Can u grow a plum pit into a plum tree in the NW Corner of Iowa if so got any advice on getting it to grow?

Hi,



A couple of tips:



You may not get any fruit from one plum tree. Japanese type plums will self polinate, but Japanese require another (fairly close by) for polination.



Grow a variety that will survive in your area. First - find out what zone you are in: http://www.growit.com/Zones/ Then find a variety that will grow there.



What size tree do you want - dwarf grows 8-10', semi-dwarf grows 10-15', and standard 15+'



Planting from a seed/pit is tough because you don't know what type of variety it is and whether it will grow in your area or how big it will grow and if it will every produce fruit.



I would get a plant (2 actually so they cross polinate) from a reputable mail order place. www.starkbros.com is pretty good and the plants come with a 1 year guarantee. The website / catalogue will list what zone they grow in, what sizes are available, and what the best polinators are. They also come as 4' tall plants so you get a couple years head start over growing a seed/pit. An option if you only want one plant is to get one where they graft 2 or more varieties onto the same plant.



Good Luck

Can u grow a plum pit into a plum tree in the NW Corner of Iowa if so got any advice on getting it to grow?
I don't know if a plum tree would survive in Zone 4 - that's your gardening zone. If you planted the plum tree in a hot house of sorts, you might be able to get it to grow.



Check out the website below for tips.

Theoretically, you should be able to get a tree started to grow from the pit.

We used to have two fruit trees - one apple, one pear - neither produced edible fruit because there wasn't another tree around for cross pollination.



Good luck from an Eastern Iowa Chick!

maybelline