I am a big fan of your and love the way you share all the informations about your trees. I just ordered this tree should I plan it east side close to the house to protect from the afternoon sun?
Thanks and yes! Afternoon shade is a good idea for apricots/apriums unless you can plant near a hardy tree like mulberry or bamboo that will take the brunt of the summer sun.
Yes, I still love it. I dug up the Fuji apple tree this winter and planted a bare-root Flavor Delight given how good apriums are. They will be neighbors so that should only help cross pollination and fruit set even though both varieties are self-fertile. Flavor Delight is the more common choice here given the lower chill hour requirement and is said to have great taste. Cotton Candy aprium is another popular choice for our climate.
Thanks! I'll cut that misinformation out. For some reason, I confused Dave Wilson with Zaiger back then but DW just sells their trees. Floyd created a winner!
nickka2009 I definitely would not let chill hours deter someone from growing a variety. Fuji is said to require 400 hours and I got a decent crop with 50 hours in past years. That said my apricots produced 100s this year versus around 20 to 30 in past years with
@@EnlightenmentGarden thanks much. it makes sense. i think the more the chill hrs, the higher the production, but i have heard of outliers as well on both ends based on other variables. love your videos. looking forward to your taste tasting of figs
I'm growing cherry like tropicals like barbados and surinam cherry that do not need chill hours but not the low chill DW varieties like Minnie Royal and Royal Lee. I've seen people in the Valley get fruit off the MR/RL trees this year. They need about 500 hours so in warm winters, they won't set fruit (similar to the aprium).
Wow, looks tasty! I was expecting the flesh to be a little more firm (plum like) but it appears very close to an apricot. I'm tempted to try a potted tree as we don't have a chance at getting any set fruit most years due to late frosts (and DWN lists the trees as zone 7-10, not hardy enough for here). Do you have a Nectaplum by any chance? That's also on my radar.
I just planted the spice zee nectaplum this year as I hear rave reviews on that one. I also have a 3 in one DWN pluot. The taste on a ripe aprium is amazing. On container growing--nothing ventured, nothing gained. Happy gardening and best wishes!
I really like all the DWN varieties that I've tasted. The bare root trees are just such an amazing deal, I don't mind trying more varieties. I'm assuming that you have to amend your soil for the interspecific hybrids? All of ours have been fairly chlorotic (japanese plums & hybrids), but not our european plum. I'd bet that the american native plum hybrids are also more tolerant of the alkaline soil (but also high chilling hours).
Not consistently. In winter 2017, I got less than 100 chill hours. It seems like we have alternating cycles of 2-3 years warm winters and then cool. That's the nice thing about growing a mix of fruit trees. In cold winters, the stone fruit sets a lot of fruit and the tropicals less so. In warm winters, it's the other way around.
I am a big fan of your and love the way you share all the informations about your trees. I just ordered this tree should I plan it east side close to the house to protect from the afternoon sun?
Thanks and yes! Afternoon shade is a good idea for apricots/apriums unless you can plant near a hardy tree like mulberry or bamboo that will take the brunt of the summer sun.
Such an informative video and as always, love the paradise you've created. The fruit review is simply mouth watering.
My mouth is watering, your description really makes me want to have one!
Nice tree! I purchased a Cot N Candy Aprium . Its said to be very sweet! Good luck with yours!
They are divine
Heyyyy there she is! I was wonderin when you'd start popping up again. Looks delicious!
Four years later, are you still liking this Leah Cot? Anything comparable worth considering? Thanks!
Yes, I still love it. I dug up the Fuji apple tree this winter and planted a bare-root Flavor Delight given how good apriums are. They will be neighbors so that should only help cross pollination and fruit set even though both varieties are self-fertile. Flavor Delight is the more common choice here given the lower chill hour requirement and is said to have great taste. Cotton Candy aprium is another popular choice for our climate.
It's was actually created by Floyd Zaiger @Zaiger Genetics.
Thanks! I'll cut that misinformation out. For some reason, I confused Dave Wilson with Zaiger back then but DW just sells their trees. Floyd created a winner!
thanks. i love blenheim apricot as my favorite. my areas gets
nickka2009 I definitely would not let chill hours deter someone from growing a variety. Fuji is said to require 400 hours and I got a decent crop with 50 hours in past years. That said my apricots produced 100s this year versus around 20 to 30 in past years with
@@EnlightenmentGarden thanks much. it makes sense. i think the more the chill hrs, the higher the production, but i have heard of outliers as well on both ends based on other variables. love your videos. looking forward to your taste tasting of figs
Nice! Are you growing any low chill cherries?
I'm growing cherry like tropicals like barbados and surinam cherry that do not need chill hours but not the low chill DW varieties like Minnie Royal and Royal Lee. I've seen people in the Valley get fruit off the MR/RL trees this year. They need about 500 hours so in warm winters, they won't set fruit (similar to the aprium).
@@EnlightenmentGarden Great! Thank you for the videos. Your garden is lovely
Wow, rivals a loquat. now I have to add this to my list. Thanks.
Love these hybrids. Dave Wilson trees are awesome. The website rates the varieties form taste tests which I use for purchase decisions.
Wow, looks tasty! I was expecting the flesh to be a little more firm (plum like) but it appears very close to an apricot. I'm tempted to try a potted tree as we don't have a chance at getting any set fruit most years due to late frosts (and DWN lists the trees as zone 7-10, not hardy enough for here). Do you have a Nectaplum by any chance? That's also on my radar.
I just planted the spice zee nectaplum this year as I hear rave reviews on that one. I also have a 3 in one DWN pluot. The taste on a ripe aprium is amazing. On container growing--nothing ventured, nothing gained. Happy gardening and best wishes!
I really like all the DWN varieties that I've tasted. The bare root trees are just such an amazing deal, I don't mind trying more varieties. I'm assuming that you have to amend your soil for the interspecific hybrids? All of ours have been fairly chlorotic (japanese plums & hybrids), but not our european plum. I'd bet that the american native plum hybrids are also more tolerant of the alkaline soil (but also high chilling hours).
@@nmnate I amend the soil at planting for all plants. The clay is just to heavy to plant in straight. I use half native/half cactus soil.
do you consistently get five hundred chill hours where you are in arizona...?
I think Arizona gets pretty cold in the winters even though their summers are scorching hot
Not consistently. In winter 2017, I got less than 100 chill hours. It seems like we have alternating cycles of 2-3 years warm winters and then cool. That's the nice thing about growing a mix of fruit trees. In cold winters, the stone fruit sets a lot of fruit and the tropicals less so. In warm winters, it's the other way around.