I just want to share some pictures of my sweet treat pluerry:
Wow. That thing is loaded. Do you thin them?
Looks like a good sized tree already and definitely loaded…
Fantastic! Wish I could grow such.
No. I don’t thin them, the wind does it for me, sometimes, the winds remove up to 70% of the crop from my fruit trees. In some areas of the High Desert, the winds may even thin up to 99% of the crop.
It better hurry up before that branch breaks off!
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I wanted to chime in for any deep South growers. I live in Zone 9a about 4 miles north of Lake Pontchartrain just north of New Orleans.
This is the 4th summer for my tree, which almost died last year. I had to prune it to about 4 feet because of dieback. It recovered and had a modest bloom and small fruit set…about 24 fruit. As of today the fruit has all turned a greenish yellow. Exciting. They are all ping pong ball or smaller sized. See video.
I have a Weeping Santa Rosa Plum next to it…which I love…first year for it to hold any fruit, though only a dozen or so…
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Are you sire this is Sweet Treat? Mine, if true, are almost perfectly round. These are tear drop shaped and larger like the photos I see for Candy Heart
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Interesting. Completely different fruit than my ‘Sweet Treat’ for what that’s worth.
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This is my Sweet Treat, !00 miles north of Seattle. Still a ways to go!
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Sweet Treat is abundant. I agree with @Vincent_8B, it’s the best performing cherry plum/pluerry.
I pick them at this stage and let them finish ripening on the counter.
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Yes. They are very good and easily ripening in room temperature. Stan. Some of mine last year waited too long then squirrels cleaned almost the whole tree in one day. @SteadyStan
@cdamarjian a lot of my sweet treat are still green as yours. They’re ripening not evenly. So we can enjoy the fruits longer.
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