OP it must be wild natural apples and not the shiny looking imported ones that are being sold. The imported ones have sterile seeds that do not germinate.

gbenga4sure: Many are of the believe that apple cant grow in Nigeria.But this is a big lie.Apples that are sold at shops here in Nigeria have been harvested before it gets ripe.This is because these fruits spends about a week before it gets to Nigeria.Few years ago,i saw a apple tree at a family friends home.I was suprised and ask him how did it happen,he told me that he is an agriculturist and works at the state ministry of agriculture.
He also said he will help me get one.I asked how,and he said the ministry has ordered some,which got rippen from south africa and so it will germinate.Unlike the ones we buy at shops here which didnt get ripe before it was harvested.
Fellow nairalanders,few weeks ago i have gotten mine(the apple seedling) and now i have planted and it survived.
Who says apples dont grow in Nigeria because of the temperature.Dont be deceived.Apples really grow here

Fraud... 419 is smelling here.

Jj

Ook............I dodnt

lol...enclosed space without temperature conditioner? i mean, even if that environment is super cool most of the time, knowing the tropical climate, the protection might turn out disadvantageous sooner or later

It's good to try but i think the weather in Nigeria is not favourable for the growth of apple

gbenga4sure: Get a matured apple seed and plant it(u might also plant in a small polythene bag and transplant it later to d soil after germination.)Plant in a good soil.But if your soil is sandy soil,dig the ground and add some loamy soil(just to make sure it survives and do well at early stage).water it everyday.But Do not try PLANTING IT ON A CLAY SOIL.Advisable if you plant during rainy season.Do not plant very close to a building or fence(its not a flower.)

bro pls how do I get d mature apple seed, can u help me with some?

firestar: Those apples...

Do they look like this?

That looks like a fruit a friend gave me, he called it African apple, the taste was horrible.

Yet no one has grown them in commercial quantity. Y

gbenga4sure: Many are of the believe that apple cant grow in Nigeria.But this is a big lie.Apples that are sold at shops here in Nigeria have been harvested before it gets ripe.This is because these fruits spends about a week before it gets to Nigeria.Few years ago,i saw a apple tree at a family friends home.I was suprised and ask him how did it happen,he told me that he is an agriculturist and works at the state ministry of agriculture.
He also said he will help me get one.I asked how,and he said the ministry has ordered some,which got rippen from south africa and so it will germinate.Unlike the ones we buy at shops here which didnt get ripe before it was harvested.
Fellow nairalanders,few weeks ago i have gotten mine(the apple seedling) and now i have planted and it survived.
Who says apples dont grow in Nigeria because of the temperature.Dont be deceived.Apples really grow here

I look forward to having over an hectare dedicated to fruit trees cultivation. I have a passion for agriculture. Currently studying agricultural economics and extension at a southen university. Please i wish to know how i can get the seedlings and which specie to cultivate here. Happy sunday

gbenga4sure: My residue is at ondo city in ondo state,and it will take about 5yrs to harvest my first fruits.

5 yrs is too much. Improved varieties of apple takes less than 1 yr

Are u sure u will that apple? @ op

our apple is here

Congratulations .I have seen the plant before in the RCCG Camp but the problem is to bring forth good fruit there are some mango tree that that will not produce good fruit in in the south west due to rainfall and pest (insect) attacking them

Wow bro!
I envy you.
I wish we live that long to witness the harvesting era, for the state we are in now!

mercylicious: following.

When it starts fruiting on the 5th year does it continue fruiting anually, bi-annually or every 5years.

The soil in my village is sandy, i may have to try it there since urs looks same.

There r improved varieties that start fruiting in a yr and continue fruiting annually. They don't even have 2 grow tall before fruiting

purplish: Apples! Yum Yum

see your mouth like YUM YUM...wait! Make I catch you!

gbenga4sure: My residue is at ondo city in ondo state,and it will take about 5yrs to harvest my first fruits.

Ur number pls!

uzolexis:


5 yrs is too much. Improved varieties of apple takes less than 1 yr

Mumu!!!

op are you sure cos all the ones my father tried didn't work. can you explain more on the seedlings you use and where u got it.
I'll really love to grow it.

I love this.

nice one op,i really love agriculture

Wow yummy

Story For the gods!

Groovy! Hope to plant a tree in my husband's house someday, might as well be secccy apples...

bist:

Mumu!!!

What was that for? Did I insult anybody? I just made a statement wc i'm very sure of and ur insulting. If you have not seen it you should ask instead of wallowing in ur ignorance and insulting me.
Ignorance is indeed a very serious disease.

gbenga4sure: Many are of the believe that apple cant grow in Nigeria.But this is a big lie.Apples that are sold at shops here in Nigeria have been harvested before it gets ripe.This is because these fruits spends about a week before it gets to Nigeria.Few years ago,i saw a apple tree at a family friends home.I was suprised and ask him how
did it happen,he told me that he is an agriculturist and works at the state ministry of agriculture.
He also said he will help me get one.I asked
how,and he said the ministry has ordered
some,which got rippen from south africa and so it will germinate.Unlike the ones we buy at shops here which didnt get ripe before it was harvested.
Fellow nairalanders,few weeks ago i have gotten mine(the apple seedling) and now i have planted and it survived.
Who says apples dont grow in Nigeria because of the temperature.Dont be deceived.Apples really grow here

Wow! I need some pls how can I get minen

gbenga4sure: My residue is at ondo city in ondo state,and it will take about 5yrs to harvest my first fruits.

damn! interesting.....pls where in ondo?

m.wikihow.com/Grow-an-Apple-Tree-from-a-Seed

himkers:

He got to grow one because his friend at the ministry of Agriculture gave him one to plant; what about us that don't have peeps at Agric Ministry??

shallompreti:
Wow! I need some pls how can I get minen

gbenga4sure, pls how long does it take to germinate?
Wanna plant mine.

Apples CAN grow in Nigeria and other tropical regions but not all apple varieties will fruit even when they grow. This is because most apple varieties require cold periods to begin fruiting (trying not to use technical jargon). However, varieties like Anna and Fuji do not require long cold periods or require higher temperatures to stimulate fruiting - temperatures that are reachable in Nigeria, temps in the 25°c region.
A client of mine just started an apple-avocado farm in Jos and we supplied about 150 bare-rooted trees purchased from Florida. Now temperatures in Florida don't get as cold as in most other parts of the American and European continents and the Anna variety of apples does very well there. The trees we planted are still young but they are doing very well. I expect fruits this time next year.