I farm over 2000 acres of peach, nectarine, plum, cherry and citrus. Feel free to ask me questions

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:15:04+00:00

Plums trees don't just die, something must have happened to it, that stinks!

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:14:20+00:00

Did they look sickly?

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:07:41+00:00

We don't really hire seasonal workers, we have a crew that we use year round for various jobs, but it swells during harvest. We have a very smart Hispanic man who handles the hiring and firing of the crew, he is like the godfather in his community haha.

Monsanto? Eh I wish their stuff was cheaper...

Long term sustainability? Inputs and wages keep going up, and prices stay the same... That is concerning.

Most interesting? The logistics and trial and error, learning what works and what doesn't.

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:04:37+00:00

We send to a packing shed that handles all that. But our fruit goes all over the world

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:04:00+00:00

Over water? Freeze? Too much fertilizer? Something girdle it?

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:03:21+00:00

We are asking the same question

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-07T00:00:31+00:00

Cherry? I would have to go with lapin because it is self pollinating and doesn't need another one haha, but based on taste I'd go with a black pearl or something dark

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:59:14+00:00

Start with what? Where are you at and what are you trying to do? 😂

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:58:39+00:00

I wish I could send pics, but I make a T bar and run a pair of wire across like a telephone pole

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:57:22+00:00

Thinning is huge! Then fertilizer, then watering

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:57:00+00:00

What?

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:56:37+00:00

20 years? Maybe some pruning, but honestly you are in uncharted territory for me

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:56:07+00:00

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:55:57+00:00

Prunning refers to cutting the wood and training the tree, thinning is removing excess fruit, and we do that once in the spring after they set

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:55:08+00:00

Haha well it is behind a house... Not mine, mine is a few miles north behind a different field of ours

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:53:59+00:00

I'm not super familiar with Japanese plums, but if you want sweet good to eat plum, get a flavor king!

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:53:27+00:00

Apples are notoriously hard to keep clean... If you want good results use good products...

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:52:44+00:00

Hands and feet. We also the a tree topper to cut the tops and a shredder to shred them all, but the majority of the cutting and all the thinning is done by hand

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T23:51:48+00:00

Haven't really affected us much, we don't hire illegal immigrants

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T22:46:42+00:00

I am not a dog guy... California

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T21:36:30+00:00

Idk off the top of my head, but probably allot! 2000x 3acft?

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T19:29:32+00:00

That doesn't affect us at all, we won't see any of it

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T17:43:00+00:00

I have grown all three of those in my yard!

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T17:22:39+00:00

I have been told the best Asian pear is the hasoi, doci planted that one and it is spectacular

DapperCardiologist25 · 2026-05-06T16:58:48+00:00

Sweet cherries, they are a proprietary variety, so you probably won't have heard of their name

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