Malus 'Oekonomierat Ectermeyer'

[iant]

Update on a crab I purchased as a seedling in 2012 from EG.
I'm trying to pay more attention to it and I think the ramification is a lot better since 2018.
Best,
Ian

1 year after purchase:

Next year I barerooted it:
2014:


2018 looking a little more grown up:



2021 last month wiring. Sorry the backgrounds are all cluttered and hard to see well....



Okay... and now for the show.
Looking nice this year!





And now flowers getting a little older, and whiter, and more leaves:



-Ian

 

[Shogun610]

How hard did you prune the roots when you first got it? Very nice
Share in the fall with some apples left on it.

 

[iant]

A year after I got it, I pruned the roots hard, like you see in the photo. The white stuff under the trunk base was root hormone by the way.
But since then I've been lazy and have potted it up every couple years without pruning much. I need to rework the roots soon...
I'll post a fall pic. The apples are about 3/4 to 1 inch and red. Taste pretty horrible though!
Ian

 

[Potawatomi13]

Much improvement.

 

[Shogun610]

A year after I got it, I pruned the roots hard, like you see in the photo. The white stuff under the trunk base was root hormone by the way.
But since then I've been lazy and have potted it up every couple years without pruning much. I need to rework the roots soon...
I'll post a fall pic. The apples are about 3/4 to 1 inch and red. Taste pretty horrible though!
Ian

Yeah I got a few crabs but repotted in bonsai soil and trimmed the roots just last night. I didn’t wait a year to do it though. No touchy roots next year for me though I’ll be pruning.

 

[AlainK]

Yeah I got a few crabs

I've never had any, but I sympathize...

Nice tree, a variety I didn't know, the flowers are gorgeous.