I’m curious to hear from others. I rent a place with a huge plum tree that produced thousands of plums every summer for the first 3 years we lived here. No maintenance required. We had so many we’d leave the picker out for anyone to come pick and enjoy em. Last year we had maybe 100-200. This year I’m also seeing less fruit growing in.
We did have a late snow spell in mid March, but I definitely saw pollinators out on the tree when we had some sunny days. I’m curious if this could be related to recent drought conditions, and how others’ fruit trees in the area are doing.
It’s possible I need to fertilize the tree, but this tree is probably a couple decades old (at least) and very well established so I’m not certain if that’s it. Could just be this tree itself (I have no clue how long they live), but I’d love to know if there’s a wider trend going on.
Thanks for any insight others wish to share! Happy gardening 🙂
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