I had a plum tree in my front yard that I loved that was blown down
completely in a storm we had two months ago. I had a tree service remove it
and they left just a small part of the stump in the hole that was created
when the tree was blown over. I was planning on filling the hole and
re-seeding grass over it until I decided if I would plant another plum tree
there or not. In the meantime, however, a nice new growth of about 2 feet
has grown from the plum tree stump. It seems to be growing at a fairly good
pace. Since I liked this tree so much and am not sure I could find the same
species at a local nursery (it was about 25 years old) I am wondering if I
could grow a new plum tree from these "remnants" of my old plum tree. Any
thoughts/advice on this?

Greg wrote:
I had a plum tree in my front yard that I loved that was blown down
completely in a storm we had two months ago. I had a tree service
remove it and they left just a small part of the stump in the hole
that was created when the tree was blown over. I was planning on
filling the hole and re-seeding grass over it until I decided if I
would plant another plum tree there or not. In the meantime,
however, a nice new growth of about 2 feet has grown from the plum
tree stump. It seems to be growing at a fairly good pace. Since I
liked this tree so much and am not sure I could find the same species
at a local nursery (it was about 25 years old) I am wondering if I
could grow a new plum tree from these "remnants" of my old plum tree.
Any thoughts/advice on this?



yes it should grow back, I had a willow tree that had blown over (huge tree)
well we just put a large flower pot on the stump and sure'nuff it did start
growing back a couple months later.
the house has since been sold, the new growth is about 6 years now and the
tree is about 35 feet tall..
Clark...
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Don't you have Google in your part of the world?

"Clark" wrote:

yes it should grow back, I had a willow tree that had blown over (huge
tree) well we just put a large flower pot on the stump and sure'nuff it
did start growing back a couple months later.
the house has since been sold, the new growth is about 6 years now and the
tree is about 35 feet tall..
Clark...


Thanks. It's good to hear that this worked for someone else.


Don't you have Google in your part of the world?


Now why would I necessarily want to use Google to get an answer to my
question when I can come to this newsgroup and get advice from people with
experience such as yourself? That's the whole purpose of newsgroups like
this one - - to share and seek advice from others on a specific topic. And
what exactly would I Google? "Plum tree blown down will it grow back"?

C'mon buddy, lighten up. Either provide the answer/advice or don't do so,
but don't lecture people on using other resources when this newsgroup is an
appropriate first resource for one's lawn and garden related questions.

"Clark" wrote in message
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Greg wrote:
I had a plum tree in my front yard that I loved that was blown down
completely in a storm we had two months ago. I had a tree service
remove it and they left just a small part of the stump in the hole
that was created when the tree was blown over. I was planning on
filling the hole and re-seeding grass over it until I decided if I
would plant another plum tree there or not. In the meantime,
however, a nice new growth of about 2 feet has grown from the plum
tree stump. It seems to be growing at a fairly good pace. Since I
liked this tree so much and am not sure I could find the same species
at a local nursery (it was about 25 years old) I am wondering if I
could grow a new plum tree from these "remnants" of my old plum tree.
Any thoughts/advice on this?

Many dwarf and semi-dwarf fruit trees are grafted onto rootstock from other
species. It's possible the new growth you see is from that rootstock.

Um, Greg, that is just my Signature, chill out buddy.. Deep cleansing
breaths.....
:-)
Clark...


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Greg wrote:
"Clark" wrote:

yes it should grow back, I had a willow tree that had blown over
(huge tree) well we just put a large flower pot on the stump and
sure'nuff it did start growing back a couple months later.
the house has since been sold, the new growth is about 6 years now
and the tree is about 35 feet tall..
Clark...


Thanks. It's good to hear that this worked for someone else.


Don't you have Google in your part of the world?


Now why would I necessarily want to use Google to get an answer to my
question when I can come to this newsgroup and get advice from people
with experience such as yourself? That's the whole purpose of
newsgroups like this one - - to share and seek advice from others on
a specific topic. And what exactly would I Google? "Plum tree blown
down will it grow back"?
C'mon buddy, lighten up. Either provide the answer/advice or don't
do so, but don't lecture people on using other resources when this
newsgroup is an appropriate first resource for one's lawn and garden
related questions.

"Clark" wrote:

Um, Greg, that is just my Signature, chill out buddy.. Deep cleansing
breaths.....
:-)
Clark...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a jerk I am!


Greg

Greg wrote:
"Clark" wrote:

Um, Greg, that is just my Signature, chill out buddy.. Deep cleansing
breaths.....
:-)
Clark...


HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

What a jerk I am!


Greg

been there done that also.. ;-)
Clark...

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"Clark" wrote:

been there done that also.. ;-)
Clark...


Clark,

I felt like Jack Nicholson's character in the movie "A Few Good Men" when he
said, "Well, don't I feel like an asshole right now".

In my defense, it's not real clear that is your signature.

But we had a good laugh over it. Thanks again for the good info. I will
try to grow a new plum tree from the remnants of my old one.


Greg

Greg said:

"Clark" wrote:

been there done that also.. ;-)
Clark...

Clark,

I felt like Jack Nicholson's character in the movie "A Few Good Men" when he
said, "Well, don't I feel like an asshole right now".

In my defense, it's not real clear that is your signature.

That's no defense. It's *quite* clear that it's a sig. It's behind a
sig-delimiter (notice the "dash dash space" above it).

[rest snipped]

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Eggs

A flashlight is a case for holding dead batteries.

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Greg said:

"Clark" wrote:

been there done that also.. ;-)
Clark...

Clark,

I felt like Jack Nicholson's character in the movie "A Few Good Men"
when he said, "Well, don't I feel like an asshole right now".

In my defense, it's not real clear that is your signature.

That's no defense. It's *quite* clear that it's a sig. It's behind a
sig-delimiter (notice the "dash dash space" above it).

[rest snipped]

Eggs, I thought you switched to *Decaf* ?!?!?

Clark...

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Don't you have Google in your part of the world?

Clark said:

Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Greg said:

"Clark" wrote:

been there done that also.. ;-)
Clark...

Clark,

I felt like Jack Nicholson's character in the movie "A Few Good Men"
when he said, "Well, don't I feel like an asshole right now".

In my defense, it's not real clear that is your signature.

That's no defense. It's *quite* clear that it's a sig. It's behind a
sig-delimiter (notice the "dash dash space" above it).

[rest snipped]

Eggs, I thought you switched to *Decaf* ?!?!?

Good grief, no. I've never seen the point in decaf.

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Eggs

-Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him to use the Net and
he won't bother you for weeks