Plum trees

[Redneck]

I live and south ms and was wondering what is some good wildlife plums I could plant. I have apples, crabeapples and pears. Thanks

 

[dogdoc]

That will be a good question for brush. He has planted quite a few plums. I have lots of plums on my place. Native plums and sand plums. They flower every year but flower very early and are very susceptible to late frosts. The sand plums form very large thickets where the native plums form smaller but very thick trees.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the state nurseries sell native plums.

 

[Redneck]

That will be a good question for brush. He has planted quite a few plums. I have lots of plums on my place. Native plums and sand plums. They flower every year but flower very early and are very susceptible to late frosts. The sand plums form very large thickets where the native plums form smaller but very thick trees.

I'm pretty sure a lot of the state nurseries sell native plums.

I have some wild thicket forming plums already but they drop around June. I'm just seeing if there are other easy growing less maintenance plum trees out there that people are having success with. I haven't seen a lot of post about plums.

 

[wbpdeer]

Redneck,

I don't have any myself, but go to NativNursery and look up Mexican Plum. People say very good things about those. Got a friend in Texas that swears by his. Check it out on their website.

 

[Redneck]

Redneck,

I don't have any myself, but go to NativNursery and look up Mexican Plum. People say very good things about those. Got a friend in Texas that swears by his. Check it out on their website.

I ordered 5 from them last year. They are about 5' right now so I still got a few years on them

 

[TexOk]

In addition to the Mexican plums, it sounds like you already have Chickasaw plums, also called sand or sandhill plums. They are native throughout Mississippi, unlike the American plum, and unlike the Mexican plum (which grows as a small single tree) Chickasaw plums will sucker and provide not only great browse and soft mast but cover as well if you plant a good size group together. They do drop early, around June/July, but a great deer plant to have on your property.

 

[Redneck]

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In addition to the Mexican plums, it sounds like you already have Chickasaw plums, also called sand or sandhill plums. They are native throughout Mississippi, unlike the American plum, and unlike the Mexican plum (which grows as a small single tree) Chickasaw plums will sucker and provide not only great browse and soft mast but cover as well if you plant a good size group together. They do drop early, around June/July, but a great deer plant to have on your property.

s I have a small thicket of Chickasaw plums, I will have to look into the American plums

 

[Neahawg]

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s I have a small thicket of Chickasaw plums, I will have to look into the American plums

Here is a couple shots of Chickasaw plums. They make a nice thicket that deer bed in, they say quail do as well but I dont have any. Deer among other things eat the fruit. All around a good wildlife tree.

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[Sam]

wow that is beautiful!!! did you plant a couple if trees and protect them or was this natural thicket?

 

[Neahawg]

It was there when we bought this place so I imagine it's native. The plants sucker well though so I believe they would establish quick.

 

[Sam]

Sounds good.

It was there when we bought this place so I imagine it's native. The plants sucker well though so I believe they would establish quick.

 

[CAS_HNTR]

Neahawg.........what are the soils like around that plum thicket?

 

[Neahawg]

Sandy loam heavy on the sand, I didn't sample that exact spot but close to it was something like 40% sand

 

[CAS_HNTR]

That's what I figured.

Before I became smart to the habitat solutions, I planted 25-50 American plums to make a thicket......problem it my soil is CLAY and I mean HEAVY CLAY. They are alive and well, but I am thinking I will never see a thicket in the areas they are planted. I likely will have to plant more to make it thick.

 

[Neahawg]

Thats a bummer you could always try Chickasaw plum and see if it works better. I think American plum can get to 20ft with the original mother tree where as Chickasaw plum I don't think get much above 10 ft may sucker a little better

 

[buckdeer1]

I plant hundreds of sandhill plum every year.My soil is sandy and they start and grow really good .These patches are 8 years old and I have 500 planted last year and another 500 this year

 

[buckdeer1]

If you don't have heavy clay I would try some.You can get from kansas forestry or MDC for alittle less.They will spread once they start producing.I have starterd planting 6ft apart with rows about 8ft apart.I put a trail cam in a small opening and I think I got a pic of every animal on the farm except skunk.