my apple tree is about 10 years old and never even flowered/blossoned this yaer?

Answer 1

It's almost winter. You might have to wait until the spring season to see any more satisfying results.

Answer 2

I know other people have said that we have had a bad year for weather in the UK this year, but we have never had so many apples. There are some apple trees that have fruit one year and then the next year none and so on, but if your tree has never done this before that obviously isn't it. Did you possibly have a frost at just the time the flower buds were forming, we are getting very warm spells early in the year which encourages growth and then everything gets zapped by a frost. It may help if you pruned it this year to encourage new youthful shoots. Maybe it just needs that. It might be advisable to get that done professionally if you are able to as pruning fruit trees needs to be done by someone who knows what he is doing. Good luck.

Answer 3

Assuming you are in the UK - it has been a very poor year for flowering trees as the weather in May was so wet - high winds could also have blown the buds off before they flowered . Pests/insects/birds/fungal infections are all known to attack fruit tree buds - so an anti pest spray may be needed ( unless you want organic fruit) . Any of these could have been responsible for the lack of blossom.
Sometimes fruit trees have a habit of developing a large central tap root that goes down into the ground and the tree only produces loads of leaves and no blossom - the only solution here would be to uproot the tree and cut back the tap root ( next door neighbour had to do this but his tree was not too big) . If your tree does not flower next year then this could be the problem.

Answer 4

Apple trees have "on and off" years. If they have a particularly good output one year, they hold off on production the next to rebuild the energy for another good crop. (You don't need another apple tree for blossoms, just for cross-pollination and fruit production.) If the weather was too wet or cold when the tree was "setting" it's buds, that can have a negative effect on blossom production. The buds may have been there this year, but dropped off before they opened.

Answer 5

Have you had flowers/blossoms in previous years. I think this year it depends where you are. I didn't have anything on my (several) trees either, but some people elsewhere had massive crops.

Answer 6

it needs a mate ..some trees need a second one to pollinate ..maybe a neighbour has cut down a tree this year

Answer 7

It needs a mate. You need two fruit trees in order for them to be pollinated and bloom

Answer 8

They do sometimes have a year off especially after a year when they have fruited abundantly.