Is anyone growing pluot in Vancouver area ? If so what variety is the best? I am looking for some scions if it’s possible please pm me
Here’s an interesting earlier thread about Pluot - @vitog journey in to becoming a Pluot farmer :) https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/any-plumcot-pluot-growers-in-lower-mainland.102991/
@Georgia Strait, I just planted the new pluot and grafted a couple of branches last year; so, no, there was no fruit last year. I'll be lucky if I get any flowers this year.
Interesting - so the reason you doubt any flowers this spring 2024 is because … just curious - thank you I’ve never eaten a plum apricot cross if any percentage ratio tho of course am an Okanagan nectarine fan
Most fruit trees don't flower or fruit the year after planting; it is even less likely when the tree is planted as late as May, as mine was. However, some varieties are able to do it; I just don't know about pluots. I grafted two pluot branches onto my existing plum tree in the hope that they would bloom and start producing fruit earlier than the new tree. That is usually the case with grafted branches.
Here's an update on my Dapple Dandy pluot tree and grafts. There were lots of blossoms on both the tree and the grafts last year, but none of them developed into ripe fruits. This year there were many more blossoms; and now I have more than thirty fruits almost ripe, most of them on the larger of the two grafts. This is only a single year's observation; but the pluot's productivity looks promising, because the much larger Santa Rosa plum branch on the same tree only had two ripe fruits, which is typical for most years. The pluot fruits are almost ripe; most have plenty of colour and are slightly soft. I tried one yesterday, and it tasted good but was still more sour than a ripe fruit. Here is a photo of the largest of the fruits, which has been slightly soft for several weeks but needs to soften up a bit more. The photo was taken two and a half weeks ago, and all of the pluot fruits are much darker red now.
