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Title: fruit
Post by: waggi on May 29, 2005, 21:42:01
i have a plum tree and last year it was ladened with fruit and this year i have not seen it blossom and there is no buds or anything on it
i am i worrying about nothing like i did with my spud babys
matt
Title: Re: fruit
Post by: Robert_Brenchley on May 29, 2005, 21:50:19
Do you know what type of plum it is? If it's a Victoria (or some others) then it could be a case of biennial bearing. The tree puts so much energy into producing fruit one year that it has to take a year out to recover, before producing a mass of fruit again the third year. The solution is to get up there and thin thefruit drastically in the early stages. Alternatively, could the blossom have been frosted?
Title: Re: fruit
Post by: Mrs Ava on May 29, 2005, 22:31:32
Curious!  For us, last year wasn't great, but this year the trees are already laden with buby fruitlets!
Title: Re: fruit
Post by: waggi on May 30, 2005, 13:11:07
we have other fruit trees all laddened but this plum tree no not a sausage :o
Title: Re: fruit
Post by: waggi on May 30, 2005, 19:30:18
maybe next year then