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  • From: fuwa fuwa usagi <fuwafuwausagi@muchomail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] Plum questions
  • Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 15:47:02 -0700 (PDT)

Chris wrote:

Any opinions on planting 3 trees together of
the European plum type?

My reply:

My limited experience with European plums is that as a group they tend to
have more fungal problems, hence I believe they benefit from air
circulation. In general I would rather multigraft to Europeans some
distance apart then deal with probable fungus problems.

I have to admit I am a bit perplexed as to why some of you are having such
problems. I am in what amounts to zone 4b and I have no problem with my
plums. Perhaps it is just a timing issue; by that I mean a combination of
cold and damp that keeps your pollinators form flying at bloom time. Also,
something to consider is fertilizer. I basically do not fertilize plums as
my experience has been they tend to put nitrogen into new growth and not bud
development.

Regards,

TFB


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