At the end of the April, just when Quince Major and Quince Minor were budding up well, we had a week of sudden sharp frosts. This was not good news for my quest for a quince.
and yet....
Quince Major is blossoming well, it appears pretty much unaffected by the frosts.
but Quince Minor looks a bit less happy. The buds have not continued to develop since the frost and I fear that it might not blossom at all.
I've been worrying that it might also be a bit dry, it was only planted last year and so I always like to keep a check on trees that have not really had chance to fully establish. I will also be giving it liquid seaweed to see if that helps it perk up a bit. My chances of blossom now though seem unlikely. My dream of two self-fertilising trees fertilising each other seems thwarted.
But all is not lost,
for I present to you a definite swelling,
Quince Major is developing quincelets,
lots of them, lots of little downy quincelets. I am very happy, there is hope.
Thanks as ever to Squirrelbasket for hosting this forest of followed trees.