patio fruit trees but no fruit

easyhost

what can i do?
about 10 yrs ago i purchased a self pollinating patio pear tree and apple tree.
so far the pear tree has not produced any fruit let alone flowers/blossoms. the apple tree produces a great spectacle of flowers/blossoms but has not produces any apples.

i have contacted the company that sold them every year but get no reply from them.

cootambear

easyhost wrote: »

what can i do?
about 10 yrs ago i purchased a self pollinating patio pear tree and apple tree.
so far the pear tree has not produced any fruit let alone flowers/blossoms. the apple tree produces a great spectacle of flowers/blossoms but has not produces any apples.

i have contacted the company that sold them every year but get no reply from them.

Sounds like they were not really self pollinators. I guess you will have to plant trees that flower at the same time of a different strain. Then wait 3 years at least.

annie123

My mil gave me a Blackmoor stella cherry for my birthday last year, one of those 1 stem in a pot things.
Loads of blossom in the spring and just 7 cherries on it!
I did contact Blackmoor a few weeks ago and they said it is self fertile but you get a much better crop if there are 2 of them.
She paid £27 for it so I'm not buying it a friend.

Lotus-eater

easyhost wrote: »

what can i do?
about 10 yrs ago i purchased a self pollinating patio pear tree and apple tree.
so far the pear tree has not produced any fruit let alone flowers/blossoms. the apple tree produces a great spectacle of flowers/blossoms but has not produces any apples.

i have contacted the company that sold them every year but get no reply from them.

Do you know what varieties they are?

easyhost

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Do you know what varieties they are?

Mini Fruit Tree - Apple Gala


Mini Fruit Tree - Pear Doyenne du Comice

Lotus-eater

Characteristics of Doyenne du Comice Trees:

• Self Sterile.

For pollination to occur, another apple, including another Gala or crabapple tree that blooms at the same time, must be nearby.

Read more: Do Gala Apple Trees Need a Pollinator? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_7404146_do-apple-trees-need-pollinator_.html#ixzz1N4RzaGmC

easyhost

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Characteristics of Doyenne du Comice Trees:

• Self Sterile.

For pollination to occur, another apple, including another Gala or crabapple tree that blooms at the same time, must be nearby.

Read more: Do Gala Apple Trees Need a Pollinator? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_7404146_do-apple-trees-need-pollinator_.html#ixzz1N4RzaGmC

these were advertised as self pollinating

Lotus-eater

Ahh, advertising, obviously they are self pollinating then.

easyhost

Lotus-eater wrote: »

Ahh, advertising, obviously they are self pollinating then.

obviously NOT, which has been my argument with the supplier every years since yr 3 (as fruit will not show until yr 3), which they have not bothered to reply.

Lotus-eater

easyhost wrote: »

obviously NOT, which has been my argument with the supplier every years since, which they have not bothered to reply.

So?
Buy another apple and pear from somewhere else then.

Farway

annie123 wrote: »

My mil gave me a Blackmoor stella cherry for my birthday last year, one of those 1 stem in a pot things.
Loads of blossom in the spring and just 7 cherries on it!
I did contact Blackmoor a few weeks ago and they said it is self fertile but you get a much better crop if there are 2 of them.
She paid £27 for it so I'm not buying it a friend.

I have a Blackmoor supplied Sunburst self fertile cherry, bought autumn 2009, bare rooted & planted in open ground

2010 I had 1 cherry, this year I have loads to look forward to

I suspect weather & bees make a big difference as cherry blossom is quite early

AFAIK there are no cherries, not even ornamental, around here, so self fertile seems to be true for Sunburst at least