00:13:07 Chris Homanics: Feel free to drop notes, links, or things that you would like to discuss here in the chat window
00:14:51 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Maybe we can talk about how these “wild” and cultivated plums have hybridized.
00:15:25 Matt Soltys: Marcus, when you say passed down, have these been vegetatively propagated for generations, or passed down via seeds?
00:16:03 Andrew Walsh: How do Chickasaw plums do with black knot?
00:22:44 gloria bell: I hear that st julien makes nice plums as well
00:23:10 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “I hear that st julie…” with 👍🏼
00:25:26 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Historic book referenced by Chris Homanics: Plum and Plum Culture by F.A. Waugh
00:26:10 Colleen Dieter: Reacted to “Historic book refere…” with 👌
00:27:55 Jeanne Calabrese: Anyone have any experience with Wild Goose and Dunbar plums? Trees are planted next to each out and have been in the ground since 2018. Both trees have bloomed for a couple of years, this year the trees were loaded but no fruit set. Very disappointing. Wondering if anyone has had this issue or can offer any suggestions. I am in Chicago. Thanks.
00:28:05 Colleen Dieter: In Texas we have Prunus mexicana too so maybe some of those genes are in there too.
00:28:10 Matt Soltys: All good!
00:29:27 Andrew Walsh: No black knot? Sounds like my kind of plum! Green gauges and other plums are pretty much impossible for me due to high black knot pressure
00:29:28 Janet Pflederer: Got my first plum tree this year – an Oullins Golden Gage (on Marianna). Any advice for first time gage growers? I’m in 5B a couple of miles from Lake Michigan. There are apple trees in the vicinity so a bit worried about plum curcillio
00:34:04 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: For reference, “AU Cherry” is the name of a plum developed by Auburn University back in the day.
00:34:17 Sean Dunlap: Reacted to “For reference, “AU C…” with 👍
00:38:40 adam b.: Replying to “For reference, “A…”
Yes, I was just reading a PDF on it, from its release about 1990. Bred from Chickasaw and the cultivar ‘Methley’. It is rated at the top for flavor and disease-resistance
00:39:23 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “Yes, I was just read…” with 👍🏼
00:40:10 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Hey all, feel free to shift the conversation to any prunus topic you’d like to have us discuss.
00:42:40 Colleen Dieter: Prunus mexicana are deciduous here in Austin and very reliable fruit producers, and they are big beautiful trees.
00:42:54 Lana: Reacted to “Prunus mexicana are …” with 👍
00:43:07 gloria bell: Is anyone familiar with the transparent gage
00:43:11 Colleen Dieter: They are mostly grown and sold as landscaping trees, not for fruit.
00:43:23 Dan Lefever: Does Chickasaw have any tolerance or resistance to plum curculio
00:43:40 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “They are mostly grow…” with 👍🏼
00:55:04 Andrew Walsh: Markus, could you give us your email to reach out later?
00:55:09 Sean Dunlap: Thanks Marcus!
00:55:26 Andrew Walsh: Sorry, spelled your name wrong there
00:57:25 gloria bell: I can only get st.julien here in Canada at least where I am and it’s hard to get.
00:57:27 Andrew Walsh: Anyone have any experience with Gisela? I’m interested in G6 based on descriptions
00:58:22 gloria bell: I use gage suckers.
00:58:39 dovid: we like prunus Americana for the north in Vermont, grows very well and if the graft dies we still get tasty plums for jam or sauces
00:59:03 Mark Wolbers: In Alaska, currently using Krymsk 1 for plums and Krymsk 5 for cherries. Looking into Mustang rootstock for plum as it was developed in Canada and is said to be extremely hardy.
00:59:39 Marcus Toole: Marcus Toole 8 Crescent Avenue, Statesboro, GA 30458; coolmantoole@gmail.com, 912-678-1367. It’s pretty easy to find me on FB. I manage a FB group called Plums and Other Stone Fruit for the Hot and Humid South.
00:59:56 Sean Dunlap: Reacted to “Marcus Toole 8 Cresc…” with 👍
01:01:09 BarbaraR: Im here in Virginia 6b/7a and have been trying several varieties. Curculio is the major problem. I have a myro plum that has grown to a tree, but brown rot and curculio has prevented us from getting a crop.
01:02:20 Colleen Dieter: No WAY Halford is wonderful for Alkaline soils here in Austin!
01:02:39 Andrew Walsh: Chris, can you say the name of that rootstock book again?
01:02:50 gloria bell: Gisela 6 is very precocious
01:03:17 gloria bell: But only have cherry on it
01:03:22 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “No WAY Halford is wo…” with ❤️
01:03:42 Marcus Toole: Toole’s Heirloom; Ridgeland, NC McKibben, and Ms Bessie all sucker profusely. Of these NC McKibben wants to be the biggest tree and might support a European type.
01:04:50 Andrew Walsh: Found it, it’s literally called “Fruit and Nut Tree Rootstocks”
01:05:01 Matt Soltys: https://www.burntridgenursery.com/mobile/FRUIT-AND-NUT-TREE-ROOTSTOCKS/productinfo/BKFNUT/
01:05:39 adam b.: Chemical-free treatment for curculio? homemade sprays?
01:05:52 gloria bell: I can’t get peached to graft to st julien either….
01:06:08 Andrew Walsh: Reacted to “https://www.burntrid…” with 👍
01:06:19 Matt Soltys: Here in Ontario, I know of a nursery that grows out their own Bailey for rootstock… anyone else have experience with Bailey?
01:06:29 Don h: Adara can be grafted onto Gisela 3 and then plums into the Adara.
01:06:49 gloria bell: Recommendations for seedling rootstock for prunus?
01:10:10 gloria bell: Even at 20C
01:10:22 gloria bell: 20-25C
01:12:00 gloria bell: What was the first one Chris?
01:12:12 dovid: and p americana
01:12:16 adam b.: Replying to “Chemical-free trea…”
a direct reply says, “they don’t like kaolin clay sprays like surround” thx
01:17:32 Andrew Walsh: Does anyone know how black knot resistant almonds tend to be?
01:18:11 Andrew Walsh: Looking at hardy almonds (Javid’s Iranian specifically) but as I’ve mentioned I have a lot of black knot pressure here
01:20:30 adam b.: I remember a Stark Bros catalog that had a peach with a description saying the almond-like seed was edible. Does anyone know what’s the name of that variety?
01:20:40 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “we like prunus Ameri…” with 👍🏼
01:20:52 dovid: European plums and manchurian plums get black knot here in Vermont easily but American japanese hybrids do not get it ever
01:21:45 Mark Wolbers: Sorry, need to go.
01:23:02 Dwyer Haney: Ken Asmus also says that about his Briana Apricots
01:23:11 Dwyer Haney: (That the pits are edible)
01:24:37 gloria bell: Does this look like oullins golden gage
01:25:07 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Reacted to “202305301749520000.jpg” with 👍🏼
01:25:25 gloria bell: Golden gage
01:26:38 Brian Dahlstrom: I have a quick question about cherry and another quick question about apricot if we have time.
01:28:19 Chris Homanics: Brian queued up
01:34:58 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: This has been a great conversation tonight. Thanks all! If you have suggestions for future Interest Group Meetup topics or conference topics/speakers, email us at admin@nafexmembers.org.
01:35:01 Leslie Wade, NAFEX Host: Email us too if you’d like to join us on a committee, help with a specific activity, share content for the Pomona or serve on the board in the future.
01:38:14 Andrew Walsh: Thanks Chris. I’d be interested in presenting I think, especially after this coming apple season. I’ll send along an email about it
01:38:30 Chris Homanics: Thanks Andrew, please do
01:39:06 Sean Dunlap: Thanks y’all!
01:39:17 Chris Homanics: Be well everybody
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