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Reluctant Damson
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 10:36 am
by jethrotattydrill
This is a 5 year old Damson, trained along a high fence which has produced only a handful of flowers since it was planted. It shows lots of vigorous growth and appears very healthy - but no flowers. Can anyone help?
Jethro
Re: Reluctant Damson
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 11:01 am
by Nature's Babe
Perhaps it's lonely? Most damsons are self fertile, a few are not, do you know the variety?
http://www.ashridgetrees.co.uk/Pollinating-Plum-Trees
Re: Reluctant Damson
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 2:05 pm
by jethrotattydrill
No, sorry I don't know the variety. If it was producing flowers but no fruit I might have considered the possibility of fertility problems but it has only produced a handful of flowers over the past couple of years. I am no expert on fruit trees though so could it still be the lack of a pollinator?