Why are my Nankings looking like that? Could it be monilia? Also I haven‘t found any info on how weed tolerant they are. Is it advisable to keep them weed free at their base or doesn‘t it matter?
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I had several Nankings die at my old house. They would start by wilting from the tips of individual branches and work it’s way down slowly spreading to the rest of the bush, I figured it was some type of disease, or fungus… I don’t know what caused it
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I have 4 seed-grown nankings.
They’ve been in ground for 4 years, but have not grown much.
I’ve also had individual stems die off.
Had almost given up on them, but was pleasantly surprised today when I saw flowers on one of them.
It’s growing right next to a flowering Opal plum and a Lapins cherry.
Will any of those work for pollination?
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I think some plums can cross pollenate each other from looking at various pollination charts.
My red Nanking is producing a lot of fruit in its 4th year. I find the taste surprising pleasant, very sweet and somewhat tart. I was expecting them to be very sour after reading the reviews. They are somewhat small and soft, not much flesh but very juicy. I’m thinking of getting a steam juicer, a large cold glass of its juice would be awesome.
The white Nanking branch I grafted on this tree also fruited but they’re not ripe yet and still very firm.
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Is the pit really that big that there is not much fruit to pit ratio?
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Here’s a picture of the average size of the fruits and pits
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So kinda like a 50-60% pit to flesh?
Looks so prolific that big pit doesn’t matter that much. Just annoying
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Oh no!!! I should have ordered some! It does not look THAT bad! Thank you for the pic.
Would you say you’d plant it again?
imo, more like 25-35% pit
Most definitely. I invited my curious neighbor to take a handful and she asked where she can buy the plants after tasting them…lol. They would be great for small kids since the fruits on the bush are easily reachable.
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I got them from Edible Landscaping a while back, the receipt says the white is Ian, but no cultivar listed for the red plant. From recommendations, you’d need 2 different varieties for cross pollination.
@xendula if you’re close to edible landscape in Virginia, I think they have an in person only event that you get 20% off on in June 7th
I got 2 of the white ones from them(I think Ian and Gabe) and a red (unnamed) one from tractor supply. Mine are still too small to fruit tho. One had I think 1 flower this spring. Should be good next year tho.
I’m pretty sure most of their reds will be seedlings, but I know they had Cheropugy a couple years ago, and they likely have Meador, although that one I got elsewhere.
I’d be surprised if they are seedlings since the cuttings root so easily.
Are the pictures from @Fishsauce above typical of the fruit set on these? I have several older bushes that came with the house, and the fruits are much further apart. Trying to figure out if it could be pollination, or if pruning would help?
Have you fertilized them any? I think I read somewhere that they can be a little on the more hungry side.
Do you fertilize yours @Fishsauce ?
I threw about half a cup of 10-10-10 under it when I do the rest of the plum/cherry/persimmon trees in March. I think it helped that I grafted a white scions onto it and that has became a fairly large branch with lots of flowers. I think that result in a lot of cross pollination between the red/white flowers (see the pic I posted a while back under a different thread)
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Wow
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That’s exactly what I was about to type! Just wow!