Ed Hoffman

I compost all I can.
I also prune upward growth through the summer and then again during winter.

Here in the Pacific Northwest U.S. The wet cooler climate doesn’t seem to bother my plums at all, in fact they do great. I do compost around them heavily, it’s supposed to help them get through the cold winter. Now peaches are another story, they get leaf curl a lot. Once in awhile I have a really great year with them, so I keep trying. I read epsom salt (which is not really salt) helps them alot. I use Sea/90, which is sea solids. While there is sea salt in, it’s also full of trace minerals.

I’ll send a picture of my two older Brooks when they are in bloom, maybe two weeks.

Another peach tree

Not the right discussion, but you guys have been so receptive and kind.
I thought I’d share!
My peach trees are blooming nicely!

Another picture

These two plum trees came up as volunteers from my existing Brooks plum trees about 5 years ago. I transplanted them to another spot in my garden.
They have alotta blooms on them just as they did last year. I already warned them twice if they don’t produce any plums this year, I’m taking the axe to them!
And I mean it this time..

I’ve learned to be patient!🙂

Funny how we are on this subject!
This afternoon one of my old neighbors stopped by he moved to the east coast three years ago. He came to the front gate and the first thing that came out of his mouth was “Hey Ed are the plums ripe.” We had a good laugh. And he said he thinks about those plums every August. The best plums he ever had.
Get a Brooks plum tree, your neighbors will thank you for years to come!

About 10 years ago in early September, my wife said she was gonna make a plum pie!
I was like, what ever, I don’t think that’s gonna work but if that’s what you want to do.
And oh my god, it was the best pie I’ve ever had.
She said she just slices them in quarters and puts them in. But the “Brooks” are a larger variety.
We drive over to White Fish every year to get Huckleberries and she makes Huckleberry pie among other things, but I like plum pie more!