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Apricot pollination info

17 years ago

I've got a sungold and moongold tree. They are approx. 30ft apart, and between them there is one large crabapple tree.

When I put the apricot trees in, they were covered in blossoms - and that was the only time they fruited. Since then they get nipped by late frosts, and so no fruit. This year we didn't have any late frosts, not even really cold weather, and once again I am looking at a fruitless season. These trees have been in the ground 4-5 years now, and they must have been 2-3 yrs old when planted.

So on with the scientific enquiry: would the crabs be keeping the appricots from fruiting? We had quite a few bees this spring on the crabs (a VERY nice change from lately) but as far as I could tell, none on the apricots.

Any ideas what's going on? The apricots seem quite healthy otherwise.

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