Apricots not producing?

[Greenthumb18]

I have an apricot tree that bloomed this year like last year but with no little apricots forming. I'm thinking it could be a pollination issue. I have another apricot tree of the same variety but it isn't old enough to bloom yet.

Here are pictures of the tree with the blooms:






If anyone has any suggestions I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks!

 

[hoodat]

The same variety won't work if it needs a pollinator. Look up your variety in a nursery catalog and see which apricot is the best pollinator for it.
Let me explain why not. When trees are grafted, as in named varieties, all of them go back to an original tree of that variety. All of the tops, no matter where they are or how many there are, are essentially branches of the original tree so both your trees are really the same tree doubled.

 

[patandchickens]

Some apricot varieties supposedly need crosspollination (that means with a different variety, not just another plant of same variety, and it often has to be *certain* other varieties not just any ol' thing) ; other apricot varieties do *better* with crosspollination but will still set fruit without it. If yo happen to know what variety yours is, you could look that up.

I would alternatively wonder whether maybe it actually did start to set some fruit but simply lost it before maturing enough to be noticeable, due to weather or other growing conditions problems? That happens more often than you might think.

This year, check and see what happens after the flowers fall, whether the ovaries even START to enlarge into little green balls. That will tell you whether the problem is pollination related (either insufficiency of bees, or truly needing crosspollination) or cultural.

Good luck, ahve fun,

Pat

 

[Greenthumb18]

Thanks guys for replying!

The apricot variety I have is Manchurian Apricot and it does say to plant the same variety for cross pollination. All the flowers that did bloom fell off, and I even pollinated the flowers when they bloomed to help the fruit set. I did notice a few of the flowers, were starting to form that little green ball but fell off.

 

[Northernrose]

I also recomend that you talk to your local nursery to see what pollenator you need. I have two that should work together, but I also didn't get any fruit this year. A late hard frost got all the blooms. The peaches and nectarines set some fruit despite the frost. Apricots really don't do well with late frosts. Some are more cold hardy than others though.

Trisha