Learn About Pear Tree Pollination
25.07.2023 - 16:23 / gardenerspath.com / Kristine Lofgren
Learn About Apple Tree PollinationWith a few exceptions, apples (Malus x domestica) need a nearby friend so they can pollinate each other and subsequently develop fruit.
You can’t just plant one tree and call it a day. You’ll get pretty flowers, but unless a close neighbor has one too, there won’t be any fresh apple pie on your Thanksgiving menu.
That’s okay, where one tree is good, two are better, right?
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For the majority of apples that require a partner, it can’t be the same cultivar, but it must be one that blooms at the same time.
So a ‘Gala’ and a ‘Gala’ won’t work, but a ‘Gala’ and a ‘Braeburn’ will because they bloom at the same time as one another.
To make things easier, we group apple trees by their blooming period: early, early to mid, mid, mid to late, and late, along with some very late bloomers.
You may also see these represented as numbered bloom period groups from one to six, with one being the early bloomers and six being the very late bloomers.
As far as when apples may bloom goes, this is a pretty big window.
Early bloomers typically start flowering in early spring, while an extremely late bloomer might not start putting on a floral show until summer.
The general rule to remember is that a tree can pollinate anything in its own category as well as the ones immediately before and after it.
So a mid-season bloomer can pollinate an early to mid, mid, or mid to late tree.
Don’t worry if it’s not all totally clear yet. We’ll break it all down with the following:
Pollination isn’t as complicated as it might sound. Really, so long as you plant two trees of the right types near each other, you
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