Will be growing lots of leaves this year

[mamuang]

Alan started this thread and I joined in. Most of my apples go biennial so little fruit set anyway.

In my yard, J. Plums andcherries are most affected by prolonged cold and wet weather during bloom time,

Plum disappointing

Here in non-coastal S. NY state I’m seeing very poor plum set and I’m wondering why. There were days when every variety was in full bloom and fully tended by pollinators. There were no threatening frost events all spring. I remember last fall that there was one very cold night out of nowhere when trees may not have been adequately hardened- so maybe the ovules froze. Not even the reliable Shiro is showing much crop and in the Euro category, not enough Castletons or Empress fruitletts seem to…