Jake wrote in
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:46:06 GMT, Baz wrote:

Jake wrote in
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The plum tree is planted and leaf buds are already starting to open.
It's about 5 feet tall (I wanted a dwarf) but time will tell how big
it grows. Now I have to learn something about plum trees. I've read
somewhere that we shouldn't allow fruit to develop in the first year
after planting. With apples and pears, they've never fruited in the
first year so nowt to worry about and in the second year they tend to
self-drop down to a level of fruit which the tree can sustain. So I'm
guessing that plums behave differently. But do I yank off any flower
buds or is it remove flowers as they open or do I allow the flowers to
do their bit and then remove them as they fade?

Cheers, Jake
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Urgling from the hardly damp east end of Swansea Bay.


Jake, just let the thing grow and prune when the time is right. Let the
fruit grow.
I think what you said above applies to commercial growers who groom their
trees for maximum crop. They have other croppers, we don't. Of course if
you are willing to wait a few years...

Cheers, Baz
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Urgling from underwater in North Lincs.

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Jake wrote in
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:46:06 GMT, Baz wrote:

Jake wrote in
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The plum tree is planted and leaf buds are already starting to open.
It's about 5 feet tall (I wanted a dwarf) but time will tell how big
it grows. Now I have to learn something about plum trees. I've read
somewhere that we shouldn't allow fruit to develop in the first year
after planting. With apples and pears, they've never fruited in the
first year so nowt to worry about and in the second year they tend to
self-drop down to a level of fruit which the tree can sustain. So I'm
guessing that plums behave differently. But do I yank off any flower
buds or is it remove flowers as they open or do I allow the flowers to
do their bit and then remove them as they fade?

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the hardly damp east end of Swansea Bay.


Jake, just let the thing grow and prune when the time is right. Let the
fruit grow.
I think what you said above applies to commercial growers who groom their
trees for maximum crop. They have other croppers, we don't. Of course if
you are willing to wait a few years...

Cheers, Baz
========================================
Urgling from underwater in North Lincs.

One of my daughters had a Victoria Plum Tree in the garden of one of her
houses which she didn't want. She pruned it hard, shook off all the earth,
wrapped the roots up and brought the tree down to us on the Island in the
front of a Subaru Impreza. Now if you know this car, it's small!!

We planted it, gave it lots of TLC and for the last couple of years had some
superb plums. This year the tree is covered in blossom!! As far as pruning
is concerned, we have pruned it to make it 'aesthetically pleasing' in our
small garden. Seems to have helped.

Hope this helps

Mike


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Jake wrote in
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:46:06 GMT, Baz wrote:

Jake wrote in
m:

The plum tree is planted and leaf buds are already starting to open.
It's about 5 feet tall (I wanted a dwarf) but time will tell how
big it grows. Now I have to learn something about plum trees. I've
read somewhere that we shouldn't allow fruit to develop in the first
year after planting. With apples and pears, they've never fruited in
the first year so nowt to worry about and in the second year they
tend to self-drop down to a level of fruit which the tree can
sustain. So I'm guessing that plums behave differently. But do I
yank off any flower buds or is it remove flowers as they open or do
I allow the flowers to do their bit and then remove them as they
fade?

Cheers, Jake
=======================================
Urgling from the hardly damp east end of Swansea Bay.


Jake, just let the thing grow and prune when the time is right. Let
the fruit grow.
I think what you said above applies to commercial growers who groom
their trees for maximum crop. They have other croppers, we don't. Of
course if you are willing to wait a few years...

Cheers, Baz
========================================
Urgling from underwater in North Lincs.

One of my daughters had a Victoria Plum Tree in the garden of one of
her houses which she didn't want. She pruned it hard, shook off all
the earth, wrapped the roots up and brought the tree down to us on the
Island in the front of a Subaru Impreza. Now if you know this car,
it's small!!

We planted it, gave it lots of TLC and for the last couple of years
had some superb plums. This year the tree is covered in blossom!! As
far as pruning is concerned, we have pruned it to make it
'aesthetically pleasing' in our small garden. Seems to have helped.

Hope this helps

Mike



See, Mike, you can be helpful without the smartypants attitude.

Aesthetically pleasing with lots of fruit is what we want, not just a
cropper.

Thanks for the info.
Baz