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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: NewGen on May 17, 2021, 11:37:02 AM

Title: What's causing my plums to split?
Post by: NewGen on May 17, 2021, 11:37:02 AM

It's a potted weeping Santa Rosa.
Thanks,


(https://i.postimg.cc/qgJLrLst/Plums.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/qgJLrLst)

Title: Re: What's causing my plums to split?
Post by: AndrewAZ on May 18, 2021, 02:19:27 AM

Not sure it is the same, but, pomegranates split from uneven watering.

Title: Re: What's causing my plums to split?
Post by: Citradia on July 07, 2021, 09:44:27 PM

Probably too much water. The tree takes up too much water faster than the skin of fruit can grow and it splits.

Title: Re: What's causing my plums to split?
Post by: Plantinyum on July 24, 2021, 09:54:39 AM

I have had gooseberries split when starting to ripen, from too much water, or probably uneven watering that is. I have a feeling that fruits get more willing to split when they start to get ripe, prolly the tissues get more soft, dus more cannot stand an sudden increase of water ...thats just how I understand it ..