Why Do My Cherry Trees Drop Their Fruit in Spring?
Each spring my fruiting cherry trees have plenty of blossoms and loads of fruit after the bees have done their job but in November all of my fruit falls off the trees and another year goes by with no cherries in December. Can you help?
Because you have mentioned that your cherry tree has loads of fruit, it is obviously not an issue of poor pollination. Possible reasons for the fruit fall can be exposure to strong, prevailing winds, overly dry soils or strangely, the opposite, ‘wet feet’ (when soil is poor draining, and the roots are sitting in wet, sodden soil).
As we often receive very strong winds in November, this is the most likely reason for the fruit fall. Next spring, erect a temporary wind break using shelterbelt woven cloth attached to poles buried in the soil. If this is successful in stopping early season fruit fall, then consider putting a permanent structure in place.
