First Plum

[Poppy Mole]

I'm all excited as I have just picked my very first plum - it's scrummy!!

[Poppy Mole]

[claybasket]

A nabour who neglets his old plum tree,they taste yummy,the tree has over the years has had baby's,they have just started fruiting ,but the young plums are green! not like the big fat dark purple ones of mummys,they taste fine a bit smaller ,could mummy be a cross bread, and baby a through back? any plum experts out there!

[pumkinlover]

Pleased for you. ;D- enjoy
Mine are dropping of the trees with the lack of water ???
they do not taste briliant but are ok stewed.
Rain would help ;)

[Robert_Brenchley]

A nabour who neglets his old plum tree,they taste yummy,the tree has over the years has had baby's,they have just started fruiting ,but the young plums are green! not like the big fat dark purple ones of mummys,they taste fine a bit smaller ,could mummy be a cross bread, and baby a through back? any plum experts out there!

They don't come true from seed. Every new seedling is effectively a new variety, and much depends on what the father was.

[claybasket]

Thanks Robert,there is a old greengage not to far away think they may have had a bit of fun together.

[manicscousers]

Were in the middle of eating our 'late' ones, funny year  ;D

[bikegirllisa]

I picked one to taste this morning, and they are as sour as hell, although they are a lovely dark purple with a nice bloom.

Think I'll leave them another couple of weeks and see what happens.

[busy_lizzie]

Hi bikegirllisa, Mine are the same. On the tree some of them are looking quite ripe, nice and reddy purple, but after having a little experimental taste I found them really sour. Like you I am leaving them for a while before I have another go. Will be a bumper year though once they are finally ripe as my tree is weighted down with them all. Will be looking around for some good recipes soon, hopefully.  :) busy_lizzie

[Vinlander]

Were in the middle of eating our 'late' ones, funny year  ;D

I've got Early Transparent and Oullin's gage just finishing as the Coes' Golden Drop are starting - normally they are 5-6 weeks apart.

I've noticed with other crops that unseasonable cold snaps and unseasonable warm periods have the effect of making both early and late varieties lock step and come out weeks instead of months apart.

It's most noticeable (and infuriating) with cauliflowers and winter broccoli.

It's a real pain in the fundament - we are used to always getting a big glut or bugger-all (no happy medium for gardeners!) but this lockstep effect means double boom followed by double bust.

Ho Hum.