LACK OF FRUIT

[Shallot Man]

Hi, I have zero fruit on each of the following, Greengage, Victoria Plum, & Fiesta. Anyone else have the same problem ?

[richard p]

yes..... both plums and apples are poor or non existant. the bush fruits seem to be doing well though.

[alan refail]

Apples fine - no plums at all.

[heyjude]

We are the same as Alan - but there were three or four days of heavy frost when the plum and damson trees were in flower so it isn't a surprise.

The bramleys look fine and a (roughly) 10 year old Charles Ross looks as though it might have a decent crop for the first time.

[alan refail]

I actually had no blossom on the plums, so weather was not a subsequent factor.

[oldherbaceous]

Dear Alan, maybe the weather was a problem even before you thought it wasn't a problem, if you see what i mean.

There is huge amounts of Elderberry flower about this year, the hedgerows look quite gay.

[retropants]

No damsons for me either, there were hundreds of flowers, so must have been a frost. However, it really isn't a problem, as I am still dealing with the 30lbs I picked last year. The damson wine is particularly good!

[Monika]

Could it be lack of pollination? We have not seen nearly as many bees this year as usual although there are more about now than there were a month ago.

[Beryl]

We had the snow when the plums and damsons were in flower so I think it was lack of insects for pollunation. No damsons and very few plums or cherries.
Apples are fine though and plenty of soft fruit.

Beryl.

[old codger]

I have two victoria plum trees and one pear tree, and they are loaded with fruit.
We have a lot of bumble bees about but hardly any honey bees

[Gilly C]

we have 3 damsons with no fruit, no fruit on the pear but 2 apple trees with fruit

[PLUMPUDDING]

I've lots of plums, apples and cherries, but no pears this year. We've had a lot of frost so I'm surprised about the plums setting.

[vivienz]

Only 2 plums on my 4 year old tree this year, and only 1 pear on 3 young trees that did quite well last year. They were all in full bloom when we had that late frost, so that's where I'm pointing the finger. Very disappointing.
Vivien

[oldherbaceous]

I think Old Codger is starting to suffer with a bit of June drop.

[newbie]

Lots of blossom on apples and plum - more than usual - but very little fruit - just 2 plums Apples Discovery and Falstaff - the Discovery has got a few fruits but next to nothing on the Falstaffs. did try and fleece up the Plums but think I was too late - frost got them.