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Apricot (5 years old) has fruits now.
Comments (12)Chaman: It is not unusual for an apricot on a standard rootstock (which you appear to have) to take four years or more to begin blooming, and another year or two to set and hold fruit. And that is assuming you have no April freeze after the blossoms are open or the little fruits have set. The very early bloom of apricots followed by freeze damage is the most common problem of many apricot growers. It is normal for an apricot tree to have many blooms, but to set fruit on only 20-30 percent of the blooms. You should keep the center of your tree open by removing inward-growing or crossing branches. This is to allow good light penetration and air circulation, and will help the fruits ripen to full size and discourage diseases such as mildew on the fruits. I see a few interior branches on that tree that I would remove right now, regardless of whether they have fruit on them or not. It is a little difficult to distinguish the apricots from the leaves in your photo, but they should be thinned to at least 2-3 inches apart on a young tree to achieve full size. Finally, the young, tender-skinned apricots look just as good to insects like the plum curculio and the oriental fruit moth as they do to you. Any insect damage to the developing fruits will ruin them, and if you see any signs of that you should begin spraying with an effective insecticide like permethrin. Usually, once the fruit grow up a little and the skins harden, they are less attractive to insects. I have quite a few apricots on my trees this year too, and am watching them like a hawk. I have already sprayed with permethrin 3 times, and so far see no damage. I thinned off at least 2/3 of the fruits on my trees, but there are still plenty left. Don Yellman, Great Falls, VA...See More4-year old apple tree vs. 4-year old peach tree
Comments (10)HI J, I have 3 peach trees. All have fruited in 2-3 years. I did not really amend the soil except for adding some top soil to fill the holes because I did not have enough native soil to put back. In my areas, rocks grow best. Rocks and boulders are everywhere when you dig a hole. I've fertilized the tree a bit in the spring each of the following years. I don't want to fertilize too much. If I were you, I'd get rid of competing weed around each tree and mulch it. Your apple tree looks stunted. A 3 yrs old apple tree should not look like that even in your type of soil. Not sure why, but you may want to consider relocating it. The soil in my yard is also land fill. The trees still grow decently. As for apple fruiting, I have apple trees that have fruited in 2nd and 3rd year on semi-dwarf rootstocks. My Honey Crisp is on an unknown rootstock. It must be at least 6 years old now but still have not fruited. My guess is it's on a standard rootstock which will take much longer. Make sure you have another variety of apple that blooms about the same time to cross pollinate. If there are crab apple trees in your neighborhood, you'd be all set....See More35 year old orange tree with no flowers or fruit
Comments (8)I did keep it small -mostly pruning it because of the leaf drop every fall when I brought it inside. The tree's name is Olivia - I also named it when I was four or five years old so she is very special to me. She spent many years decorated as my christmas tree when I was single and broke. Anyway, I'm so glad I found this forum, I spent some time searching other posts this weekend and discovered one by Dr. Miller that showed the different types of leaves. I believe my citrus tree is a minneola tangelo. When I get a chance I will post a picture of the leaves and see if anyone agrees with me. I also read through the information on how long it takes a tree to fruit. I'm glad I didn't give up on my tree. I thought all along that it was the age of the tree, not how big it was. Thank you all for your posts....See More1.5 year old guava fruiting?
Comments (3)I have never grown guava from seed......However, from my notes given in the Sub Tropical Fruit class I took years ago, we were told that the time from seed planting until first fruit is 1-3 years. So, yours is on the more precocious side of the average. It is also far less seedy than the average (I know I am not telling you anything new with this). My notes indicate that the average quava has between 100 and 500 seeds. That's what I didn't like about the fruit. I was able to get an Indonesian White Seedless variety years ago from Hopkins Tropical Fruit Nursery. However, like all of the guavas that I once had, they eventually went into decline and died. Here in Florida, I don't think these trees have a long life....or maybe they just didn't like my yard with its periodic flooding and mucky soil....See MoreRelated Professionals
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