Topic: No fruit on trees this year? :-(

[good7saint]

There is a apple tree on the plot I have taken over.
And yes there is fruit on it

[cleo]

Apples look good,cherry tree is good(but it`s well sheltered)

Pears and plums-I reckon it was that cold snap when I was away around the third week in May-no fruit at all-like wise my neighbour`s apricot

[mc55]

my plum tree appears to have died - it started growing in early spring and then the growth started to turn brown and went crispy.  The crab apple flowered very spectacularly, but no fruit so far.  Perhaps the late frosts got to them both.

[Squashman]

I purchased a brambly apple tree earlier this year for 4.99 from a well known pound shop, I soaked the roots for 24hrs, planted it in an ideal position. Nothing happened, it looked dead, now months later there is a sign of growth, next year I hope it will be good. My cherry, pear, plum, greengage, plum, nectarine and apricot trees are doing fine as is my established apple trees. Also my Goji berries (grown from seed) are doing well.
Squash Man

[Tyke]

In Milton keynes there are lots of fruits on the trees. Our cherry tree has prolific amounts and the apple tree on the allotment is doing well too. No fruit on the pear tree though...

Wonder why the south is having problems this year?

[Robert_Brenchley]

The only one of mine which isn't doing so well is the Cambridge Gage, which was flowering during the cold weather. There is a crop, doubtless because it warmed up at the end of the flowering period, but it's going to be pretty light. I had one year when the plums didn't fruit at all due to cold leading to a lack of pollinators.

I picked masses of young apples of the Bramley. I let it fruit too early, with the result that it stopped growing. i picked all the fruit off last year, and it's far stronger already, and growing happily. Next year I'll let it fruit.

[Barnowl]

Up at the allotment, one out of two pears with a small amount of fruit - none on the other, but we did prune it for shape this year. Apples one heavy with fruit the other none at all!  Two Damsons no fruit. Apricot flowered well but no sign of fruit. at home patio peach and nectarine both blasted by leaf curl; patio cherry no sign of fruit and potted Black Mulberry no sign of fruit.

On the plus side but the raspberry canes are groaning with berries - the birds are just waiting for them to ripen :).

[outdoorgirl]

I would have to agree with Cleo. My fruit tree's have always produced a good crop of plums, pears and apples but this year the pears and plums have really suffered. I thought it must have been the really hot weather we had followed by a sharp frost. (I'm south east by the way!)

[Barnowl]

I haven't seen a lot of bees this year and we're next door to the hives.

[sunnyb]

Hi

Just found this forum while I was desperately looking for an answer to why my wonderful pear and plum trees are fruitless this year. I'm in Northants and in the 2 years we've been in our house, both trees have had more fruit than we could pick - this year nothing, nada!  The pear didn't have very much blossom and has no fruit, the plum did flower, but only one or two branches have anything resembling fruit and much of that is tiny and yellow.

Must have a look at the next door neighbour's apple - it had masses of blossom, best I've seen, so I'll have to see if the promised fruit made it as well!

My only consolation is the large store of plum wine we have after last year's crop!

Thanks for your help.

[manicscousers]

hi, sunnyb, welcome to the site, our pears are few and far between this year, too  ;D

[Robert_Brenchley]

What was the weather like when they were in flower? It doesn't take frost to stop them cropping, just cold and miserable weather with no insects flying.

[Emagggie]

I put my lack of pears down to that Robert. Nothing much in the hedgerows either. No sign of sloes or the fabulous plums I picked on my dog walks the year before last.(none to speak of last year either). On the plot, my neighbours new Aldi apple trees are looking very fruitful.

[sunnyb]

If I remember correctly, we had that really cold, windy weather around the time the tree blossomed. I'm hoping its just that, and the lack of pollinating insects anyway and not a health problem with the trees - the pear certainly looks healthy enough as does the plum - maybe a year off will do them both good - shame though because I was getting used to having my own supply of fruit for a couple of weeks.

[Tyke]

No fruit in Northants? Down in Bucks there are loads and we suffered with the frost badly as well - lost courgettes etc. It is a bit of a mystery. There are oodles of wildflowers and roses in MK and i have seen lots of bees and hoverflies. I only moved here last year, but it seems the council plants lots and lots of bulbs and flowers, and deliberately leaves parts of the verges uncut to allow flowering.

[coles007]

I have two plum trees at my allotment in north london and neither has any fruit.  I have noticed on the victoria plum tree that there is a little leaf curl. Has anyone any idea why this is happening. Thanks

[Kingfisher]

our apple tree is in in an awfull state this year,realy good last year  but have noticed that in the area ther are allot of apple tree's the same so going to give it a good trim and hope that the tree will survive, all the apples have dropped off one by one, when small, Im in the South.

[kt.]

One apple tree has loads.  The other has none :(

[Kingfisher]

It seems that there is something realy amiss here peeps  ???

[Dadnlad]

Several nights of frosts when they were either in blossom or had not long set means no plums/greengage/damsons this year, and the local hedgerows are bare too
However, apples are doing fine we'll be picking Summered in a couple of weeks, and Kidds Orange/Red Falstaff/Pitmaston Pineapple all loaded
Yer wins some, yer lose some :P