Fruit Tree Pollination Advice

Pollination involves the transfer of pollen from the male to the female sex organ, resulting in fertilisation. Pollination is necessary as without most trees will not produce fruit.

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Apple trees are widely planted, and have good compatibility with one another, so it's likely you won't need a pollination partner. However, that doesn't mean you can't improve yields by partnering up.

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Cherry trees do have compatibility issues, so even if there is another nearby it may not pollinate your tree, so we do recommend you partner up.

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Very few pear trees are reliably self-fertile, so they are best planted in pairs.

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Plums flower early vis-a-vis other fruit trees, so are liable to frost damaged blossom.

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