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I planted a victoria plum last spring. This year is flowered
extensively and has set a small number of fruit.

However 2 boughs are dieing back. One is one of the leaders and is
well over 2 ft long and has a lot of young growth on it.

Can anyone give guidance / reassurance please.

Thanks

Rob


Hi Rob,

Your only hope of saving this tree is to remove the dead and diseased wood.
Cut back to clean wood, where there is no internal staining. Do this as
soon as possible in dry, sunny weather. Burn or dispose of dead wood. Do
not compost it, or leave it lying around the garden. You won't want to do
this, but it would really help your tree recover if it wasn't bearing fruit.
During my plum tree's first year, I automatically removed all fruitlets to
allow the tree's energy to be directed into root and stem growth. So far, I
haven't regretted it.

Best of luck,
Spider