The Plum Best Practice Guide showcases the results of an Innovate UK project led by NIAB, which ran between 2015 and 2019.
The project focused on enhancing yields, reliability of cropping, extending the production season from July to October, and improving fruit value by raising the quality of the fruit being marketed and consumed.
The Guide brings together information on plum production into one place and develop from that information recommendations for best practice in the UK.
Plum Best Practice Guide - Introduction
Plum Best Practice Guide - Blossom wilt and Brown Rot
Plum Best Practice Guide - Commercial and Demonstration Orchards
Plum Best Practice Guide - Economic Analysis
Plum Best Practice Guide - Flower and Fruitlet thinning
Plum Best Practice Guide - Growth Regulation
Plum Best Practice Guide - Harvesting and Storing Plums
Plum Best Practice Guide - Info Sheets for Preferred Varieties
Plum Best Practice Guide - Orchard Management to Reduce Frost Damage
Plum Best Practice Guide - Pests: Birds
Plum Best Practice Guide - Pests: Aphids
Plum Best Practice Guide - Pests: Plum Fruit Moth
Plum Best Practice Guide - Plum Pox Virus
Plum Best Practice Guide - Plum Rust
Plum Best Practice Guide - Bacterial Canker
Plum Best Practice Guide - Pollination of Plums
Plum Best Practice Guide - Silver Leaf
Plum Best Practice Guide - Soil Health Management and Irrigation
Plum Best Practice Guide - Thinning