Loquat plum pickin' time

[Cappy]

This years loquat trees were plum amazing! Here is the results complete with a video starring me and my friend Tarzan.
http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2016/04/plum-amazing-our-2016-loquat-crop.html

[simplepeddler]

Cap......if you have a few seedlings pop up, I would be happy to buy them from you!
I am just down the road a piece is Sorrento/Saint Amant

[Cappy]

I just pulled up the ones I had and traded then to a friend but I'll look for ya. They grow very fast and if ya fertilize like we do the crops are amazing.

[lil bubba]

Them big ole trees remind me of my grandpaws...A friend of mine made a japan plum cake...I planted some seeds once and gave the plants to my nephew for his food plot for deer...I told him to build a cage around them and they eat as it sprouts thru...They were 4-5 feet tall and when he went back half were eaten down to ground trunk and all ...2 weeks all were gone...Needless to say he didn't believe me when I told him they eat trunk and all and didn't build a cage....

[Cappy]

They are actually nice trees they are pretty much evergreen the plums are delicous and the leaves and seeds are supposed to be medicinal we thinking bout drying some leaves and trying the tea they say is so good for you.

[latravcha]

If he does not have any I can look and see if my father in law has some.
Let me know


Cap......if you have a few seedlings pop up, I would be happy to buy them from you!
I am just down the road a piece is Sorrento/Saint Amant

[latravcha]

I have a friend that makes wine with the plumbs. It is pretty good but a little sweet for me.

[simplepeddler]

If he does not have any I can look and see if my father in law has some.
Let me know


That would be great! Couple guys I work with are there In Pierre Part.......they can pick up, or I can ride out

[Cappy]

I dont see any small ones growing now. We Got ours from a local nursery ask around they grow like weeds. If you fertilize like I do in February they go nuts.:)

[Matt G]

What do the plums taste like? I have a fairly large front yard that's empty, so my plan is to slowly start planting different fruit trees. We just planted the first fig tree last weekend. This may be my next addition.

[lil bubba]

They are a fairly sweet fruit which is easily peeled and you can spit out the rather large seeds...I think there"s more seed than fruit but they are tasty...They are easily grown from seed...I had one I used to keep trimmed down to make it bushy and easier to pick the fruit...

[latravcha]

That would be great! Couple guys I work with are there In Pierre Part.......they can pick up, or I can ride out

My father in law has plenty of trees. How many do you want?

[I make oil]

:grinpimp:I have 3 gallons of Loquat wine that needs bottling right now. Good stuff!

[Cappy]

if ya wanna plant fruit look what we got growing and its really easy hit it with 13 13 13 once a year and das it cept picking.
http://cappyandpegody.blogspot.com/2016/04/spring-babies.html

[Cappy]

I till have room for maybe a jap persimmon and a eating pear tree