BYC gardening thread!!

[jerryse]

Did some pear grafting Saturday . Too wet to do much .

 

[dan26552]

Did some pear grafting Saturday . Too wet to do much .

Nice!

I've done some grafting

 

[chickadoodles]

I planted some blueberry seeds in a pot and some tomato seeds. I saw a lot of baby plums on one of my trees but the squirrels and birds are knocking it all off the tree! Also looks like my pear and peach are going to come along this year also. I bought a tangerine tree and it arrived so I potted it up. I love spring!

 

[OnlyOrps]

I have tomatoes and cherries tomatoes, basil a blueberry bush a pear tree and the start to a strawberry patch with three varieties. Won't be an extensive garden this year as I'm due in May and baby boy will take up most of my time but it makes me happy to have a little container garden going on my pretty front porch!

 

[CherMoz]

I have tomatoes and cherries tomatoes, basil a blueberry bush a pear tree and the start to a strawberry patch with three varieties. Won't be an extensive garden this year as I'm due in May and baby boy will take up most of my time but it makes me happy to have a little container garden going on my pretty front porch!

Congratulations!!

 

[chickadoodles]

I have tomatoes and cherries tomatoes, basil a blueberry bush a pear tree and the start to a strawberry patch with three varieties. Won't be an extensive garden this year as I'm due in May and baby boy will take up most of my time but it makes me happy to have a little container garden going on my pretty front porch!

How exciting congratulations!

 

[dan26552]

How exciting congratulations! 

X2

 

[Peep_Show]

We're loaded with mega fruit this year on the trees... Thousands of apricots, at last some cherries (1 lone cherry at the top of the tree last year, but this year many, many pies in the sky), good pear crop, too many nectarines to deal with, and the apples all have set EXCEPT for the big Cortland tree. It had a bonanza crop last year (hundreds of pounds of apples)....But I can find nary a piece of fruit on it this year nor blossom remnants. It normally blooms later and harvests later than our other apples. We had gorgeous weather and then a freakish two days of snow, but I don't recall if blossoms were out for it. I thought the apricots would be affected as they had bloomed at that time, but not so at all.

Do apple trees occasionally take a year off? Did I miss a bud freeze or something? All other apples (except our 1 y.o. trees) are fruiting.
Our apricots didn't produce last year nor did the nectarines but I figured that was due to the weather and previous orchard owner's neglect. The year prior there was NO apple crop in New Mexico due to a late frost.

 

[vehve]

Don't trees often take a break the next year after producing a massive crop?

 

[dan26552]

We're loaded with mega fruit this year on the trees... Thousands of apricots, at last some cherries (1 lone cherry at the top of the tree last year, but this year many, many pies in the sky), good pear crop, too many nectarines to deal with, and the apples all have set EXCEPT for the big Cortland tree.  It had a bonanza crop last year (hundreds of pounds of apples)....But I can find nary a piece of fruit on it this year nor blossom remnants.  It normally blooms later and harvests later than our other apples.  We had gorgeous weather and then a freakish two days of snow, but I don't recall if blossoms were out for it.  I thought the apricots would be affected as they had bloomed at that time, but not so at all.  

Do apple trees occasionally take a year off?   Did I miss a bud freeze or something? All other apples (except our 1 y.o. trees) are fruiting.
Our apricots didn't produce last year nor did the nectarines but I figured that was due to the weather and previous orchard owner's neglect.  The year prior there was NO apple crop in New Mexico due to a late frost.

Sounds like it might have produce more apples then was good for it.

Overbearing and other blooming problems may be on your radar, but can be easily avoided. Overbearing may could cause your tree to only bear biennially (every other year). We discuss 4 Benefits to Thinning Fruit Trees here ( http://www.starkbros.com/blog/4-benefits-thinning-fruit-trees/) in regard to overbearing and how to prevent it.

Taken from http://www.starkbros.com/blog/stages-of-apple-tree-growth/