Bumper fruit harvest at cost of trees

[Baldbloke]

 
What a fruit crop this year.
Too busy at work to notice the build up of fruit.
Probably try to leave a high stump on the plum tree to see if she comes back

[Ratman]

It will do! I was brutal with my dads about 5yrs ago and bloody things well away again [emoji30] its a bummer when ya dont like plums aint it.... wish it was a apple or a pear tree instead

[IRE David H]

 

pull the fruit and try to prop up the branch

[scbk]

Just saw a pear tree in someone's garden today, I have been going there for years and never much fruit on it.

 

This year it's full of pears but the tree is now on it's side!!

[Peasgood]

Plums seem very prone to Silverleaf to me and that just loves to get into wounds like that.

[Baldbloke]

 
pull the fruit and try to prop up the branch

Think it’s too far gone except for retrieving this years crop

[Baldbloke]

Plums seem very prone to Silverleaf to me and that just loves to get into wounds like that. [emoji20]

Good point. I’ll go below the damage and try to seal the wound. Might take a few years before shell fruit again though

[nepia]

7 hours ago, Peasgood said:

Plums seem very prone to Silverleaf to me and that just loves to get into wounds like that.

...which is why late summer is the recommended time to prune Prunus; it gives the best chance of allowing the sap to flush away spores.  If you're going to cut the tree I'd do it asap.

[Terry72]

Because of the strange weather we have had this year the fruit trees blossomed all at the same time and pollination has been great this year (apparantly) I had to look into this as I thought it may have been stress from the frost or proper winter we had or just a mast year or the extreme hot weather (who else was tempted to ditch their chainsaw trousers!?!) Isn't just restricted to trees-been so many brambles and even allotment fruit and veg. I still missed the chance of making my sloe gin ...one day they were there-ripening....next day birds must have had a feast!!!

Edited September 30, 2018 by Terry72
Spelling mistake-slow/sloe and another very silly one