Growing loquats in the Pacific Northwest

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This year is looking good for loquats.

These are a variety I never tasted before:Sugarcane.
Adam Karsten considered it maybe his best variety. Atleast top 3.

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Of the 3 I got from him, Sugarcane is the only that hasnā€™t since died. Iā€™m looking forward to your report.

Have you heard of a variety called Marini? I got it along with Angelino, Yehuda, and Dr. Moy from One Green Worlds scion sale.

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Never heard of it. Have to ask Sam about it.
I have Dr Moy but it has not fruited yet. And didnā€™t flower this year.
Argelino is a solid high quality producer.

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Excited to hear if it lives up to the hype

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Have you tried ā€˜Ellen Markerā€™? I had just seen photos of the fruit, they look huge for loquats.

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I just got Ellen marker this year. Itā€™s been hard to get outside Florida.
Hope atleast one of my grafts take

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Iā€™m seeing one of my varieties - not Shambala or Novak starting to put out new flower buds now -in March! Iā€™ll check the label later but it is definitely a cool one to grow! It also had earlier flushes and even has fruit! So it is definitely a multi-flushing variety.

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Thats awesome @ramv curious to add some mutliflush varieties myself

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Anyone growing Strawberry Loquat and know how the fruit compares to Gold Nugget?

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I am growing strawberry, and itā€™s fruiting this year. However Iā€™ve never had gold nugget so I wonā€™t be able to answer the second part haha

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Ok thank you!

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I have sugarcane, it tasted good, not excellent. I donā€™t think any of Adamā€™s variety was in my top 5. But I didnā€™t taste his Michael loquat (MPJ-4), my grafts died. Also did not think his Sunset was outstanding, just average like a Big Jim.

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Thanks for piping in, George.
Since we didnā€™t get so cold this year, it will be a great year for loquats. Usually Argelino and Kanko are the best, this year I have many other varieties also producing including my own seedling.

Unfortunately none of yours yet.

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Yes, hope this year is better than last year. I see a lot of fruits on all my varieties now.

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Also since the early varieties did so well here in the PNW, Iā€™m thinking the fruits are more hardy than open flowers. So maybe early AND late varieties are great for our area.

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I placed an order from him last spring before I found out he hadnā€™t shipped any scions in years. Luckily I got my money back, good to know some people have some of his varieties as it seems like they receive high praise.

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Are loquats hard to graft? Will you be offering scions soon or did i miss it?

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Very easy imo

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I have scionwood for trade or sale.
They are easy to graft.

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Yo, when does OGW have a scion sale? I need this in my life lol