It was a seedling and in a container, but unprotected. I forgot to move it when the freezes came.
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Aww, bummer. I did the same thing with a Lemon Zest seedling, lol.
Does anyone here have good experiences with growing Cox’s Orange Pippin? I just planted a barefoot tree on M111 (from OGW) and am curious about what kind of spray regimen might be necessary (hopefully not a crazy one, or I might end up grafting something else on it).
edit: I’m in Portland OR, so very dry summers, but long and wet mild springs.
Yes, I have one on M26, likely from Portland Nursery. It was planted in 2023 and is about 7.5 feet tall now. I don’t anticipate letting it get any larger. Spray-wise, I keep it fairly simple, with dormant copper and horticultural oil a few times, followed by Surround once done thinning. I haven’t noticed any major disease or pest issues, aside from the squirrel thieves.
It currently has grafts of Cherry Crush (3/25), Chestnut Crab (3/23), Clark’s Crab (3/24), Dabinett (3/23), Golden Harvey (3/24), Gravenstein (4/22), Pitmaston Pineapple (2/24), and Reine des Reinettes (2/24). I’m finally going to get some RdRs this year! Chestnut and Clark’s Crab both set well.
Last year, there were limited flowers and fruit, so it may have fallen into a biennial cycle. There are a ton of flowers/fruitlets this year. I plan to thin pretty heavily to see if that helps for next year flowering. I need to get on that soon it seems.
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Ah great to hear! Your orchard post inspired my multi-hole plantings actually - I have Ashmeads Kernel and Cox Orange Pippin in one hole, and Ya Li Asian pear and Red Clapps Favorite in another.
Fingers crossed they leaf out soon, I know I planted these bareroot rather late (about 1.5 weeks ago).
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@henderson I imagine that’s probably fine. Our temps are still looking pretty good, not too hot, not too cold.
Ashmeads is probably my favorite apple at the moment.
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After 3 years, my dekopon said yes last fall. Still have many more months to go… this has been outside for a few frosts and amazingly survived. Growing in a 15-20 gallon pot/not sure exact pot size. I’ve thrown in some compost and added extra fertilizer today. There’s a few worms living in the pot as well.
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Omgosh, that’s awesome! Dekopon… is that the other name for Shiranui or Sumo, or am I confused. 
It is! I think all are the same? Dekopon is the Japanese name i think and shiranui is the scientific name or its switch lol. Sumo is the commercial name they sell it by
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Nice! I just ordered one of those, so it’s on the way. 
And I’m telling myself AGAIN, this is the LAST citrus I’m adding to my collection. 
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I have an itch to replace one that died 
with 3 others just in case…
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Lol, that’s like me and my mango trees! 
I completely understand. 
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If you are growing gooseberries, currants and josta berries, you may want to check them for sawfly caterpillars. I saw today that my gooseberries had some invaders today. They were very small so I thankfully caught them early. They had already eaten multiple leaves. I just pulled off all the caterpillars I could find. I probably didn’t get the all so I will need to monitor for a while still.
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For Washington folks- We are having a plant sale on Camano Island this Saturday. We are a Fukuoka inspired nature farm offering cultivars that like to grow naturally in our climate An inventory of our grafted fruit/nut trees is up on our facebook.
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I have been keeping an eye out. I was constanly pulling them off my plants last year. What do you do to make them go away?
I’ve read that insecticidal soap mixed with a pyrethrin will kill Sawfly larvae on contact.
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Stone fruit seem to be doing really well this year. Looks like I may get my first nectarines ever, and the unknown peach that died lives on with grafts on some other trees that may be setting their first fruit. There may even be a couple of Flavor Supreme pluots that may give my first ever taste after over a decade from grafting.
This Splash has a ridiculous set, I’m going to be doing a lot of thinning:
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Lots of flowers today. It was shady so the poppies are closed but the buttery yellow of these California poppies are something I have not seen before especially compared to the normal traffic cone orange ones.
Siberian Wallflower and calendulas are adding to the orange theme especially against the white alyssum.
On top of that the Totally Tangerine Geums are brightening up the new forest shade garden with even more orange.
On another note, my plum tree is getting hit hard by green aphids. But right on queue, mother nature shows up. Those are ladybug eggs. The infantry has arrived.
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