out of season fruiting tree (forum)

Deborah Thomson starts with ...
A friend of mine has a nectarine tree growing in Melbourne and it is fruiting NOW! with 20 ripening fruit on the tree. This is completely out of season, is there a problem with this tree i.e. is it about to die, is it suffering the effects of the drought? Should this tree be pruned now or later in the winter?

Time: 21st June 2007 3:43pm

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Holly says...
Debra,

I'm just taking an educated guess here, based on my childhood/teenage years on a fruit farm. I'd say it would be due to the drought, and the erratic weather patterns we have had. I wouldn't expect the tree to by dying if it is producing fruit. I'd let the fruit grow, and prune later in the winter. I think the trees tend to set thier own blossoming and fruit growing patterns and would let it go its merry way.

Time: 21st June 2007 4:49pm

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