VITALSTAR APPLE TREE - 9FM57-

Main characteristics

• Botanical name: Malus domestica ‘Vitalstar’

• Plant type: Deciduous apple tree

• Flowering: Spring (April-May)

• Fruiting: From late September to October

• Fruit: Medium-large sized apple, red, with creamy-white flesh, sweet and slightly tart.

• Resistance: High resistance to common fungal diseases.

Pollination
Apple trees are self-sterile and therefore do not bear fruit or bear very little fruit unless cross-pollinated with a specific variety. Ideal conditions for proper pollination:

- Consider the prevailing wind in the case of anemophilous pollination (pollination by wind)

- In the case of entomophilous pollination (by pollinating insects), we recommend distances no greater than 20 meters.

In turn, the pollinator needs the plant it has pollinated to produce fruit (except in cases where it is self-fertile).

Planting Periods
Ideally, it is best to plant fruit trees in late autumn, that is, in the months of November and December (before the frost), although planting later in the winter is also possible if the ground is not frozen. Another ideal time for planting is February-March or at the latest until mid-April. Only if the plants were previously grown in pots can they be planted in the following months, with due caution and maintaining the root ball intact. Fruit trees grow well in fertile, deep, and permeable soil. If the soil is very clayey and rather compact, it is advisable to ensure deep drainage.

NB . The ripening times of all fruit trees can be early or late, even a week or more, depending on exposure and climate.