Growing a plum tree can be a rewarding experience for any gardener. Plums trees, Prunus domestica are members of the rose – ...

There can be numerous reasons why a plum tree drops its fruit before it ripens: insects, disease, high winds, and stress ( too m. Skip to main content Skip to main menu Skip to search Skip to footer.

For the past two years, my plum tree has produced plenty of fruit, but they all drop off while still very small. What am I doing wrong? – P.L. Samuels, Norfolk Do we have a plum tree? We thou… ...

Known as chilling hours, a plum tree typically needs approximately between 700-1,000 hours of being exposed to a temperature between 0-8 degrees over the course of winter for its flower buds to ...

Did your fruit tree not produce much fruit this year? Let’s look into why this might occur. For the home gardener, the No. 1 reason for failure of trees to bear fruit is improper tree vigor.

For a younger plum tree, take time during the spring to prune dead or weak wood and damaged leaves on your fruit-bearing crop. April is a good time to tackle some plum-tree pruning as the weather ...

Q. My flowering plum has made fruit this year. I have been here five years and this tree never made fruit before. I thought it was for flowering only and would not make fruit.

Q. Last year, my plum tree didn’t have any fruit at all. This spring, it has so many plums that I’m afraid the branches may break! Why? This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing ...

Removing up to 90% of fruit also means that the remaining fruit will be larger and better tasting. Be ruthless when thinning and make several passes since you’re bound to miss branches.

No leaves have emerged, so you can see its eccentric shape. Forty years old, its limbs are a wild jungle gym of twists, turns and loops. Though not tall, its spread must be 40 feet across, maybe 50.