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The Importance of Pollination
TIMING
When a fruit tree can't pollinate itself, you need to partner it with another, different variety that blooms at the same time.
SPACING
When a fruit tree can't pollinate itself, you need to partner it with another, different variety that blooms at the same time.
SPACING
- Apple - The pollinator partner for semi-dwarf trees should be planted no more than 50 feet (15 meters) away. If you have a dwarf tree, then plant the two varieties less than 20 feet (6 meters) apart
- Blueberry - Plant a different variety tree no more than six feet (2 meters) apart
- Cherry, Sweet - Plant a different variety tree no more than 20 feet (6 meters) apart
- Pear - Plant a different variety tree no more than 100 feet (30 meters) apart
- Plum - Plant a different variety tree no more than 100 feet (30 meters) apart
- Apple - Produces fruit two to five years after planting
- Blueberry - Produces fruit two to three years after planting
- Cherry, Sweet - Produces fruit four to seven years after planting
- Cherry, Sour - Produces fruit three to five years after planting
- Pear - Produces fruit four to six years after planting
- Plum - Produces fruit three to six years after planting