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Warwickshire Drooper Plum tree

Owner: John

Location:  Congleton, CHESHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:14 years
Soil:Sandy loam. 
Climate at this location:Variable, often cool and wet.
Pruning:None
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Birds and snails

Season records for this tree

  • 2017

    Harvest: 1st week September  5kg / 11lbs
    Size: 3.5m / 11.7ft high   3.0m / 10.0ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Mild attack
    Silverleaf: Not present
    Plentiful blossom hardly bothered by birds this time, plus no hard frosts lead to a good fruit set. Benign summer conditions - not too wet so minimal splitting and damage/rot caused by snail grazing.