Berry Producing Plants aren't Producing Berries!

According to P. Allen Smith, there a several reasons why a plant may not produce an abundance of berries or any at all. Some plants need a male and a female plant to produce berries. Maybe you have the female plant but not the male. Many hollies need a male plant within 300 feet of the female plant to produce berries. The male plant is the pollen producing plant. Another reason for lack of berries may have to do with the decrease in bees. Bees pollinate the flowers and if there aren't many bees there won't be many berries. This is a big issue in the news right now and it is affecting the farming community. Apparently, honey bees are disappearing and bee keepers are finding hives diseased and empty. And finally, sometimes plants just need a break. They need to rest and therefore produce less berries one year than they did in the past. P. Allen Smith reccommends using a slow release all purpose fertilizer AFTER the LAST freeze date in your area.