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Wren · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 384 Location: In a hedge..*Sigh*

Dropped its 4 baby plums, and then... flowered again and started making more... Shocked

Wondering if it's a bit picky bout it's quality fruit or something... Confused

Any cunning yet simple ideas as to why? Question

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redimp · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 6:28 pm Post subject:

fecked climate Confused

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daveandtara · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject:

our plum keeps raining fruit on top of the chickens....like missiles Shocked

still, luckily enough Rolling Eyes

every second plum contains a big fat maggot.....chooks think it's christmas Laughing

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wardy · Posted: Mon Jul 30, 2007 7:39 pm Post subject:

yeah mine do anorl Tara. They look gorgeous and you take a bite and find the maggot inside Rolling Eyes

June drop Wren I think. The tree drops any fruit which it knows won't mature which gives the rest a fighting chance. Tis nature Very Happy

I got a plum (a new one) but it's laden with fruit, some split, some maggotty some unripe but some very edible. If I can get enough of the latter I'll be making crumble. yay Very Happy

Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3359 Location: Herts

Isn't flower drop to do with lack of fertilisation ?? Confused

.. you're the one that went to school !! Rolling Eyes

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Wren · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 384 Location: In a hedge..*Sigh*

was a looooong time ago, and I was always crap on the fruit front... Laughing

But there was only four little babies on it! Surely it'd could have coped with ripening 4... Rolling Eyes

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wardy · Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:34 am Post subject:

tis nature and you can't fight it Very Happy

wardy · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject:

My first crumble of the year from my own lotty plum tree (Czar)

No water added but so much juice it came right over the top, soaking the crumble. Yum Very Happy

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growing veg · Joined: 05 Jul 2007 Posts: 256 Location: The Emerald Isle

Looks great! Giz a bit Laughing

daveandtara · Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

did ya have custard, cream or ice cream?

(God, I hate dieting! Rolling Eyes

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wardy · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2007 6:23 am Post subject:

Custard - an entire tub for the two of us. Well it was on offer Very Happy

Flowerlady · Joined: 15 Jan 2006 Posts: 3359 Location: Herts

Just brought home SIX buckets of plums ... and there's another tree to go Shocked

... need recipes pleeze ... Razz

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I love my vegetable garden. So here is my sad ballad: I nurtured it for months, And ate it in one salad!

Wren · Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 384 Location: In a hedge..*Sigh*

Looks lovely, Watson!! Very Happy

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loobytoo · Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

daveandtara wrote:

did ya have custard, cream or ice cream?

(God, I hate dieting! Rolling Eyes

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I made sponge pudding the other night.... my lot ended up with custard, cream AND ice cream in their bowls Laughing

underfed, deffo.

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