This looks very promising!! I'm watching very shiny branches lol. Hope that you see that much of a growth even doubled up! Your efforts must pay off and this is the best proof to it. Have a great week and hopefully that apple tree will continue smiling and shining!
Btw what are those flowers name? The center of each flower looks amazingly geometric with those shapes!
Tulips. They come up every spring around our yard from bulbs.
Thanks again for letting me know about petroleum jelly. I think it really benefits the growing stems in many ways.