Apple country wine fermentation not starting

[Hawley]

I was working at a farmers house and came home armed with a bag of Apples and a bag of plums so I decided to make some wine , my problem is that the Apple brew fermentation is not starting :-( .
Both batches were prepared the same way , I cored the apples and removed most of the blotches on the skin I could see , filled up my barrel almost to the top , then used boiling water to cover the Apples just over , also in went 2 juiced lemons , 300 g of chopped sultanas and a cup of cold tea , and then a packet of wine yeast from Wilkinson's .
The Plum wine is fermenting away nicely , I even thought of adding the apple brew and plums together but wanted to ask others thoughts first in case I spoil the lot
Any ideas please
Thanks in advance

 

[Hawley]

Still no fermentation , moved it to a warmer spot , any ideas greatly appreciated :-)

 

[Roddy]

Still no fermentation , moved it to a warmer spot , any ideas greatly appreciated :-)

did you give it a good shoogle as well ?, worked for me last time I had a slow starter (in addition to upping the heat)

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Are you measuring this or are you relying on the airlock to see if it is fermenting, what are you making it in?

 

[Hawley]

Just can't see any bubbles , its still in a big fermentation bucket so I will give it a good old mix up , cheers for the ideas

 

[Hawley]

Panic over , it smells like it is starting to brew now :-)
I just chopped the apples up after taking the bad bits off and they all look quite whole still but the liquid is looking a nice golden yellow colour now , should I take the apples out and squish them up to get more juice out or just leave it be ?
Thanks

 

[Chippy_Tea]

A lot of FV's don't seal well and you don't see bubbles in the airlock.

 

[Hawley]

Thanks for the help , it is all glugging along quite nicely now :-)