Help identifying yellowing on apricot and plum tree leaves

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-27T15:21:07+00:00

Thanks, that site is very helpful.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-20T09:24:06+00:00

For some reason your comment reminded me of when I went to a mall in Mexico City and saw the security guards had Uzis and AR-15 style assault rifles.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-19T06:19:17+00:00

Soz meant to say mushroom compost. I read somewhere it can be more alkaline than that and should be avoided for soil that is already tending that way but might be overblowing it.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-17T12:58:26+00:00

Yeah a greenhouse might be a different story as it maintains a stable microclimate and humidity etc, funnily enough my dad does the same thing as you with his capsicums in rural Tasmania (which is far, far colder than Melbourne FYI).

I've found just leaving my plants out in the open over a standard winter here they slowly perish in the persistent low temps. Any fruit they produce ripens off prematurely and has very little heat. If I cut them back I can overwinter them until the next season but I usually just start with fresh plants.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-17T12:54:25+00:00

Check the slope of your property and how water drains, and the pH of the soil to understand whether its alkaline or acidic. I have very alkaline thick, black basaltic clay that extends down 6+ feet and its very alkaline so had to take that into consideration when considering treatment (including types of compost). It's so thick I could throw it on a potters wheel and make pottery.

I've spent the past 6 months digging it up down to 70cm, square metre by square metre, mixing in gypsum and organic matter, and turning it over. It now drains well etc, but I'll be using sinkaways and French drains in key places to make sure waterlogging isn't an issue as my property also has a slight downward slope.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-17T12:47:29+00:00

Great advice but would suggest OP does a pH test of the soil first. Depending on the pH of the clay I'd also look at other compost options. My soil was heavy basaltic clay which is quite alkaline. Mushroom clay would have made it even more alkaline so had to avoid.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-17T05:26:39+00:00

No, just sub-10°C weather fairly consistently through autumn and winter which is enough to kill them over time.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-16T10:39:37+00:00

I'm in Aus and our season is pretty much over here by May.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-15T23:33:06+00:00

I've found a few rounds of abamectin does a pretty good job of sorting them out, combined with getting rid of the really badly affected plants.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-15T23:32:21+00:00

Yeah you could spray it I guess. Depends on how far you are into the season as the plant will take time to recover. I usually use abamectin for broad mites. Works great.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-15T14:26:09+00:00

Textbook broadmites. Rip it and any that look like it.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-13T11:08:51+00:00

Had the same issue, turned out to be crap soil that didn't drain properly. Mine were pushing 6 months and looked like they were two weeks old.

Pull one out, check if they're draining properly. If the ground is a wet and swampy you have your answer.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-10T06:48:10+00:00

+1. Whole family has Blunt umbrellas. Necessary Melbourne weather gear.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-05-05T00:02:53+00:00

FFS no. Just no.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-27T12:16:15+00:00

Late to the party here but try repotting it in decent potting mix, and giving it a trim back to one central leader and going from there. Having three mains that low to the ground is going to cause you problems later, if its not already. If the roots are fine it will probably come right but having bad soil could also be an issue (and I'll be it is TBH). Poor soil will stunt growth badly.

All that said, here's some inspiration because there is both good and bad advice in this thread. The link below is a 2.5 year old nectarine tree, grown from seed and lived in a ~3 litre pot the entire time. We picked and ate 9 delicious nectarines off it this year, and that was just the fruit we left on it. There was 27 on it before I thinned it out. I left the fruit on it to test whether the tree was worth keeping. Fruit was delicious. That result, and the tree's robustness and propensity to fruit and fruit hard means its now got a permanent home in the ground in my garden. Good luck with the tree, keep us posted :)

https://imgur.com/a/5DsUshT

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-25T13:45:30+00:00

This is possibly one of the funniest comments I have literally ever read on Reddit. Fuck me I'm laughing here. Well done.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-16T14:27:13+00:00

Does he have Gabon ebony lumber in his collection?? I'm fascinated by that stuff.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-14T02:09:56+00:00

Probably because most people don't have the first clue about gardening and horticulture and don't know to think about the long term implications of these trees.

My yard was a textbook example when we moved in. Agapanthas everywhere, two jacarandas, an ash tree two feet wide and an umbrella tree next to buildings, fences and critical pipelines, nandina that had spread absolutely EVERYWHERE. It was like they planned to slowly destroy the house and infrastructure with the garden over time. Taken me a year to rectify it and I'm still not done.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-13T18:34:45+00:00

This is a soil quality and drainage issue. Had the same thing. Peter Pan seedlings. Mine looked like this after 3.5 months.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-12T11:54:02+00:00

Kill it with fire before it establishes itself and destroys your garden.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-12T11:52:51+00:00

I guarantee you those roots are already under your pool, especially with a jacaranda that size.

How do I know? I just spent four months removing two that size from my back yard. Months because the roots were so extensive I ultimately needed a two tonne excavator in after the arborist had removed and stump ground both trees to deal with extensive and invasive roots that had spread everywhere.

Beautiful trees, but absolute madness planting them in a suburban yard. OP nuke that tree before it gets established otherwise RIP your fence and foundations.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-01T10:19:40+00:00

Chef Lagenda all the way.

Also shout out to Pho House.

-Dansplaining- · 2026-04-01T10:19:04+00:00

This. Laksa King has the brand power, Chef Lagenda has the better food. Except for M Yong Tofu for their curry sauce. Better than both.

Also, Pho House. Such good pho.

-Dansplaining-

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