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Fruit trees

Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
in Fruit & veg
Both my Apple and Pear trees have no fruit this year. Previous years have produced an abundant of fruit. Does this have anything to do with a late spring?
Both trees had no flowers this year. What's happening?
Michael Edwards 
N E Lincolnshire

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  • Michael EdwardsMichael Edwards Posts: 7
    Hi! Thanks for your reply. The Apple tree was planted 6 years ago and until last year produced great fruit. Last year the Apples were covered in nasty looking growths . The Pear tree I planted 18 months ago and produced big Pears in the 1st year.
    Michael
  • purplerallimpurplerallim Posts: 5,287
    I too am in Lincolnshire, and have plum, pear and apple trees.
    At the time the plum and pear flowers came out we had a very sharp frost, because of that the flowers failed to set, so no fruit. The apple flowered a couple of weeks later and has fruit. 
    So I  don't think this is a typical year.
  • RullahRullah Posts: 54
    edited June 2021
    I also have a pear tree with no pears this year, I only happened to notice it the other day and was wondering myself what the reason might be.
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    This year has been very strange. We had much blossom in the Spring and then frosts for the whole of April.
    Little opportunities for pollinators.
    The apples and pears are showing fruit but limited.
    Gages, plums, peaches and cheries very little.
  • EustaceEustace Posts: 2,290
    My 🍎 and 🍐 trees seem to fare better as they flowered much later this year. Plums and cherries seem to have borne the brunt of this year's late frost - just 2 gages still on the tree after the June drop, a handful of 🍒 which I'm happy for the birds to have.
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  • Allotment BoyAllotment Boy Posts: 6,774
    I have had this in past years,  as others have said,  frost or heavy rain at the wrong time can damage the flowers and prevent fruit set. @pansyface, is also corcorrect about biennial cropping.  On young trees it's important to  thin out the crop to no more than one per spur, for the first few years.   Even later if there is a very heavy fruit set it's a good idea to thin out the excess, if they don't drop naturally. 
    AB Still learning

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