Who has Black Ice Plum? What are your experiences with it in terms of disease resistance and pollination? Is anyone growing it in a hot and / or humid climate?
I was going to aquire black ice plum but reading the existing threads here changed my mind.
I have it here in west central MN with no disease issues to date, but I don’t have much in the way of disease issues on much of anything at this time. We can be humid but not normally too hot llike much of the south. Its a great plum for my area ripening earliest of the varieties that I have but doesn’t last long and turns to a mushy, juicy mess soon after peak ripeness.
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Cool! For comparison what other varieties do you have? If it’s earlier than Methley, that would be very interesting.
I’m growing it in middle TN, zone 7b.
Actually I made a few trees for MN and one never got dug and fruitrd last year. It was a great plum. No disease, no cracking, large size, excellent flavor. I wasn’t expecting much since it is a zone 3 plum. I belive it was late June or early July when they ripened. This is only their first year. Maybe i was lucky.
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Here in coastal RI (Z7A), I’ve had repeated strikes of Black Knot.
In this area, there is a huge population of wild black cherry, which serves as a reservoir for black knot. It is therefore almost impossible to grow Asian plums and sweet cherries. Ditto European plums except the most resistant varieties.
I am trying to grow resistant Europeans (President, Empress, Bluebyrd) and hybrids (Alderman, LaCrescent, Toka, Black Ice). But given my experience with BK, I am top-working Black Ice to other varieties.
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I have Black Ice, Toka, Superior, Mt Royal, Percy’s, Waneta and La Crescent and probably a couple others I’m not remembering at this time
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Hello all. I have two Black Ice trees, and Five Toka. My experience in my region with Black Ice has been excellent. The trees i have, grow about ten foot high, so havent had to prune. Set relient crops, pest free, and i have blossom blight in the Toka, which i have to spray for, but Black Ice never has aquired the disease. Excellent care free tree in my area. Only thing i would say is the fruit is what you would expect a plum to taste like. No huge pleasant surprise. But, dependable, and carefree in my area. Plant and harvest. ))
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