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

Prunus domestica

Growing calendar

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

Guides

• Planting a Prune Plum Tree: Site, Rootstock and the Dry Autumn It Needs
• Pruning a Prune Plum: Summer Only, Open Center, and Light on Every Fruit
• Prune Plum Care: Watering, Feeding and Getting the Sugar High Enough to Dry
• Prune Plum Year: Season by Season from Blossom to the Drying Racks
• Prune Plum Problems: Brown Rot, Split Fruit, Silver Leaf and Wasps
• When to Pick Prune Plums: Shrivel at the Stem, Freestone and Drying Whole

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.