In the article we will talk about how to plant and care for plums.
Place for plum
Choose a spacious, warm and sunny place for the plum (slight shading in the morning or in the evening will not harm it), protected from strong winds. This tree prefers neutral and slightly alkaline soils with an acidity index of pH = 6.5-7.5.
How to care for a plum tree after planting
After planting and watering, sawdust or peat is poured around the trunk so that water does not evaporate. Plum care. After planting, the plum in the first year is not fed. And in the second year, they are fed only with nitrogen supplements.
What is better to plant next to a plum
Plum is comfortable next to gooseberries, elderberries, maples. Maple in the neighborhood, if it is regularly shortened pruning, stimulates the fruiting of plums, black elderberry saves from the invasion of aphids. The plum does not conflict with the apple tree, raspberry, black currant.
How long does a plum grow
The life expectancy of a tree depends on the variety and can reach 25 years, the productive period is 10-15 years. Early-fruiting varieties come into fruition in the second - third year after planting, late-fruiting - in the sixth - seventh year.
