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Fruity queries

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  Posted by kingpenguin (U14471134) on Wednesday, 14th September 2011

  I have a patio peach and a patio apricot, neither of which has flowered this year. I live in South Yorkshire. This is their first year. Can anyone tell me please if I should bring these indoors for the winter. Also I have an hibiscus which I have had for a few years now and this year it has flowered for only the second time. (Despite having had a very severe early winter). Should I continue to leave it outside or should I bring it in in the hope that maybe it will flower again next year. Thank you

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  Posted by JG (U14314385) on Friday, 16th September 2011

  Hi Kingpenguin.
  I've had a patio peach tree for a couple of years now. I don't take it In but cover with fleece from November on. Im not sure about the trees you have but I have to help pollination by Hand.
  JG

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  Posted by Thesassenach (U14884672) on Friday, 16th September 2011

  They need heat to flower and fruit. When you say "bring them in", where are you bringing them? Sudden temperature differences will shock the tree. I definitely wouldn't bring them into a centrally heated house, as to crop, they will need to adjust to your specific conditions. If they are that young, I wouldn't be too worried about lack of flowers, as the energy will be going into developing a strong root system. Definitely hand pollinate, and try to increase the warmth however you can (fleece, polythene, glass), especially in the spring, and when fruit is ripening. It won't look pretty, but you'll have a better chance of fruit. Maxicrop tomato/seaweed feed will help with flowering and fruiting. I'd also use it as a sprayed on foliar feed.

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  Posted by Jenny77 (U1157419) on Friday, 16th September 2011

  Hi,
  
  I have a patio nectarine tree, I put it in my unheated conservatory from mid December as it suggests on the plant label and leave it there until about April/May when I put it back outside. It has loads of flowers about Feb - March and I hand pollinate them with a paint brush, which works as I get loads of fruit set (although it all got attacked by something this year annoyingly).
  
  If you leave it outside over the winter you will have to protect the flowers/fruit from frost I think. I believe keeping it covered over the winter also helps prevent peach leaf curl as the spores are spread in wet weather.
  
  I think they might take a few years to get going.
  
  Not sure about the hibiscus...
  
  Cheers
  Jen

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  Posted by Ian W (U8604472) on Sunday, 25th September 2011

  I had apple, pear, cherry and plum trees from one of those TV shopping channels and although they had healthy top growth none of them flowered either despite the suggestion from the experts on the box that they would but with a lesser crop than the following year.
  
  A couple of weeks ago I read somewhere (newspaper or GW magazine, can't remember) that it was a good time to prune apples and pears, so I did. Guess what - both are flowering as is my existing apple tree which I also pruned. Not sure what to do now. The flowers won't result in fruit so I suppose I should just rub them out.

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