plum trees

[StrawberryMan]

has any body got any ideas my my 3 year old plum tree has not flowered this year had lovelly plums last year me tree is on dwarf stock

[Suky]

Buds probably got frosted with the late bad weather. Mind you, plums (and apples) can often have a poor year following a good year.

[FB.]

Plums can easily go biennial if cropped too heavily. The open blossoms are also more easily frosted due to the earliness of flowering.
It may also be that the tree was fed too much nitrogen, so decided to grow while the growing was good and will fruit only once the soil fertility declines a bit to put it under a bit of stress.
If it's a dwarf rootstock, don't put it under too much stress as they're not usually tough enough to tolerate much abuse.

[womble]

Could well be frost this year, plums are temperamental anyway, a year without, is to be expected sometimes.

[biddy]

sick looking plum tree

can anyone help me, my plum tree is looking sickly, I have uploaded a picture I hope it can be seen the leafs are all curling up. I had got a lot of flowers on it for the first this year but the late bad weather got to it and left it with no flowers. the tree is a dwarf stock if that helps

thanks a hep Biddy

[Bigmallly]

I'm no tree or fruit expert but it looks like it needs a good drink. My plum tree had approx 50/60 flowers but not a single fruit.

[FB.]

biddy

It might be infested with aphids. They usually make the leaves curl - but so can lack of water.

[JohnVisual]

mine looks the same, but ive been watering it. What can you do to stop aphids, do they harm the tree or just make it look funny?

[sarraceniac]

My young damson has joined this party. Blossom for the first time this year but no fruit, just curly leaves. No aphids, watered regularly so I am assuming it has plum leaf curl, (plum pockets) which is a close relation of peach leaf curl. Peach Leaf Curl and Plum Pocket | Horticulture and Home Pest News

I have sprayed it with Bordeaux Mixture and will repeat the exercise in October and next March-ish. My older 'Czar' had the same thing last year but has produced a few fruits this year after treatment.

[biddy]

thanks for all your help, I have been watering them reguarly so I do not think that is the problem I have been told to spray them with one part washing liquid and 9 part water just in case that it is aphids I suppose it would do no harm to try this, Anymore help will be welcome

thanks biddy

[weekendwellies]

i ve had 2 plum trees in for a few years now and last year was the first i had any proper fruit off them. They are quite temperamental beasties. Early flowers when no insects about and still quite cold doesnt help them much me thinks.

[biddy]

Yes you are right I had loads of flowers for the first this year some even set to fruit but all of them lost due to the cold

[BUFFS]

we had a load of extra birds this spring,and a lot of them seemed to be around the plum trees,i reckon that some were after the new buds as we only have a few out of the way plums on them this year,the price of the subzero winter perhaps,we now have more birds and bees than we have ever had, and 6 or 7 nests still being used ,must be late broods....