growths on my victoria plum

[shirlton]

Does anyone know what these are on our victoria plum

[shirlton]

[realfood]

The Plum Sawfly lays its egg in the embryonic plum at flowering time.The cream/white larvae burrow into the young plum causing it to distort and elongate and fall to the ground early. Remove damaged fruit from the tree as well as any that have fallen and destroy them.

The larvae form a cocoon and over winter in the top 5 cm of soil, ready to pupate at the plum flowering time, allowing the females to start laying their eggs again. In late Winter,  cultivate the top 5 cm of soil under the plum tree to allow the birds to seek out and eat the larvae.

[manicscousers]

yeuck  ;D

[shirlton]

yeuck  ;D

Thats what I thought when I saw it

[Ben Acre]

Pocket Plums caused by the fungus Taphrina padi.

[shirlton]

So I just take them off and all is well ????

[Ben Acre]

These are  called Pocket Plums, caused by the fungus Taphrina padi. Very common this year.