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  • #1

    Pluot now flowering

    Yes, even in Glasgow, my Pluot has started flowering. There is no sign of insect life yet, so I will have to resort to hand pollination. No sign of any other plums flowering either.
    Does anyone else have a pluot in flower now?
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    My peach is in flower in the greenhouse!
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    • #3
      Well, Realfood, I confess I had to have a quick google.

      This is definitely something new to me. Whatever next?
      Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
      Edited: for typo, thakns VC

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        Strange though it may seem, a whole series of crosses between plums and apricots, and even peaches, have now been developed. The original hybrid is the “plumcot”, which is ½ plum and ½ apricot. This hybrid was then used to create further crosses in the late 20th century by Floyd Zaiger in the US. One such complex cross now available in the UK, is the “Pluot” whose parentage is ¾ plum and ¼ apricot.

        There are also Apriums, which are more apricot that plum. It is not so outlandish as you may think as plums, apricots, etc are quite closely related. They all have a crease down one side of the fruit.

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