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Plum Trees

malcolm dillon-shallardmalcolm dillon-shallard Posts: 3
in Problem solving
My allotment has had problems with drainage this last 2 years and my plum crop has been negligable, is this because my trees are stood in water in the winter.

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    It won't be helping, that's for sure.  My own plum and gage crops were very poor last year and I put it down to the unusual weather patterns in 2020.  Apart from one or two exceptions, crops were generally low on most of my other types of fruit trees, too.
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • malcolm dillon-shallardmalcolm dillon-shallard Posts: 3
    My black currants had the same problem but only the ones stood in water for a couple of weeks. 
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Our orchard fruit trees are in clay soil and whilst they had a wettish winter we then had a very very dry spring/summer. Fruiting was not good for the plums and gages.
    It didn't help that the small crops were taken by the birds before they had even ripened.
    Hopefully this year will be a better harvest.
  • the tidy gardenerthe tidy gardener Posts: 591
    Mines had it's warning!!1 flipping plumb last year.1!! Too cold a spot.blossom then it gets a frost.ive put fleece over it but it doesn't help and the winds whip they it.but it hides the neighbours bedroom window 
  • Cambridgerose12Cambridgerose12 Posts: 1,134
    the tidy gardener said:
    Mines had it's warning!!1 flipping plumb last year.1!! Too cold a spot.blossom then it gets a frost.ive put fleece over it but it doesn't help and the winds whip they it.but it hides the neighbours bedroom window 
    Do you only have the one? If so, it could need a partner to crop...
    https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=383
  • malcolm dillon-shallardmalcolm dillon-shallard Posts: 3
    I have 2. The trees are 6 years old and fruits well until 2 years ago when they got leaf curl also it affected my adjacent blackcurrant Bush. Do you know if I should spray them and with what. Malcolm.
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