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Zone Northern Victoria | Barb Hall added on December 6, 2013 | Answered

This apricot tree is about 4 years old and all the fruit has been really small. Why and what can we do to get the fruit larger? It’s on a dripper system and gets well watered and fertilized.

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Heather
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Answered on December 8, 2013

Typically, this can be achieved through thinning. This article is about peach thinning, but it would apply to apricots as well:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/fruits/peach/peach-tree-thinning.htm

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