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Why would pruning and fertilizing prevent a tree from bearing fruit?

April 26, 2017bearing fertilizing fruit pruning tree

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Why would pruning and fertilizing prevent a tree from bearing fruit?

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Pruning on a tree tends to stimulate more vegetative growth. Basically it causes the tree to put its energy into growing rather than producing fruit. Over fertilizing with nitrogen fertilizer will cause a fruit trees to grow vigorously and look great, but will also delay flowering and fruiting.