Non fruit bearing flowering tree recommendations
ranchreno
17 years ago
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pondwelr
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Do non bearing apple trees need to be sprayed?
Comments (4)Nope. Mine are likewise in their 3rd year, and even though I do expect some fruit, I'm not going to spray unless I run into serious trouble. I'll half-heartedly try to get an organic no-spray crop this year and see how it goes....See MoreNon fruit bearing trees
Comments (3)One possibility that comes to mind with the pears is that some pears are pollen sterile. Have both trees been flowering for a few years already. I wonder if the tree that's producing is pollen sterile and therefore not pollinating the other tree. Some pears are very slow to come into production. That's another possibility. Most of my apples have been in the ground about 6 years. Only about half of them have fruited just a little so far. I suspect I met have sped things up if I had given them more care (mulching, more watering, etc.)...See More3+ years, and Lemon and Lime tree not bearing fruit
Comments (4)Madeline, any good citrus fertilizer that has an NPK ratio close to 5-1-3 along with the full complement of micronutrients, Iron, Magnesium, Manganese, Zinc and Calcium, will work. The fertilizer will be granular. You will want to spread the fertilizer at the edge of the leaf canopy and a little beyond, not at the trunk. The feeder roots reside at the edge of the leaf canopy (called the drip line), and bit beyond. Your trees are trying to compete with plants as well as grass, and grass is notorious for using up all the nitrogen (N), before your poor citrus can get to it. Remove the grass and other plants from under your citrus trees. Water, then fertilize, then water in the fertilizer. Apply fertilizer in the recommended amounts 4 times a year, roughly February April, July and September. Patty S....See Morenon-bearing orange tree
Comments (4)Keep it well fed, see the citrus forum for nutrition information. It probably needs time to establish itself in your yard. I have a couple of limes in containers and they do bloom profusely when the temps fall into the 40's. Honey bees usually provide the polination for mine. They produce a bounty of limes,...See Morediggerb2
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