Will i get plums

Voyagerxp

Hi peeps i brought a Victoria plum tree about a meter high 5+ years ago and it has never had fruit or blossom. Well this year it has lovely white blossom, does this mean i could be getting fruit this year.

  

nutcutlet

It's possible, flowers are a good start and i think it's self-fertile

fidgetbones

Yes if the frost doesn't get it. I would put a plum moth trap up next month. Victoria plums are best without little pink wigglers in them.  You might also need to thin them to get good size plums. See what sets and then thin so that they don't touch each other.

Zoomer44

It's a good start....

bertrand-mabel

Our Victoria is in blossom now but we have had another 2 days of frost so the pollinators will be low and the fruit may not set.

This has happened for some years now as our fruit trees show their flowers in the Spring and then we have a prolonged spell of cold and frosts.

Global warming isn't happening here but climate change certainly is.

Joyce Goldenlily

You may have a few fruit, as long as the frost, rain or wind do not damage the flowers, and the weather is warm enough for the bees to be out and out.
Draping fleece over the tree could help.

Racerhell

it will grow beautifully.

Voyagerxp

Are these the first sign of plums on my tree?, I've brought some plum moth traps do i hang the trap now or later and does the tree just need 1 trap.

fidgetbones

If the flowers have faded and left little blobs behind, they will be plums.  Plum traps can go up now in the south, and next week in the midlands.

Voyagerxp

Sorry forgot to add the pic, thanks for the advice. Im in Staffordshire so next week for me.

fidgetbones

My Victorias look much the same.  They have definitely set fruit.  I would thin each clump to the two best ones. Fruit touching each other often goes mouldy.