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Mikey Mike starts with ... Last year I had lots of nectarines on my two trees 100 plus each tree( fruit fly got most of them ) but this year i got lots of flowers but only 3 or 4 fruit have developed the rest have withered up. But there has been heaps and heaps of branch and leaf growth. The trees are 6 years old 6 foot tall by 6 foot wide very leafey and healthy. Lots of mulch watered every 2nd day by drip irrigation. Any ideas on why there is so little fruit this year? | About the Author MikeyMike1 Perth 24th November 2012 1:56pm #UserID: 2261 Posts: 19 View All MikeyMike1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Diana says... Could it tend to alternate bearing? Too much nitrogen not enough potassium? I invested in a whole-tree fruit fly net this year, which worked a treat, not one single bit of fruit fly or other insect damage. If you don't net the tree or bag fruit clusters, about all of them will be stung. You need to prune a bit to fit the net on, but only to a good size for picking. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 24th November 2012 9:10pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author GardeningAustraliaWannabee 25th November 2012 11:14am #UserID: 6794 Posts: 12 View All GardeningAustraliaWannabee's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... The local nursery down the road. I think it is this one http://fruittreenets.info/index.php | About the Author Diana Brisane 25th November 2012 11:59am #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mikey Mike says... no not alternate bearing each year I've had increasing numbers of fruit, I have a couple of other nectarine and peach trees near it with fruit this year that have been watered and mulched the same, It cant be that the winter wasn't cold enough as I have cherries on my cherry tree. If it happens again next year, it's coming out. | About the Author MikeyMike1 1st December 2012 2:28am #UserID: 2261 Posts: 19 View All MikeyMike1's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author gardenut kelsie 1st December 2012 4:09pm #UserID: 7480 Posts: 5 View All gardenut's Edible Fruit Trees |
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