John, your plums are being eaten by plum moth larvae. I don't spray my fruit (or anything else I eat for that matter) but do hang pheromone moth traps in my tree to attract and catch the male plum moth. Do try this next year. I also use pheromone traps to catch codling moth to prevent attack of my apples.
I have a Victoria Plum tree about five years old, the crop of fruit was so heavy it has broken several branches. If i saw them off at the break what do seal the wound with also there are three main branches one of which crosses over a path way in the garden will it be alright to saw this off also. Some advice please. [email protected]
I have a large Victoria plum tree which fruits every year - but they vanish before I can pick them, overnight up to 20 plum's disappear without trace. Who's eating my plum's ?. any help would much appreciated. Thanks
Hi Adam and all, I should have mentioned that the trees we have are mostly Victoria Plum with a few Damson, and these both seem to be the fruit that are suffering quite badly. We started off with around 86 VP trees but we have lost or are losing quite a few, and we had 3 damson trees but these bore very few fruit this year and look as though we won't have them next year, unfortunately. It has been mentioned to me that the trees are just "done", but it would be a shame to lose them. Many thanks, Andy
We have grown an orange tree from a pip and it is now about 10ft tall and looking rather sorry for itself. We live in the Birmingham area and wonder whether we could leave the tree out during the winter or is it better to bring it indoors in the conservatory. Also any ideas as to why it has gone very limp with yellowing leaves this year. It has always been very healthy in previous years. Thanks for any advice in anticipation.
Just got round to reading some of the comments. I'm really surprised that people had such disappointing plum crops. We inherited a Victoria (i think!) when we moved here and it has cropped spectacularly and the fruit has been delicious. We had in excess of 100lb of fruit from one tree!
I planted a plum tree and it showed no signs of growth, though on inspection it didn't look dead, so I left it. I went to my allotment this week and there is growth, but it is coming from the base of the trunk. There are lush green leaves at the bottom, but nothing from the rest of the tree. Has anyone got any ideas. I really don't want to lose the tree!
I have a Victoria plum tree in my garden and it has been doing well for the last few years. However, this year it gots lots of leaves but hardly got any flowers on it? Does anyone know why? Please suggest.
My Victoria Plum is two/three years old. It started off OK this year with nice growth and good fruit development. However, one branch has become sad, is wilting. The leaves are also wilting, and the fruit have stopped developing. The other branches, leaves, and fruit seem fine. Any ideas please?
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I should have mentioned that the trees we have are mostly Victoria Plum with a few Damson, and these both seem to be the fruit that are suffering quite badly. We started off with around 86 VP trees but we have lost or are losing quite a few, and we had 3 damson trees but these bore very few fruit this year and look as though we won't have them next year, unfortunately. It has been mentioned to me that the trees are just "done", but it would be a shame to lose them.
Many thanks, Andy