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fishpond said:
I've been considering one of those (and an Aprium too) but I'm not sure about pollination. I suspect its going to need an early flowering Japanese plum as a pollination partner, and I have no idea if I would actually use that for anything other than pollination.
Apriums I guess will be easier to pollinate (other than timing) as any Apricot should do.
Yeah, I know they are "self fertile", but to me that means hardly any fruit, small in size, and inferior in flavour (compared to cross pollinated)
Also not too sure about growing in a container? My intention was to do that, and bring it in for the winter / spring as it is so early flowering. Happy to hand pollinate (well ... I *think* I am!! - not sure how big a job it would actually be!). But ... they do grow into fairly substantial plants, and I wonder if a container is actually going to be sensible? (I currently lift plants, for winter storage, in pots that take an engine crane to get them out of the ground and a pump-up pallet trolley to shift them indoors, so I'm not too worried about "large" provided that "large" is not "huge"!).
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Apriums I guess will be easier to pollinate (other than timing) as any Apricot should do.
Yeah, I know they are "self fertile", but to me that means hardly any fruit, small in size, and inferior in flavour (compared to cross pollinated)
Also not too sure about growing in a container? My intention was to do that, and bring it in for the winter / spring as it is so early flowering. Happy to hand pollinate (well ... I *think* I am!! - not sure how big a job it would actually be!). But ... they do grow into fairly substantial plants, and I wonder if a container is actually going to be sensible? (I currently lift plants, for winter storage, in pots that take an engine crane to get them out of the ground and a pump-up pallet trolley to shift them indoors, so I'm not too worried about "large" provided that "large" is not "huge"!).
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