Impressive set on the apricots. I haven’t read the whole thread, how old are your apricot trees? This was such a mild winter and spring I don’t want to draw too many conclusions about what works just based on this year.
I had Puget Gold for a number of years and managed to get a few good fruit from it without spraying. I’m trying Wenatchee Moorpark now if my graft takes.
I’m interested to hear which are reliably producing and healthy for you over the years. And of course how good the fruit is.
My Britney Gold is entering its sixth year. I grew it in a pot for five years after planting it as a bare root. Last fall, I finally planted it in the ground. It is located next to Flavor Giant (3yo) which was also in a pot for its first year.
Tilton is entering its fourth year. It is in a pot. I am contemplating planting it in the ground next year given how well it has done. It has been outdoors all winter and spring, even with the rain, it has set quite a lot of fruit. I have not noticed any disease issues as of yet.
Brittany Gold has less fruit this year because I removed many of the flowers this spring to help it establish after transplanting it last fall.
I have a Harcot entering its sixth year. It is also in a pot and has been outside all this year. It has maybe fifteen fruits forming and has been a fairly shy bearer thus far, but no disease issues.
Flavor Delight (3yo), in a pot, has also been outside since last fall. Quite a lot of fruit on that as well. No issues. I am planning to put that in the ground at some point.
Thanks for the rundown. I seldom spray, when I have its been copper with dormant oil and just once in late winter every few years when I have the gumption and the weather cooperates. I’ll keep an eye out for your comments as the fruit ripen.
Oh, wow. Even spraying multiple times didn’t prevent it? That’s interesting, and a bummer also. 
Yeah, I’ll just prune them off through the season like I did last year, but I will definitely keep them under cover in future springs. 
Determined to actually harvest more than 3 almonds this year. I plan to sure up the bottom with some additional wire. The top is covered in a finer black netting, at least temporarily. Will have to see if anything attempts to chew threw it.
You are going to have so much fruit in a couple of years! Great job!
John S
also from
PDX OR
Randomly, noticed Costco selling Shiranui via Alder & Oak (not sure if they’re sourcing them elsewhere). Decided to take a chance for 99$. I’m fairly impressed. Definitely seems to be 2 to 3 years old reflective of the description.
OGW is selling likely 1yo Shiranui for 49.99. I’ll take a picture of those next time I stop by.
Took 2 days to arrive from CA up to Portland. UPS did their best to mangle the box, but packaging held up well.
This is AWESOME! 
Maybe I should try this setup with my donut peaches, as I go through the fruit tango each summer with the squirrels and other critters as well.
Super kool! 
I’ll go check OGW right now! Your newbie looks great! 
@uwtb @Ulflander I did it, I ordered one from OGW! Woohoo, super excited to have this one in my collection. (No more citrus after this one!!! Or so I’m gonna tell myself.)
Alder and Oak have good trees. Pricey. But the boxes survived well! I got navel and Valencia oranges from them.
Did NOT know you could order from them via Costco. I’ll have to keep an eye out.
Good point. I didn’t know we could order from Costco either… and I just remembered I got a Costco membership back in February and have yet to actually go to the store itself to check it out. 
@SoxPNW Yeah, it was completely by accident that I saw they were selling those.
Here are the OGW plants. All of the citrus in the 12inch pots appear to be from Madison Citrus Nursery. I did not check the other rootstocks, but the Shiranui is on x639.
Hi Sox, nice to see that you’re also in Tacoma. I have a few loquats, mulberries, persimmons, etc growing.
How big are your loquat trees? Mine are just getting large enough where they have started flowering. I haven’t had any fruit set yet.
Ooh, I love Madison Citrus Nursery! I think I have 5 plants from them. It’s just crazy how much the shipping is, but I always get nice, healthy citrus from them. Your new babies look great! Mine will probably get here in about a week or so.
Hiya, Stan! Yay, another Tacoma fellow grower!!! I’ll be honest, Stan - my loquats have not been on my priority list thus far… So my Champagne is 3 years old, and the others are all 2 years old. The Champagne and Big Jim were grafted up high on a tall rootstalk (whatever it is), so they are tall sticks with growth on just the top. Not ideal. 
I grow all my plants in containers, so I prefer to shape/structure them low and bushy. But, you know how it goes when you are impatient so you buy something that reads “Big Loquat Tree” and you buy it, thinking you’ll get fruit faster. Then you get a tall stick in the mail. And here we are, 2-3 years later.
I bet yours must be beautiful “actual” trees, if they’re already flowering! Would love some pics! I think I have a better chance of my Vista White and Shambhala growing up a bit more properly, as I bought them young, so I at least have some control over their growth. They’re both a couple feet tall and are putting on new growth as we speak. I intend to up-pot all four of them. Might even try air layering the tall ones to produce a shorter tree.
I just ordered a few things from them to round out my ripening windows. Will hopefully get some pics soon.
AWESOME, looking forward to them! Ugh… I “may” have just ordered a Silas Wood sapodilla, an unnamed red custard apple, a Honey Kiss mango, a Pickering mango, a Scarlet jaboticaba, a Pingo de Mel jaboticaba, and a few other things…
A few Candy Heart fruits that appear promising this season. The tree flowered for the first time last year but did not set any fruit. This year it was among the earliest to bloom, with flowers opening near the end of February. Splash also began blooming around that time and is showing signs of a potentially heavy crop, with fruit scattered/hidden throughout the canopy. Tilton may require continued thinning. The tropical apricot recently produced another round of blooms as well; the fruit from this tree has definitely been interesting, if you like tart/sweet/sour.
