Oh boy, After a few years of giving our little tree the great chop chop, were going to have a good plum crop this year. We had always called it our little "prune tree" as we got 2 every year for a long time. Even with our cold weather warnings it looks like it's going to do OK this year.. Barb in Pa.
Looks like more than a two plum year, even from 300 miles away. You must have pulled the handle real hard. Jerry
Sounds like tough love to me. I have high hopes for you for this year. let us know if you get anything.
Fantastic! I just trimmed my Pear trees that I have had for 8 years now and never even seen a flower. I hope they reward me the same way
We did it with one of our pear trees and it is still recovering. We only got blossom on one branch this year. I am sure if we don't touch it we will get a ton of pears next year. Barb in Pa.
I can foresee plum jam, plum pudding and many more recipes being tried out at your house this year. :-D
Yes Eileen, Don't tell anyone but I even went out there and used my hands to touch all the flowers with other ones to be assured they were pollinated, but, shhhh, don't tell anyone that I did that. It's rather silly. I did it with my necterine also, but washed my hands and waited a day between them. LOL Barb in Pa.
If they are fall pears, even Bartlets you are going to have to stop pruning if you want pears. They are different from apples, peaches or plums. Fall pears usually start making lightly at 8 to 10 years old. And can hit their peak much later than that. They have a very long production life. Bartlets are earlier and will produce lightly at 4 or 5 years. But the old fashioned fall pears only produce on old growth so you are likely removing all the branches that will make pears. I have one here that is about 30 years old, has never been pruned and is loaded every year with one exception,,every once in a while it will take a year off after a difficult prior year like a drought.
