchr wrote:
What is the best climate for growing Apples and how long do they take before they mature?


mine took around three years..though quality is wanting.i planted two feet plantlets,dug them out the way we do with banana suckers.
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murchr
#6 Posted : Friday, May 25, 2012 7:44:11 PM
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cmk wrote:
murchr wrote:
What is the best climate for growing Apples and how long do they take before they mature?


mine took around three years..though quality is wanting.i planted two feet plantlets,dug them out the way we do with banana suckers.


What about the climate?
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#7 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 8:26:37 AM
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Bought some plants from Drive- In Area before the supper highway construction. Only on survived and now i have started enjoying the fruits.

I have planted them somewhere off Kamiti road..so kiambu area climate is okay. But the birds starts munching them early and i have to cover them with polythene
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#8 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:20:06 PM
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There is some sort of nursery hapo mbele ya mamba village,they have grafted apple seedlings which they assured me they do well,they have planted a few around the same place and they are doing good...
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#9 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:26:07 PM
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There is some sort of nursery hapo mbele ya mamba village,they have grafted apple seedlings which they assured me they do well,they have planted a few around the same place and they are doing good...
possunt quia posse videntur
cmk
#10 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:43:04 PM
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maka wrote:
There is some sort of nursery hapo mbele ya mamba village,they have grafted apple seedlings which they assured me they do well,they have planted a few around the same place and they are doing good...


and the fruits?did you test them for quality?i'll look for the nursery.
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cmk
#11 Posted : Saturday, May 26, 2012 12:47:36 PM
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murchr wrote:
cmk wrote:
murchr wrote:
What is the best climate for growing Apples and how long do they take before they mature?


mine took around three years..though quality is wanting.i planted two feet plantlets,dug them out the way we do with banana suckers.


What about the climate?


any place above 1700 metres above sea-level will do well.
But my plants are in ruiru..about 1570m asl..so more nutrients and water are required.

the best place would at nyahururu,eldoret,molo,limuru etc
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maka
#12 Posted : Friday, June 01, 2012 10:39:45 PM
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cmk wrote:
maka wrote:
There is some sort of nursery hapo mbele ya mamba village,they have grafted apple seedlings which they assured me they do well,they have planted a few around the same place and they are doing good...


and the fruits?did you test them for quality?i'll look for the nursery.

...Din't test them but they looked really good just like those imported apple varieties.
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Chaka
#13 Posted : Tuesday, June 05, 2012 12:23:15 PM
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Fruit farmer grows profit by grafting rare apple variety

After reading this story,does it mean that apples may do well in tea growing regions?
cmk
#14 Posted : Wednesday, June 06, 2012 7:44:16 AM
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Chaka wrote:
Fruit farmer grows profit by grafting rare apple variety

After reading this story,does it mean that apples may do well in tea growing regions?



@chaka..thanks for the link
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#15 Posted : Wednesday, June 06, 2012 1:03:04 PM
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cmk wrote:
Chaka wrote:
Fruit farmer grows profit by grafting rare apple variety

After reading this story,does it mean that apples may do well in tea growing regions?



@chaka..thanks for the link

That link cannot be displayed.Sad
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#16 Posted : Friday, June 08, 2012 8:32:39 AM
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this should be the link:
http://www.businessdaily...8/-/nxug1az/-/index.html
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SonOfGod
#17 Posted : Friday, June 08, 2012 12:13:58 PM
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Does anyone have contacts for this Miagayu-ini guy?

Wouldn't mind buying a few seedlings.
cmk
#18 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 9:55:41 AM
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SonOfGod wrote:
Does anyone have contacts for this Miagayu-ini guy?

Wouldn't mind buying a few seedlings.


ditto..if u get the contacts pls share here
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