I have a 4yr old Damson. This is the first year I've seen blossom. Plums will often take 4 -5 yrs (sometimes up to 10 apparently) before they fruit, so it's a case of being patient I'm afraid.
Rosie 3. I have a 3 year old plum tree (I think it is also a Victoria). I have exactly the same symptoms as you. Did you get any advice or feedback? I have no blossom again this year and so am unsure whether to give it the axe and start with a new one?
My Concorde pear is certainly slow, but then as I'm espaliering it I keep chopping half of it off every year - I hope it doesn't lose heart and think I don't like it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Give it some Fish Blood and Bone (as directed on the pack) now and again in the autumn, mulch with garden compost or farm yard manure (making sure it doesn't touch the bark) and repeat in the autumn. Make sure it doesn't dry out in hot dry spells.
Plums and other stone fruits should be pruned in mid-summer (so you were probably right when you pruned it) this avoids it getting the dreaded silver-leaf disease, but if it's a new young tree it probably doesn't need much if any pruning.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A two year old Victoria plum - happy, healthy, lots of leaf, no visible bugs - but first year had no blossom - and this year it is very scarce. Same bed has happy roses and fruitful gooseberries so soil is presumably OK.Next doors' plum has so much fruit the branches are weighed down! I thought Victoria's were idiot proof? What should I do short of chopping it down and starting again......
Pippa, a 2 year old plum tree is very young. If you read the rest of this thread above you'll see that they can take 5 or more years before they start fruiting. My experience is that they start after 3 years, so (like everything in gardening) patience is the key.
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I have a 4yr old Damson. This is the first year I've seen blossom. Plums will often take 4 -5 yrs (sometimes up to 10 apparently) before they fruit, so it's a case of being patient I'm afraid.
Rosie 3. I have a 3 year old plum tree (I think it is also a Victoria). I have exactly the same symptoms as you. Did you get any advice or feedback? I have no blossom again this year and so am unsure whether to give it the axe and start with a new one?
I think you're being a mite impatient - 3 years old is a very young tree.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I was always told that "pears for heirs" meaning that you plant them more for the next generation than yourself as they are often quite slow growing.
My Concorde pear is certainly slow, but then as I'm espaliering it I keep chopping half of it off every year - I hope it doesn't lose heart and think I don't like it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I pruned my new plum tree at the wrong time of year (when it was in fruit). This year it has had no blossom and therefore no fruit. Can I rescue it?
Give it some Fish Blood and Bone (as directed on the pack) now and again in the autumn, mulch with garden compost or farm yard manure (making sure it doesn't touch the bark) and repeat in the autumn. Make sure it doesn't dry out in hot dry spells.
Plums and other stone fruits should be pruned in mid-summer (so you were probably right when you pruned it) this avoids it getting the dreaded silver-leaf disease, but if it's a new young tree it probably doesn't need much if any pruning.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
A two year old Victoria plum - happy, healthy, lots of leaf, no visible bugs - but first year had no blossom - and this year it is very scarce. Same bed has happy roses and fruitful gooseberries so soil is presumably OK.Next doors' plum has so much fruit the branches are weighed down! I thought Victoria's were idiot proof? What should I do short of chopping it down and starting again......
Pippa, a 2 year old plum tree is very young. If you read the rest of this thread above you'll see that they can take 5 or more years before they start fruiting. My experience is that they start after 3 years, so (like everything in gardening) patience is the key.
I planted my plum tree 2 year's ago should it have blossom on , and when ?