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Temperate Fruit & Orchards => Temperate Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: macias_97 on December 11, 2018, 04:56:48 PM
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i got four pluots, according to DWN, they should all use a Santa Rosa Plum for pollination. Well my SRP just kicked the bucket, so i was going to replace with a beauty plum and hope the pluots would cross pollinate with each other. Thoughts??
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i got four pluots, according to DWN, they should all use a Santa Rosa Plum for pollination. Well my SRP just kicked the bucket, so i was going to replace with a beauty plum and hope the pluots would cross pollinate with each other. Thoughts??
Shouldnt be a problem but if you want to make sure graft burgundy plum or santa rosa on one of the trees.
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i got four pluots, according to DWN, they should all use a Santa Rosa Plum for pollination. Well my SRP just kicked the bucket, so i was going to replace with a beauty plum and hope the pluots would cross pollinate with each other. Thoughts??
My local nurseryman did not recommend me to get a plum tree for pollination purpose when I bought a SpiceZee pluot tree (it is now one of my favorite tree in my yard) but did when I bought Flavor Grenade pluot tree. So, my take is that some pluots do need plum tree for pollination, some don't...
As stated by Goyo above, I think you can graft a plum scion on your pluot, instead of planting another tree, and if this route is taken, I would graft multiple plum scions on those pluot trees...
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To answer original poster, no, pluots cannot pollinate other pluots, as pollination is something done by insects and wind.
If you meant cross-pollination, then yes, pluots can do this to each other, and with four I don't think there will be an issue of incompatible pollen.
@Samu
Spicezee is not a pluot, it is a nectaplum (hybrid) which has 87% peach/nectarine in its pedigree and only 13% plum.
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Ah..., you are right Mango Stein; somehow my mind still think that SpiceZee is a pluot...,thanks for the correction!
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To answer original poster, no, pluots cannot pollinate other pluots, as pollination is something done by insects and wind.
If you meant cross-pollination, then yes, pluots can do this to each other, and with four I don't think there will be an issue of incompatible pollen.
@Samu
Spicezee is not a pluot, it is a nectaplum (hybrid) which has 87% peach/nectarine in its pedigree and only 13% plum.
yeah i wasnt expecting the branches to pollinate each other. Most varieties of pluots recommend Santa Rose Plum, which mine died. Question was do i need pollen from a santa rose plum or will pollen from one pluot to another be ok?
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I believe it is possible for all stonefruit to pollinate other species of stonefruit for the purposes of fruit set.