ID on tree please

Br1an · Rank attained: Hazel Tree Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 9

I have the following tree growing in my garden but am not sure what exactly it is.

I have photographed the 'fruit' which in the last two years has grown slightly larger than you can see but does not change other than that.

Also, they have a velvet texture and are rock hard.

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tippben · Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:12 pm Post subject:

It is definitely prunus (cherry, or plum). Feed with liquid seaweed, and use the same as a foliar feed spray early in the morning. Apply a top dressing of calcified seaweed/garden lime, and potash (potassium sulphate) to encourage the fruiting. Hope for a good hot summer, and you may get to see what kind it is. Help the tree to crop by removing the largest and smallest fruits in any fruit cluster. If it's a fairly young tree, give it a really good soak in dry weather, and make sure there is no competition from weeds/grass.

Br1an · Rank attained: Hazel Tree Joined: 21 Feb 2008 Posts: 9

Thank you kindly for that advice.

I did notice last season that some branches became weighed down with the clusters of fruit.

medieval knievel · Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:24 pm Post subject:

plum so, they're known to do that.

Greengage · Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2013 6:42 pm Post subject:

(Prunus amygdalus, or Almond tree.

forest flame · Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2013 7:37 pm Post subject:

looks like a plum or damson to me