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Sun, Jun 8, 14 at 22:59
| I have a santa rosa plum that was absolutely covered in blossoms but all of them turned into undeveloped pollinated fruit and fell off. Ive heard mixed things about whether santa rosa needs a pollinator but im convinced mine does. What would be something good to pair it with? Ive heard santa rosa can be picky about whether it sets fruit. I want to pair it with something that should have a heavy fruit set. here is a list that a local nursery has in stock. Would any of these be good? Brooks, Burbank, Green Gage, Hollywood, Italian, Mariposa, Mount Royal, Santa Rosa Ultra, Satsuma, Shiro, Weeping Santa Rosa, Yellow Egg |
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| Satsuma gets good reviews. |
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- Posted by melikeeatplants 9b (San Jose) (My Page) on Mon, Jun 9, 14 at 0:26
| how many years has it dropped? Santa Rosa was my first plum and I had no other prunus and it set fruit well. I have pluots now in addition... I think it is self fertile... |
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| I have used my Santa Rosa's as a pollinator for my Satsuma's for 35 years. The pair have worked nicely for me. The plums are both good...albeit very different tasting. Santa Rosa is tart, and Satsuma is very sweet and "fleshy". They are good low-chill fruits. |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 9, 14 at 0:47
| Mine gets pollinated by Krauter Vesuvious myrobalan plum. I know this for a fact because I have several red-leaf hybrids between Santa Rosa plum (seed parent) X K.V plum (pollen parent). Mariposa plum also gets pollinated by KV plum. |
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| Mine (in SoCal) was self-fertilie. |
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| I use Santa Rosa to pollinate my AU Rubrum. They both bloom at the same time and pollinate each other. I have so much fruit on both trees that I have to use board supports. |
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| I think I'm just going to get both a statsuma and a shiro. I'm not sure I'll be able to find room to plant both but I figured that I could, at the very least, graft them |
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