Thread: Fruit, Nut, and Vine Grafting, Tree Propagation, Tree Care

Yeah Warren is one variety I plan on getting Scion for next year to continue my grafts on Bradford pear trees.

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

Yeah Warren is one variety I plan on getting Scion for next year to continue my grafts on Bradford pear trees.

I can send you all you want..............

These plums are Santa Rosa Plums. It is not a particularly great fresh eating plum but the parent of all my exotic plums. It is a major pollinator for the exotics that are not self-fertile. I over fertilized the tree with the Nitrogen component and the fruit is developing soft spots before fully ripening. I use this plum's juice & flesh to make my Tripletail Wine so 3/4's of a gallon is all I need for a 15 bottle batch.



First off no plum pits can be fermented as they contain poison that will dissolve into the alcohol made. All the pits are removed as I cut the plums up for the Food Mill. Any soft fruit is discarded at this time.



The Food Mill has the coarse grate in it right now for gross volume but a second pass will be made with the fine grate to remove any skin that made it thru the coarse grate.



After loading the food mill with fruit chunks you just turn the handle clockwise and all the flesh & juice is extracted into the bowl underneath while the skins remain. Turn it counter-clockwise and the skins pile up for removal. Very well designed unit.



I had to empty the bowl a few times.



This is solid plum pulp & juice, all I need. I will run the balance of fruit on the tree for Plum Jam.



This bucket is Burgundy Plums. Very tasty fresh eating. The skins don't have all the tannin that Santa Rosa plums have. This year I have about 12-15 buckets of these to process. I didn't expect such success this year out of the Burgundy trees also a major pollinator and parent tree.

I bought a Santa Rosa plum tree this year and did the heading cut and it hasn't done anything yet. There is growth right at the graft and I'm uncertain if it is root stock or the Santa Rosa. The leaves are red and I'm thinking it's root stock.

Originally Posted by SuperDave336

I bought a Santa Rosa plum tree this year and did the heading cut and it hasn't done anything yet. There is growth right at the graft and I'm uncertain if it is root stock or the Santa Rosa. The leaves are red and I'm thinking it's root stock.

Red leaves on the base I would guess Citation Rootstock. That is the one I had blow over but it's tough. The Burgundy plum that blew over in the tornado, one of the pictures I text you, that one is on Citation. I stood it back up by hand, staked it, and pruned some sail weight out of it (opening it up more) just look at the fruit hanging off one year later. All the Pluots & Plurreys I have is on that rootstock too. Loves Jobe fruit tree spikes.

Harvest time. The Blueberries need almost daily picking right now. I'm getting 1-1/2 to 2 gallons a day right now. Picked a 1-1/2gal container full yesterday for our Postmaster.



We use this old Cake container lid to pre-freeze all the Blueberries so they do not get smashed when placed under a vacuum. This bag I buy for the Blueberries holds 2-1/2 cups of berries.



So the gauge on the front of the Vacuum Packer lets you know how much vacuum you are pulling. I only pull the blueberry bags about 1/2 of what I do everything else as over time in the freezer if I pull it any harder a delayed crushing of the fruit occurs. I replace any bags remaining from last year in the kitchen freezer with new berries while moving the year old berries to the freezer in my shop I store all the Winemaking Fruit in. Rotation seems to work well.

I think I’ve asked before but can’t remember. What variety are the blueberries? I think I’m going to get some different ones from the Aurora. They aren’t producing or growing much for me.

The plan is to Air Layer you and Slab some plants as soon as harvest is over.