>>1313886I'm now training mine into tree form instead of the natural scrub form I let it in the first two years. In my case it sends out shoots near the bottom quite often, similar in behaviour to hazelnut, but the top looks fine from what I can tell. This treatment will probably delay the first time I'll see flowers - none yet this season (germination was Jan. 2016 indoors)
And as I plan to remove even more side shoots later on so that the crown then eventually starts at maybe 1.20-1.50m height, I guess I'll have to wait even more
Here current state, looks a bit messy and you can't quite see it, but the branches now start at about 60cm height. I'll do more pruning in winter
>>1313894>tfw too stupid/lazy/impatient to do any graftingBut congratulations on not getting leggy growth
>>1313940I have vinegrower in the family so I have *some* idea of how things go down... usually a good idea to not store the stuff too long but get fermentation kicking as early as possible after pressing, under exclusion of oxygen source. Also adding some dedicated yeasts is a safer bet than just hoping the few random ones naturally sitting around do the job - which you might kill with boiling anyway. Fermentation should kick in faster than molds and shit forming, but at the same time not happen too fast, ideal temps are around 12-16°C. And you want to reach a good final alcohol content of ideally at the least ~8% bv to make it safe, so if your apples are rather unripe/sour, you might consider adding extra sugar to reach that
