The relationship between excess growth and fruit is not always completely understood but problems are typically caused by over pruning or over fertilization. This is a good article that explains the relationship http://extension.psu.edu/plants/gardening/fact-sheets/home-orchard-production/why-is-there-no-fruit-on-my-tree.
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This year many of my trees are light on fruit which will cause excess growth. Rather than try to prune off the extra growth I will instead use it for producing fruit and only tip the new growth to promote more buds. Think about a pile of branches as fruit you can’t eat. A bushel basket of branches likely cost a bushel basket of fruit. I Prune what’s necessary but never prune excessively which is a fine line.
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Useful article, Clark, thanks!
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Clark,
that is pretty much my experience, too. The only difference is the order of the hardiness of tree fruit . Mine is pear, apple, cherry, plum, peach, nectarine and apricot.
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Great article. This might be the answer to the question I asked in the following post, to which I received only one response:
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