Birds eating my plum tree buds

[Messi1986]

Hi. I planted a you g plum tree last yeah which is around 7 foot. The birds have eat most of the new buds. My question is, will the tree still produce fruit? I will be putting a bird net around it tomorrow to keep them out? Thanks

[rustylady]

You'll have to wait a bit and see if you get any flowers open. Without flowers = no fruit. Next year net earlier

[Messi1986]

You'll have to wait a bit and see if you get any flowers open. Without flowers = no fruit. Next year net earlier

Thanks for the reply. Hopefully still get some fruit this year :-)

[boundtothesoil]

Try hanging a couple of old cds from 6-9 inch lengths of string in the tree. I've found this can sometimes work. Also, you may be lucky and have some later opening flowers, from smaller buds, particularly those facing downwards from the branches, that escape the notice of the birds. And even some of the buds that are damaged can still produce one or two viable flowers.