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I have a mature apricot tree. It is on the north side of the house. It was loaded with small fruit and then they all dropped off. What can I do. Our soil is terrible.
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Time: 17th January 2008 11:15am

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Sharon says...
I hope someone answers this question for you, because the same thing has happened to my apricot tree. The tree was here when we bought the place, and looks to be 10 years old or more. Our soil seems quite good, but the tree doesn't look great. We had plenty of blossoms, some fruit and then they all fell off while still green. Hope someone can help us ...

Time: 23rd January 2008 6:17pm

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anom says...
Is it Glengarry variety? They are pre programmed to do that.

Time: 24th January 2008 7:24am

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Correy says...
Ideas include thinning the flowers so that it puts it's energy into only a few of the fruit and has a greater chance of carrying them through to completion.

Other ideas is to use potash here is some more info:

Flowering Without Fruit - Potash

You also may need to check and see if your apricot tree requires a pollinator or is it self pollinating. (Daleys Aprioct trees are all self pollinating)
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Time: 24th January 2008 7:56am

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