My husband and I moved to the Charente Maritime, France in October last year. We have a large garden and we have inherited some young fruit trees. One little fruit tree which I think is a pear, looks quite sad. It has lovely white flowers but the leaves are drooping. We gave it a good watering yesterday evening, we checked on it last night and it seemed to improve Today however, it's looking sad again. Can anyone give me some advise?
Reply to jack: My apple trees in the Midlands are just coming into flower. In full flower now are plums and cherry, but apple blooms are not far behind.
If there is no sign of flower buds then your apple trees will not going to carry any fruit this year. I'm not sure whether these are young trees that have not yet come into flower, or perhaps older trees that fruited so well last year that they are 'blind' this year.
New fruit trees can take a couple of years to get established before flowering.
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We have two James Greaves apple trees in our back garden,which recieve plenty of sunlight,and have happily provided fruit throughout the last ten years.However after having an abundance of blossom,later than usual this year,they do not appear to be producing any fruit.The only sign of problem is that some leaves appear to be scortched at the ends.Can you cast any light on what may be the problem?
I have a dwarf apple tree with 3 different varieties. It has blossomed spectaculary this year & the tree is laded with fruit. However I'm concerned about the weight on the branches. The tree is already staked, so should I remove some of the fruit so the branches don't break?
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If there is no sign of flower buds then your apple trees will not going to carry any fruit this year. I'm not sure whether these are young trees that have not yet come into flower, or perhaps older trees that fruited so well last year that they are 'blind' this year.
New fruit trees can take a couple of years to get established before flowering.