Self-fertile yellow plum: description of varieties, photos, reviews

Self-fruitful yellow plum is a variety of garden plum with yellow fruits. There are many varieties of this plum that can be grown in garden plots. Their cultivation is practically no different from the agricultural technology of ordinary plum varieties - red or blue. You can read about the characteristics of the yellow plum, its varieties, method of cultivation and care in this article.

What is the difference between yellow plum

Yellow plum is considered a hybrid form obtained from cultivated cherry plum and wild plum. The result is a plant characterized by good resistance to poor growing conditions. According to the description of the varieties of yellow self-fertile plum, the fruits of such varieties are distinguished by their excellent sweet taste and versatility of use: they can be eaten fresh, as well as prepared from them into homemade preparations - jam, jam, compotes.

Important! The advantage of the yellow plum is its self-fertility, which means that by planting even 1 tree in the garden, you can be sure of receiving a stable harvest every year.

Varieties of yellow self-fertile plum

It cannot be said that there are many varieties of yellow self-pollinating plum, but there are enough to choose from them the one you like if you want to plant it in your summer cottage or garden plot. For example, you can choose the following varieties.

In memory of Timiryazev

The variety was bred in the second half of the 20th century from Victoria and Skorospelka Krasnaya. Is one of the most popular. The fruits are ovoid, yellow in color, with a red side. The pulp of plums is medium juicy, but dense, the taste is sour.

This variety of yellow plum belongs to the late variety, so the fruits ripen only towards the end of summer or the beginning of autumn.

Advantages: excellent taste of fruits, resistance to dangerous diseases: clasterosporiosis and fruit rot. Disadvantages: low frost and drought resistance, relatively low yield, susceptibility to attack by ticks.

Yellow self-fertile

Description of the self-fertile yellow plum with photo: its fruits are yellow, medium-sized, round in shape, with a dense skin and medium-dense pulp. Ripe plums have a sweetish, sour taste. The yield of this variety is good. The fruits of Self-fertile Yellow can be harvested as early as early August. The advantages of this variety: transportability, cold and drought resistance, good resistance to diseases and pests. The disadvantages include the size of the tree and low ability to recover from damage.

Morning

The variety belongs to the early ripening varieties, obtained from crossing the varieties Renklod Ullensa and Skorospelka Krasnaya.Its fruits are oval, greenish-yellow in color, with a blush. There is a light waxy coating on the skin, the flesh is very juicy, sweet and sour, yellow in color, and aromatic. The fruits can be transported, they can be eaten fresh and processed into plum juice, jam, compotes, etc.

In memory of mother

An early variety, plum fruits ripen at the end of the second - beginning of the third month of summer. Plums are round in shape, with yellow-green skin. The pulp is very tender, sweet and sour, always juicy and also yellow. The variety exhibits high resistance to fruit rot and another disease - clusterosporia.

Altaic

The variety is characterized by cold resistance and excellent yield, as well as early ripeness, attractive fruits, and their harmonious taste. Plums are small, their skin and pulp are yellow, and there is a blush on the surface of the skin.

Renklod Green

Also an early variety of yellow plum, it begins to bear fruit from the age of 3–4 years. The fruits are yellow-green, with sweet pulp, dense structure. Suitable not only for fresh consumption, but also for making preserves, jellies and similar preserves.

Collective farm farmhouse

Its fruits are medium in size, their skin is greenish-yellow, and the flesh is the same color. The taste is sweet and sour. The plum is juicy. Renklod kolkhoz trees are distinguished by regular fruiting.

Yellow honey

The variety is early and has another name – White Honey. It is distinguished by its unpretentiousness to the climatic conditions of the area and soil, resistance to diseases, ease of planting and care. The fruits are oval-shaped, the skin is rich yellow with a waxy coating, the flesh is greenish-yellow, juicy, easily separated from the stone. The taste is sweet, but not cloying, with a pronounced taste and smell of honey.Ripe but not overripe plums tolerate transportation and storage well.

Late Golden large

The fruits of this variety have a light yellow color, with a pink blush on the sunny side, a sweet taste and an excellent aroma. A special feature of the variety is that the fruits can ripen a little after being removed from the tree and can be stored for 1.5 months.

Precocious

This variety is obtained from crossing Ussuri and American plums. It is characterized by cold resistance, immunity to diseases and pests. The fruits are small, amber in color and have a dessert taste, and ripen in early August. The pulp is dense, but tender, not fibrous.

Smolinka

The fruits are egg-shaped, rather large, and have a sweet taste. They ripen in the second half of August. Advantages of the variety: early fruiting, productivity, resistance to temperature fluctuations.

Mirabel

This variety of homemade yellow self-fertile plum has a very sweet taste. The fruits are small, tapered towards the edges, similar in shape and color to cherry plum.

Features of planting and caring for yellow self-fertile plum

Many gardeners are attracted by the remarkable characteristics of the yellow self-fertile plum: high yield, ease of plant care and excellent taste. But to get maximum results, you need to choose a variety that will suit the region and provide the seedling with the necessary care.

How to plant a self-fertile plum

Yellow plum can grow on almost any soil, but fertile and loose soils are preferred. A neutral reaction is best; a slightly acidic reaction is acceptable. If the soil reaction is acidic, it needs to be limed.

The drain does not like excess moisture, so you need to choose a place where the groundwater does not come too close to the soil surface.The seedling should be placed in a sunny area, but not in the shade of buildings or other tall trees. The distance between two young plums should not be less than 3 m. The diameter of the planting hole is approximately 0.7 m, the depth is at least 0.6 m.

Planting process:

Drainage is poured into the bottom of the hole.
Then up to half of the fertile soil with humus.
They plant a tree and water it.
Sprinkle with earth and compact it a little.
The tree trunk circle is covered with dry grass mulch.

Planting is done in the spring, before buds open, and in the fall, after leaf fall, but before frost. For the winter, a newly planted plant must be covered with plant material, regardless of whether it is frost-resistant or not.

Caring for yellow self-fertile plum

In the first year, there is no need to fertilize the seedlings with anything; the fertilizers that were added to the planting holes are sufficient. Only starting from the third year do they fertilize with mineral fertilizers: nitrogen fertilizers in the spring and after flowering, potassium-phosphorus fertilizers in the fall, during digging. In addition to mineral fertilizers, you can also use organic matter traditionally used to feed garden plants: manure, sifted ash, humus.

Young trees must be watered before rooting so that the ground is constantly wet, then in dry weather about once every 2-3 weeks, but generously, pouring at least 50 liters of water under each root. Mature plums from 4–5 years old do not need to be watered, except in very hot weather.

In the first years of life, yellow plums demonstrate strong and sometimes uneven growth of branches, so they must be pruned: remove thickening branches, in the spring - frozen parts of shoots, shorten too long ones.

Preparing self-fertile yellow plum for winter

Many mature yellow self-fertile plums tolerate winter cold well, so there is no need to cover them for the winter. But the current year’s seedlings need to be covered: dig up the ground around the trunk, and at the same time cut out all the root shoots. Cover the surface of the soil with a thick layer of foliage, hay, straw, spruce branches. Tie the branches together and cover with burlap. In the spring, with the onset of warmth, the covering material can be removed, leaves or hay can be left: they will serve as a natural organic fertilizer.

Conclusion

Self-fertile yellow plum will appeal to amateur gardeners for the unusual color of the fruit and excellent taste. Its agricultural technology and care procedures are no different from those recommended for plums of other flowers, so absolutely everyone can cope with its cultivation.

Reviews

Below are reviews of the yellow self-fertile plum from some amateur gardeners.

Medvedeva Valentina Petrovna, 54 years old, Rostov

My whole family loves yellow plums. I have 2 trees of different varieties and different fruiting periods growing in my garden, so in summer and autumn we always have fresh fruits available. They taste sweet, juicy, smell of sun and honey. We eat these plums just like that, and also make homemade preparations from them - golden jam, aromatic compotes, thick jams. In winter they remind you of summer. I recommend everyone to purchase at least one yellow plum for their garden.

Alieva Marina Vitalievna, 31 years old, Belgorod

In addition to the blue plum, there is also a yellow one growing on my site. The variety is early and begins to bear fruit at the end of July. The fruits are not large, but not small, very sweet and aromatic. During the time of mass fruiting, I make compotes and jam from them, which turns out sweet and without adding sugar.