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Growing => Fruit => Topic started by: tattycat on September 19, 2014, 09:35:45 am

Title: branches broken on plum tree.
Post by: tattycat on September 19, 2014, 09:35:45 am

Hi folks. As said branches are broken and someone one said something about silverleaf getting in? Any suggestions? Also heard someone left the branches broken nd tree still fruited well the next year....

Title: Re: branches broken on plum tree.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 19, 2014, 09:54:35 pm

The main branch broke on mine this year due of the weight of plums. As it was still attached a bit, I left it and later gathered around 6kg of plums. I've taken the branch off now.

Title: Re: branches broken on plum tree.
Post by: tattycat on September 25, 2014, 03:47:37 pm

Cheers MGM. Did you put anything on the branch where you cut it off? Nd have the leaves dropped now? Mine's looking a bit ropey...

Title: Re: branches broken on plum tree.
Post by: Lesley Silvester on September 25, 2014, 09:35:32 pm

No nothing. Some people recommended it at the time and I did some reading up about it and decided to leave it. The tree still has a fair few leaves but they are dropping.