Really weird

My small 20th century Asian pear tree bloomed this spring and I got about a dozen pears off of it. Most of the leaves started turning black and it lost a lot leaves a while back, I think it was drought related since it was so dry. I then watered it really good a couple weeks apart and it started growing a few new leaves. Well, it decided it was spring again and started blooming again. I guess I will pick off the blooms so it doesn’t waste any more of its energy.

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My cherry trees are doing the same.

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I have a black raspberry cane, just one (out of hundreds) that did the same, but it actually put out fruit that went on to ripen. I just picked huge berries off of it on the 16th and two days ago. There are still a few on the cane. I marked the cane and am hoping for an anomaly of nature, one that I can name/patent and get rich off of so that I can pay for my fruit growing addiction. :laughing: A girl can dream, can’t she? :grin:

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I have a sour cherry tree planted by the previous owner that blooms again almost every fall, but I have several different types of trees doing that this year, more than ever before, including trees I haven’t ever seen do that before like an apple, a chestnut… most (if not all) of which didn’t make a crop this year because of the late spring frost.

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I read that trees/shrubs will sometimes do this if they are under stress.

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Yes. Often root issues or transplant shock. I had a couple new trees do that this year.

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I see this on some apple trees almost every year. a sudden influx of water, or fertilizer can cause it.

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I’ve seen a few apple trees along the turnpike as well as an ornamental crab in my neighborhood that did this as well. Probably a stress thing as previously mentioned, trees thinking the end is near and trying to reproduce to save their genetics under poor conditions.

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That’s just Kansas weather 90 degrees down to 50s

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