I tried that Inca plum tonight. Though it dropped early, tasted sweet with nice aroma. I did not measure brix. All fruit ripened now are bloated so the taste won’t be optimal.
I can’t wait to eat the properly ripened ones.
I dehydrated a lot of plums recently. J plums came out dried and sour!!
Scott
I picked my last batch of Lavina today. To my dismay, I saw black knot on one branch!!! I an staring at it to make sure this black know is on Lavina’s branch.
Then, I moved to pick Fake Valor. Saw black knot in it, too.
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Sorry to see that. I still didn’t get any knot this year. In fact Satsuma is all that has knots for me.
Good news in my orchard, one less raccoon and one less groundhog today compared to yesterday. The raccoon I trapped, the groundhog had some sort of wasting disease and was wandering around disoriented. I found him dead this morning. I am hoping this eases pressure a bit.
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Hope wild life around here don’t contract any weird diseases.
I don’t want to jink myself but after I got rid of a raccoon (did not even realize it was around) and 3 opossums, things have been calm the night.
Prior to that, there were several fallen fruit (in bags), often half eaten under my trees each morning.
Hope it stays calm for two more months.
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I start to feel sorry for myself after Freckle Face started to ripen. So far, most got brown rot, or rot at the stem end.
This one just dropped a few minutes ago,
Classic brown rot. I spray with two fungicide 3 times before I bagged. It has been hot, humid and often rainy through the summer.
@ahmad - even the fungicides I used, they could not stop brown rot. I think I need to stop bagging peaches/nectarines next year.
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I found Freckle Face and the other Burchell varieties I have to be highly susceptible to BR. I agree, don’t bag next year.
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Ahmad,
@scottfsmith grows Freckle Face. Look like his fungicides, which are similar to mine, have worked out well for him.
Bagging seems to be a culprit here.
That happened,for just about the first time ever on a Nectarine,Honey Kist and we didn’t get a lot rain in the summer.A few years ago,an Indian Free had a small amount on a couple of fruit.
Is this kind of rot systemic in the trees or on the surface from maybe splashing,earlier in the year?
I don’t think it happened by splashing earlier in the year. I did not bag when fruit were wet. I waited until they are dry before bagging.
The last fungicide spray was done in June before bagging. Since then, we continue to get rain. Fruit are ripening now. It has been two months without fungicide protection. Even thought they are in bags, those bags are not air tight. With frequent rain (at times, for a day or two in a row), I am sure moisture could seep in an create a desirable condition for brown rot in those bags.
Has anyone considered falconry or befriending an owl or a combination of both for backyard Orchard security 
i live in the suburbs currently and do want to move closer to the middle of no where. I was joking about getting into falconry when we get to the point where i can plant my trees in ground but reading everyone’s posts makes me think that maybe that isn’t a bad idea.
I only have strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries really going for me right now. My only frustration is that the birds never take the entire berry but always seem to leave little pecks here and there. I don’t mind sharing and would rather whatever animal take the entire fruit but dam its been annoying with a peck here and there. Honestly wish i could tell them to just take the entire thing and come back tomorrow for more instead of just pecking at every berry then flying off. The chickadees however, for the most part, take the entire blueberry when they go blueberry picking over here but ONLY if it’s on the ground. Strange to me.
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How many times did you spray? I did one at delayed dormant and then 4-5 through early/mid June. I expect it is the bagging but also wonder if more sprays might help.
I fid 3 sprays of a combo of zera cypernethrin (insecticide), Indar and Luna Sensation (2 fungicides) before bagging.
Clemson only suggested one or two spray of insecticide and fungicide before bagging.
I did extra knowing I have had high pressure. This would have worked in drier years. It worked in the past but not this year.
Do you feel that Freckle Face is susceptible to rot more than other nects you have?
I had an owl on one of the game cams at the orchard last winter. I also get fox on the cams, so I’m pleased to have two vole catchers in the orchard in winter. Unfortunately, the redtail hawks no longer nest in the woods alongside and you can tell, most of my apple crop this year is heavily bird pecked.
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So it works? 
are you confirming me? 
From a purely non-Falconry perspective, yes! 
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It’s hard to say as I added it recently and now nothing is rotting. I did remove many nectarines prone to rot back when I had a lot of it, they are on average a bit worse than peaches.
Three sprays sounds pretty good, I would probably blame the bagging. Make sure to do the disease chemicals in a delayed dormant spray, just before the buds pop. If you didn’t do this it could have been a factor. Early sprays nip things in the bud as it were.
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I did delayed dormant spray. So, there were 4 sprays of fungicide combo, one at delayed dormant, 3 at shuck split and after.
I concluded that bagging contributed to rot in the rainy season I have had.
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Oh Tippy that looks horrible. Soooo sorry!!
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