My postage paid plums

[piskieinboots]

so here I is in receipt of me lovely Victoria Plum tree thanks to GYO postage only - should I stake it? It will be growing in a somewhat windy site ...thanks to the chinooks/pumas/merlins etc

[pigletwillie]

Oh yes, always Piskie.

[piskieinboots]

Thanks PLW - I'll be staking me plums tomorrow and no mistake

For those of you still to receive your plums, it is bigger than me and in lovely condition - well done GYO/Suttons

[smallblueplanet]

Short angled stake though PW?

[piskieinboots]

oh I didn't give a thought to length?

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Piskie, can I hijack your thread I have just received my tree as well and you were not joking about the height of the tree. Thought you might have been on the short side but I'm 5'9'' and my tree is taller than me Anyway hijacking time - I cannot put the tree in the ground as the ground is frozen solid. Can I put it in a BIG pot and stake it? How long have I got to get a pot etc organised before the tree takes a sickie?

[Newbie]

I got mine today & was wondering the same thing! Anyone know if potting the tree is ok as a temporary measure?

[nelliegemini]

I got mine today & was wondering the same thing! Anyone know if potting the tree is ok as a temporary measure?

I've got no idea, but presumably that's what the garden centre does before selling it on to you for far more money. Won't your plum just then be 'container grown'?

[Newbie]

Suppose it will! Will bung it in the pot - can't be any worse than the plastic wrapping that its currently in!

[BrideXIII]

not used to trees but................ don't they sort of 'retreat' in the winter? i mean they don't do any real growing do they? so surely a large pot will keep them content until the ground unfreezes in spring?

[Mcbee]

I feel gutted that i've only just started buying the magazine so missed the offer. I am so jealous of you all!!

Good luck with them and hope they fruit well in the coming years! I will have to satisfied with a full price tree idc!

[Newbie]

I'm planning on indulging in the GW mag offer of 3 Raspberry canes for £3.49 too, (Oops, am i allowed to mention that here?!)

[Two_Sheds]

My Victoria Plum tree arrived today ... it's as tall as me.

[Two_Sheds]

I've had it in a bucket of water since it arrived, I need to heel it in today, before planting it in it's final position (a sunny spot) in spring (the area isn't dug over yet)

Self-fertile and a good pollen provider for other varieties, Victoria crops in late August. Grown on St Julian A rootstock, which is semi-dwarfing, providing a medium-sized tree of 2-2.5m (7-8')

[piskieinboots]

Today I am soaking the roots of mine in a solution of Maxicrop then planting and staking.

No worries about the highjacking at all hun, I don't consider it a highjack and I'm not precious anyway

As to your question, bare rooted trees can be planted between Nov and March - any other time isn't adviseable BUT container grown trees/shrubs can be planted at any time. Sooo, if you plant yours in a container now it will be nicely tucked up until the Spring