Espalier Plum Trees in Mt. Washington Community Veg Garden

Hi Aaron, I’m in your neighborhood in fact. I noticed those peach trees chopped down a few weeks ago.

Re: the plums, the most likely issue is plum curculio, all the plums will drop with that worm. I spray Surround clay to deter them. They also can rot badly, you will need several rot sprays. Satsuma is a great plum but I found Santa Rosa did not set fruit reliably at all so I took it out.

My spray regimen is

So I would take a look at it and see what I do. I am happy to chat sometime as well.

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