June drop

[SueA]

I have a new Coronet mini apple tree 'Red Devil' & it had two tiny baby apples on it but blow me if it hasn't just dropped one of them! I have heard of June drop when the trees drop excess fruit but surely 2 wasn't too many? It had quite a lot of blossom on it when I got it & is in a pot on the patio but maybe I was expecting too much to get fruit in it's first year?

[andrewo]

Yes, most new fruit trees when replanted will drop all their fruit, they are busy though building up a strong root system to support the fruit next year. Just to give you an idea, I have a cordoned Queen Cox, now in its second year, first year all the fruit dropped in June - this year I have 7 apples.

[Jaxom]

I removed all the crown fruits from my apple tree a month or so ago. I have waited for June drop and will thin again in a few weeks time so that I only have one fruit per spur.

[SueA]

Mine said to remove any fruit leaving a maximum of 6 for the first year but I didn't get that far!
Attaching a pic. of my one remaining apple, what's the betting it will develop 'July drop' now.

[leona]

my pepper plant seems to be doing the same thing! it has loads of tiny peppers on it but its been dropping a couple a day.im not suprised to be honest as i cant imagine it growing all of them to full size

[Alice]

In Scotland, June drop occurs in July, but we still call it June drop. Maybe as your apple trees mature you will get a better crop. My daughter has mature apple trees in her garden, she does nothing to them, but the crop is phenominal.