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Blossom less plum

Hiya,

Can anyone give me any ideas about what may be the problem with my plum tree.

It was planted in 2011 in a south facing border, protected from the north by a 6ft high wall but planted about 3 feet away from the wall.

It is about 7ft tall and is of a type called "opal"

The soil has been enriched in the past two years but not this year.

The plum looks healthy enough with lots of leaves and has grown since we planted it but it has never had any blossom.

Will it take several years to blossom, do I need to top dess the soil next year ?? Help. I was so looking forward to some plums !!

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  • Green MagpieGreen Magpie Posts: 806

    But the problem appears to be that there's no blossom in the first place. I've jumped into this thread because I have a similar problem. We have a plum tree that's been planted for 4 or 5 years and it still has no blossom. It's a dual-type tree with two varieties - a damson and an greengage - grafted on to the one stem. The greengage part is now over 2 metres tall, and last year had just two tiny flowers, one of which produced a tiny plum that fell off. This year I think I saw one flower but there are now no fruits. The other part of the tree has never had a flower.

    I gave the tree some potash feed in the early spring, but to no avail. It looks quite healthy, but won't flower.

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