If those plums were tomatoes, I'd say it happened because the trees ran dry
and then got a good soaking. But that happens to my plums and I've never
seen a crack. Maybe the little European plums I grow are less susceptible.
By the way, was the original Green Gage a real gage (small fruit)? The green
plums sold in our groceries aren't gages.
Bruce Wittchen
1/2 mile outside Hartford, CT
> 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.
>
> thanks,
>
> gene
>
> spears@lmc.edu
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