With apple trees in full bloom, we’ve been trying to snap some of the pollinators at work.
Apple trees requires pollen to be transferred from the male part of the flower to the female part of a different but compatible variety of apple tree. This is called cross pollination and must happen at bloom time. Without the transfer of pollen to a compatible tree nearby, there wont be any apples! We’ll be asking all our tree hosts to look out for other apple trees nearby to make sure their trees are in pollination range. We’ll be mapping all the trees and planting new trees in any gaps.
The Far Orchard 