If I take an apple tree from the Northern hemisphere and transplant it in the southern one.?

Question

At the time of fruiting.How will the blooming and fruiting cycle be affected?

Answer 1

Good question. I think if you move any plant anywhere at the time when it is fruiting it will die anyway. You should perhaps wait a few weeks until the fruiting part has passed and the tree has lost its leaves as it will stand a better chance of survival if relocated.

I suppose the effect on its cycles will depend on the climate of the place that you move it to. Moving it when it is autumn/winter here will mean it is the spring/summer in the southern hemisphere. Perhaps it will just not flower/fruit for the first year and then it will re-calibrate itself according to the local temperature and weather conditions in time for next year.

Or maybe the fruit and leaves will just grow upside down! Ha ha.

Answer 2

Too many variables to answer properly.
First off - the tree probably wouldn't survive the move, as the time of fruiting is when the tree need most moisture and nutrients from the soil (pro's transplant trees in the dead of winter when they're dormant).

Theoretically it would depend on exactly where you moved it to. If it was at the same degree of longitude from the south pole as it was from the north, it may extend the fruiting period as you would be moving from autumn or late summer into early spring. On the other hand, the colder and more frequent spring rains (depending on location) may just rot the developing fruit.
I doubt that the tree would flower any more in the same year, so whatever happened, it would most likely just be a ramdon effect and the tree would go back to normal next year.

Answer 3

at first the reproductive cycle might be confused but after a couple of years the cycle will go in line with the present climatic conditions. it is shown that even plants from a tropical all year round green tree will start dropping its leaves once put in a northern enviroment like europe and will adept itself to it completly.

Answer 4

I have tulips, and they are from holland, and they only flower in winter right? but In SA our winter in in July.. but some how it managed to flower then, so maybe they just know..