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Post by jbl4430 on Jan 9, 2012 11:26:49 GMT -5
My 2 different kind of cherry have problem. I planted 4 years ago and never have fruit until last year. They have full of flowers but within 10 small fruits made. Even within 10 never grew. They fell within 10 to 20 days.Here is 5b. beside Lake Erie. full sun. What is problem?
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Post by MikeH on Jan 9, 2012 12:39:10 GMT -5
What varieties are they? The top picture looks like Nanking cherry. Ours took three years to produce a fair number of flowers and a small amount of fruit which did not mature. This past year, the fourth year, we got a spectacular display. and a good amount of fruit. Regards, Mike
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jan 9, 2012 12:58:58 GMT -5
In my garden two things can contribute to not having fruit on the cherries:
Birds eat the buds before they bloom (particularly house finches).
The plants bloom so early that the blossoms often get frozen by a cold spell.
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Post by 12540dumont on Jan 9, 2012 14:20:10 GMT -5
The only other thing that happens here, is that the flowers bloom and then it rains, knocking off the blossoms or preventing the bees from pollinating. No bees, no fruit. Frost/rain/hail, same thing. Sigh
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Post by orflo on Jan 9, 2012 16:13:50 GMT -5
Your problem is pollination, the plants don't get pollinated properly. There could be several reasons for this: - late frost can destroy the flowers - it may be too cold for bees or other pollinators to fly around - the two trees could be a wrong match, cherries are mostly cross-pollinators, but not all cherry trees can pollinate other cherries, some are sterile. - the trees could be somewhat young to carry lots of fruits, so a bit of patience might help... When spring arrives, have a look at the temperatures, if it's too cold it could either be the frost/bee issue, if it's nice and mild it could be the two tree match issue. I once read that covering the roots with snow in spring makes them flower later, so there's less chance of frost damage. I never tried this, it's not necessary here, and don't know if this really works....
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Post by potter on Jan 9, 2012 16:33:52 GMT -5
Also..you tree is still young. All stone fruits take a bit longer to establish themselves before they are able to crop decent amount of fruit.
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Post by jbl4430 on Jan 10, 2012 20:04:19 GMT -5
What varieties are they? The top picture looks like Nanking cherry. Ours took three years to produce a fair number of flowers and a small amount of fruit which did not mature. This past year, the fourth year, we got a spectacular display. Regards, Mike Mine have full of flowers too,but only several fruits ,even several,soon gone? ??
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