Why Cherry Trees Don't Bear Fruit and How to Fix It
Cherry is a fruit that many people love. It has beauty-enhancing and weight-loss benefits, and it is a favorite of many women. Recently, we have received many messages from growers, and one common question is: why don't cherry trees bear fruit? Why don't they bear fruit? So today we are publishing this article to specifically answer this question for everyone.
1. Reasons Why Cherry Trees Don't Bear Fruit
There are actually many reasons why cherry trees don't bear fruit, such as unreasonable arrangement of pollinizer trees, incomplete pollination, weather changes affecting pollination and fruit set, improper fertilizer and water management, unreasonable pruning and shaping, and damage from pests and diseases. All of these factors can cause cherry trees not to bear fruit. Then there is also the most basic reason, which is improper selection of the planting site. But the most critical problem that ultimately causes cherry trees not to bear fruit lies in pollination. So let's take a look below at the solutions to the problem of cherry trees not bearing fruit.
2. Solutions
Cherry trees not bearing fruit is caused by many external factors, so we need to use different solutions according to different external factors to solve the phenomenon of not bearing fruit. Let's look at the specific solutions below.
Pollination method: Whether pollination is completed determines the fruit set of cherries. First, we need to consider the arrangement of pollinizer trees. That is to say, when planting cherry trees, we need to arrange pollinizer trees reasonably. They are generally planted in a V shape as pollinizer trees, so as to ensure the result of pollination. Second, sometimes the result of pollination is affected by weather, so we need to carry out artificial pollination to ensure the success rate of pollination. Common methods include bee pollination and manually collecting pollen for supplemental pollination.
Scientific pruning: Pruning and shaping the branches and leaves of cherry trees is also one reason cherry trees don't bear fruit. For cherry tree pruning, the main attention should be paid to summer pruning. Generally, during the period from the end of May to the beginning of June, the tips of the upright branches should be removed, and the treetops should be cut short by about 30 cm. In July and August, branch bending should be carried out, and fruiting branches should be bent to about 90 degrees. This can control their growth and promote the flowering period.
Controlling water and fertilizer: During fertilization, we must not fertilize blindly, so as not to affect the growth pattern of cherry trees. We must not apply too much nitrogen fertilizer, as this will cause excessive vegetative growth of branches and result in no fruit. Generally, during the young tree stage, nitrogen fertilizer is the main type, combined with potassium fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer. For cherry trees in the fruiting stage, we mainly use potassium fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer, combined with foliar fertilizer, so as to ensure fruit set. For watering, the amount of water needs to be controlled. The field humidity should be kept at around 40% to 50%. In the later stage of fruiting, water should be appropriately reduced in order to accumulate sugar.
Flower-promoting management: Flower-promoting management actually refers to the lack of certain essential trace elements during the growth of cherry trees, which makes it impossible for the cherry trees to bear fruit. Generally, before the cherry trees bloom, we need to spray boron fertilizer, which helps promote the growth of flower buds. If the cherry tree lacks boron, the phenomenon of blooming without bearing fruit will occur. Finally, we also need to spray paclobutrazol, used to protect flowers and fruits, but the concentration should not be too high, otherwise things will reverse when taken to excess and cause serious flower and fruit drop.
The above is what we want to introduce to you today: the reasons why cherry trees don't bear fruit and the solutions for when they don't bear fruit. If you have any other questions during the process of growing cherries, you can leave us a message and follow us. We will continue to update in the future.