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Hello again; I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does
not bear fruit. There are no other trees in the area , as here in Cornwall people find them difficult, or so I am told. Question ,would the Sloe or May blossom cross pollinate. Leslie |
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writes Hello again; I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does not bear fruit. There are no other trees in the area , as here in Cornwall people find them difficult, or so I am told. Question ,would the Sloe or May blossom cross pollinate. Leslie The sloe might just manage to help pollination possibly giving you some crosses, because it is another species of prunus, but May is in a different genus [branch] of the general rose family [roseaceae], so it would be unlikely to work. Or you could try self-pollination from flower to flower on the same tree. Give it a try, there's nothing to lose. -- Alan & Joan Gould - North Lincs. |
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On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 18:35:36 +0100, "Therefore"
wrote: I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does not bear fruit. I have a similar problem with a cherry plum, grown from seed. It flowered a bit last year and this year has been covered in blossom but no sign of any fruit setting. There are sloes in a hedge about 50 yards away. Any suggestions? I told it that it had to fruit this year or else......................... Pam in Bristol pamdotmooreatvirgindotnet |
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Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 18:35:36 +0100, "Therefore" wrote: I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does not bear fruit. I have a similar problem with a cherry plum, grown from seed. It flowered a bit last year and this year has been covered in blossom but no sign of any fruit setting. There are sloes in a hedge about 50 yards away. Any suggestions? I told it that it had to fruit this year or else......................... Well, P. domestica, P. spinosus and P. cerasifera all have different chromosome numbers, which can cause trouble with pollination. I don't have any suggestions about your cherry plum (except another one), but a bullace or damson should pollinate a gage even is a sloe doesn't. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Pam Moore wrote: On Wed, 9 Apr 2003 18:35:36 +0100, "Therefore" wrote: I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does not bear fruit. I have a similar problem with a cherry plum, grown from seed. It flowered a bit last year and this year has been covered in blossom but no sign of any fruit setting. There are sloes in a hedge about 50 yards away. Any suggestions? I told it that it had to fruit this year or else......................... Well, P. domestica, P. spinosus and P. cerasifera all have different chromosome numbers, which can cause trouble with pollination. I don't have any suggestions about your cherry plum (except another one), but a bullace or damson should pollinate a gage even is a sloe doesn't. Another factor could be the age of the plant if it's a seedling it might just need a few more years to settle into fruiting. Rod |
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"Therefore" wrote in message ... Hello again; I have a gage in my garden that flowers prolifically but does not bear fruit. There are no other trees in the area , as here in Cornwall people find them difficult, or so I am told. Question ,would the Sloe or May blossom cross pollinate. Leslie My plum has been covered in flowersfor the past week but there have been no sign of any bees! Alan -- Reply to alan(at)windsor-berks(dot)freeserve(dot)co(dot)uk |
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