Free green gage plum

aml1014 · Mar 6, 2016

Yesterday I decides to take this green gauge plum which obviously missed a watering this winter and died back below the graft, luckily there was a previous sucker from the rootstock that was leafing out. So I went ahead and did a bare root repot and cleaned out all the dead roots. The chop will need to be cleaned up, it was very hard and dry wood so my loppers just wouldn't do a pretty job. I'll most likely carve the chop so that it'll heal better and add some character. So here it is, what do you think, the trunk is about 1.5in. Comments and suggestions welcome.

Aaron

Cypress187 · Mar 6, 2016

That chop wound looks like a good place (paradise is maybe a better word) for bugs, diseases and rotting. Perhaps u should clean it up right now, or cut paste?

aml1014 · Mar 6, 2016

Cypress187 said:
That chop wound looks like a good place (paradise is maybe a better word) for bugs, diseases and rotting. Perhaps u should clean it up right now, or cut paste?

I'm about to head to work (I'm very busy everyday) but I plan on breaking out the Dremel tonight when I get home.

Aaron

aml1014 · May 1, 2016

Finally got around to cutting away the dead wood from this guy. It is growing insanely quickly. Also I noticed from the pictures I posted at first until now, the bark on the lower end has already gotten a little scaly. Sweet!

Aaron

aml1014 · Jul 2, 2016

Qyick update
This thing really likes to grow. I've pruned it 3 times mainly because of space (I need to make some time to build a few more benches)and it was growing into its neibors. In my experience(at home and work), aphids love plums, and even though I use DE as my soil, this one tree is no exception (and the only tree that gets bugs, when planted in DE). It is already working well towards closing the chop wound.

I think the future tree will be in this picture someday.

Aaron

aml1014 · Aug 20, 2016

UPDATE
This thing is growing like weed! Lmao

It just won't stop!

Aaron

aml1014 · Aug 20, 2016

Also after looking at pics from the beginning of the year, I noticed the trunk is begin to Crack and fissure.

And the chop is well on its way!

Aaron

aml1014 · Sep 25, 2016

This thing will need another chop next spring, it's already over passed where I wanted it to be thickness wise!

No where to chop to lol

Aaron

PiñonJ · Sep 25, 2016

Amazing recovery. I'm curious about something. What is the rootstock, since that is the tree you're growing now, right?

aml1014 · Sep 25, 2016

PiñonJ said:
Amazing recovery. I'm curious about something. What is the rootstock, since that is the tree you're growing now, right?

It's the Viking™ rootstock from Dave Wilson nursery. Not sure about all its characteristics as a fruit tree, but I do enjoy the foliage alone.

Aaron

Giga · Sep 26, 2016

lookin good

aml1014 · Mar 7, 2017

Spring update, repot and chop back.

So far every tree I've repotted that was in DE has amazing roots @sorce . Next year I'll do 50/50 DE and pumice to see how that does, this year it's straight pumice since it's cheap and good.

Not too bad for 1 year.

Aaron

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