A generous forum member send me some pluot sionwood of different varieties. Now 5 years later these trees are large, about 12 feet tall, still not a single pluot. Lots of flowers.
Got to find a right polarizer, one is a Flavor Grenade. Probably too late getting sionwood.
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I just read online that the following are supposed to pollinate ‘Flavor Grenade’
Flavor King Pluot®
Dapple Dandy Pluot®
Emerald Drop Pluot®
Splash Pluot
Santa Rosa plum
Inca plum
Beauty Plum
Japanese plums
Other Pluots
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Beauty fertilizes mine, and Santa Rosa works as well.
Thanks Richard, got to find some. Got to write this down. I saw your post yesterday with a picture with those varieties.
Beauty plum might be easier to find. I am surprised with my varieties it’s not working.
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Bob
If someone near you has the variety you need, you can easily use green scions later in the year once you see mature growth buds on the source tree. Summer grafting with green scions is best done mid to late August towards end of growing season. Green scions are a bit more demanding than dormant wood, but if you want me to outline the requirements I can do so. Last summer I used green peach scions and got 100% take.
So if you have a source of green scions close enough that you can graft within no more than 3 days of cutting, and can keep them on ice until you graft, it’s a good way to go.
Dennis
Kent, wa
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I am puzzled, supposedly Pluot trees could pollinate each other, maybe some varieties are just incompatible with each other, do you know what other varieties you have besides ‘Flavor Grenade’?
“Pollenized by Flavor King Pluot, Dapple Dandy Pluot, Emerald Drop Pluot or Santa Rosa plum.”
Tony only grows the best varieties. I am just lucky him sending me sionwood of the best he is growing…Problem with me, I am not good tagging these trees, especially when they grow so fast. I am just amazed how well these trees turn out.
Arkansas is not loaded with fruit connoisseurs like the East or California. When you look at this forum, not that many members here. Guess I have to live with this, still happy, can’t complain!
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Wow. Thanks for this info, Dennis. I never knew that!
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After many failures trying to bud and dormant graft peaches, I’d like to know your process and requirements for grafting peaches in Aug with currently growing green scions.
Dennis, thanks for helping. Right now I don’t have a source from any of the varieties mention . Might get lucky till grafting time.
Big thanks, Bob.
Hi Chris
Revised 5/13/23
When I posted this note it still appeared that my five summer grafted peach scions were ready to grow, scionwood still green and buds swelling, this week however; I noticed that all 100% were completely dead! So this dog won’t hunt! I must retract the notice of apparent success and recommend no one rely on my post to try summer grafting of peaches. What works well for apples and plums has not worked for me. Please disregard my prior claim of success! @Ram, @cdamarjian
Dennis,
Kent, wa
I grafted this Veteran peach scion on 8/21/22 a day after Ram inSeattle gave me green peach scions. I removed all leaves leaving only the short petiole to protect the bud. Kept them over nite in an ice water bath. The next day I applied parafilm after letting them air dry to avoid mold. Then grafted them in normal manner. I covered the graft in aluminum foil to prevent sun scald and removed the foil in the fall. By that time no buds had grown but grafts looked green as the tree went dormant. This spring when Ram came back to visit, he wanted to see what happened, it was obviously breaking buds. The most important differences from dormant buds are:
- The grafting must occur within 3 days of cutting green scions.
- Remove leaves immediately
- Keep cold and wet until ready to graft.
- Summer heat must be mitigated on graft
Here is pic today, good luck
Dennis
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Thanks for instructions! I, too, got a scion from @ramv last summer - a loquat scion - and grafted it green onto a rootstock. It took within a month. I assumed that was because loquat is an evergreen.
Good to know I can also try green grafting with a deciduous peach tree. I want to keep my tasty 20 year old Avalon peach growing strong on new rootstock. Will try it in August!
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