@Tana …
Early May we had a tornado pass by just south of us…
We got hail for a good 20 minutes… and near the end of it many were golfball sized.
Yes made some big holes in fruit tree leaves… and split the bark on many young scaffold branches.
Everything seems to be recovering well.
I thought our pea sized hail did no damage on fruit until I got to thinning apples today. Lots of nice healthy fruit with dimples from the hail. Thinning adjourned until it is clear if the fruit heals or starts rotting. Fortunately we also have varieties that are rock hard at this stage and most trees are dense enough not to loose everything.
How tall are your fig trees? Mine are second year from cuttings and i was hoping for at least a taste but theyre still pretty short.
Such a shame can’t share with your North American friends. Sounds amazing. Between your posts and some of @Jose-Albacete i feel like we’re missing out on good cherries over here.
Shinseiki Asian Pear
Our “wild” Red Mulberry Tree - 3 year clone
Fruit Cocktail Tree - Nectarines, Plums, Peaches
Shinko Asian Pear
Yellow Wonder Alpine - from Hirts - so many flowers!!
Ground Cherries!!
Contender Peach - planted last spring
one is very tall about 5 feet, the rest are about 3 feet tall. I have a few that are a year or less from rooted cuttings and I do a few like that each year. my oldest plant is 5 or 6.
I rooted these last year. it hasn’t gotten warm enough here for them to put on much new growth, the nights are still dipping into the 40s here and there. soon though!
All of these are from cuttings just over a year ago. Spring 2023.
Oh, I know how you feel. Back home cherries are the stuff of legends and that’s only some 200km from here. So much so, that when I moved down South for my studies I would binge eat them every year at my grandparents’ place until I made myself sick and with the added (more likely addled) logic that I wouldn’t miss them so much if I just remembered the stomachache.
What type of strawberries are those and what do you think of the flavor? I have a variety called Flamingo that I got from Hartmann’s and look similar.
First color on a Flavor Grenade pluot.
I knew things would start way earlier than what I assume is california harvest window.
We just had 3.22 inches of rain in 75 minutes today. Let’s see if I have splitting problems.
There Weeping Santa Rosa plum. Will let them sit for a few days.
I discovered that our house came with a couple of bush cherries:
I think you’re asking about the pineberries, those are called White Carolina. We got them bareroot at Walmart 3-4 years ago. Flavor is very good, I like better than strawberries, with strong hints of pineapple and lots of sweetness. Production is great. Downside is many berries are very small on young plants. As small as a sweet pea sometimes (noticing again this year on our last years runners). 2nd year size improved significantly.
The tiny red strawberries are wild
Yes those are Nanking cherries, congrats what a treat!
Yeah,that’s real early.I kind of like them,around that stage.
Well I have several with a blush now. Luckily I have enough to perhaps start giving them a try one every few days.
So happy to have the choice… This is assuming they all don’t start spitting front the big rains today.
