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Anyone Got a Plumb Tree? Pollen Needed
We have a green gage tree in a shared allotment. It is only a few years old and currently had a lot of blossom on it. To date the tree has yielded zero (zip) fruit!
I took some advice and was told that it needs to be pollinated by something like a plumb tree. The person saying this said not to worry as there should be a plum tree near enough to supply the requisite pollen. However, I am now a bit nervous that we will just see another year go by with no fruit. So, is there anyone nearby (I am on Pemberton) with a plum tree I can take some pollen from to see if I can get this tree fruiting this year.
Ideally I need to come over today (Friday) or tomorrow (Saturday) before all the blossom wilts and we miss the pollination window.
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by EMC2 on
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Justin, I have a plum tree in bloom if that helps. PM me for address if you want to come over (just north of Turnpike Lane). Eugene
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Permalink Reply by Justin Guest on
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Eugene. That's great, thanks. Will message you now.
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Permalink Reply by Tullie on
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No useful contribution here, just want to say that this thread is living proof that social media can be used for wonderful things (as well as for bringing down democracy).
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Yes, it can be used as a force for good from time to time!
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Permalink Reply by Bethany Burrow Atherton on
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The house on the south west side of the New River Bridge on Warham Road has a plum/greengage tree and it's massive and mature. It backs onto our house. I'll check if the overhang has blossom on it, but otherwise you could knock on their door (I don't know them other than to say hi over the fence).
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That is good to know Bethany. It sound like it is close enough that the insects will have already pollinated my tree- apparently anything within a few hundred meters will do the trick. I might do an experiment with Eugene's pollen and see if I can use his on half the tree and see if anything comes off the other half- at least I will know if I have to manually pollinate the tree or not!
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Hopefully you'll already have pollen then - you won't have been helped by the wet weather, mind.
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I cannot remember how much blossom was on the tree last year, but there was no fruit. This year the tree is covered in blossom, so we may be lucky. I was going to leave it but the person I share the allotment with said to give it a go, so, lets see. I would really love some fruit of it this year!
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It takes about three years before they fruit usually. If there was no blossom last year, it would be unlikely to fruit this year, all things being equal, but there's no harm in trying to force pollinate, so give it a go!
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