I planted some plum trees 2 years ago, on Pixy rootstock so I can reach all the fruit. This year I allowed some fruit to stay on the trees, so I could taste them. If you like dessert plums, I recommend growing Oullins Golden Gage - they were delicious - a lovely honeyed flavour & straight off the tree. Can't wait till next year!
I love reading about growing things in different areas and would love to have a plum tree,I live in an older persons bungalow with only a small back patio area and a small patch of garden outside my front window. The front gets the morning sun and the sun is on the back late afternoon, can I grow a plum ree in a tub?, if yes, which would you recomend, I live in the midlands. Thank you.
Me again, I so agree about home grown fruit and try to buy it if available, I have noticed that an apple called Jonogold is always available and so much less expensive than any other, where does it come from and are there any british apples about in supermarkets?
I bought an Opal plum this year, it's potted at the moment, still very young so no fruit. Hopefully next year or the year after. It's going in the ground in the spring, the other side of the garden from a Bramley Seedling on dwarfing rootstock, which only had 6 apples this year, but the heaviest was nearly 2lbs in weight!...2 crumbles!
all my friends also complain about not being able to buy English fruit from supermarkets, I have purchased several small fruit tree's as I also am fed up with everything being imported from abroad.
Í have two plum trees, a Victoria and a Czar. The Victoria is by far the best cropper and I use the plums to make jam. I would welcome some views on pruning as some schools of thought suggest that no pruning is required and others suggest April or July. I also have suckers coming up from my Victoria and wonder if I should remove these.
hi ,can someone help !! Last year my plum tree was full ,that the bows were breaking ,this tear i haven,t even had one single blossom ,both my pear trees are full ,but my plum tree is compleatly bare of blossom ,plenty of leaves but no blossom ,can anyone help me please ( TOM PEGG )
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I planted some plum trees 2 years ago, on Pixy rootstock so I can reach all the fruit. This year I allowed some fruit to stay on the trees, so I could taste them. If you like dessert plums, I recommend growing Oullins Golden Gage - they were delicious - a lovely honeyed flavour & straight off the tree. Can't wait till next year!
I live in the north east of England what can I do to get good results