Plums ???

[Drycreek]

If so, what kind ? All the wild plums I'm familiar with grow in thick clumps and are more bushes than trees. These are growing at the entrance to my lease and are the only ones I've seen here. It's too thick to get a picture of the trunk, but it favors a wild cherry, though the fruit doesn't. I'm in ETexas. Any opinions ?

 

[Sam16]

Those look just like my plums in IL. I have no clue what kind they are but I am trying to grow some trees from the pits. We will see what happens


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[Drycreek]

I googled Mexican plum and they look the same. I'm gonna gather some of them up and see if deer will eat them.

 

[Sam16]

Those look just like my plums in IL. I have no clue what kind they are but I am trying to grow some trees from the pits. We will see what happens



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[Drycreek]

Those look just like my plums in IL. I have no clue what kind they are but I am trying to grow some trees from the pits. We will see what happens



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What process are you using ? I saw something about wrapping the pits in a wet paper towel and keeping them in the fridge before potting them. That what you're doing ?

 

[Sam16]

What process are you using ? I saw something about wrapping the pits in a wet paper towel and keeping them in the fridge before potting them. That what you're doing ?

That’s exactly what I did. I put 9 of them in my fridge wrapped in a wet paper towel. Instructions I read was to leave them in there for 6-8 weeks checking occasionally to make sure they aren’t sprouting.

From there they go into pots.

I saw your comment about seeing if deer like them. I hear they are a huge draw for all wildlife. I can only imagine, because mine were delicious.

I started a thread on this process yesterday so I’ll keep it updated in 6-8 weeks


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[Drycreek]

That’s exactly what I did. I put 9 of them in my fridge wrapped in a wet paper towel. Instructions I read was to leave them in there for 6-8 weeks checking occasionally to make sure they aren’t sprouting.

From there they go into pots.

I saw your comment about seeing if deer like them. I hear they are a huge draw for all wildlife. I can only imagine, because mine were delicious.

I started a thread on this process yesterday so I’ll keep it updated in 6-8 weeks


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That's one reason I wanted to identify them. I wanted to try some but didn't know exactly whether to or not ! I figure if deer will eat them I'm good to go. There are several on the ground and uneaten but they're 50' from a major highway so that could be why. Thanks and I will follow your thread.

 

[T-Max]

You should eat as many as you can. Just be aware, they definitely loosen the bowels... Around here we have chickasaw (sandhill) plum. If that is what you have, I wouldn't expect to see a tree. They are more of a thicket forming shrub. Anywhere you see them in my area, you can expect to see any wild animal that you have.
https://plants.usda.gov/plantguide/pdf/pg_pran3.pdf

 

[Goldentriangle]

I am just guessing but I would imagine Sam's plums are American plums and not Chickasaws. That is all I've ever seen in the wild in my part of West Central Illinois and also NEMO. I think everything eats them around here, I've heard that deer love them but coons do to.
I plan on trying some seedlings from Missouri Dept of Conservation this year.


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[144]

Looks like Mexican Plums to me. I have some on my property as well in North LA. They are native to this area and grow like a tree. This is about the time that the fruit starts getting ripe.


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[144]

Yep, and the bark looks like a black cherry


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[TreeDaddy]

I am just guessing but I would imagine Sam's plums are American plums and not Chickasaws. That is all I've ever seen in the wild in my part of West Central Illinois and also NEMO. I think everything eats them around here, I've heard that deer love them but coons do to.
I plan on trying some seedlings from Missouri Dept of Conservation this year.


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I bought 100 chickasaw/sand plums from them 2 years ago and they are doing well in my arid region on sandy soil

bill