j-bird
Moderator
I am sure I am not the only one here who has exchanged a few nasty words in trying to motivate fruit trees to produce! I will say that I must have really motivated a group of mine at some point. I know these in particular I have cursed, spit on, and yes even threatened with a chainsaw! YOU SOB's better grow an F'n apple or else your firewood! The one in the pic I even motivated to bending down so the deer could access the apples right off the tree! I did have one that never produced a apple before and it even produced a couple! It's the under performer of the group...but I'll take the improvement... but it better continue to show improvement...or chop,chop! Obviously all of this is in fun. This is what happens when you buy trees at big box stores and don't really know what you are getting. These trees are probably 5 to 10 years old and had struggled to produce much in the way of fruit up until this year. Don't ask me what varieties they are or what rootstock they are on...I was not smart enough to follow good advice way back when they was planted....