When to harvest apples?

How to Harvest Apples. If you’re planning on storing the apples, they should be picked when mature, yet hard, with a mature skin color but a hard flesh. Gently remove the apples from the tree, keeping the stem intact. Sort through the apple harvest and remove any apples that have insect erosion or signs of disease. read more

But if you do know know or remember the date the trees bloomed, here are the other ways to tell when to harvest the apples: Color. Color, both on the outside and and the flesh, is a useful indication of maturity. Depending on the variety, apples may be yellow, red, green or combinations of these colors at harvest. read more

Prune apple trees yearly following specific recommendations for the varieties of apple trees you are growing. Watch the apple trees for indications that it is time to harvest the apples. Some apple tree varieties will start dropping apples to the ground when they are ripe. read more