I’m seeing suckering on 7 out of 10 apples this year, with all different rootstocks. Only usually deal with Gala suckers (madly) who i think is on M7.
Odd. Any ideas why?
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@Reg
I do not know much about apple suckers. I have a tree on M7. It is supposed to sucker. I have it for 7 years, it has not had any suckers.
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@Ahmad
I bagged the cracked Emeraude, a white nectarine, as you suggested. One rotted badly, the other was not.
Split pit, which seemed to be a trend this year. Brix was 20, not bad considering how much rain we have had here.
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20 brix is pretty good for us in any season. 25 is the perfect brix for nectarines in my book, but is only achievable when the three weeks before harvest are dry.
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Good luck catching that guy. I caught one a month ago and another showed up recently and dug his den right under my plum. 
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It hides under my shed.
So I put a trap on its path. Did not work. It did not show up for 2 days. I thought I may have scared it away. Today, I saw it came out on the other side of the shed, the opposite side of the trap!!
It is in my experience, too, that groundhogs are hard to catch.
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My father says he has better luck catching groundhogs… By covering the top/sides/end of a regular box trap with lots of leaves/weeds/limbs… Kind of “camouflaging” it so to speak.
They’re quite destructive, good luck!
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I had one of those living under my shed for a week a few months ago. I poured all 8 lbs of Epsom salt around and under the shed as far as I can push them. The groundhog left and hasn’t returned. Thank God.
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Forgot the trap overnight. Got a skunk as usual. I let it go every time.
Re. epsom salt, I don’t think I want to chase away the groundhog from under the shed. I am afraid that it will take up a new residence in my orchard instead. At least, I know it is under the shed, not under the tree like @scottfsmith has found out.
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I had to quickly evict the groundhog because I didn’t want it to feel comfortable under my shed in my small fenced-in backyard, protected from foxes in the area, and to start making its burrow and munching on my garden.
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Our neighborhood, not just our street, has no fence. Any animals are free to roam. 
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Our wild animals are free to roam, but our little kids and domestic animals are “caged” in. :).
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Mirabelles have arrived. Unfortunately, we had over an inch of rain early yesterday. Half of the ripening mirabelles cracked.
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Another blue plum is ripening, too. It has a production this year. When ripe, texture is soft. It is sweet, a very good plum.
@BobVance Have you picked this Not-Valor?
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my 1st 3 black ice cracked as well and they are almost ripe. hopefully they dont rot 1st.
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Steve
Before it rots, this bugger will ruin our fruit first.
A yellow jacket, right? Sorry for an unfocused pic.
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i better go bag them then.
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I have bagged my Euro pears because I don’t have many and I like them.
I try to pick as many cracked plums as possible. They attack the cracked ones first.
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They look great and don’t they smell so good! They make the best jam.
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