Hi I have Three fruit trees in my backyard. A pear, apple, and peach. They are about 30 years old. I bought the place 2 years ago and only have seen one sickly pear. Whats wrong? what can I do to make them bear fruit again? Thanks, Justin.
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1-Legged Frog
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hi
i suggest you prune those trees.pruning them will trigger fructification. i like to prune my tree during winter as pest and other bug and deseases are less willing to attack them.have they been pruned before, what sizes are they,do you know of their history,how apart are they.Pics?. All those are to be considered.I don't know of a good book to recommend you but i believe that where i start if i were you. depending of species, pruning technics will varie.
good luck, good pies ,and good jam.
i suggest you prune those trees.pruning them will trigger fructification. i like to prune my tree during winter as pest and other bug and deseases are less willing to attack them.have they been pruned before, what sizes are they,do you know of their history,how apart are they.Pics?. All those are to be considered.I don't know of a good book to recommend you but i believe that where i start if i were you. depending of species, pruning technics will varie.
good luck, good pies ,and good jam.
They are probably 30 feet tall or so about 10 feet apart from each other. Im not sure which tree is which though they are in a unkept mess. They have not been pruned as far as I know. I will get some pictures and post them tonight. Thanks again, Justin.
1-Legged Frog
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looks like they're a little close to each other but if you don't intend to do commercial production i wouldn't worry at all about it.it can actually be an advantage if you'd like a certain amount of ornamental aspect.fruit trees can be very pretty and a nice addition to a landscape design. now the questiion is: what are your goals with those trees ? do you want to harvest for your home and friend ? do you want a bit of ornomental aspect ? there are many thing you can do w/ them. it seems that they are ready for a winter pruning and i can guarantee you that they are going to make fruits like crazy. one thing you can do if you wonder about the pruning technics, is to talk to an old timer in you area or a orchard owner. that how i started to learn. consider this: At 30 years old those puppy are, let say, teenagers trees.ready to party:hmm3grin2orange: .A rule of tumb in pruning fruit tree:Do not remove more than 20% of the total canopy. you r goal is to define a primary branch structure and then every year prune lightly the secondary and third branching(small branches ).keep some of them to spread the branches around the tree in the most balance maner as possible.
there are many way to prune those but make sure to make clean cut,don't damage the bark ,take your time and get ready to make the pies:notrolls2:
i'm looking forward for the pics
looks like they're a little close to each other but if you don't intend to do commercial production i wouldn't worry at all about it.it can actually be an advantage if you'd like a certain amount of ornamental aspect.fruit trees can be very pretty and a nice addition to a landscape design. now the questiion is: what are your goals with those trees ? do you want to harvest for your home and friend ? do you want a bit of ornomental aspect ? there are many thing you can do w/ them. it seems that they are ready for a winter pruning and i can guarantee you that they are going to make fruits like crazy. one thing you can do if you wonder about the pruning technics, is to talk to an old timer in you area or a orchard owner. that how i started to learn. consider this: At 30 years old those puppy are, let say, teenagers trees.ready to party:hmm3grin2orange: .A rule of tumb in pruning fruit tree:Do not remove more than 20% of the total canopy. you r goal is to define a primary branch structure and then every year prune lightly the secondary and third branching(small branches ).keep some of them to spread the branches around the tree in the most balance maner as possible.
there are many way to prune those but make sure to make clean cut,don't damage the bark ,take your time and get ready to make the pies:notrolls2:
i'm looking forward for the pics
1-Legged Frog
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r tom 45 is right you do need other fruit trees in your area but i don't think that's your problem as you have mentionned that you saw a very few pears on those trees before.I would definitly prune them.
good luck
r tom 45 is right you do need other fruit trees in your area but i don't think that's your problem as you have mentionned that you saw a very few pears on those trees before.I would definitly prune them.
good luck
elmnut
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before you prune learn to identify spurs, suckers, scaffold branches etc...
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