Almond Tree Dropped Almost All Fruit

Question

I have a five year old almond tree. It flowered really well in spring and a lot of fruitlets developed subsequently. However, the tree later dropped almost 95% of the fruitlets when they were pea size, while only the remaining 5% are on their way to maturity, and look fine as such.The tree looks healthy with no major signs of concern by looking at it. What could be the reason for this drastic fruit drop? P.s Same thing happened last year as well. The tree flowered quite well, lot of fuitlets developed but only a small amount of fruit reached maturity. The harvested fruit was quite good, both in size as well as taste, but a very tiny amount, sadly!

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Answer 1

This specimen is starting to reach maturity. This happens at about 3 to 5 years. With this being said, your first several harvest will be expected to be small. Every year should see a little more fruit until it is prime age for production.

Here are some articles that will help you with their care:

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/nut-trees/almonds/growing-almond-nut-trees.htm

https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/nut-trees/almonds/when-to-harvest-almonds.htm