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  • From: "Ron Thiessen" <thiessenfarms AT sprint.ca>
  • To: <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Market-farming] Re: Plum problems
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 21:44:33 -0400

Hello,
I agree with Lucy and Jim re. reasons your plums are dropping.
While most stone fruit has a "June drop", we usually attribute excessive
dropping to improper
pollination due to weather. We try and not thin the fruit till the drop is
completed.

This season we have one of the best cherry crops in a few years. However
some varieties are dropping fruit
and continuing to drop fruit ... On these trees we'll be lucky to end up
with any cherries at all.
You know what they say - don't count your chickens till they're hatched!!
Oh well - the peaches aren't dropping!

Ron


> > I noticed that a lot of plums have dropped from the tree recently. On
> > examining hanging fruit, I discovered that the slightest touch would
> > cause most fruit, with their short stems, to fall from the tree. I
> > still cannot see any indication of fungus or physical damage.







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