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problems with plumbs
peterstewart
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in Fruit & veg
I have a 5 year old plumb tree that sets fruit which are misshapen and rot and drop off I have never had any crop from the tree any one know
what is causing this problem
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Taphrina infection, it's a fungus. There are various species of taphrina affecting different plants in the plum family
Google taphrina or pocket plum for more info
In the sticks near Peterborough
Yes, it's called 'pocket plum' disease and you can read about it at the RHS site, here:
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=199
On a large tree, treatment is going to be difficult if not impossible, unfortunately.