Emerald Drop® Pluot
Emerald Drop® Pluot is an excellent early to mid season pluot that has excellent flavor and can be picked on the earlier side for crisp juicy plums or left to ripen on the tree until they’re soft for honey sweet candy-like fruits. Green skin helps keep the birds from eating your harvest.
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Latin Name: Prunus hybrid
Site and Soil: 1/2 day to full sun and well-drained soil.
Rootstock Description: Myrobalan 29C
Pollination Requirements: Pollinated by Santa Rosa plum or Flavor Grenade Pluot.
Chilling Hours: 400 or fewer
Hardiness: Hardy to at least minus 20° F.
Bearing Age: 2-3 years after planting
Size at Maturity: 15-20 ft. in height.
Taste: Sweet to honey sweet
Fruit Skin: Green
Fruit Flesh: Yellow-orange
Bloom Time: Early March-April
Ripening Time: late July-August
Yield: 50+ lbs.
Pests & Diseases: Our pluots are not bothered by pests aside from the occasional aphids. Bacterial Canker can occasionally damage trunks or branches. Symptoms of this disease are exudations of amber-colored sap. Spraying lime-sulfur or copper in the fall and early spring can help control Bacterial Canker. Brown rot can effect fruits in particularly wet springs or areas with poor air flow.
USDA Zone: 6-10