Just what it says. How are the fruit trees and nut trees doing? Whether it is a tree grown for the fruit/nut, ornamental, or something that grows wild/feral.

I ask because almost all such trees around here are fruitless or have very little.

I just got back from a hike in a conservation park, and there were little or no walnuts, hickory nuts, or acorns. There were a handful of Paw Paws on the trees in a small Grove. Mulberry trees almost nothing this year. The persimmon trees a few have a good amount but most little or nothing.

I live in a very small town, in town itself is about 500 people, and the surrounding area of farms is another 300+. Town itself is very small, no stop lights and a few stip signs. Most houses set on around an acres some more some less, and there are lots of gardens, small orchards and just ornamental growing of fruit trees and such. I have noticed that on my walks with my pup there is virtually no fruit or nuts on the trees.

One sheet over, is a peach tree that is usually loaded down, but this year it only has a handful of peaches. Down the road is another peach tree and it has zero. Down the road from that is another and its the same, no fruit.

The small Grove of apple trees almost no apples! The grape next to them almost no grapes.

My pups little friend, there is a wild plum tree has zero plums. Also the black walnut a few feet away is the same.

Just down the road the Paw Paw tree has just a few Paw Paws on it.

One of the peach trees last year was so loaded down, that branches were breaking under the weight of the fruit.

Last year all of these trees were loaded down. Yet this year almost all have nothing or very little.

Most people's gardens have produceded very little. Some things have done well, but most have done poorly.

I was wondering what it looks like around you. I'm in the north central bluegrass region of Kentucky, walking distance to the Ohio River.

ARman

Did you have a freeze after the fruit trees bloomed out?

If you had weather below 30-ish or so, and peach trees had bloomed, you just lost that years crops.
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Originally posted by OKCGene:
Did you have a freeze after the fruit trees bloomed out?

If you had weather below 30-ish or so, and peach trees had bloomed, you just lost that years crops.
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Not that I or my neighbor remembers, it actually got warmer earlier than normal, but the were a few cool days, where it might have been a little to cool of shorts, but doable.

Whatever it was affected most everything. Not just the peach trees.

ARman

Very few apples but most of the cherry trees are loaded.

My grapefruit tree is not going to produce anything, and my Mexican Lime(Key Lime) tree has only a very few early limes on it. We had almost no bees this year when they were in bloom.

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Just down the road the Paw Paw tree has just a few Paw Paws on it.

They are the bare necessities, when you pick a pawpaw Or a prickly pear and you prick a raw paw Well, next time beware

My Dolgo crab apple tree is loaded... Still very green though.

The mulberries where fair to good. The walnuts are small and fewer. The acorns are small and few. Pairs zero.
Early on we had a high number of ticks, which seems to have moderated now.
I noticed an enjoyable spring to summer weather with mild temps, dry and an unusual breeze for KY. I did not notice any heavy frost later than usual. The frost usually nips the pair blooms but I do general see a few pairs.
Last year was a heavy year for all of that above.

Our area has been hit with black knot…it’s decimating any fruit and ornamentals. I lost two plums so far.

Related to a bee issue? Cross pollination…or lack of?

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Originally posted by jed7s9b:
The mulberries where fair to good. The walnuts are small and fewer. The acorns are small and few. Pairs zero.
Early on we had a high number of ticks, which seems to have moderated now.
I noticed an enjoyable spring to summer weather with mild temps, dry and an unusual breeze for KY. I did not notice any heavy frost later than usual. The frost usually nips the pair blooms but I do general see a few pairs.
Last year was a heavy year for all of that above.

Interesting that you mentioned ticks. Last year was worse than this year, but they have been bad this year, and have stayed bad.

Last year I was using a different flea and tick med for my pup, I never found one tick on her last year, but even time we went out I would find one 1 to 6 on me.

This year, I have gotten 5 off my pup but only 2 off of me.

I think that this spring has been one of the better ones that we have had in years. Got fairly warm early, and had reasonable warmth and low humidity. But got really hot earlier in June. Most of June's temperatures were more like mid July.

ARman

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Originally posted by Patriot:
Related to a bee issue? Cross pollination…or lack of?

Seems like there are plenty of bees, besides PawPaw don't get pollinated by bees, beetles and flys....and there is sure enough Flys around here.


ARman

We had a late snow that took all our fruit tree sets.

Our giant old growth Walnut tree has typically produced bucketfuls...this year very slim.

Typically by this time of July, our tomatoes & squash have fully bloomed & set with lots of well-developed produce.

This week I had great blossoms on both plants, up to Monday 25th, with ZERO produce. Literally overnight from M to Tuesday, sudden setting of a modest crop. Then the last 3 days, I've had squash blossoms set literally within hours.

Only difference I see, is June had zero hot days. Just this M we got into the 90s and have stayed there all week.

Next to nothing on the apple or pear trees.

I set out 30 tomato plants, several varieties. Some went in May 18 and the rest a couple weeks later. We've had plenty of rain and hotter than usual June weather. Got my 1st blt mid July and picked about 30 lbs today. Expect peak to be 1st week of Aug. Full moon is 11th and that helps them ripen.

I enjoy piddling, been raising tomatoes since early 1960s. I supply friends/family/neighbors and get some brownie points with the barber and mailman.

No fruit trees so can't speak to that but I don't recall any late freezes around Louisville.

My 3 apple trees are doing great this year, even the honeycrisp that I was starting to think about turning into BBQ smoking wood! Old Concord grapevine is going gangbusters, also. I'm in southwest Wisconsin.

It's an off year for my Fugi but the Ida Red and Golden Delicious look great and there are even a few apples on my Northern Spy, a tree which seems in it's very best years gives me enough for a pie.

Both my peach trees are new this year as my last mature tree blossomed and then all the leaves withered, a victim of peach borers. But the new trees actually have a few peaches on them.

Good raspberry year and the blackberries are just starting. We forage young black walnuts to make Nocino and I was unable to secure any this year. Elderberries are looking good. Lots of wild grapes.

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Originally posted by doublesharp:
I set out 30 tomato plants, several varieties. Some went in May 18 and the rest a couple weeks later. We've had plenty of rain and hotter than usual June weather. Got my 1st blt mid July and picked about 30 lbs today. Expect peak to be 1st week of Aug. Full moon is 11th and that helps them ripen.

I enjoy piddling, been raising tomatoes since early 1960s. I supply friends/family/neighbors and get some brownie points with the barber and mailman.

No fruit trees so can't speak to that but I don't recall any late freezes around Louisville.

My uncle lives in Louisville and has only gotten a few tomatoes, and no strawberries.

The crabapple trees in the Commons (2) have not one on them.

The few things that are doing well, seems to be doing very well. A neighbor gave me two dozen ears of sweet corn. But said that almost everything else was doing poorly.

ARman

The huge old hickory tree a foot over in my neighbor’s yard had a HUUUUUGE crop of nuts last year, I worked my ass off raking and rolling up those damn things from early July to late October but this year it has provided ZERO nuts.

I thought I read that hickory trees typically go in a three year cycle, this year must be the year where they produce nothing because they are so exhausted from the previous year.

I’m grateful for the break from cleaning up after it.

I believe the peach crop was good here this year. We aren’t going to have any pecans-the trees and squirrels are dropping all the little immature ones, but this past fall was an amazing mast year. Sis and I picked up about 150 pounds and after using 8 or 10 pounds over the holidays I believe I have close to twenty five pounds of shelled in the freezer