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Plum pollination groups: Avalon and Warwickshire Drooper
at_gw23
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I planted two young plum trees, an Avalon and a Warwickshire Drooper (both on St Julian rootstock, bareroot) in March 2018.
The Avalon is partially self-fertile, pollination group C. The Warwickshire Drooper is self-fertile, pollination group C.
The Avalon flowers much earlier than the Warwickshire Drooper. Last year there was hardly any overlap. Neither tree fruited. Given that the Drooper is self-fertile I'm guessing that they're both too young to fruit, rather than it being a pollination problem?
Am I being impatient, or should I be worried that they don't flower at the same time? I've been tempted to add a third tree. I've got room for a dwarf variety and was considering an Aprimira.
The Avalon is partially self-fertile, pollination group C. The Warwickshire Drooper is self-fertile, pollination group C.
The Avalon flowers much earlier than the Warwickshire Drooper. Last year there was hardly any overlap. Neither tree fruited. Given that the Drooper is self-fertile I'm guessing that they're both too young to fruit, rather than it being a pollination problem?
Am I being impatient, or should I be worried that they don't flower at the same time? I've been tempted to add a third tree. I've got room for a dwarf variety and was considering an Aprimira.
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