echinosum wrote:
Tufty;932313 Wrote:
My plum tree has barely four fruits but last year and the year
before it was full so it can't be one of those alternating year
ones. Last year I shook it to get the plums down. Could this have
damaged it?
Wish I knew how to put this in with all the other plum tree questions
but short of clicking on 'new thread' I can't see how to put
questions inthe right place. There isn't much in the way of help for
people not 'in the know' about how to use a forum.
Clicking on "new thread" is just how to do it. You are in edible
gardening, where else did you want it to be?

Many fruit trees have it in them to become alternate year bearing if
they have a heavy year, or run of heavy years, and feel the need to
recover. Next time it looks like your tree is heavy laden, perhaps
thin it a bit.

You can also lose most of your fruit in a given year if there is a dry
spell or a frost at just the wrong time.

I am guessing that my tree in Seattle did badly because of the cold wet Seattle
spring. There were NO bees to be seen while they were flowering.