How to Grow Japanese Plum: Growing Guide to Planting, Care & Harvest

Prunus salicina

Growing calendar

Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.

Guides

• Planting a Plum Tree: Rootstock, Spacing and A Site That Escapes Frost
• When to Prune a Plum Tree: Summer Only, Because of Silver Leaf
• Plum Pollination: Which Types Are Self-Fertile and Which Need a Partner
• Plum Tree Year: What to Do Each Season and When to Decide
• Plum Tree Problems: Silver Leaf, Brown Rot, Sawfly and Split Fruit
• When to Pick Plums: Ripeness, Thinning and Branches That Break

Common problems

Start from what you can see on the plant.

Pests and diseases (41)

Written byYasuGrowing vegetables and fruit in Chiba, Japan, and building Gadenin. Corrections are welcome. 15 years of growing.