Forum: Plums In Hot Climates

plums in hot climates

6 responses

connie starts with ... Hi, I was looking at the northern plum but read that they are susceptible to disease in hot weather. Could someone please recommend me what plum would grow best in the hot climates of the Torres Strait Islands...thanks and happy new year Connie	About the Author connie nsw 3rd January 2012 1:43pm #UserID: 6333 Posts:
Reply \| Delete
amanda says... Sadly connie - I would not recommend plums for a hot climate at all - let alone a humid-hot climate. I grow low-chill plums here and they do very badly. They get seriously sunburnt. Low chill plums are the Japanese plums (which I have) Maybe Kakadu plum instead?	About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 3rd January 2012 11:45pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees
Reply \| Delete
Mike says... I would have to agree with Amanda and you might be 2000km to far north with Rocky to Mackay about the farthest north on the coast any plum would grow.	About the Author Mike Cairns 4th January 2012 10:02am #UserID: 0 Posts:
Reply \| Delete
Phil@Tyalgum says... The Davidson plum might be a good candidate - at least you can make plum jam and jelly out of them	About the Author Phil@Tyalgum Murwillumbah 4th January 2012 10:03am #UserID: 960 Posts: View All Phil@Tyalgum's Edible Fruit Trees
Reply \| Delete
Mike says... Even Davidson Plums from the wet tropics lowlands would struggle with the wind and dry season and might disappoint if you were expecting a plum taste.You would be better of with a true tropical that is tough.Sapodilla,jackfruit,guavas,abius,sugar apples,passionfruit and jaboticabas might be more suitable.	About the Author Mike Cairns 4th January 2012 10:09am #UserID: 0 Posts:
Reply \| Delete
connie says... Hi all, thank you so much for your advice, i decided on the Burdekin plum which is related to the mango tree?...so must do well in this climate...see what happens....thanks so much again...kind regards connie	About the Author connie Thursday Island 20th January 2012 7:13pm #UserID: 6333 Posts:
Reply \| Delete
BJ says... You can look for the Wongai plum locally. Tastes more like a date though. Good dwarf coconuts are everywhere. Supposed to be good ultra dwarf coconuts on Mua/Badu.	About the Author BJ Brisbane 20th January 2012 8:47pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees
Reply \| Delete

connie starts with ...
Hi, I was looking at the northern plum but read that they are susceptible to disease in hot weather. Could someone please recommend me what plum would grow best in the hot climates of the Torres Strait Islands...thanks and happy new year Connie

About the Author
connie
nsw
3rd January 2012 1:43pm
#UserID: 6333
Posts:

Reply |
Delete

amanda says...
Sadly connie - I would not recommend plums for a hot climate at all - let alone a humid-hot climate. I grow low-chill plums here and they do very badly.

They get seriously sunburnt. Low chill plums are the Japanese plums (which I have)

Maybe Kakadu plum instead?

About the Author
amanda
Geraldton. WA
3rd January 2012 11:45pm
#UserID: 2309
Posts:

View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees

Reply |
Delete

Mike says...
I would have to agree with Amanda and you might be 2000km to far north with Rocky to Mackay about the farthest north on the coast any plum would grow.

About the Author
Mike
Cairns
4th January 2012 10:02am
#UserID: 0
Posts:

Reply |
Delete

Phil@Tyalgum says...
The Davidson plum might be a good candidate - at least you can make plum jam and jelly out of them

About the Author
Phil@Tyalgum
Murwillumbah
4th January 2012 10:03am
#UserID: 960
Posts:

View All Phil@Tyalgum's Edible Fruit Trees

Reply |
Delete

Mike says...
Even Davidson Plums from the wet tropics lowlands would struggle with the wind and dry season and might disappoint if you were expecting a plum taste.You would be better of with a true tropical that is tough.Sapodilla,jackfruit,guavas,abius,sugar apples,passionfruit and jaboticabas might be more suitable.

About the Author
Mike
Cairns
4th January 2012 10:09am
#UserID: 0
Posts:

Reply |
Delete

connie says...
Hi all, thank you so much for your advice, i decided on the Burdekin plum which is related to the mango tree?...so must do well in this climate...see what happens....thanks so much again...kind regards connie

About the Author
connie
Thursday Island
20th January 2012 7:13pm
#UserID: 6333
Posts:

Reply |
Delete

BJ says...
You can look for the Wongai plum locally. Tastes more like a date though. Good dwarf coconuts are everywhere. Supposed to be good ultra dwarf coconuts on Mua/Badu.

About the Author
BJ
Brisbane
20th January 2012 8:47pm
#UserID: 3270
Posts:

View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees

Reply |
Delete

REPLY to this forum Correy just did some updates please Contact Correy if you experience any bugs.
Email:		Password:
display Name:		Location:
Pictures:		Add Another Picture
Body:
	Email Updates (Weekly) Remember to include a picture if possible

plums in hot climates

View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees

View All Phil@Tyalgum's Edible Fruit Trees

View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees

REPLY to this forum