What are the pollination groups?

What are the pollination groups?

Pollination group 1 is the earliest to flower, and trees in this group will pollinate those in the same group or group 2. Trees in group 2 will pollinate those in groups 1, 2, and 3, and those in group 3 will pollinate trees in groups 2,3,and 4 – and so on.

What does pollination Group B mean?

They are really the same thing – a pollination group is just a group of pollination dates. They are both ways of seeing if two trees will be in flower at more or less the same time. “All apple trees in group B will pollinate each other.” This prevents disappointment, but unnecessarily narrows your choices.

What is a pollinator group?

Who are the pollinators? Birds, bats, butterflies, moths, flies, beetles, wasps, small mammals, and most importantly, bees are pollinators. They visit flowers to drink nectar or feed off of pollen and transport pollen grains as they move from spot to spot.

What do Apple flowering groups mean?

Apple varieties, like plums, pears and other fruit trees, are grouped according to when they flower. The earliest pollination group to blossom is group A, followed by groups B and C and, bringing up the rear towards the end of spring, group D.

Do you need 2 fruit trees to pollinate?

Pollination Basics Most fruit trees require pollination between two or more trees for fruit to set. Pollination occurs when the trees blossom. Pollen from the anthers (the male part of the plant) has to be transferred to the stigma (the female part of the plant).

Will an apple tree pollinate a pear tree?

An apple tree cannot pollinate a pear tree, or any other non-apple tree for that matter. Pollination in plants is just like sexual reproduction in animals: the species need to be the same for pollination or offspring to occur.

Can 2 different apple trees pollinate each other?

For varieties which are not self-fertile, and require a pollination partner, the partner has to be a different variety of the same fruit species. Two trees of the same variety will not pollinate each other.

Can a pear tree pollinate an apple tree?

Apple and pear trees cannot cross pollinate one another because they are not part of the same species nor genus. Apples are in the genus Malus while pears are in the genus Pyrus.

Do bees pollinate apple trees?

Apple flowers are mainly pollinated by insects. Although a large number of insects visit apple flowers, honey bees are usually the most important pollinators and should be introduced to orchards. Studies have shown that the more bees recorded on flowers, the higher the fruit set.

Can cherry and apple trees cross-pollinate?

Generally, apple trees cannot cross-pollinate with pear, cherry, plum, or other fruits. This is because their genetics are too different and fertilization cannot take place.

How close do apple trees need to be to pollinate each other?

For pollination purposes, the recommended planting distance for apple trees is within a 100 foot distance. To summarize, nearly all apple varieties need to be cross-pollinated with pollen from the flowers of a different apple variety to produce fruit.

What makes a tree pollinate in Group 2?

Trees in group 2 will pollinate those in groups 1, 2, and 3, and those in group 3 will pollinate trees in groups 2,3,and 4 – and so on. We have indicated which cultivars are triploid – i.e. having sterile pollen and needing at least two other non-triploid cultivars.

Which is the correct group for apple tree pollination?

This prevents disappointment, but unnecessarily narrows your choices. “Apple trees in group B will pollinate with trees in groups A,B or C.” This is correct most of the time, but there’s a flaw with it: So here’s the trade secret: farmers & people like us in the apple tree industry prefer not to use pollination groups.

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Is there such a thing as a pollination date?

A pollination group is only a group of pollination dates, so why not just use pollination dates? A pollination date is not a specific date of the month, it is just a number to show you which trees all have their peak of flowering on the same day – this exact day will vary from year to year and location to location.