These are not ripe yet but I have to protect them from the birds. There is another tree that is more than 5 year old but only has four fruits. I have no idea how they turn out so differently.
We are seeing near 100F temperature now with no rain so everything is getting sweeter, especially the figs. I know we should have thinned the fruits, but with last year heat wave and not much fruit it was hard to do so.
I use the tulle because it is easier to put on and remove. I think it hides the fruits better and confuses the birds. I see a lot of birds on the trees from the neighbor yard up hill looking down but have lost almost no fruit, even though you see that I only can roughly wrap the tulle around the tree and have a lot of openings. The yard looks like Halloween with all the ghost trees.
I thought there were only 10 fruit sets on the tree but turns out there were about two dozen! They’ve been ripening incrementally. The first half were ready a few days ago and the second will perhaps be ready In a week.
I’d expect you to be further ahead. I have a 4 in 1 with a small section of Flavor Grenade. I notice its flower bud clusters look a lot greener than the other 3 pluot varieties. Splash are much more red. It’s really obvious to tell some of the varieties from each other at this time of year.
Weee! has Flavor Grenade pluots. I wish I could see them before buying. The pictures from other customers in past years show a whole spectrum of color, some clearly nowhere close to ripe - and the accompanying reviews corroborate.
They’re somewhat sweet.Ripeness is really subjective,with this variety.Some people like them crunchy,like me,while others prefer them softer,with kind of a reddish appearance.
That may be a quality about them,because shipping shouldn’t be a problem.
These store bought ones were,like most fruit,picked a little early.
Too long. Flavor Grenade performs much better on Mazzard.
Mine produces so much fruit that I can’t get rid of it fast enough. I finished picking mine over a month ago and I still have a full refrigerator drawer of it. I like mine crunchy too.