apple trees

[tomaso]

anyone can tell me why apples keep dropping from the tree. they are about 3/4 in. in diameter


thanks

tomaso

 

[Jumper]

Dropped Apples

YO Massena, hello from 60 miles north in Orléans, Ontario.

I think this is the tree's way of determining survival of the fittest. In a bad pollination year, the tree would likely keep every apple, but in a good one, it can not support all the fruit that have been fertilized, so it drops a percentage of them. My apple trees are doing this BIG TIME right now, but I still will have apples at the end of the year.

I am not a trained arborist, but assuming that your tree is otherwise healthy, you will have apples at the end of the season.

 

[tomaso]

thanks for the reply....glad to here it might just be from an abundance...the trees are semi-dwarfs and about 5 years old...havent had a good crop of apples yet...this seemed to be the first year that i got alot of apples on them

 

[Jumper]

Exactly the type of trees i have, except they were planted two years ago. i got a total of 4 apples off them last year
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