On apricots and patience
evergreen · planted 2023-04 · tended 2026-03
Granny's tree, July 2023.Granny's tree in the yard in Kyzyl-Adyr gives fruit every other year. In the off years she says the tree is "thinking". Notes on why, linked to Grafting, as my grandfather did it, The frost of 2008 and Water turns.
The short answer is that apricots fruit in alternate years when a heavy crop exhausts the tree. The long answer is that my grandmother has never once been wrong about this tree and I have stopped arguing.
Linked from: A window box in Talas · Grafting, as my grandfather did it · Jam basin · The tree thinks · Water turns · Seeds, expensive