Apparently it’s not uncommon for cherries to leave the tree. Reasons include that the tree has set more fruit than it has water and nutrients to support. Smaller fruit and that which has not been completely pollinated is first to fall. In fact, the fruit left on the tree, the smaller each will be at maturity (no, that does not hold the promise of one giant cherry!). June drop is nature’s way of thinning the crop to enable the best fruits to survive.
Apparently it’s not uncommon for cherries to leave the tree. Reasons include that the tree has set more fruit than it has water and nutrients to support. Smaller fruit and that which has not been completely pollinated is first to fall. In fact, the fruit left on the tree, the smaller each will be at maturity (no, that does not hold the promise of one giant cherry!). June drop is nature’s way of thinning the crop to enable the best fruits to survive.