What needs to be done to ensure that apple trees bear fruit every year: a note for summer residents
Irregular fruiting of apple trees is a problem familiar to many gardeners.
We tell you what needs to be done to ensure that apple trees bear fruit every year.
How to make an apple tree bear fruit every year
Firstly, removing excess inflorescences gives a good result. Only the central flowers should be left.
However, mechanical removal of inflorescences is a long and labor-intensive process.
Instead, you can thin out the already formed ovaries. This is done within two to three weeks from the beginning of flowering.
If the rings make up the majority of the fruit shoots, thinning is carried out within 10-15 days from the beginning of flowering.
Secondly, you should carry out pruning, removing all old, damaged and dried shoots, incorrectly growing and crossed branches.
It is also necessary to cut weak branches growing from the main shoots to the base.
In addition, trees must be treated for diseases and pests in a timely manner and properly fed.
Fertilizers with nitrogen are applied only in spring, phosphorus-potassium fertilizers – in July or the first half of August.
For reference
Apple tree is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs of the Rosaceae family with spherical sweet or sweet-sour fruits.
