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David
Jun 12, 2023, 8:25:39 AM6/12/23
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Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
East Anglia near the sea.
Has anyone else had a failed crop?
Cheers
Dave R
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I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
East Anglia near the sea.
Has anyone else had a failed crop?
Cheers
Dave R
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AMD FX-6300 in GA-990X-Gaming SLI-CF running Windows 7 Pro x64
David Rance
Jun 12, 2023, 1:20:39 PM6/12/23
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On Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:25:36 David wrote:
>Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
>I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
>local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
>seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
>East Anglia near the sea.
>
>Has anyone else had a failed crop?
Doing well here in Berkshire (and in Normandy!) after several years of
>Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
>I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
>local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
>seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
>East Anglia near the sea.
>
>Has anyone else had a failed crop?
doing very little.
David
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David Rance writing from Caversham, Reading, UK
Clive Page
Jun 12, 2023, 1:23:53 PM6/12/23
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On 12/06/2023 13:25, David wrote:
> Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
> I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
> local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
> seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
> East Anglia near the sea.
We are in south Bedfordshire. One old plum, no idea what variety as it was here before we moved in, often has a very good crop, and this year was covered in quite a lot of blossom in the spring, but has relatively few plumlets developing.
> Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
> I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
> local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
> seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
> East Anglia near the sea.
We bought a Victoria Plum a few years ago which sometimes has a good crop, and this year had some blossom, but no small plums are visible anywhere. So it may be a rather poor year for plums in general.
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Clive Page
Polly@golly
Jun 12, 2023, 4:53:36 PM6/12/23
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On 12/06/2023 13:25, David wrote:
> Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
> I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
> local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
> seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
> East Anglia near the sea.
>
> Has anyone else had a failed crop?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Dave R
>
>
Next door has a plum tree covered in little plums, BUT all the leaves
> I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
> local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
> seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
> East Anglia near the sea.
>
> Has anyone else had a failed crop?
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> Dave R
>
>
have turned brown, so the plums have started to drop - obviously a
problem with the tree, but no idea what. I have a victoria plum, about
4 years old, had no fruit since we bought it, but did see just a couple
of flowers, but theu don't seem to have pollinated!
In a very wet mid-Wales
Nick Maclaren
Jun 13, 2023, 3:22:07 AM6/13/23
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In article <keoh60F...@mid.individual.net>,
That's in Cambridge.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
David <wib...@btinternet.com> wrote:
>Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
>I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
>local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
>seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
>East Anglia near the sea.
>
>Has anyone else had a failed crop?
I think so, but we had a late and hard frost. Did it reach you?
>Both our plum trees have zero fruit.
>I thought this was something to do with conditions in our garden but on a
>local walk a plum tree in the verge which is usually a reliable cropper
>seemed to have very few set fruit so it may not be just us.
>
>East Anglia near the sea.
>
>Has anyone else had a failed crop?
That's in Cambridge.
Regards,
Nick Maclaren.
RJH
Jun 13, 2023, 5:54:55 AM6/13/23
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turned brown last week. So I'd guess it's died.
4 other tress (cherry, pear and apple) planted at the same time all doing
fine.
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Cheers, Rob, Sheffield UK
The Natural Philosopher
Jun 13, 2023, 7:26:19 AM6/13/23
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Mirabelle?
Haven't checked my gages yet or the bullace.
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"In our post-modern world, climate science is not powerful because it is
true: it is true because it is powerful."
Lucas Bergkamp
Janet
Jun 14, 2023, 4:58:47 AM6/14/23
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My plum flowered well but nothing seems to have set. Not
many insects were flying at the time. Apples and cherry
flowered a bit later and have set fruit.
Janet
Jenny M Benson
Jun 14, 2023, 5:36:46 AM6/14/23
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no insects around. For various reasons didn't get to hand-pollinate as
suggested here and only ever saw one fruit which subsequently
disappeared. Apple, which had the sense to flower when the cold snap
ceased, is promising a good harvest.
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Jenny M Benson
Wrexham, UK
David
Jun 14, 2023, 2:12:37 PM6/14/23
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The tree may not be dead, just having a bad year.
RJH
Jun 15, 2023, 3:20:27 AM6/15/23
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