It’s a spice zee nectaplum on citation rootstock. First summer it produced about 12 fruits, and this year over 100. I’ve been very pleased with the results. More fruit than all my plum tree combined.
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Are you growing fruit or want to get started? The Home Orchard Education Center (HOEC) and orchard will open its doors for a private tour with guest speakers, organized by the non-profit North American Fruit Explorers (NAFEX).
Tonia Lordy, HOEC’s Executive Director, will give a talk about what it takes to establish a small-scale, mixed-species orchard and give a private tour. Tonia will be joined by Joseph Postman, who recently retired from the USDA National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, OR.
Joseph is an avid home fruit grower and will share some of the interesting work he did at Corvallis including red-fleshed pear development, Japanese Quince cultivars, multi-species grafting, and much more. We’ll also hear from NAFEX Director Chris Homanics on fruit tree crops.
Enjoy a BYO brown bag picnic lunch where we can exchange ideas with other fruit growers in the PNW region. Plan to bring your lunch (in a cooler, as needed) and a lawn chair. We also invite you to bring some favorite fruits or homemade foods from your harvest to show and tell. Dress for the outdoors.
Space is limited. The cost is $15 for NAFEX members and $25 for general admission. All proceeds from this event will go directly to HOEC. Learn more about HOEC at: https://www.homeorchardeducationcenter.org/
This is a volunteer-run event. Please DM us or comment with any questions.
Register today at NAFEX Pacific Northwest Excursion Tickets in Oregon City, OR, United States
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Pumice: try a landscape supply that offers a variety of rock.
In Portland, Mt Scott Fuel offers bulk pumice, also fine red cinder that holds up longer than pumice.
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wow! wonder if this is one of unusual case or SpiceZee default behavior.
I might just be missing it, but I don’t see anywhere in the post what date & time this event will be.
I have no idea. I used to get nectaplums from a farmer’s market by my house in Petaluma, California. The guy had a nectaplum orchard near Fresno and he hauled the fruit 3 hours north to sell in the Bay Area on the weekends. I fell in love with the fruit, but never asked him anything about growing them. So when I decided to plant a small fruit orchard in the Willamette Valley I had no idea what to expect, just that I wanted to give them a try. The nectaplum results have so far exceeded my expectation. I’m also growing several seedlings to see what happens with those. I’ve read that you get fruit very similar to the mother tree.
I highly recommend the orchard, as well as Tonia and Joseph for being down to earth and super knowledgeable.
I don’t think they spell it out, but Joseph was the long time curator of the pear collection for the clonal germplasm repository in Corvallis.
@swincher From the “register today” linke:
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Hi all,
I’m a new member to this forum near Sultan WA.
I planted some new fruit trees recently, and wanted to learn more to help out my trees.
Looking forward to learning about fruit trees 
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PorkyFig: how much rain do you get there NE of Seattle and west of the Cascade Crest?
What is your elevation?
It looks like most of local nurseries here use St.Julien for Plums & Peaches which is supposed to be good for our wet climate. But most DWN trees come on Citation root stock, appreciate some opinions on Citation rootstock longterm performance in PNW.
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Does anyone recognize this plant I found as a volunteer in my yard? Don’t think I’ve seen it before, trying to decide between removing it and moving it somewhere better.
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Funny, I’ve wondering the same thing about a plant I found growing yesterday near my blueberry berm. And it actually looks fairly similar to the one in your pic. I can’t really tell.
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Cotoneaster lucidus?
https://landscapeplants.oregonstate.edu/plants/cotoneaster-lucidus
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Looks like a pretty good guess! I guess I’ll just move it for now.
The swincher plant is a cotoneaster, either from nearby plant or bird-dropping of a neighborhood plant.
The jsteph plant has more rounded leaves.
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Any idea what that one might be?
Does anybody know about pomegranate leaf curl? This is the first time it’s happened to any of my pomegranates. I’ve searched quite a bit online and can’t find anything. Most sources just say pomegranates are rarely if ever afflicted by pests or diseases. I’m fairly certain the problem with this plant isn’t a fungus, virus or bacteria. I’ve cloned this plant countless times and none of the clones show any leaf curl symptoms. Perhaps it’s an insect infestation. I can’t see any with the naked eye but obviously that isn’t always possible. Besides these curling leaves on a few branches, the plant is a vigorous specimen that has set fruit.
Elevation is about 500 ft. Amount of rain is similar to Redmond? But I do believe there is more rain due to the mountains hindering the clouds from passing towards Chelan.
That’s what some Plum leaves look like,from Curly Leaf Aphids.Maybe try to unfurl a leaf or two and use a magnifier on the underneath parts.
And there hasn’t been anything,like Roundup sprayed nearby?
Very delicious plums from a local tree. Unknown variety but seems to be similar to a French prune. I don’t have a refractometer but the sugar levels are off the charts. I have a graft of it growing at my house and the fruit is not as sweet as from the mother tree. The mother tree hasn’t had any irrigation this summer. That may have something to do with it. Anyone else has had similar experience? Do plums fruit better with neglect?
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