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I have just spotted that my apple tree has some blossom on it. Should I cut it off?
I have just spotted that my apple tree has some blossom on it. Should I cut it off?
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AKA Angie -
No idea...but so has my Magnolia and strawberries !!!...I'm just leaving them to the frost!
( at 5C for the past couple of nights- they won't last long!
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"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
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The blossom is because the summer ended suddenly, now the weather has warmed up a little and they think it's spring after a mild winter!
It won't make much difference whether you cut off the blossoms of leave them; they'll wither and die in the chill of autumn.
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or read about mine www.suburbanvegplot.blogspot.com/Comment
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I picked some asparagus the other day and had it for tea. Was not going to let the frost ruin itComment
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The world's going maaaaaaaaad!
All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.Comment
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Thanks guys, looks like the poor plants are all confused by the weather. Was just concerned if it would affect fruiting next year as its only a smal minerette type tree.AKA AngieComment
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Seeing as it's a mad world , I'm going to try a mad experiment. I'm going to check that the blossom has been polinated , then wrap loosely in bubble wrap and see if I can get an apple. I have one lot on Discovery and 6 lots on Russet.
It has two chances , up or down.Comment
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Autumn fruit blossom is extremely unlikely to develop into fruit.
The fruit needs a long period of warmth and strong sun, which is almost impossible in autumn.
Additionally, the tree will soon be transporting nutrients down from the falling leaves into the roots, rather than from roots to the canopy - so the fruits won't get the nutrients they needs.
Also quite likely is that the processes in the tree which cause leaves to fall (influenced by cooling average temperature) may well cause the fruits to fall.
Your chances of obtaining useful fruit are close to zero; less than the chances of managing to successfully grow an apple tree from a cutting!
If the tree was an early-ripening variety (e.g. ripe August-September) which flowered for a second time during the summer (e.g. flowered first in May and again in July) then you'd have a chance of getting some useful fruit..Comment
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My blackcurrant bush has fruit developing!
Shame as all the friuts this year got blown off in the winds.
I suppose it will me good for nothing next year?Last edited by Mizjazzi; 09-10-2011, 10:57 AM.Comment
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One of my blueberry bushes is covered in blossom.Comment
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