To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>, <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [NAFEX] Plum cracking
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 13:29:54 -0400
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For the first time, I'm getting some plums off of a number of my trees -
Red Heart, Superior, and Kanga (sp?). Most of the plums on all the trees are
cracked - split skin, some leaking. Any cultural techniques that I can use
to reduce this problem?
As an aside, I have one seedling tree from a Green Gage fruit I bought in the
supermarket that is also fruiting for the first time. No signs of cracking
on this one, so far.