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My confused Plum tree. Last Spring, I bought a couple plum trees, but because of everything that happened last Spring, and some large branches shading the back part of my yard I wanted to remove, I never got around to planting them. Consequently, they didn't survive in their small pots. I thought I kept the water enough, and I just don't know why they didn't make it. A few weeks back, I went to a favorite nursury to just look around, and they had the same variety plum trees I had bought in the Spring. They looked a bit sad, but I talked with the manager who had an "Expert Gardener" title, and his opinion was that they were fine, just overwatered a bit and nearing Fall. These tree were also discounted being the end of the season. I bought them, and made certain to get these in the ground hopefully with enough time go establish a few new roots before the cold weather arrived. Within the last week, I was encouraged to see some new leaf growth on the trees, hoping this indicated pending success. Today, I discovered that one tree has come into bloom with just a few flowers. Poor confused little tree. I doubt anything will come it, and hopefully, it will figure out that it needs to bloom when Spring arrives. Still, I am glad to see that it is flourishing enough to generate a few blossoms.

The picture is actually sideways. I attempted to correct it, but nothing I did changed the outcome. It also looks like I took the picture in the middle of the night, but it was dusk and the effect of the flash blacked out the background.

#weather #flowers

RussRAB 8

Answer 1

I do not know what your climate is like, but if winter is cold, bury it/them with lots of straw and some kind of thick cover to help them make it through. My Italian grandfather grew figs in Michigan (unheard of!) by doing this.

Answer 2

It is a normal reaction, nothing should come of it since they should go dormant soon. If by chance it does set fruit, simply pinch it off, or you can pinch off the blossoms after they finish blooming, no since in wasting the tree's energy.

Answer 3

When I moved into my first house, it had a stick in the ground. That stick grew quickly and in a few years, the plums grew so profusely, the branches looked like clusters of grapes with a few sad leaves sticking out between them. Plums rot into a messy glob, and I like a nice lawn, so it was all I could do to pick the plums off before they fell. I had to box them up and figure out who I could give them to. So I'd deliver box-fulls to all the control rooms at the facility. And they tasted just fabulous; tart and sweet; nirvana in your mouth.

And then there were those that ripened faster than my picking. The globs got shoveled up along with the dog poo, and put into the same bucket. That became a problem as the two melted together into a stinky mass, sometimes increased by rain. I had a hard time figuring out what to do with that. Heaven never seems to have hell very far away...

Answer 4

Plum forgot to plant them!!!!...(could'nt help myself!)


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