Are you pruning your fruit tress and fruit bushes or are you letting them grow naturally? By the way the picture of your apple trees is amazing! We have fruit trees growing in our garden since last year and we had lovely blossoms in spring, which started to turn to fruit but then the small, small fruit just fell from the trees. Would you know why this happened?
I prune the fruit trees every year.
The fruit on your trees may not have been pollinated. I have planted lots of early spring flowering shrubs near the fruit trees in order to entice the bees out of hibernation in time then for the fruit blossom.
Pollination can be a big problem, which is why we need biodiversity for the bees.
Colx
Yes indeed it would be lovely to have several fruit trees – but the garden is very small. However I’m not duly concerned as the pattern of my various living environments over the years somehow ‘arranges itself” so that I end up living close to trees!
Are you pruning your fruit tress and fruit bushes or are you letting them grow naturally? By the way the picture of your apple trees is amazing! We have fruit trees growing in our garden since last year and we had lovely blossoms in spring, which started to turn to fruit but then the small, small fruit just fell from the trees. Would you know why this happened?
I prune the fruit trees every year.
The fruit on your trees may not have been pollinated. I have planted lots of early spring flowering shrubs near the fruit trees in order to entice the bees out of hibernation in time then for the fruit blossom.
Pollination can be a big problem, which is why we need biodiversity for the bees.
Colx
Yes indeed it would be lovely to have several fruit trees – but the garden is very small. However I’m not duly concerned as the pattern of my various living environments over the years somehow ‘arranges itself” so that I end up living close to trees!
Am considering planting a small tree in new abode garden….I love the apple and cherry blossoms, also Japanese maple. Would be grateful for any advice.
An apple tree will give you fruit! Why not several fruit trees?
Colx