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Homes & Gardens
Jacky Parker

How to grow a plum tree from a plum – start now for future yields

Plums growing on a plum tree branch.

Knowing how to grow a plum tree from a plum stone is surprisingly easy. It simply requires patience, and some care and attention.

The satisfaction of a bumper harvest is just reward when growing your own crops, particularly when your chosen vegetable or fruit has been grown from seed. It's even better when that harvest was produced from something you'd ordinarily throw in the compost, like a fruit pit or stone. Although plum trees are one of the best fast-growing fruit trees to grow, when starting a tree from a stone it will take between three to five years before it will bear any fruit.

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