Tree help please

[Fish along]

We were having a discussion a few weeks ago about apple trees, at the time I was concerned about my Fall Red apple tree. Well as I stated before, the first year it grew about 1doz, second year about 1doz,and this year there's not even a blossom on it, what should I do,dig it up and plant a new tree? Thank you

[farmerpk]

http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree...uit-on-my-tree

See this info from Penn state. Hope it helps.

[Nait Hadya]

only one of my trees is in full bloom,just a few days ago. it is in the warmest area of my yard. another tree is just starting to show signs of blossom and another yet has no sign of blossom at all. don't give up hope yet.

[Sooner]

My dads apple and plum tree did this a year or so ago too. He was all ready to chop and re do. We talked him into waiting. Just a slow start that year. Maybe wait as mentioned.

[dodgeboy1979]

i was always told that fruit trees go in cycles of alot of fruit then to none a few years later, you may be on the down year for your tree.

[TreeGuy]

Originally Posted by Fish along

We were having a discussion a few weeks ago about apple trees, at the time I was concerned about my Fall Red apple tree. Well as I stated before, the first year it grew about 1doz, second year about 1doz,and this year there's not even a blossom on it, what should I do,dig it up and plant a new tree? Thank you

Cripes man, this is Alberta, NOT interior BC or California!

You either need to SIGNIFICANTLY lower your expectations and increase your patience or stop playing the orchard game altogether.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Our apple is on one year off the next.....this is the off year and I only saw 2 blossoms.....next year there will be so many apples the branches touch the ground.

LC

[krthegunslinger]

We've been on our acerage for 8 years and the apple tree his produced 100's of apples every year. Maybe we're just lucky. Lots if bees from the hives down the road might be making a difference? We are in southern Alberta between lethbridge and Med hat

[Fish along]

Funny thing about it ,is that I have another tree right beside it and it has thousands of blossoms,oh well I'll have to wait and see I guess,thanks for all your help guys.

[Fish along]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Our apple is on one year off the next.....this is the off year and I only saw 2 blossoms.....next year there will be so many apples the branches touch the ground.

LC

I was lucky I guess with my first tree a ( collett) it was a great producer from the get go.But the fall red seems like it Mabey sterile or something,thanks for your 2 cents...Dave

[Whiskey Wish]

Different varieties of apple trees produce at different rates. Some varieties are a cyclic type that produce one or two years then rest a year.

Trees that produce really heavy crops one year then rest the next year need to be fruit thinned during their heavy year. Example: In any given cluster of apples there might be 4 or 5 small apples starting. Thin this cluster down to 2 or 3 apples. This will improve the size and quality of the remaining apples AND even out the trees apple production from year to year.

You also need to examine your tree for signs of disease, winter damage or animal damage. If the tips of a lot of the branches are either dead in place (winter damage) or missing (animal damage) your tree will not be able to produce much fruit.

Also a properly pruned tree is more productive because it will cause the tree to put growth and production into good large branches instead of continually attempting to grow new branches.
Regards,
Dave