Doesn’t seem likely, I think they can generally handle much colder than that. My three goumi seedlings showed zero damage from our winter low of about -10°C. I would guess some kind of root pathogen, but I’m not familiar with any that impact goumi. Have you pulled out the roots and inspected them yet?
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Just had a good look, and couldn’t see any obvious damage to the roots. It had a huge rootball and very well developed, although not that deep, but proper thick roots spreading out in top foot of soil.
Could be something fungal, there was a strange ring of dead grass around the bush after slight drought last summer. I’m trying to remember, I think it might have even defoliated early last year. Maybe it died to drought and has been dead all winter not dormant.
I’m not too upset that was a prime spot and I’m not so sure on the nitrogen fixer permaculture-y arrangements I used to be in to given my limited space.
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my 2 goumi have taken -30f no problem but the -40 3 winters ago killed them to the roots. they’re back to 6ft tall now and should fruit this year.
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ahh… you had it in a pot. i think it was a combo of drought and cold that did it in . a exposed root ball above ground makes it less hardy by 2 growing zones. so a z5 hardy plant in ground is only z7 hardy in a pot, unless the root ball is heavily mulched or covered in snow.
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It’s not a pot just a ring shaped section of barrel I use as a barrier because I let the grass grow long.
I can’t remember well but the dead surrounding grass was kind of mysterious and maybe a fungal cause as they all used to be mulched with woodchips that were constantly sprouting mushrooms.
I do remember that goumi yellowing and defoliating early.
It was also a somewhat mysterious cultivar, I wonder if it could have been a less hardy eleagnus or hybrid.
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I made another vid showing the fruits coming along in midsummer.
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My first persimmon is flowering! Lots. It’s the one trained as a candelabra in my tunnel. Probably a bit late for anything to ripen this year.
Nikshoo = Nikita’s Gift x Taishu.
I think they’re male flowers, right? I guess that got passed on from Taishu.
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Flowers forming again on the Nikita x Taishu hybrid persimmon in my tunnel. But this time it’s at the right time of year! If I can get it to fruit I may be the first in Ireland?
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My ‘kazakh apple’ Malus Sieversii is also flowering for the first time. This is the one from pflanzmich.de source.
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I’ve never heard of / saw that breed. are they excusive to Ireland?
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I think it’s originally a Czech cross. Sussex paternal by Barred Plymouth Rock maternal. Also goes by Dominant Black D149.
They’re big, these point of lay pullets are already bigger than my previous Blackrock hens when fully grown. I think the markings are stunning.
They’re a bit similar to the Bluebell which is also a large hybrid.
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Added:
- Fernor walnut
- Fernette walnut
Both precocious late leafing lateral bearing types. Planted in the same hole to replace a 5th leaf do nothing (still 3ft) black mulberry.
- Bouche de Betizac sweet chestnut (placed close to marigoule)
- Nottingham cobnut (placed in hedgerow)
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Has your Denniston’s Superb plum fruited for you? Any information you can provide about it, such as taste, vigor, or bloom timeframe?
It never fruited. I took it out and replaced it with an Opal Plum which hasn’t flowered yet. Can’t remember the exact reason, sorry, I think maybe disease.
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Updated Fruit Map
1 Sour Cherry / Morello / Colt / 2021
2 Apple / Grenadier Mislabel / ??? / 2022
3 Plum / Opal / StJulien A / 2023
4 Apple / Reinette d’Amboulne / M26 / 2022
5 Persimmon / Sunrise / Lotus / 2022
6 Apple / Pitmaston Pineapple / M26 / 2021
7 Pear / Invincible / Quince E / 2020
8 Apple / Cornish Aromatic / M26 / 2022
9 Plum / Old Green Gage / StJulien A / 2020
10 Apple / Court Pendu Plat / M106 / 2020
11 Goumi / Sweet Scarlet / 2020
12 Apple / Crawley Beauty / M26 / 2022
13 Pear / Durondeau / Quince A / 2021
14 Apple / Katy / ??? / 2020
15 Plum / Victoria / “patio” / 2023
16 Apple / Belle Fille de Salins / M106 / 2021
17 Sour Cherry / Morello / Colt / 2021
18 Mirabelle / de Nancy / StJulien A / 2021
19 Pear / Comice / Quince A / 2022
20 Pear / Beth / Quince A / 2023
21 Apple / Lane’s Prince Albert / M106 / 2020
22 Apple / Appletown Wonder / M106 / 2021
23 Quince / Krymsk / Quince A / 2020
24 Pear / Emile d’Heyst / Quince A / 2023
25 Apple / Reinette Amorique / M106 / 2022
26 Plum / Victoria / StJulien A / 2024
27 Apple / Rosemary Russet / M106 / 2020
28 Apple / Sam Young / M106 / 2021
29 Plum / Czar / StJulien A / 2023
30 Apple / Amour / M106 / 2022
31 Plum / Oullin’s Golden Gage / StJA / 2024
32 Damson / Farleigh / StJulien A / 2021
33 Sweet Cherry / Stella / Colt / 2023
34 Sweet Chestnut / Marigoule / ??? / 2020
35 Persimmon / Russian Beauty / Lotus / 2022
36 Grape / Vroege van der Laan / 2023
37 Mulberry / M. Acidosa Mulle / 2025
38 Apple / Reinette du Mans / M9 / 2021
39 Apple / Bardsey / M9 / 2020
40 Apple / Ard Cairn Russet / M9 / 2020
41 Malus Trilobata / Lebanese / 2021
42 Hazel / Webb’s Prize Cobb / 2021
43 Sorbus / Burka / 2022
44 Hazel / Nottingham / 2025
45 Hazel / Tonda di Giffoni / 2022
46 Hazel / Cosford Cobb / 2020
47 Apple / Mrs Perry / M9 / 2020
48 Pyrocydonia? / Conference+Quince C / 2023
49 Apple / April Queen / M9 / 2023
50 Quince / Quince E / 2023
51 Apple / Balineen Roadside / M9 / 2023
52 Fig / Little Miss Figgy / 2024
53 Apple / L:Bardsey+ R:Bardsey+ / M9 / 2024
54 Apple / L:Amour+ R:Bardsey+ / M9 /2025
55 —
56 Grape / Black Hamburg / 2021
57 Persimmon / Nikshoo / Virginiana / 2020
58 Mulberry / Pendula / 2023
59 Mulberry / M. Nigra / 2024
60 Amelanchier / Smoky / 2020
61 Medlar / Nottingham / Quince A / 2021
62 Goumi / Sweet Scarlet / AO / 2022
63 Goumi / Uroz Hayraya Varilova / AO / 2022
64 Walnut / Fernette / 2025
65 Walnut / Fernor / 2025
66 Malus Sieversii / pflanzmich.de / 2021
67 Medlar / Westerveld / Hawthorn / 2020
68 Malus Sieversii / drzewa.pl / 2021
69 Malus Sieversii / drzewa.pl / 2021
70 Pear / Invincible / Quince A / 2022
71 Sweet Chestnut / Bouche de Betizac / 2025
72 Japanese Quince / Cido Red / 2025
73 Japanese Quince / Cido / 2025
74 Mulberry / M. Nigra / 2022
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Which nursery had the sweet sloes /