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Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 18:48
Do I remove the fruits since it is winter (Dec) in So California on my Santa Rosa Plum tree? And will it produce fruit again in June/July as normal Even though it is fruiting now? I planted 3 years ago & has fruited normal in summer, but this is the 1st time it has fruited in winter as well (I'm sure do to the warm weather we've had through November. I just don' t know if I should remove the fruits & the leaves (it had lost most of it's leaves as though going dormant then new growth started & then the new fruit). Or do I leave as is & hope for fruit to still come in summer again? I am a beginner so any help would be appreciated. :) |
This post was edited by celica on Sun, Dec 28, 14 at 18:58
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| Here is a photo showing a few of the fruit. However there are about 50 smaller fruit on the entire tree. |
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| Your tree very likely has many flower buds still unopened so may bloom more in spring. But you are in a very atypical situation for most of us. Your tree may not get enough chilling for the remaining flower buds to open at normal time in a month or two. So I'd leave the current fruit and see what it does. You may get two crops, a very extended light harvest, or nothing at all. |
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| Thank you fruitnut. I will leave as is and see what happens. |
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| My 'Beauty' plum does this almost every year, but not to the extent that yours has done. I just remove the immature fruits because nothing ever comes from it. The fruit never matures. Seemed like a waste of energy for the tree to try and ripen them when it should be dormant. |
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| Agree w/ mrclint. The first time my Santa Rosa plum set fruit in fall, the fruits never matured. Jean, |
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| Thank you mrclint and thank you Jean. I think I will go ahead and remove the fruit now. Appreciat all the replies! |
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