Zaiger Genetics Fruit Tour

[@thereadinesschannel7610]

Interesting to see these guys at work before we all see it at our local nursery. The Dave Wilson fruit tube tutorials are priceless for us home fruit growers. Our favorite in our yard is the burgundy plum.....now if I could just get Toms voice out of my head every time I eat one...deeeelicious

[@legendinmysparetime985]

My absolute favorite Garden/Orchard channel! Always amazing info and content and the production quality is top notch. Thank you!

[@farmerbob4554]

I met Tom at a conference a couple years ago. I planted Parfianka pomegranate at his suggestion and I couldn’t be happier with the results.

[@G.G.T.]

Thank you guys for all the Wonderful FRUIT trees, people on KZbin are loving my "mini-orchard" I did in the suburbs!! I am really glad you brought back the ELEPHANT HEART PLUM developed by Mr. Burbank, A family friend told me long ago It was one of his all time favorite fruits. So when I saw them at my local nursery I could not resist and bought 2....LOL

[@VanillaAttila]

Mid August? It's May, so this video was shot 9-10 months ago. Why are you guys holding back this awesome content from us??

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

Sorry, pandemic threw a wrench in video production. We’re back on track now!

[@meganh7742]

Love Tom Spellman! Glad to have a new video even though the footage was shot awhile ago :) More videos please!!

[@joeshmoe3949]

Awesome. I’d love love love to do one of these tours one day. My Disneyland. Thanks for sharing

[@shadytreez]

Wonderful and an inspiration to the backyard gardener. ❤ trees

[@ooqoqoqn]

More videos please!

[@urbanhomesteadingpdx]

Great stuff, thanks for taking us along with this nursery tour.

[@IVOrganic]

Fantastic Tour!!! Say hello to Tom Spellman, from all of us at IVO! 🤩👋

[@1913smk]

Keep up the great work... what do you recommend to grow in a zone 9b... Ventura County

[@clintcristina206]

When is that apricot coming out? you can call it ZG-CFO

[@mrdjunjlds3239]

Hi..Dave..how are you...thanks for sharing your vidio. Love it🤗🤗👍👍👍

[@adrumwhisperer]

Tom, I have a small, organic home garden/food forest. I'm growing Sweet Treat and Candy Heart Pluerries with a Burgundy Plum in Stockbridge, GA (Zone 8a). I use drip irrigation, mulch and the trees are planted 6' apart in a raised bed/terrace on an incline, so there is a good amount of drainage. This is the 2nd year I've had them planted and I've trained/pruned them as open-center with lots of airflow available. This is the first year I've had fruit but lost it all to brown rot. From watching your videos I should have thinned the fruit (I'll make sure to next year). Are there other suggestions you can give to avoid brown rot? I have not used any pesticides or fungal treatments.. I get quite a few paper wasps and aphids in my area... I trim off branch tips with aphids and place soap traps for the wasps, to keep the damage to a minimum. I've only used organic methods (ladybugs, diatameous earth, pruning, soap traps), the fruit is only for my family so I'd rather have healthy fruit than maximizing yield with industrial strength toxins. Of course, I'd love to get as many pluerries/plums as possible, they certainly won't be wasted! I appreciate any help you can provide.

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

I don’t know of any organic methodology for control of brown rot in stone fruits. If you Google it you will get some recommendations maybe worth attempting. I would recommend contacting the local co-operative extension office for additional recommendations in your area. I truly respect your dedication to organic growing. Going forward when it pertains to brown rot, organic control may be a challenge.

[@adrumwhisperer]

@@DaveWilsonTrees thanks for the help! I got in touch with my local extension office and they are quite helpful.

[@bonholio0o]

hey Tom do you guys offer public tour or just special invited guests only?

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

Only open by invitation by Zaigers. For commercial growers and processors.

[@Eye_see_all83]

That apricot sounds fantastic. Do you sell trees to the public, I would love to have one for my garden.

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

That is an experimental variety at this point. Best cots would be Tomcot, Harcot and Nugget. Or Cot-N-Candy Aprium is really hard to beat.

[@VanillaAttila]

Where can we get that Apricot??

[@parkerclark8931]

Any updates on the low chill adaptable apple variety report? Thanks!

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

Nothing since the 2019 video we filmed. Tom went over the varieties that performed the best.

[@rodneyknox2369]

Is there going to be a fruit tour this year?

[@DaveWilsonTrees]

There’s a tour every Wednesday, but it’s not open to the public.

[@cherylmarkwardt1042]

Any new disease resistant stone fruit developments for us Midwest growers?