Stone fruit, genus *Prunus*
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Help identifying plum tree
Location: Maine
Fruit: blue/purple, small, oblong (long)
Blooms: small, white
Leaves: small
Tree:
more bush like - no single trunk, 4-5 main branches split off at base
at ground
10' tall/wide
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What is this mark that appears on my small green plums?
After the flowers fell the green plums started growing. As soon as they were 1/4" across, They began developing these little sunken black marks. I have been consistently spraying with fruit tree ...
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What varieties of plum tree produce small green plums?
My mom thinks it's a Mirabelle plum tree (Prunus domestica), but those appear to produce orange plums. It's in southeastern Idaho, gets full sun from about 9 AM until sunset.
What do you think?
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How do I encourage my plum tree to produce fruit?
I have a victoria plum which I planted almost 3 years ago and hasn't produced any fruit.
Last year (1st summer) it produced a small amount of blossom. This year it produced a lot of blossom but no ...
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Is there a way to discourage plum trees from fruiting so heavily?
We have 9 mature plum (victoria I think) and a couple of damson trees in quite a small cottage garden. Our plums are very heavy croppers and really it's a frustrating fruit to have in such quantities. ...
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Plum tree that is self-fertile, disease-resistant and a heavy cropper
I planted an Ouillins Gage tree some years ago and it died after an attack of bacterial canker, although two nearby apple trees, planted at the same time, were unaffected and are still thriving.
I'm ...
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What's a hardy plum tree for prunes?
I'd like to plant a plum tree (or two, if I need to have two varieties for pollination).
The goal would be to have some fruit for fresh eating, but there's only so many plums you can eat when they're ...
