Tree Following May 2017 - after the frosts

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.