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Plum tree after moving to allotment

Lezley70Lezley70 Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg
Just more than a year ago I moved my 8 year old plum tree from the garden at home to the allotment. But I am worried it is not doing well. There is a lot of growth at the base but nothing on the top of the tree. What can I do to save it or am I too late? 😥

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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello Lesley  :)
    I think it might be due to the fact that it was a pretty mature tree when you moved it. Is there any chance you can provide a photo ? I wonder if the growth at the bottom is coming from the rootstock.

  • Lezley70Lezley70 Posts: 3
    Hello Anni,
    Thank you for responding, I have attached some photos. I do not see any growth on the top of the plant. I would very much appreciate advise.e
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello Lesley,  
    I must be honest and say l am no fruit tree expert and am hoping one might be along shortly  :)
    In the meantime,  has it been okay up until now ? Did it produce any fruit last year, and do you know which variety it is? 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited April 2020
    Can’t can’t see clearly but it looks to me as if the green shoots are coming from the graft, in which case it’s the rootstock growing at the expense of the named variety. 

    To be honest the top growth looks dead to me. I’d take it out and replace it. 

    Sorry 😞 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Unfortunately, I agree with Dove.  Moving trees of that size is always a gamble.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Lezley70Lezley70 Posts: 3
    Thank you all, it is the harsh truth but I think I knew it also deep down.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Never mind Lesley, look at it as a new planting opportunity  :)
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    AnniD said:
    Never mind Lesley, look at it as a new planting opportunity  :)

    That's the mindset I always try and keep when these things happen.  :)
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Onwards and upwards Bob !  :)
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