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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 21:43:57 GMT -5
snuffy is right. Spring is near. These are my fancy @ss plums. Leaves popping too. Out of focus is my slab saw shed. 
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Post by snuffy on Feb 11, 2014 21:51:24 GMT -5
snuffy is right. Spring is near. These are my fancy @ss plums. Leaves popping too. Out of focus is my slab saw shed.  Yep,we got one more cool day,then temps around 70 for the foreseeable future.Hoping my new plums will have a couple this spring to taste!! snuffy |
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Post by jamesp on Feb 11, 2014 21:56:34 GMT -5
Those suckas got some spines. We used to have Honey Locust trees till the cattle farmers got tired of cows getting blinded by them. Nothing a chain saw couldn't fix.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2014 22:44:33 GMT -5
no spines on plums.
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Post by rockpickerforever on Feb 11, 2014 23:31:44 GMT -5
Beg to differ on that, Scott. Summer of 1971, standing on the fence picking Santa Rosa plums at my parent's house. Lost my balance (yeah, I used to do that way back then, too!), and put my hand out top catch myself on the tree. That sucka had spines on the trunk a good inch long! Jammed one into the meat of my palm under the thumb. Yes, it hurt... And I will not forget it. |
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Post by snuffy on Feb 12, 2014 8:09:52 GMT -5
Valentine's Day is when most people here plant their potatoes,give or take a few days,so spring planting is beginning.No comfort for those snowed in,I know.Feel for you.
snuffy
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Post by Sabre52 on Feb 12, 2014 8:51:15 GMT -5
Man, I miss grazing on all the plumes in our old Ojai yard. had Santa Rosa, Sprite, Delight, and Elephant Hearts. Here on our Texas rock pile, we can't grow nuthin.....Mel
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Post by panamark on Feb 12, 2014 10:32:48 GMT -5
Beg to differ on that, Scott. Summer of 1971, standing on the fence picking Santa Rosa plums at my parent's house. Lost my balance (yeah, I used to do that way back then, too!), and put my hand out top catch myself on the tree. That sucka had spines on the trunk a good inch long! Jammed one into the meat of my palm under the thumb. Yes, it hurt... And I will not forget it. Some varieties have spines and some do not. It looks like Scott's do not have them, but they do have a serious need to be pruned. Too much rockin not enough prunin. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 12, 2014 15:56:49 GMT -5
I tried summer pruning as proscribed. No fruit the next year. If I let it run wild lots of fruit. Every tree seems different.
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Yep,we got one more cool day,then temps around 70 for the foreseeable future.Hoping my new plums will have a couple this spring to taste!!
