plum tag
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Plum tree advice please Have a large old plum which has been giving very little fruit over the last few years, despite a pruning and feeding. Has lots of shoots growing off the trunk, so have cut it off above these shoots. (Trunk is now 1.5m high). But will these shoots produce ... |
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Best Plum Trees to plant? Hello novice gardener here. I am in Tauranga and looking to plant plum trees. Which types do I get to have a good supply of red/purple fruit for jams, sauces and eating. And where is the best place to buy them? Thanks in advance. |
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Loropetalum 'Plum Gorgeous' - Go Gardening Does anyone know where I can get this in Christchurch area. It is a hot new fringe flower in the Go Gardening magazine for this winter. |
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Tuis and plum trees? We have lots of flowering trees the tuis are loving at the moment. but noticed they are hanging around our currently flowering plum tree.is this normal? |
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I have 3 plum trees Black Prince, Plum Tamaki and Dan's Early. This is their 6th winter in the ground. I have had very few plums and this year the Dan's Early had no blossoms at all but heaps of leaves. I bought them all from the same place and was told that they would polli... |
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Bladder Plum Disease in Elephant Heart Again our tree is affected, does anyone have a tree that has good Elephant Heart plums that aren't affected? We did the usual copper spray etc. If we cut it down and start anew could just be wasting our time. Any ideas? |
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Plum tree leaves I have a problem with our trees I can't identify. Affecting Plum, Greengage and cherries. Some trees are partly affected, the Black doris the entire tree. |
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Best way to hang birdnetting to plum has anyone worked out the easiest way to get it round all the branches without having to cut it up and sew bits all over the place? obviously id like to re use it without a hassle? i cant seem to figure out what is the most logical way of doing it. it is ... |
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Summer plum tree pruning I have a Fortune plum tree with an excellent crop. It also has made a lot of growth. If I do not put netting over it I will loose most of the fruit to the birds. Is it OK to cut back the new shoots now so I can cover with net. These are the shoots t |
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Sloe plum in NZ? Anyone gottree or fruit -sloe gin making. |
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Plum Tree - Is it time to prune? Just wondering if now is the time to prune our plum tree or if not, what month is best to do this! |
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What is your favourite Plum and why ? Im looking for the best plum ever.I want one that is a good bearer, good for bottling, and making sause, and above all lovely to eat. |
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Cherry or cherry plum? We have a plum/cherry plum/cherry tree and we do not know exactly what it is. It fruits quite well with red fruit about the size of a very large cherry but the coulur is not the deep red I would expect from a cherry tree. Birds do eat the fruit but they d... |
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Grafting plum My ancient very dark red plum tree has lost a branch.Is there anyone around who would like to rescue a couple of twigs, graft them onto another tree, keep a couple of them and give me two!I would love for a nice person to clone another plum for me.I have ... |
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Apricot tree has died, &plum tree starting as well Dont know what is happening to my fruit trees this year. My apricot tree started off with a few green buds and leaves in spring but then slowly declined to the stage where everything green on it had withered and disappeared - I cut it out a month ago. Now... |
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Plum stones Hi,Had some beautiful red flesh plums the other day and am interested to find out if they can be grown from thes stone.Thanking you.maureen |
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Plum tree from stone Is it hard to grow a plum tree from a plum stone or a cutting from a tree. I have tried twice, these are from a very old but healthy tree. I have been taking cuttings from my nanas tree in Nelson and bringing them back to taranaki, they just don’t ... |
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Plum tree for firewood? once its dried out it wood burn |
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New plum dead? Just started new home orchard. Planted two plums on 15 August. The Satsuma is in leaf. Nothing happening with the Reine Claude, De Bavay. Will it still come out? Or have I bought a dead stick? |
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Which Plum tree? What is the best plum tree variety to plant? My criteria: I'm In Auckland, Requires no spray, Happy to prune, Have room for two large trees - would prefer two different trees to lengthen fruiting season - but must self of cross pollinate. Happy to p |
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