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Hi kind people,

My Victoria plum is poorly

some of the leaves on several branches are curling up, not going brown, just curling.

The tree is about 5-6 years old now.
Any ideas?

You do get a leaf curl thingie on plum types. (Not too technical for you am I? ) Our damson gets it - if you uncurl the leaf there's some sort of grub thing inside - quite gross. I usually ignore it (I'm like that - most things cure themselves and/or the plant survives it). It is unsightly but it doesn't stop the tree producing heaps of fruit. No doubt there's a chemical you could use but I'd rather not.

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Thanks again Flummery - you are a wealth of information and great help! I shall try not to worry- to much.
Sue
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Probably aphids attacking the underside of the leaf - Shouldn't be a major problem. How big is the tree and is it in a pot or in open ground?

Another disease that can affect plum trees is bacterial canker.

valmarg

Hi,

I was about to write about my poorly plum when I saw this. The leaves on mine are curly, when I looked inside the curl there were green fly which I have now sprayed. The other problem with it is that I haven't had any flowers. Before it's leaves came out I had 2 flowers, I just assumed that they were extra early and ahead of the others. Since then there hasn't been any other flowers or buds even. The tree is about 6-7 years old and planted in the ground. Last year we had loads of fruit so I will be gutted if I don't get any this year. Any ideas out there?

Hi, and thanks for all the help. its about 5-6 years old, planted in open ground. loads of plums last year, did not expect to get any this year (its a Victoria = bi annual cropper) so should fruit ever other year. But, we have some fruitlets this year too!
Its only on one or two small'ish branches and not all the leaves are affected. there is a wound in the small trunk, but my pesky cat loves to climb this poor little tree! trunk about thickness of a drain pipe-just!

I have a Victoria Plum in the back garden which I inherited when I moved in. It had been butchered, but the last two years I've had a huge crop off it. Actually last year I should have thinned the fruit out more than I did. Not many flowers this year, so I think I will probably pay for being greedy last year.