…… Pear and peach trees

[Gercarson]

I have two luscious looking pear trees that have produced in the past - not real great, but still pears - this year . . . nothing. The trees look good and healthy.
I only have one peach tree and it too, looks very healthy. Last year I got a few peaches from it - not really great ones, but still peaches. When it blooms, the blooms do not seem to open fully and I'm not sure what that means.
Now, I do live in the Florida Panhandle and know that some fruit trees do not do well here - but neighbors have had wonderful harvests from peaches and pears. I have a couple of apple trees that are from a strain that has been acclimated to this area for many, many generations.
What's up with the pear and peach trees?

 

[kyrsyan]

I know my pear trees tended to produce every other year until last year. Last year was the first time I got two crops in a row. And I've got a bumper crop this year. But the problem wasn't the trees. It was the weather and the spring storms. So before you think it's the trees, look back and see if there were strong storms while they were in bloom.

On peaches, well I'm no help. Mine are young and only producing for the first year. And they don't seem to be ripening.

 

[naturallysweet]

Was it raining during pollination? Did a neighbor with your pollinatpr trees cut them down?