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Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 20:59
| I just discovered that my neighbor has 2 healthy looking Pistachio trees and there are bunches of nuts in the limbs. I picked a nut and there is nothing inside. He said I could harvest them but I think maybe something's wrong with the tree because of the missing fruit. Both trees have nuts and both trees, the nuts are empty. What's the problem here? |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 21:32
| They didn't got pollinated--they need a male pistachio tree for pollination. |
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- Posted by mikeinsantarosa none (My Page) on Wed, Jun 19, 13 at 23:07
| Thanks for that. How do you tell the difference between make & female trees? |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Thu, Jun 20, 13 at 0:04
| Based on your description, your neighbor's trees are females. Female trees have three to five leaf-clusters per leaf-stem, whereas, male trees only have one leaf per-leaf stem; female trees are the only ones that bear fruit...males produce pollen, not fruit. |
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- Posted by mikeinsantarosa none (My Page) on Sat, Jun 22, 13 at 10:15
| thanks for the help - you're right there is no male in the area. |
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