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Victoria Plum tree - help please.
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You could take it back to Lidl if you have proof of purchaseYou never know how far-reaching something good, that you may do or say today, may affect the lives of others tomorrow0
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blossomhill wrote: »You could take it back to Lidl if you have proof of purchase
Yes I do.......somewhere!0 -
Take the rootball too, as that shows that it didn't get started (not that they will care!)You never know how far-reaching something good, that you may do or say today, may affect the lives of others tomorrow0
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blossomhill wrote: »Take the rootball too, as that shows that it didn't get started (not that they will care!)
If there are shoots from below the graft, the plant may have rooted quite well. It sounds as if it's the graft that failed.0 -
It's been a bad year, so long as it's growing i wouldn't worry. I have a Victoria Plum probably about 10yrs old. Last year was great it was laden down with fruit but this year i've got one plum.
Victoria plums are notorious biennial croppers-that is, you'll have a feast year followed by famine. The way to avoid it is supposed to be to remove about half of the plums that are set in the good year-that way the tree doesn't exhaust itself and need a year off.
I'd like a chance to test this theory, but my VP was also from Lidl and after two years it only has a few bits of scrappy growth halfway down the main stem....import this0 -
freezspirit wrote: »Slightly off topic when do you prune a plum tree.
Plums really do not like being pruned.If you haven't got it - please don't flaunt it. TIA.0 -
I prune mine hard after each crop and it crops evenly every year (about 15 years old now)You never know how far-reaching something good, that you may do or say today, may affect the lives of others tomorrow0
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freezspirit wrote: »Slightly off topic when do you prune a plum tree.
Summertime, not winter, and only if absolutely necessary.0 -
Having had a closer look there is VERY slight growth above the graft but only a couple of scraggy bits!0
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Having had a closer look there is VERY slight growth above the graft but only a couple of scraggy bits!
Like mine, then...:p
Now I think about it, this has been its third growing season.
There does come a point when you have to ask whether a tree is earning its space in the garden. Especially when it's not a tree, but a scraggy twig.import this0
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