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| Hello, I have 9 fruit trees that have been planted in the last 3-4 years: 2 peach (planted 4 years ago), 2 plum (2 years ago), 2 cherry (2 years ago), 1 nectarine (2 years ago) and 2 apple (planted last fall). I wasn't really expecting anything from the apple trees yet, but I was expecting something from the peaches since I had about 20 really nice peaches from them last year. Was also thinking that maybe the cherry, plum and nectarine might have a few blooms this year. Instead, I have absolutely nothing on any of them. I don't see any signs of disease on any of them. New shoots are growing like crazy on all of them and all the leaves look healthy. What could be the cause for no blooms? I did spray dormant oil on them in mid to late March while we still had cold weather and none of the buds had opened. I also painted the trunks of all of them with white latex paint last fall. Could either of those things be the cause? I'm in Northeast Ohio. I think that's zone 5B. Thanks for any feedback. |
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| Were you under the Polar Vortex last winter? A lot of trees failed to flower around here, and the cold weather is a strong suspect. |
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- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Fri, Jun 27, 14 at 10:03
| You can almost guarantee it was winter. I was reading an article out of Illinois a few weeks ago and the only peach crop is in the southern part of the state. |
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| iamzvonko, I also live in northern Ohio. My cherry and plum tree didn't bloom this year either. I think it was the frigid winter. It takes colder weather to kill a tree than to kill the fruit buds. So my trees are still alive, but no blossoms. All of my other fruit except my blueberries suffered severe winter damage. |
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| Good to know I'm not alone |
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