How do I get my apple tree to bloom?

I just moved into a new home a couple months ago and there is an apple tree in the back yard. The previous home owner told me that it blooms every other year or so and she didn't know why. My mom says there needs to be another tree for it like male/female or something? I don't have room to plant another tree, so how do I get it to bloom this spring?How do I get my apple tree to bloom?
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Where do you live? Fruit trees require a certain duration of cold weather to become dormant before they will bloom again. If you live in the south or a warm place or just have a very warm winter, it may not get cold enough.





Some fruit trees will require another tree to polinate (which is produce fruit) - this won't afflect blooming. Apple trees will mostly self-polinate, but you will get better reults with other trees in the area.





Good LuckHow do I get my apple tree to bloom?
You most likely will need another apple tree. Some apple trees will self polinate, but most of the need to cross polinate from another apple tree. I am a live nursery specialist for lowes, and most of the apple trees we sell need to cross polinate with another tree. If you knew what type of apple tree it was, you might could look up the information online to see if it needs another tree to go with it. You could possible try growing another tree in a pot. Or if you could even find enough room for a dwarf tree in your yard, that might help too. You might also try fertilizing it with a fruit tree fertilizer in the spring. Miracle gro makes tree spikes that are especially made for fruit trees. You might try fertilizing it first, then if that doesn't work you might have to get another tree. It may also depend on how old the tree is too. Sometimes it takes an apple tree a few years after it is planted to produce fruit, so that might play a role in the blooming too.
Adequate sunlight will help it bloom, to pollinate it, try a small crab apple tree in a pot. Crab apples will cross pollinate most other apples. Avoid over pruning in the winter, 25% is adequate, no more.
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Apples are self pollinating. Usually they do not bloom because the flowers were frozen in the spring. Incorrect fertilization and pruning cause poor flowering. Many cooperative extension web sites in fruit growing regions have info on fruit cultivation