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| I'll be planting two sweet treat pluerries, a pluot, and possibly a tri-lite peach-plum---is this peachplum worth the trouble growing it? |
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| Is Sweet Treat worth the trouble? My opinion after one light crop is no. I've not tried tri-lite but have never heard any good reviews. |
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- Posted by bamboo_rabbit 9A Inverness FL (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 11:24
| Carrie and Pickering mango and 10 Raven blueberries (I hope) and 10 Tupi Blackberries (I hope).....think that will be my only additions. |
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| Flavor Grenade Pluot- the one I planted last year died Dapple Supreme Pluot- I'm a sucker for new varieties Atomic Red Nectarine- " " " " " September Snow Saucer/donut peach- I ate one at a Burchell nursery fruit tasting last week and it was excellent. Burchell also had a pluot that's coming out in 2015 that was off the charts delicious. I have a tri -lite, I love them. They taste like a peach when you first bite into them, then have a plum taste at the finish. |
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| 2 Calville Blanc d'hiver apples 1 Reines de Ananas apple 1 Arborose Apple 1 Tomcot apricot What have you all done to me? I was going to have a small, charming, rectangular orchard (8 fruit trees only) surround my rose garden. I now will have 30 fruit trees with my rose garden as a 'dot' in the center of my orchard. I need a trip to fruit trees anonymous. Thanks for all of your ideas and enouragement. I'll send you buckets of fruit next year! Mrs. G |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 13:57
| I wanted to get an Arctic Jay nectarine but I don't have no more room, unless I pull out that loser variety of plum---santa rosa. Steve357, is the flesh (trilite peachplum) white or red? |
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| I've concluded I have [more than] enough fruit and all the good spaces are used up. No more. |
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| The Tri-lite has white flesh. The fruit on mine has the look and fuzz of a peach, but is smaller in size like a plum. I planted an Arctic Jay nect. last year. It produced a couple fruit this year, and they were amazing!! |
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- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 16:00
| "I pledge to plant no new varieties this coming year." ... So he says every fall. I think I may come closer this year than usual, I need to give some things more room so in the free spots will mostly go things from other spots. I am planting a few more Newberries and some of the new Arkansas blackberry this fall. Scott |
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| At this point mowing around thirty trees is huge job. I never thought I'd think of mulching my entire orchard. Scott. . . If you stick to your guns on no new varieties for next year. I'll try for the following year. Until. . . there is that new Chinese peach eh? Mrs. G |
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| "What have you all done to me?" Mrs.G - your only hope is to destroy your computer to prevent access to this forum and online nurseries, and have your mailman confiscate any printed catalogs as well. :) Well, there are worse addictions! |
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| Just bought and planted 3 new blueberries half-off at a local nursery-they were in 3gallon pots and bigger than my plants I put in as bare roots in 2011. My wish list for next season includes 3 peaches (probably Blazingstar, July Rose, and either PF28-000 or AutumnStar), a white nectarine (?Emeraude), 2 more apples-thinking primarily of disease resistant cultivars, 1-2 pluots (?Dapple Dandy and Flavor King), another pear likely Harrow Sweet, and I'd like another gage plum or 2 to extend the season before and after my Green Gage plum, might include Oullins. I would also like to add Asian pears but my wife is not really a fan of them. Going to hold off on more brambles even though my beds need replaced, till I see what happens with SWD-I have not seen them here yet. |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 18:46
| I placed an order for one Flavor king pluot, today. |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 18:49
| MrsG47, Dave Wilson Nursery is releasing two varieties this year, Atomic red nectarine and dapple supreme pluot. |
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- Posted by Itheweatherman USDA 8b, Elevation 2 (My Page) on Sun, Sep 15, 13 at 19:00
| Here is additional info regarding dapple supreme pluot, "Pollenizer info for Dapple Supreme is being researched. DS is an early to early midseason bloomer, overlapping with the following varieties this year at Hickman. Approximate beginning of bloom in 2013 at Hickman, CA: 2-18 Flavorosa Pluot® 2-21 Dapple Supreme Pluot® 2-22 Emerald Drop Pluot® Some of these should prove to be pollenizers for Dapple Supreme. Craig " Source: Dave Wilson Nursery forums: Dapple supreme pluot. |
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| Ordered several of the newer Prince series peaches for the first time. Also ordered some new and old nects offered by Adams County - Carene, Nectafest, Avalon, Silver Gem, Summer Beaut. Several new summer bud grafts that I plan to move and plant next spring. |
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| Uncle! I love all of your input, comments, suggestions and remedies. I've decided to become a reader and commenter instead of buyer, unless the tree is totally irresistable. Thanks for all of your help, Mrs. G |
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| I have to move in 3 to 5 years. My kids are gone, and it doesn't make sense to have all this room. It's costing too much to manage. But that just so bums me out. I want to add more items, but I'm going to lose them soon! Plus I'm not getting any younger! So only experiments to see if I can grow some weird plant here. I'm still adding two trees anyway. The good news is the wife is ok with finding property that will allow me to plant as many trees as I want. More good news is I actually prefer berries. And in 5 months you can have hundreds of them. I actually may dig out the trees and move them. I would consider grafting but chances of finding property that works, and has fruit trees I can graft unto is slim to none. I had a magnolia tree that has come down 2 years in a row with fungal problems , so I dug it up a few days ago and ordered a Weeping Santa Rosa plum to replace it. Ornamental and edible, that works for me. Old Mixon Free peach was also purchased. I should probably grow it in a pot to for sure take it with me, but I will put it in the ground. I may not be able to buy this again, so I would hate to lose it. I would like to add some figs, filberts and persimmon trees, but it really makes no sense to do so. Also some blueberries, but I decided not to add these till after the move, |
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| Transplanting black raspberries next weekend. Grafting a bird cherry tree to a Montmorency tart cherry in the spring. Spring 2015 i'll be grafting Golden Nugget, Pomme Gris, and Ross Nonpareil apples. |
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- Posted by CharlieBoring 7 (My Page) on Mon, Sep 16, 13 at 6:34
| I am planting two thornless blackberry plants (Apache and natchez) and an angel red pomegranite. I have implemented an edible landscape plan and am running out of room. Squirrels and birds are putting a damper on fruit production. They are taking more than their share. My next plan is to force these pests into a produce sharing agreement through a bit of waterboarding and some strategically-placed motion sensors connected to a water hose. My wife said my plan was terrible and she started negotiating on the side of the squirrels. I feel outnumbered and the crows are laughing. I think the squirrels are snickering too. |
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| Charlie, Tell the wife how great a companion a dog would make! Then send the dog to the academy of ninja squirrel chasing. I took the netting and fencing down, no need with Jesse the wonder dog. He's on patrol as I type this. |
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- Posted by milehighgirl CO USDA 5B/Sunset 2B (My Page) on Mon, Sep 16, 13 at 9:57
| I decided to give the space reserved for kolomikta kiwi to grapes. This is what I ordered from AA Vineyards: LORELEI From Cummins: Hawaii Apple From JF&E I got some strawberry starts from GRIN:) I will also try to get scion to graft onto pawpaw and mulberry rootstocks. |
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- Posted by trianglejohn z7b NC (johnbuettner@hotmail.com) on Mon, Sep 16, 13 at 9:59
| My yard is full so the best chance for me to buy something new is if something dies this fall - so far, everyone looks healthy and happy. I do hope to pick up a few more Serviceberries to fill out a short row of them, and maybe one more Asian Pear and NorthStar Cherry. Other than that I have to move a lot of stuff around to get it out of the blazing hot sun or into the blazing hot sun. |
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| I plan on adding a few more pear, apple, and plum trees to my place. My problem is getting a spot I can get water to them right now since we ar estill in a drought and I am only there on the weekends. Once I get them established they do fine without watering constantly. I still need to look and decide which ones exactly I want to add. |
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