apple tree has stopped fruiting

[sparksy]

A guy has asked me why his apple tree has stopped fruiting this year, after 20years? it looks heathly, it's a bit hairy and could do with a trim, but apart from that all seems normal...............

has anyone got any ideas.

 

thank you

[Gollum]

Post some clear pictures.

Could have pruned it to hard last winter

[Ty Unnos]

Very poor year for fruit trees. Have 6 apples trees in the garden and hardly a fruit on them. Lots of people around here saying the same thing.

 

We had a very cold snap just as the blossom came out and then a very wet summer.

[Rebel_Commando]

I've noticed that our fruit trees have very few fruit this year and one pear tree has nothing. I know that the fruit started to form in spring but then we had some late frosts that decimated a lot of the forming fruit.

Shortly after that we had some gale force winds which pretty much finished off the crops, we only have one apple tree with a decent amout of fruit and that is in a sheltered spot.

[slack ma girdle]

If it had fruited well last year, then sometimes the following year you get very little. Or it could have been a late frost that killed the blossom, or all the heavy rain washed away the pollen so no fertalization. Or it could be none of the above and something else like bull finches eating the buds. I would do nothing and see what happens next year.

 

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[openspaceman]

Very poor year for fruit trees. Have 6 apples trees in the garden and hardly a fruit on them. Lots of people around here saying the same thing.

 

We had a very cold snap just as the blossom came out and then a very wet summer.

 

our apple has only a few, I put it down to the poor weather and especially the effect the rain had on polinating insects. Butterflies have been down to 20% of their normal numbers, many appear to have drowned as chrysalis.

[Goaty]

has its nearby pollinating partner of many years, fail to flower or been removed?

[agg221]

Also had very poor yield this year - same problem with pears and plums. Everything except the Worcester Pearmain apples and Diamond plums which for some reason are loaded as per usual. Spent the day picking both, so arms are now somewhat shredded from the latter! The Worcesters are about 8ft high and the Diamond about 30ft, so it's not low lying frost or high level drying winds. Just presume it will be back to normal next year.

 

Alec

[predator]

:thumbdown:same here no apples and only 4 pears

[Pasty Muncher]

I know the cold and rain has affected the bees this year ( they can't fly in the rain and don't go out much under 15 degrees). Considering how much they say we need the bees that could be the reason.

 

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