I bought cherry and pear trees a few years ago and have not had one cherry yet although the blossom has been fabulous. The pear tree had one fruit on it last year, and I nearly missed it because of the leaves. Also had one plum, that tree is in full bloom at present. Temp is dropping to 1 on Wednesday so hoping they will survive it. Fingers crossed.
Know what you mean @Zoomer44 as my plum only fruited for the first time last year, it's a three year old tree. Even then the wasps got most of them.🙄 plum and cherry in full bloom so cold will probably get them this year.🙄
Blossom but no fruit is likely if you have a single tree. Most fruit trees are not self-fertile,, they need a tree of the same species nearby as a pollinator in order to set fruit. My two cherry trees (morello and stella) were stripped by jackdaws two years ago so last year i wrapped them in old net curtains.
Some people say you should remove the fruit as soon as it appears for the first three or four years, to let the tree put all its energy into growth.
I've only one plum, but two pear and cherry, and four apple, they do well every other year. So hopefully two will fruit well this year, they flower later and miss the last frost.
Both my plum and cherry say they are self pollinating, and my two apples pollinate each other. None of which I rely on as I hand pollinate most things, just to be sure @josusa47
My neighbour was moaning about loosing the blossom on his peach and nectarine, and getting no fruit, they are dwarf trees in pots, he could easily fleece them, mine are huge, no chance of that, we did try one year, net curtains fleece the lot incredible hard work.
Josusa the birds, 2 years ago, I bought a pack of those little windmills kids buy in shops along the prom on e bay, flat pack, got my grandkids making them up, and hung them all over the cherry tree with cable ties and old CDs, had a few cherries normally we get none, but the cherry tree is 150 foot down the garden so I cant keep an eye, was thinking about getting one of those eagles they put on top of buildings to deter seagulls etc.
Nanny Beach , I like your idea! So I'm now scouring eBay for a Liverpuddlian Liverbird I reckon this should sort out my probems. !!!l?l
Once you have got through the blossom and pollinating stage the next problem is keeping birds from eating the fruit . So now it's the netting game ..........another headache , it's a joint effort ,.......fruit gets knocked off while getting on the net, if it covers one section of the tree it's usually left a space somewhere else. Even if the tree is successfully netted, at least one bird gets in ,...........panics. Knocks off your half a dozen carefully pre covered cherries trying to get out!!!!!!!! Nanny Beach I'm all for going with your idea 😊 Liver birds it is , placed in the center of the tree mid winter should do it!!!!!!
Now then ,?? Where did I see that Liver bird ?????????
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Fingers crossed.
Some people say you should remove the fruit as soon as it appears for the first three or four years, to let the tree put all its energy into growth.
Liverbird I reckon this should
Once you have got through the blossom and pollinating stage the next problem is keeping birds from eating the fruit .
So now it's the netting game ..........another headache , it's a joint effort ,.......fruit gets knocked off while getting on the net, if it covers one section of the tree it's usually left a space somewhere else.
Even if the tree is successfully netted, at least one bird gets in ,...........panics. Knocks off your half a dozen carefully pre covered cherries trying to get out!!!!!!!!
Nanny Beach I'm all for going with your idea 😊
Liver birds it is ,
placed in the center of the tree mid winter should do it!!!!!!
Now then ,?? Where did I see that Liver bird ?????????
Going cheap