I planted 2 bare rooted plum trees early last year. At the same time I planted 3 apple trees. Apple trees blossomed last year and this spring but plums have never flowered although they appear healthy and vigorous.Varieties are Victoria and Mirabelle de Nancy I think. They were all about 6 ft when planted.
My plum trees don't flower. Any suggestions?
it's only been a year, so no surprise. Bare root tree will take about 2 years to establish in garden. Even then they might take another couple years to flower and set fruits, depend on how old the trees are when they're planted.
Even if it should flower right on the first year (like your apples), you still want to cut off all the flowers so that the tree invest their energy into their root and leaves first couple years. So that they grow stronger and you'll have a much better harvest later on. ALWAYS be patient the first few year with bare-root fruit trees, they'll reward you for that later
So I wouldn't worry now, give them time, they'll flower next year or so.
Monday, May 11, 2009
I have an ornimental plum. no flowers this year. what can i do to have blooms next year?
Is it possible that you had a deep freeze after the buds had started to form? Perhaps you simply had a freeze at the wrong time.
Otherwise, your best bet is to keep it fed and watered all summer to see if you can get it to blossom, and then hope you don't have a bad frost at the wrong time.
Of course, having said that, you probably live in a place that doesn't get that cold. If that is the case, try the feeding and watering. Don't know of anything else that will help you much.
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Otherwise, your best bet is to keep it fed and watered all summer to see if you can get it to blossom, and then hope you don't have a bad frost at the wrong time.
Of course, having said that, you probably live in a place that doesn't get that cold. If that is the case, try the feeding and watering. Don't know of anything else that will help you much.
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Can I plant the seed from the fruit tree ?
New at this planting thing. I love our flowering plum tree. Last year I noticed that it has a fruit size of a grape...I didn't eat it but I did want to plant it. Can I plant the fruit? Or should I dig up the seed from it and plant it? Just wondering. Thanks.
Can I plant the seed from the fruit tree ?
Yes. Clean the seed off and plant it. May help to "statify" by planting it in a small pot of moist soil and keeping it in the fridge for a month or so. Usually Flowering Plums germinate well. But no telling what the tree or flowers will look like. Such trees are highly hybridized. But you will get a tree of some kind, and it will bloom, maybe after a couple years of growing.
DO IT! And plant lots of other seeds you get in your food. Its fun.
Reply:Sure you can plant the seeds. But, fruit seeds don't always come up matching the parent. If you just enjoy the flowers, then there's no problem!
Can I plant the seed from the fruit tree ?
Yes. Clean the seed off and plant it. May help to "statify" by planting it in a small pot of moist soil and keeping it in the fridge for a month or so. Usually Flowering Plums germinate well. But no telling what the tree or flowers will look like. Such trees are highly hybridized. But you will get a tree of some kind, and it will bloom, maybe after a couple years of growing.
DO IT! And plant lots of other seeds you get in your food. Its fun.
Reply:Sure you can plant the seeds. But, fruit seeds don't always come up matching the parent. If you just enjoy the flowers, then there's no problem!
How and when to prune a baby tree (purple leaf plum)?
We purchased a young purple leaf plum tree from a garden center and planted it early last Fall. It's about 12' tall. It seems to have more branches on one side of it than the other so it bends to one side. We did stake the bottom but the top is so tall it bends with the wind. I'd like to know if I can prune it so that it's more symmetrical, how and where to cut it and when?(The flowers are done and the leaves are growing out)
How and when to prune a baby tree (purple leaf plum)?
The best time to prune a tree is right beforthe sspring - a month or so before it buds out, although any timeafter the tree goes dormant for the winter is fine.
A tree uses most of its stored energy when it pushes out new growth, leaves and flowers in the spring. It then spends much of the the remainder of the spring and summer replenishing the expended energy.
Pruning it now can severly weaken the tree as it may not have the energy to replace what you remove this year. While it probably wont kill the tree it will make it more succeptable to disease and lead to much less growth next year. Ity becomes more succeptable to disease as in warm weather hte sap that seals the wound flows much faster due to warm weather - in winter the sap thickens quickly sealing the wound.
Wait till next winter and then if you still want to prune the tree remove parts of the branches on the bushier side. Do not remove entire branches.
BUT, before you do this, examine the tree and the surroundings. Is there a reason it is growing on one side? Is one side more shaded then the other?
Also, most trees will correct for this in the long term and so the pruning is not really necessary
Reply:In my own experience pruning trees, we always wait till winter or late fall, when they become dormant. I think pruning it now, while it is growing, could hurt it.
Our baby trees have looked lop-sided at one time or another too, but they always seem to even themselves out on their own.
Good Luck!
How and when to prune a baby tree (purple leaf plum)?
The best time to prune a tree is right beforthe sspring - a month or so before it buds out, although any timeafter the tree goes dormant for the winter is fine.
A tree uses most of its stored energy when it pushes out new growth, leaves and flowers in the spring. It then spends much of the the remainder of the spring and summer replenishing the expended energy.
Pruning it now can severly weaken the tree as it may not have the energy to replace what you remove this year. While it probably wont kill the tree it will make it more succeptable to disease and lead to much less growth next year. Ity becomes more succeptable to disease as in warm weather hte sap that seals the wound flows much faster due to warm weather - in winter the sap thickens quickly sealing the wound.
Wait till next winter and then if you still want to prune the tree remove parts of the branches on the bushier side. Do not remove entire branches.
BUT, before you do this, examine the tree and the surroundings. Is there a reason it is growing on one side? Is one side more shaded then the other?
Also, most trees will correct for this in the long term and so the pruning is not really necessary
Reply:In my own experience pruning trees, we always wait till winter or late fall, when they become dormant. I think pruning it now, while it is growing, could hurt it.
Our baby trees have looked lop-sided at one time or another too, but they always seem to even themselves out on their own.
Good Luck!
How do I stop my plum tree from producing fruit.?
When the plums fall off the tree they fall right onto our driveway and sidewalk leading up to our front door. We drive over them and walk on them and they get inside our house on our carpet. We like it when the tree flowers but don't want the plums. Is there any type of spray to stop them from fruiting?
How do I stop my plum tree from producing fruit.?
The GOOD NEWS is that there are a couple of products designed specifically for preventig fruit formation in ornamental trees such as yours. The BAD NEWS is that it's probably a little too late to use them for this season.
"Florel Fruit Eliminator" is made by Monterey Chemical and is available to homeowners. It's very effective in preventing undesirable fruits from forming on landscape trees/shrubs. It contains the active ingredient "Ethephon", which has been around for many years and is also used for commercial tomato production to accelerate fruit ripening/coloring. (see website below for "Florel" information)
In your situation, Florel is sprayed onto the entire tree during the blooming period and the ethylene, formed by the chemical, will cause the blooms to fall off...thereby preventing any fruit from forming.
The other product that can also help eliminate fruit formation contains the active ingredient called Naphthlalene Acetic Acid (NAA) but it could be difficult to find for homeowner use since it is usually available in larger quantities and it is a bit more difficult to use than "Florel".
I hope this will help solve your problem. IF you need further information, please feel free to contact me directly. GOOD LUCK!
-Certified Professional Crop Consultant with over 30 years of experience and a Degree in Plant Science
Reply:When your tree starts to flower take a jet nozzle and put it on your hose and spray the help out of it and knock the blossoms off --the bloom is where the fruit comes from, no bloom no fruit. Check at a farm store and you can get a spray to put on it in the fall that will retard the bloom. Hope this helps. Pretty trees are often messy.
Reply:Not unless you kill it. Set up some sort of netting around the tree so the fruit don't fall on the ground.
Reply:To keep it from fruiting, you will have to stop it from flowering. You could prune off all the flowers as they appear. You could also prune the tree hard before flowering to keep it from doing so.
Reply:get the flowers off before they go flowering
How do I stop my plum tree from producing fruit.?
The GOOD NEWS is that there are a couple of products designed specifically for preventig fruit formation in ornamental trees such as yours. The BAD NEWS is that it's probably a little too late to use them for this season.
"Florel Fruit Eliminator" is made by Monterey Chemical and is available to homeowners. It's very effective in preventing undesirable fruits from forming on landscape trees/shrubs. It contains the active ingredient "Ethephon", which has been around for many years and is also used for commercial tomato production to accelerate fruit ripening/coloring. (see website below for "Florel" information)
In your situation, Florel is sprayed onto the entire tree during the blooming period and the ethylene, formed by the chemical, will cause the blooms to fall off...thereby preventing any fruit from forming.
The other product that can also help eliminate fruit formation contains the active ingredient called Naphthlalene Acetic Acid (NAA) but it could be difficult to find for homeowner use since it is usually available in larger quantities and it is a bit more difficult to use than "Florel".
I hope this will help solve your problem. IF you need further information, please feel free to contact me directly. GOOD LUCK!
-Certified Professional Crop Consultant with over 30 years of experience and a Degree in Plant Science
Reply:When your tree starts to flower take a jet nozzle and put it on your hose and spray the help out of it and knock the blossoms off --the bloom is where the fruit comes from, no bloom no fruit. Check at a farm store and you can get a spray to put on it in the fall that will retard the bloom. Hope this helps. Pretty trees are often messy.
Reply:Not unless you kill it. Set up some sort of netting around the tree so the fruit don't fall on the ground.
Reply:To keep it from fruiting, you will have to stop it from flowering. You could prune off all the flowers as they appear. You could also prune the tree hard before flowering to keep it from doing so.
Reply:get the flowers off before they go flowering
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
How long to wild plum trees bloom white flowers?
Fruit development period refers to the time between when the flower bud opens and the fruit is ripe. It is shorter during warmer growing periods and longer when the season is colder. It can be used as an indicator of when the fruit will be harvested (Table 2 ).
In my experience, it is only a matter of a couple of weeks, after which (if the tree is mature enough) it will begin to produce fruit.
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In my experience, it is only a matter of a couple of weeks, after which (if the tree is mature enough) it will begin to produce fruit.
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I same some beautiful cream colored flowers with a plum colored center. It look a daylily?.?
Do daylilies come in colors other then yellow and orange? This plant was beautiful.
I same some beautiful cream colored flowers with a plum colored center. It look a daylily?.?
MASTER GARDENER TO THE RESCUE
No longer known as the "ditch lily" today's daylily hybrids are fast becoming one of the most beautiful garden plants. Second only to the Rose among plant collectors it come is in shades of cream up to the deepest plums and purples. I have some dark red blooming in my yard at the moment and they are beautiful. I have some in lilac purple, apricot and lavender. The lavender bloom are diamond dusted %26amp; are 5 inches wide.
All of mine are of the reblooming type and i have some in bloom year around. Last Christmas Day both my Roses and daylilies were in full bloom %26amp; it was a sight to see.
There are some nursearies in southern california that grow only hybrid daylilies and ship them around the world. If you haven't checked out the new daylilies yet you are really in for a surprise.
Reply:Although I still love the old time orange daylilies common to abandoned homesteads and roadsides, I have grown to enjoy all the colors now available to gardeners. Yes, daylilies DO come in the colors you have described.
I believe a bicolor daylily is when three of its tepals are bicolored and three are of one solid color.
Reply:daylillies come in a ton of colors, go to www.waysidegardens.com and look at all their varieties! check this one out http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...
I same some beautiful cream colored flowers with a plum colored center. It look a daylily?.?
MASTER GARDENER TO THE RESCUE
No longer known as the "ditch lily" today's daylily hybrids are fast becoming one of the most beautiful garden plants. Second only to the Rose among plant collectors it come is in shades of cream up to the deepest plums and purples. I have some dark red blooming in my yard at the moment and they are beautiful. I have some in lilac purple, apricot and lavender. The lavender bloom are diamond dusted %26amp; are 5 inches wide.
All of mine are of the reblooming type and i have some in bloom year around. Last Christmas Day both my Roses and daylilies were in full bloom %26amp; it was a sight to see.
There are some nursearies in southern california that grow only hybrid daylilies and ship them around the world. If you haven't checked out the new daylilies yet you are really in for a surprise.
Reply:Although I still love the old time orange daylilies common to abandoned homesteads and roadsides, I have grown to enjoy all the colors now available to gardeners. Yes, daylilies DO come in the colors you have described.
I believe a bicolor daylily is when three of its tepals are bicolored and three are of one solid color.
Reply:daylillies come in a ton of colors, go to www.waysidegardens.com and look at all their varieties! check this one out http://www.waysidegardens.com/webapp/wcs...
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