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Old 10-04-2009, 12:37 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Judith in France Judith in France is offline
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Default Death of a plum tree ?

On Apr 10, 9:31*am, "Angela" wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote in message

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| "Judith in France" wrote in message
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| On Apr 9, 10:18 pm, Paul Luton wrote:
| I planted a pot grown Victoria plum (on Pixie) early last summer. It
| produced 2 plums and lost its leaves at the usual time. A week ago it
| opened one flower bud at the end of a branch but, after that dropped,
| nothing is happening. Soil around was on the dry side but with no leaves
| it cannot be losing much water. I watered it well anyway. Does anyone
| have any ideas ?
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| Thanks
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| Paul
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| Paul, I am no expert. *I had plums in my last garden in England. *When
| did you prune the tree?
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| I don't think he did. *Please read the post more carefully.

I think you should read the post more carefully, where in it does it say
anything about pruning? *Judith asked a valid question which may have impact
on his problem


I think that Christina was trying to be helpful to Paul and ensuring I
didn't lead him astray :-)

Judith