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dpack



Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 24 4:50 am    Post subject: strange fruit, apples , odd behaviour Reply with quote
    

i could have put this in grafting, as it is them, but this might be nowt to do with them being youngish grafts

it is rather weird

the rootstocks were in 15lt round tubs, they were planted up into 50 lt rectangular in spring

growth, flowers , a few small fruit followed

fruit shed, massive growth, one is flowering a second time

to normally be group2 flowering and then have an off scale group 6 flowering seems very odd

is it their soil upgrade and relocations ? the weather? or what?

they seem very healthy but confused

any one else's top fruit behaving strangely?

tahir



Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45672
Location: Essex
PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 24 1:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It does happen occasionally even in perfect conditions

dpack



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PostPosted: Sun Jul 07, 24 3:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ahhh, they might settle by next year

thanks, i did not know if i should worry about pestilence, mistreatment or raising freaks

every day is a school day

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9881
Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 24 2:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

it's been a difficult year for top fruit, here in South Devon - there was load of blossom but not many apples, and they are all very small for this time of year.

gz



Joined: 23 Jan 2009
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Location: Ayrshire, Scotland
PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 24 3:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Geans and raspberries seem sparse this year..and the birds aren't to blame

tahir



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PostPosted: Mon Jul 08, 24 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Nicky cigreen wrote:
it's been a difficult year for top fruit, here in South Devon - there was load of blossom but not many apples, and they are all very small for this time of year.


We've got bugger all here, it was either pissing down, super windy or both pretty much all through blossom time

dpack



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 09, 24 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ditto, plus my pollinators have been reduced to a tiny fraction of what they were a few years ago, by species and by numbers

some are missing, many of the hoverflies and rarer bees have not shown up at all

moths are in short supply

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