I have 1 yellow plum tree in my garden.In 2004 I had the tree full of plums.In the summer of 2005 I had none.I would appreciate any help in this matter.
Most fruit trees have good year and bad years. What observations have you notice with the tree. Has anything change around the area of the tree? What was the flower rate like the same or less? Carol Ja
Its probably having a rest year, trees will often fruit in profusion then save energy up.....weather patterns can effect crops eg late frosts damaging flowers or lack of insects around to polinate.
I was so proud of it in 2004 that I might have put too much chemical fertilizers and horse manure around it in the spring of 2005.Is that possible. Thank you for replying.
It is unusual to have a Plum fruit well in one year and not have any fruit the next. In order to better understand what went wrong we may need to know a few particulars. Was there lots of cloud cover, rain and cooling temperatures when the Plum was in bloom this last year? How old is the tree or how long have you had it in the ground? Was the horse manure applied fresh or was it composted? Was the horse manure ground up or shredded before it was applied? What was the "chemical fertilizer" you applied, how did you apply it (was it sprinkled on top of the ground,worked into the ground), how far from the trunk of the tree was it applied and how much of it was applied and how often? Did you see lots of new growth on this tree as a result of the fertilizer along with the horse manure? Did you see any new growth emerge and in a short time later develop some burned tips to the ends of the leaves? What is your means of watering this tree and how often do you water it? Did you water in the fertilizer well after you applied the fertilizer and the manure? Do you have a photo of what your tree looks like right now? Jim
Going to have a tree full of plums this year.Research tells me this is going to happen every second year.
