New small plum tree not growing.

10 years ago

Hi,
I have a new small plum tree about 1 metre tall, which I planted at the
end of March. It is a Plum Herman St Julien A 2yr Field B/Root. It's not
growing very quickly, and some of the leaves seem to be brown, at the
tips.
I also planted three apple trees, and two cherries, and these were
planted at the same, same method, and they are roaring along. The apple
trees have beautiful pink and white flowers.
I planted the plum tree on it own wee bit, with new composted soil mixed
in with the soil present, in a spot which hadn't been planted for some
time. It a new house. Onions planted up garden in the strip separated by
a path are doing well. I planted the tree with root growth which
came with it, and a sprinkling of growsure, exactly as I did with the
other ones. The tree is on a hill, with water streaming, I guess, when
wet, so the ground is a bit wet, but not excessive. I tested the soil PH
and it was neutral ph. I put down some tiles to see if I had slug
problem, but it has been dry these few past few days.
I know we have heavy slug infestation this year, and have removed dozens
so far.
I'm located in Houston, Scotland. The median rainfall is 29 inches. Its
get full sunshine after 1ish.
The tips of the leaves are brown. I have some pictures.

The end of the leaves are brown for some reason.

Thanks. Bob.

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Comments (4)

floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
10 years ago
It looks absolutely fine to me. Maybe you had a bit of frost after bud break? Blackmoors are based in Hampshire so your Spring was probably a little later than the tree was expecting. Blackmoors supply excellent stock and I think you just need to be patient. ( I have just taken delivery of 3 Blueberries from them - I'm experimenting on my not at all acid soil....)
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Konrad..just outside of Edmonton Alberta
10 years ago
I find bare root plums sometimes are hard to get going,...this is normal, give it more time.
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tim45z10
10 years ago
A lot of times light green leaves mean too much water.
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scope_creep
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi,

They did come from Blackmoors. There was a late frost about 4 weeks ago when it was minus 1-3 Celsius round our way. We covered all the fruit trees before hand with blankets including the cherry and apple tree, which are not going like mad. My dad, who has been a gardener for years, give them time to establish. I notice that a lot of the branches have had the leaves fall off, while some branches seem to sort of thriving. Also when I dug down for the PH test, I noticed it was really wet. It was raining the past days during that time, but the fact it's planted on a hill, worries me. I don't want the wee beast to die. Would be possible to put it into a big plant pot. I'm thinking of one of those large half whisky barrels? A friend also told me about nematodes. I had a tree growing a few years ago, in a pot, and I pulled it out, only to find snails eating the roots. I was planning to do put nematodes in from Amazon.

Thanks for the advice guys,