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Apple trees need to be pruned to make a stiff "fruiting unit" and thinned (the fruit not the limbs) to not overload the branches. It's kind of complex and needs to take place over a period of time so you wouldn't expect a homeowner/gardner type person to know it.

Not again!

We spray copper on our walnut trees to protect them from blight.

You cut the end of the bolt off close to the nut and then hit the edge of the bolt with a hammer squishing the metal out. This messes up the threads on the bolt enough so that if the nut tries to back off it will be stopped by the squished out metal. Not to be confused with Squisher the guy...

Che, my Uncle braced some Modesto Ash trees in the mid 1960's and the trees grew around the bolts and have never split apart. He put all-thread which I believe is mild steel and wasn't coated. The all thread may have been galvanized but I don't think so. They like all modesto ashs had...

I don't think we are equipped to experiment like that.

That's why I didn't know about it .