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No frosts for me, but my allotment tree has dropped most of its flowers now, unpollinated. A few are still attached, so they might have pollinated, but it's too early to say for sure. in my case, I blame the wet weather. It was raining almost constantly while they were in flower, which meant fewer pollinators about and damp pollen.
It also has pretty bad peach leaf curl, which doesn't help.
My potted tree, which is still in my conservatory, on the other hand, has about 8 fruits swelling, despite only have 10 flowers. A lot of the fruits are doubles or even triples, though, so I'm unsure how well they will germinate, In my experience, doubles in stone fruit often get aborted around early June (although I have had a couple double plums ripen successfully before).
It also has pretty bad peach leaf curl, which doesn't help.
My potted tree, which is still in my conservatory, on the other hand, has about 8 fruits swelling, despite only have 10 flowers. A lot of the fruits are doubles or even triples, though, so I'm unsure how well they will germinate, In my experience, doubles in stone fruit often get aborted around early June (although I have had a couple double plums ripen successfully before).
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