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apricot Tree
Bergerac
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The first year my apricot tree fruited the quantity was incredible, though small and hard, I was told the hardness was due to lack of water, I made up for that the next year and had just two massive as large as peaches, hard fruit. Since then 3 years on though my tree is prolific with foliage Ive never had any fruit. Any ideas as this is such a waste. Thanks Brian
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Did you get plenty of blossom in the Spring, Brian? If so the problem may be lack of pollination. Apricots are early bloomers and the blossom often appears before there are any pollinating insects about. You can help by using a small, soft, paintbrush or similar to hand-pollinate the blossom, going over the whole tree just like a bee would. Hopefully you are talking about a relatively small tree or that will obviously be rather difficult!
Hi Sadly I do not get any blossom at all As fo the size of tree, well it gets cut back to about 12 to 14 feet tall but by the next season as in now its at least 25 feet tall, it oes that every year produces more foliage and nthing else
I get fruit. Then the squirrels eat them before they get ripe. They leave the juicy bits all over the lawn, they only eat the stones. If only they'd leave them , I'd let them have the stones...
Try giving it a feed of sulphate of potash (or other fertilizer very high in Potassium) in late Winter which will encourage blossom and fruit; It might be getting too much nitrate as it is producing lots of vegetative growth. The RHS have some advice on feeding fruit trees here:
http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=539
Thanks Bob Buddy
Fidgetbones, here in Jersey we only have red squirrels and in some ways luckily for me they are only in the country parishes