Summer Silk (almost pear shaped) is right next to glo and they look perfect. Same watering routine on everything.
Too bad because it has quite a few with cracking…i ripped some off.
I had the same issue with our artic glo but the tree was still in the nursery pot so I wasn’t as worried. If it does it again next year I will need to figure out what I might do to help prevent the issue.
I have not had that problem, ever. I don’t have much experience with stone fruit cracking. We don’t get much rain either. I usually don’t water them either, I did today, first time. Only if we have 3 weeks with little rain do I water, and it is the case right now.
It doesn’t look like how I would have expected a cracked fruit to look.
I agree. It seems like you have something going on besides just regular cracking. I have a nectarine called Karla Rose and they crack so bad I’ll probably pull the tree. We are talking 95% of the fruit have cracked in the 2 years it has produced fruit. But they just get one or two big cracks running almost all the way from top to bottom. But they just sort of split open- no brown looking tissue like yours has. Anyway, good luck with that.
Its like they are just ripping apart…
so is it water or nutrient? something else/ I think what i’ll do is when i’m able to this fall…i’ll repot into 25 gallon…these trees i’m talking a bout are all container trees. I have seen this on a seedling nectarine that was in the ground.
Maybe its something it can grow out of…who knows…i only planted it last year… I just have A Rose and Star and both are not doing this.
I would think mostly water. Seems there have been reports of big weather swings in WI. When I’ve seen it a big wetting event after a dry spell causes cracking. But other factors can play a part. The pictured fruit looks to have something going on that caused that russeting. Maybe spray injury, thrips, freeze damage, etc. Such damage can increase cracking IME.
I’m going to probably move it to a different rootstock too… I think that can play a roll. I have a k86 i’d like to try under it…maybe next year. If that doesn’t fix it i’ll probably get rid of it.
