Things Needed
Plum trees ( Prunus spp . ) , inhuman - hardy and fairly depressed - maintenance fruit trees , thrive in the home base landscape painting . Plum trees are also small than other types of yield trees , cook them suitable for smaller yard . Some plum trees are purely ornamental , while others are grown for the fruits . Three main types of fruiting plum tree trees are Japanese plums , European plums and American hybrids . Although some plum tree tree diagram varieties are ego - fertile , plant at least two varieties of plum tree trees to ensure good crown of thorns - pollination and yield production .
Step 1
Water your newly - found plum tree profoundly and thoroughly once every week to soak the soil down to the root Lucille Ball during its first grow season . In subsequent year , irrigate the plum tree diagram deep once each week from spring until fall when rainfall is less than 1 inch . When watering , put on 2 to 3 gal of body of water per plum tree tree .
Step 2
Spread a 2- to 3 - column inch - fatheaded layer of organic mulch on the ground around the plum tree tree diagram to cover its total rootage area . The mulch will control weeds around the plum tree tree and preserve ground moisture .
Step 3
Feed your fresh - imbed plum Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree with a N - only fertilizer about two weeks after engraft it , following the instructions on the label . In subsequent years , feed the plum tree a 10 - 10 - 10 NPK complete Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree fertilizer once each year in spring at the dose rate recommended on the package .
Step 4
Cut back the plum tree tree diagram ’s primary stem to about 30 inches above the ground stratum immediately after plant it . Prune away all damage branches from the new tree .
Step 5
Train and rationalise your plum tree Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to an " open center system " by select three or four of the strongest branches on the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree after the first class of growth . crop off all other branches from the Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , cutting them back to the bole . The selected branches should be equally spaced and balanced on either side of the torso .
Tip
reap the plums when they ’re amply ripen on the tree for European varieties or just before they ripen for Japanese plums . You ’ll know that the plum is ripe when the fruit feel cushy to the touch and separates easily from the twig .
Warning
Watch out for the disease " brown bunk " infecting your plum Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . If you see brown , shriveled ontogenesis , utter blossoms on the twigs , browned recessed orbit on the twigs , and gumwood - like , viscid brown pearl on the base of the beat flowers and twigs , your plum tree tree may have dark-brown rot . Brown rot also have gray or tan velvety spots on the flowers and fruit . Treat brown rot by pruning away and destroying all pathologic fruits , twigs , flowers and leaves , and hold an appropriate Cu - based fungicide , such as myclobutanil , at the other bud stage .
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