Are you dreaming of a garden filled with delicious and juicy plums? If so, then keep reading to find out how you can transform your yard into a plum paradise! Growing plums in your home garden is an easy and rewarding project that will give you plenty of end-of-season rewards. From choosing the right variety for your climate to properly caring for your new tree, our guides below will provide you with all the tips that you’ll need. New to caring for plums? Start here.
If you’re growing plums, you’ll need to know how and when to fertilize your trees. It takes a lot of nutrition to produce an abundant harvest of juicy fruits, so it’s important to feed at the right time and with the right product. Learn the when and how to fertilize your plum trees in this guide. Read more now.
Is something bugging your plum trees? Are you seeing yellow leaves or deformed fruit? Plum pests can range from no big deal to those that can seriously damage your trees and destroy your harvest. Learn about nine of the most common critters to keep an eye out for and how to deal with them in this guide. Read more now.
Thinning your plums is a smart way to increase the size of the fruits and the overall health of your tree. It also helps prevent biennial bearing. Timing is key, as is knowing how many plums to remove when you thin them out. Learn when and how to thin plums for bountiful harvests in this guide. Read more now.
Have you ever bitten into a juicy plum, pulled out the pit, and wondered if you could plant it and grow a tree? You can, but there are a few things you need to know, like what to expect from hybrids and how to stratify the seeds before you plant them. Learn how to grow plum trees from pits in this guide. Read more now.
Fireblight can quickly infect apples, pears, and plums, leaving them sickly, ugly, and unable to produce as many healthy fruits. Our guide discusses this serious bacterial disease, how to manage fireblight infections in your trees, and even how to prevent infections from happening in the first place. Read more.
Plum trees are subject to numerous pest problems like aphids and borers. The right spray schedule will keep your trees healthy and pest free, but you don’t want to cause unintended harm in the garden. Learn more about when and how to spray plum trees for the best effect without killing pollinators and beneficial bugs.
Pruning keeps your plum trees healthy and improves the quantity and quality of the fruits. Doing it right is a matter of knowing when it’s the right time to break out the pruners and saw and which branches to lop off. Our guide explains all you need to know to keep your tree healthy and happy, with lots of fruits.
Apples, peaches, and cherries get all the attention from home gardeners, but plum trees are fabulous and deserve more love. They’re highly productive and easygoing, requiring minimal care to give you bushel after bushel of fresh fruits. Plus, growing your own lets you raise varieties you can’t find in stores.
Apricot soft rot caused by Rhizopus is a very serious infection that can destroy all your ripe peaches, apricots, nectarines, or plums . However, you can take steps to minimize the chances of your stone fruits from being infected. Read on to learn how to prevent Rhizopus rot in your harvest.