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No I would say they're a little bit smaller

No mine don't I look more for color and how easy they do one off the tree

It's probably somewhere around 7.0 right now or maybe the high 6's I haven't tested it in 5 years. Last test it was 7.6

That's great. I've only had a few but it's a great piece of fruit!

I really don't use any fertilizer anymore. I've tried many different things in the past mostly organic like coffee grounds. Clover, buckwheat. ECT. But my pH o haven't checked in a few years. When I first checked it was 8.4 the next year it was 8,2 and last I checked it was 7.8. but that was 3 years ago.

I think you've had a lot of luck with plums haven't you? If you're the same one, I'm thinking of Marcus toole with your heirloom plums, am I right in thinking that I definitely agree that native is a far better option I just started with Chickasaw plums in the are pretty consistent but plums in general. I do have a lot better luck with here.

@@texasfruitgrower I have had luck with them once I gave up on growing the ones that the nurseries and started grafting my own. Most of the strains the commercial nurseries carry don't work here, and even the ones that do are often grafted onto rootstock that doesn't work here. The chickasaw cultivar rootstock allows me to grow varieties I couldn't otherwise grow.

I completely understand what you're saying. Most the tested varieties for any type of fruit are cultivated over there in California. We do have some that they cultivate here in Texas. The Texas a&m does, but even then the types of soils they grow them in are different than the ones I grow in so native does make a lot more sense because there's such a vast variety of growing situations throughout the United States that there's probably no variety that can fit every single situation for growers, so I'm totally with you on that.

@@texasfruitgrower FYI, I'm about to post an orchard tourer. The plums aren't ripe yet, but the early varieties are only 3 to 4 weeks away.

@@coolmantoole awesome. I'll definitely watch it I love orchard tours!

There is someone that tried all 3 of those and he told me his favorite is my burgundy.

@@texasfruitgrower Try a Emerald Beaut. I have 30 Pluots and Pluerrys. And 20 different plums. Emerald Beaut is still the best.

@@jackflackatari I do have one. It's not very consistent here, but it is a pretty good piece of fruit. And nice! That's a lot of plums and pluots! What state do you live in?

@@texasfruitgrower California

@@texasfruitgrower You need a late blooming pollenizer like Burgundy or Flavor King. Don't pick the fruit tell early October.

No, I'm one of the people that cuts it out to promote low branching

@@texasfruitgrowerYeah thats what I meant. How high did you cut it.

I cut it to about thigh high somewhere in between my knee and waist. Just depending on where I see a good area to cut

@@texasfruitgrowerThank you for the info. I bought and planted a Burgundy a month ago but it was well after bud break. I’m going to cut the central leader later after it goes dormant.

@@johnwoods7498 glad I could help. Burgundy is a great plum to have. Mine are extremely productive.

It came out too early one year and we had a really bad cold snap and it froze and was not able to come back after that

Do you have a Facebook? You can find me on my Facebook group growing fruit trees in Texas

@@texasfruitgrower OK, thank you!

Actually I would say it's less work now than it was starting out. The trees are more established now and can handle a little bit less water except for the apple trees. I guess I should have gave them a little bit more water 🙂

I definitely agree. It can be a lot easier in other states. Quite a few bugs that don't belong here. But we do have decent chill and long growing season.

@@texasfruitgrower I used to live in Murchison over there by Athens and about 20 min west of Tyler. I knew a old boy who was growin apples and I'd always pull over and talk to him. He had the only little fruit tree orchard I'd seen in the area. He said it was too hot for fruit trees. He had to water a lot. That's where my knowledge of the topic comes from. From the old boy sayin it was too hot in Texas for it. All I know about is cattle lol. :)

@@ascendant95 sounds about right. I always heard there was no way you could grow apples in Texas. I did pretty good up until about last year obviously, but I see no reason to quit now. Other than that I would say mulch lots of mulch that cuts the watering way down, but in hot summers. There's not a lot you can do

@@texasfruitgrower The last thing I want to do is discourage you. That's why I was saying the only knowledge I have, if you want to call it that, was that old boy use to tell me it's too hot in Texas for it. He mighta been wrong for all we know lol. He was mostly growin apples. He had about a 2 acre orchard. Where we was at he said it was bad because it was too hot for apples and too cold for oranges. You ever try a mulberry tree? I got a real nice one up here in Oklahoma!

@@ascendant95 Yes, I have a few mulberry trees they seem to multiply like crazy. And no worries about it. People always have different opinions and I didn't see It as discouraging at all. I just try to let people know what I can do here and so they can take what I do and make modifications to it as they need to and decide on what to plant and what they actually can grow here whether or not that comes across. Well I guess it's up to the viewer but I'm just hopeful to help some people out

Wow! I had no idea there was leaf cut rants over here in Central Texas. That's a scary one. It seems like we have all kinds of ants over here and none of them are good. Why can't the ants get the bores. But in all seriousness, there's a ton of problems that we have to deal with here in Central Texas,

Yes I have some. So far they haven't made it the fruit but hopefully someday.

I'll definitely have to look into this. I'm not familiar with either method. But definitely worth a look.

That's great to hear, my pink lady didn't make it but I think that was planting location. Best of luck to you this summer!

@@texasfruitgrower you too! Get that irrigation ready haha

Yes I have. And they have produced they're quite flavorful. I learned that if you have a male flower it makes a persimmon have seeds, but if you don't have a male they will still produce without seeds. But I do have a few persimmons. They don't seem to like the heat too much

Although I do think my reply above has a lot to do with rootstock

@@texasfruitgrower what rootstock do you have for the persimmon Virginiana is best for Tx

@@MakePeace123I'll take note of that. I know most of mine are on I think. Khaki and then another one I got from another grower around here. Is doing really well but I forget what kind it is. I'll have to look it up later today.

@@texasfruitgrower if They are from California their on D Lotus rootstock does great in California in Texas not so much

That's a really good apple!

Yes I know you from the page. And you are right. Some things just take over. When I added loads of mulch 2 years ago and that kept stuff down throughout the year. But now stuff has reseeded it's shelf in the mulch. Hopefully you can take control of the geranium.

Yes definitely a let down with the trees. But I have noticed Texas doesn't have a lot of growers that share their experience for whatever reason. Glad you find them useful!

For whatever reason they were really bad last year. I've heard from a lot of people that were hit pretty hard by them.

Actually I gave them less attention this last year vs all the other years so maybe they're just happy I left them alone.

The dapple supreme is a really good piece of fruit . Not the most vigorous tree but one I really like. It's pollinated by geo pride and burgundy. But most so geo pride

@@texasfruitgrower Thank you so much for the information. This is my first year growing Dapple Supreme, and I was worried because I don't have the flavor Rosa. I do have the burgundy plum, and I have been hand pollinating.like crazy lol. For some reason my Dapple Supreme was last to bloom. I live in Zone 9 in Tucson Arizona.

@@nicholasfigueroa6792 when it comes to bloom times down here, the flavorosa is the earliest I have and is definitely too early for the dapple supreme. The dapple dandy seems to be the last pluot I have the flower but that one definitely goes right in line with the geopride and both are really good varieties as well as the burgundy plum. That one is crazy productive

@@texasfruitgrower thank you so much for the good information. It's because of your videos I got so interested in plums and Plouts, and why I got a burgundy plum. Which is mind blowing how many blooms it has.

It happens, they were great trees, so I was really surprised they went down so easy. I saw s picture of you apple tree that is huge! I thought about adding those pears but I think jujubes are something I'd try to add next.

I hear IV organics. I supposed to be pretty good at stopping against tree bores. I've used a whitewash using interior paint and water but I'm not very consistent with that whitewash. I've got too many trees for that

@@texasfruitgrowerIV organic comes off after rain and you know we get rain. I use a variety of poisons

Have you tried planting pollinator flowers & insectry plants in your orchard & around the apple trees? Try onion, garlic chives, marigolds, herbs & fragrant stargazer lily around base of the trees. The scent confuses the pests & they leave. The blooms bring in the bees. Just a suggestion from permaculture food forests. Good luck. I appreciate your sharing of the type of cultivars, their flavors & how they are doing. Thank you.🌳🍀

@@quirkycottageshenanigans9003 I have tried using this from that before, just not lately. It probably would help if I did more of that. I liked using clover. But I should do more of that. I appreciate it!

@@texasfruitgrower I am trialing different types of clover in the rows between the fruit trees to see which works best in my Hunt Co permaculture orchard.(North of Dallas.) I put in the chives, garlic& onions at planting for a little pest protection until I can get fencing installed.🤞

I'm sorry to hear that. It's a really good peach and it's hard to find. I seen a lot of Florida princes around but no Florida king lately

That's good. You caught early! They can definitely be devastating

The first few years I had them, they were pretty inconsistent as far as fruit goes because of late frosts. In the past few years they've been very consistent. I think producing 4 out of the last 5 years before that I think had one out of 3 years

I'll try to post an update video next week. It's definitely been a while. Sorry about that!

I'm doing pretty good, thank you for asking. My most productive would have to be burgundy followed by geopride and flavor grenade

@@texasfruitgrower I have a burgundy here south of San Antonio looks like it will be loaded this year miss your updates Take care

My personal favorites are the Florida king and the sugar may

@@texasfruitgrower do you have any family ties to eastern europe?

@@AndriyHudulyak mostly German and England

These trees were spaced 10 feet from any other tree. And yes it was I've had no trouble with the spacing.

I haven't had any trouble with them being too close so far.

Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm over here in Central Texas. Kind of just south of Austin. Glad you're trying to build a food forest and always best of luck. It can be quite challenging around here sometimes.

@texasfruitgrower Best of luck in the coming years to you too! We have our own special problem environment for sure. I love that we are free from some problems but others creep up. I just glad I can grow great fruit and some unique varieties even if some varieties I would love don't do well 🙂

@@foodforestretirement2799 oh yes, there's definitely individual problems that arise at any given time this past year. It seems that tree bores are very common. I struggle with that a lot this year and squash seems to be taken out by the squash vine boar consistently.

@texasfruitgrower Bugs our friends and enemies Lol 😆

I'm in 8B Central Texas

They'll definitely bite inadvertently when going that crazy over treats