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Welcome to Apple Trees, this site is fanatical about anything to do with apples and apple trees. Our fanaticism started when we planted our dwarf apple tree in our small back garden. Gradually, this became an obsession and to cut a long story short, we bought some land and started our own orchard.


To say our apple trees are our passion would be an understatement. We will be gradually adding lots of photos and apple trees articles, including growing apple tree guides, guide on dwarf apples trees, apple recipes, apple tree growing and much more!

You will be able to buy apple trees here also! Apple trees for sale around the UK will be listed, as will review guides and how to buy apple trees.


Baby Apple Tree Question?

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I am growing an apple tree in my yard. It’s about 5 feet tall now and it looks pretty healthy. Today I went to look at it though, and I noticed a bunch of black ants crawling up and down. There were a lot. What can I do to get rid of them?

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  1. Hondu
    January 23rd, 2012 - 4:41 pm

    Unless the tree is in blossom there is nothing the ants want or need from it. So you most likely need to get rid of the aphids that the ants are “farming”. Aphids are tiny sucking insects that secrete what is called honeydew and that is what the ants are after. Aphids can do some damage to a young tree by sucking all the juices out of the leaves, but they can be controlled with insecticides, natural or chemical. When the aphids are gone the ants will leave.

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