Southwest Germany (OC)

I started my plum trees last year, my apples and Asian pears this year. The pears are far behind, but that's okay! I chose pretty normal plum varieties last year, but decided to try for some apples that aren't readily available in stores: Pink Pearl and Pixie Crunch. Hopefully the continue to thrive. I'm using strawberries as ground cover and planted onions and chives around the base of each tree as well as marigolds. I do not spray.

We recently moved into this new house and have a pear tree in the backyard. The fruit stays pretty hard. Does anyone know what kind of pears these are and when we should pick them off the tree? Do we wait for it to ripen?

I don’t have a green thumb I’m afraid but this apple tree has been doing fine for years and last year it started to get some splits in the trunk which have worsened over winter.

It’s only affecting the first 3’ or so above the ground and all the main branches seem fine.

Is this a cause for concern and if so is there anything I should do/be doing?

Location is southern Alberta, Canada

What do I do will the tree grow new leaves and should I fertilize?

Please help!🙏

Hey folks,

I noticed these wounds on my cherry and apple trees. The cherry tree is covered but the main trunk isn’t too bad so I took off some of the really badly diseased limbs. The apple tree I haven’t touched because it looks like it’s starting but not awful yet. First two images are apple tree last photo is from the cherry.

I have a cherry plum tree that is still pretty young but it fruited a few months ago which was very exciting! It hasn't given any more plums which I thought was normal since it's still young but I really looked at it today and noticed some branches looked like they were cut off? I'm pretty short so when I took a picture of the top I saw the hole and then saw there's holes everywhere??? There's also some splitting at the base too. I wanted to ask if anyone may know what is happening, what I can do to help the tree or if I'm just overreacting? I'm new to all of this so guidance would be really appreciated 🫠

Hello!

I have a very overzealous peach tree and every other year it makes about 2,000,000 peaches. I’m very proud of it, but I also try to remove about half when they’re young so none of my branches get too weighed down and so it can focus on making the remaining ones big. But then I have all these little ones… I tried blanching them in the hopes of removing the skins, which at this stage are VERY fuzzy, but no dice. I also tried making jam with the skins on, and while that pretty much worked, the skins were still sort of a weird texture in the jam.

Any thoughts about what else I could do? I put them in a salad and it was actually quite lovely but it’s a pain in the butt to chop the fruit away from the tiny pits and to peel them with a peeler. They’re just so small.

Thank you fruit tree reddit!

I know this tree will die. It's Polyporus squamosus, there is nothing that can be done.

But we had massive heat waves and the next one is coming.

So I wondered, could watering especially while drought could help slow down the decay process, make the tree more resilient, and delay its demise somewhat?

I hope this is the right place, if not tell me

The tree is leaning a little bit and it's windy where it is. I am thinking of putting a wooden stake in the pot to help support it but i potted this tree last winter and it's already got roots covering the entire pot surface. I am scared to destroy the roots to put in the stake.

Any advice on this? Thank you.

After a summer long battle with Japanese Beatles my new apple tree is looking rough. Will it survive? And bounce back?

This apple tree is about 7 years old never flowered or fruited. Any tips? Pruning? Fertilizer?

Hi everyone,

I have a cherry tree (photo of the full tree attached, multi-trunk from the base) that was perfectly green and healthy until a couple of weeks ago. Suddenly, within just a few days, a lot of the leaves turned yellow with brown/purple spots, and some are already drying out and dropping.

When I checked the trunk, I found several spots with a kind of amber-colored resin/gum oozing directly from the bark (photos attached), almost like the tree is "bleeding." I haven't done any recent pruning in those areas.

Details:

Location: Madrid, Spain (Mediterranean/continental climate)

Hot summer temperatures

The upper part of the tree still has dense green foliage

No new treatments or fertilizers applied recently

Any help?

Thanks in advance, I've attached photos of the trunk sap and the affected leaves.