My 35 year old plum tree (I think it is Victoria but it fruits early - mid July - albeit this is warm North Kent) is a mess. There are cankers (a fungus) and this year every plum has a pinprick hole and a maggot inside (a green one found today, the bastard). On the tree the plums leak an amber like substance, then 'ripen' (go dark) early, and then become covered in patches of what looks like fungal mold.
Online tells me this is plum moth, and I should use a moth trap primed with pheramones to confirm the problem. Then some airy fairy stuff about eco friendly insecticide. I tried that on the moths in my compost bin and on my curly cale. The moths love it.
I am thinking of felling the tree. It has had a good run, and I have a golden rain tree next to it which wants to expand.
So should I fell the plum or is there a solution that will turn back the clock 15 years when I was awash with perfect plums.
Hive mind.....go! Thanks in advance for wise wordings.
Online tells me this is plum moth, and I should use a moth trap primed with pheramones to confirm the problem. Then some airy fairy stuff about eco friendly insecticide. I tried that on the moths in my compost bin and on my curly cale. The moths love it.
I am thinking of felling the tree. It has had a good run, and I have a golden rain tree next to it which wants to expand.
So should I fell the plum or is there a solution that will turn back the clock 15 years when I was awash with perfect plums.
Hive mind.....go! Thanks in advance for wise wordings.
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