Although plum trees are one of the best fast-growing fruit ... With many Asian and American plums, you will need more than one variety for pollination. Although most European plums are self ...

This phenomenon is called “alternate year bearing” and is very common in fruit trees. In non-bearing years, the tree tends to ...

Some fruit trees do not require cross-pollination ... The following fruiting plants need cross-pollination to produce properly: apple, pear, plum and pistillate muscadine varieties that only ...

When I worked for Alberta Agriculture my colleague, Betty Vladicka, did extensive research on plum pollination ... in this case does not mean that the tree is hardy enough to be grown reliably ...

Most, but not all, plum varieties need a nearby pollinator tree — a buddy tree — without whom they will not fruit. Ideally, that buddy should live within 50 feet of the tree it’s pollinating.

but when a tag says a pollinator is needed, they mean another tree. Apple, plum and pear trees need to be pollinated by a different named cultivar of the same fruit type. For example, your Toka ...

He said that while plum trees are not dependent on pollination by bees, pollination does increase the quality and value of the fruit. Another hindrance for plum crops is the mentality of some ...

He began making such crosses to breed new rootstocks but found that one type, the 50/50 plumcot, produced delicious fruit, although the trees tended to have pollination problems. By backcrossing ...

Excellent pollinating variety for Anna ... Methley- Japanese plum. Vigorous tree with upright shape. Heavy bearer. Medium to large reddish-purple fruit with red flesh.

While you can count on reasonable crops from these varieties most years, they are even more productive if you have space for another pollinator variety. One plum tree can produce a quantity of ...