Description : Is there something I should do to prevent the plums from falling off my plum tree
Last Answer : The tree is probably shedding an overabundance of fruit naturally. To let the fruit mature properly use the old fashioned fist method to cull your fruit. Remove every fruit within a fist length of another fruit. This allows them to get to their full size and ripeness while still on the tree.
Description : the plums are falling off my plum tree.the second year im loosing plums. what is the cause
Last Answer : to increase productivity, thinning the crop will be necessary. Will give you a much high quality & large fruit. For peaches, nectarines, plums & apricots, leave only 1 fruit per 8 to 10" of limb space. Thin ... year.........we had it tested and they said because of this we can never add too much.
Description : How can I replant a branch that broke off my plum loropetalum? It is a good size branch and would like to save it.
Last Answer : Fruit trees are grated...........I made a small curtain rod from one branch to make our country bathroom rustic. Used a bear curtain that had loops on the top. 2 eyehooks that screw in and the rod fits right on top. I took the skin off the branch.
Description : My tomato bush is loaded but as they rippen the bottoms are like a brown scab what causes this?
Last Answer : Hi. I'm a former WSU Master Gardener of 9 years and a commercial U-Pick gardener of 40 years and I have had experience with this problem, too. This one is easy. It's called ... partial to hybreds because they have often been bred resistant to a lot of conditions and deseases. The Tomato Lady
Description : My italian plum is throwing yellow plums from new growth, could this be the original root stock?
Last Answer : If the branch that bears the yelow fruit comes from below the graft it is indeed the root stock. Usually not as flavorful as the plums on the grafted tree.
Description : do i need a male and female plum bush to produce plums
Last Answer : Need Answer
Description : A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The ... each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver? -Riddles
Last Answer : None. A pear tree does not bear plums
Description : A farmer owned a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that ... each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver? -Riddles
Last Answer : None. A pear tree does not bear plums.
Description : Should I cut the dying branch off my plum tree?
Description : How to re grow a branch of a mulberry tree that broke off
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Description : how to root a small branch from a plum tree
Last Answer : You can grow a plum tree from a branch by cutting a branch that is about 15 inches long and about pencil width. You will need to dip it into rooting hormone and then plant it in composted soil ... very damp in the beginning stages. Here is a video that will give you some further information.
Description : why am i getting large dark spots on my large green tomatoes before they rippen
Last Answer : Yup, it's called grass rot, which is caused by an infection. Mix 1 tblsp. of honey with 6 oz of milk and 1/2 gal of water, and pour the mixture around the base of the infected plant. That should do the trick, and you will see results within a couple of weeks. -Birdy
Description : my grape plants are in a green house will they rippen /
Description : when plums are picked to early ,will they ripen off of the tree
Last Answer : Yes eventually
Description : Why do Italian plums fall off the tree before they are ripe?
Last Answer : If this is the first year for those plums sometimes that happens. be sure to use dormant oil in late fall and again in early spring just as the snow is melting follow the directions and spray the whole tree ... it dries, don't spray on days that it's going to rain and don't spray in the wind.
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Description : Can Chipmunks be stopped from eating all my plums off the tree?
Last Answer : Chipmunks or tree squirrels cannot be easily stopped. The only solution I know is to make sure the branches are a couple of feet from the ground and there is no easy jumping point nearby ... netting around the tree would probably help also. In fact try the netting first and observe the results.
Description : Strong winds broke a branch off my Crepe Myrtle. Can I try rooting it in water?
Description : how can I create a root from my japaneses maple branch that broke off
Last Answer : I hate to tell you I don't think that is going to work.
Description : Once a pomogrante is picked from a tree, will the fruit rippen anymore?
Description : I wear striped sweaters and have a real green thumb. My favorite things are flowers and the taste of ripe plums. My home is shared with family and we all work together. We live beneath our queens decree, ... and leaves a stinging pain. Everything I say is true: now tell me, what's my name? -Riddles
Last Answer : Bee.
Description : Some unripe fruits; like green apples; plums etc contain which acid?
Last Answer : Maleic acid
Description : no plums on my tree
Last Answer : did you spray dormant oil fall & spring................check ph.............most always needs lime..................should be 6.0-8.0
Description : what causes the leaves to fall off of a plum tree?
Last Answer : after the sun goes down mix 1 teasp liquid hand soap w 1 qt water mix & spray....maybe need to be repeated. in the fall dormant oit sprayed when the leaves fall off.
Description : what does it mean when the tops of my tomatoes dont rippen
Last Answer : If you are growing certain heirloom tomatoes, or Japanese Black Trifele, they just don't ripen through the top. It's called "green shoulders."
Description : How do you rippen an honeydew melon at home. It is taking to long.
Description : Will a papaya tree die if the top is broke off
Description : flower thundercloud plum has new limbs w/ green leaves @ bottom. is this normal
Last Answer : Usually fruit trees are grafted to root stock. the root stock is disease resistant and more vigorous than the trees' natural root system. Those are two reasons for grafting. You can tell if it was ... fruit, and my surrounding plants are not shaded by a huge tree. I swear by this method now.
Description : What would happen if I put a 1 kilogram of sugar in a plum tree?
Last Answer : 38 or more years ago.
Description : When do I fertilize a plum tree
Last Answer : a little lime & composted horse-cow manure in the spring.
Description : What kind of root system does the double flowering plum tree have?
Description : What can I do to save my fruitless plum from an unseen insect that is eating the leaves and killing the tree?
Last Answer : for this now. wait until the sun goes down and the tree cools off and mix up 2 tablespoons dawn & 1qt of water and spray, get under & on the leaves, if it rains do it again. in The fall ... then spray the trunk. I stop because of the bees. We plant flowers to draw the bees for polunation.
Description : can you plant a plum seed to grow a plum tree?
Last Answer : THey would take years to grow and some don't do well, they are usually grafted and grow in full sun need to be sprayed fall & spring into bud stage.......one buds open I only spray the trunk. You need bees for polunation so also plants flowers for the bees. PH 5.0-6.5
Description : My decorative plum tree has splitting bark and a lot of sap coming out.
Description : How deep do I plant a young purple leaf plum tree?
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Description : how can i tell if my satsuma plum tree is male or female ?
Description : how do you grow and care for a plum tree?
Description : My plum tree has dying branches & cracked bark.
Last Answer : Sounds like it might have been hit by lightening. I would wait until the fall to trim it. Most trimming is done in the sping. If you hit green wood it is still alive. Also use dormant oil ... Also clean off the hand saw when you cut the branches so you do not spread anything to another tree.
Description : what bug is eating fruitless plum tree
Last Answer : Use sevin for now.........................in the fall dorment oil abd again in the spring
Description : when did you pick the fruit from a plum tree
Description : the edges of the leaves of a 3 year old fruitless plum tree are black, and dry....i dont know if it is a plague
Last Answer : Not plague, just in need of some water at the root system. -Birdy
Description : what is a wild plum tree
Last Answer : I would test the soil for ph...needs 6.0-8.0..............it should be sprayed with dormant oil fall and spring up to the bud............when the bud opens I do not spray ... when you see baby plums you need to leave 10 inches between plums to make the rest grow bigger. Lime sweetens the ground.
Description : My Flowering Plum tree has lost all of its leaves in June
Description : what to to when some branches of plum tree have black knots fingus
Last Answer : You have a wild plum tree somewhere near you.................that is what the forrester told me................keep a close eye on that fungus...................but you probably need to feed this ... horse or cow manure.......keep it away from the tree............the snow & rain will take it down.
Description : Is my plum tree salvageable? It is infested with worms that are eating the fruit.
Last Answer : It should be trimed every early spring. for right now you can mix 2 tablespoons dawn 1 qt water and spray.............spray again when you see them....spray the leaves, the ... we use lime every year because we had our soil tested we also add composted horsemanure around the tree every spring