I’ve always loved sour fruit too - love the taste of tropical apricots- just got my hands on two Davison plum trees - looking forward to trying the fruit in years to come ! (Auckland, New Zealand)
Thank you. Getting a heap off my tree this year and trying to work out a good use. Tasting this time was more positive than prior attempts. I've just tossed a tray of them in the dehydrator to see how that goes for me. The rest of the collected ones are now in the freezer although after this evening's storm there is probably a bunch more fallen down around the tree.
Love salty plums, and as kids in the NT, we used to harvest wild rosellas on horseback and stuff them under the saddle horn - mulching on them all afternoon. Wouldn’t mind trying these plums - they sound pretty good to me. Another great video !
I was born in QLD but went to school until grade 4 in Darwin and then spent 91-95 living up there when I was in the Army (love the NT) salty plums could be purchased anywhere - have to buy them online now lol... Cheers :)
Thanks. This gives me more confidence with a few indigenous plants in our area. A lot of cafe/restaurants seem to be into Bush Tucker yet its hard to find info to recognise the plants and info on how to prepare them. You seem pretty knowledgeable and i would love to hear your story. Maybe one day?
Thanks Lesley! Yes, there's a growing interest in bush tucker plants (especially ones local to your area) because they're easier to grow and many have been found to be extremely high in antioxidants and other nutritional qualities - even preserving qualities of other foods when mixed with them. The restaurant industry is smart to start exploring these foods for something different and also the healthly eating aspects. Cheers :)
They are very nice to eat, if you like sour deeply flavoured fruit. I would compare the flavour to a combination of plum and rhubarb. They do make a great jam and go well with other sweeter fruit in drinks.
Love to see an update, how did they go from seed, how have you processed them, how long did it take to fruit? I've got a decent sized one in a pot I need to plant.
Almost like a papaya.(the way it fruits). Will Make excellent jam.. Been below freezing nights here in North Florida for a week.. I guess you can grow most tropicals there...
Yeah that right - like papaya! We have the same climate as you there in Florida can get to below freezing and frosty in winter but usually pretty pleasant but summers are hot and humid! Cheers :)
Davidson Plums are my all time favourite fruits for making jam. The fruit is so sour that it's perfect when mixed with sugar. Once made in to jam it taste a bit like sherbet.
Thats a nice unique plum tree, have you ever tried growing Jaboticabas? Which also grow their grape like fruit on the trunks and I think they look really cool and ornamental. I'm growing a few trees down here in Houston Texas
I do have a small Jaboticaba tree Ted, but it's only about a year old and was grown from seed so I guess it will take several years before we see any signs of fruit. It's quite similar though isn't it in regards to bearing fruit on the stem. Cheers :)
I have a Davidson plum and I make a lovely dessert with it Just boil up the Davidson plums with apple and if you don't want to use super use dates. Put it in the fridge and it's lovely with ice cream or custard or make a cake with it.
Hi Mark could you give an update on these? How did the seeds go? How big are they now? I have had this tree for a couple of years that I bought from a tube stock and it's still very small. Do you prune it or give it any feed?
Have you ever grown rhubarb? i'd love to see a video on that too!! i'm going to try out the rosella and this type plum and use your recipes for jams : ) Thanks mark!
Thank you! Our winters can get to below zero C (32F) sometimes but usually, our average winter temps are around 15C (59F). Our climate is subtropical and my general growing rule is to plant heat-loving crops like corn, eggplant, ginger, turmeric, peppers, etc in spring summer and those that don't mind the chill such as salad greens, brassicas, onions in autumn/winter. Cheers :)
Hi Mark. My Davidson Plum Tree is about 5 years old and it's 6ft tall. I would like to keep it under 10 ft and I'm wondering when I should prune it. Any advice most welcomed. Wendy. PS i live in Bellingen in northern NSW
Hi Mark, is that the Jerseyana (NSW) variety? Just bought a Jerseyana for us down here in Wynnum as I thought the Pruriens (QLD) might get a bit too tall. How tall is yours now?
The fruit is edible though and apparently tastes very good - but it doesn't transport well so you never see them at the shops. Would be interesting to know what they taste like!
@@vink6163 They taste like a mix of peach and mango, stringy flesh very juicy, but as it's mentioned here the nut is difficult to get because it is surrounded by a shell (not a tough shell).
@@rlcwallpapers Have you eaten one before? My father encountered a variety of cashew trees in Mozambique that bear the most delicious smelling fruit, but when he took a bite the flesh burnt his mouth badly. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that other variants are less caustic and better eating though.
Hey Mark, As you say it's an unusual way to bear it's fruit... that tart taste might be the plants way of making it unattractive to pests, but then how would the seed spread? I'll go away and have a think about that one :-) Cheers Adam
I wondered that too. Larger, bigger-seeded fruits evolved for a limited range of large animals, such as Cassowaries and Flying foxes. Fruit growing from the trunk (cauliflory) is also suited to these type of animals. I read Malic acid is what makes Davidson's plum tart, and this is not a toxic substance.
I've pondered the thought also Adam. There are a few good points made by snowpaw, wingedshadowolf, and George... I'm leaning towards flying foxes since they are prevalent in SEQ whereas Cassowaries aren't and I can't think of another animal of size (except for possums) that would eat it whole or carry the fruit away to spread it. More obsevations required by me ! :)
Is there any hint of bitterness on the skin if you eat it in the green stage? Some unripe plums do have bitter skins and so I was wondering if an unripe Davidson plum would also have some bitterness. I prefer it to be green, crunchy and sour (but not bitter) dipped with salt. If it's not bitter in the green stage, then I'm planting one for sure.
Wish I could grow a few things like that, unfortunately my back garden bed is only 12 metres wide and barely a metre deep. but the ginger I planted after watching your video on how to grow it is growing well..only about 100mm high at the moment. I also found some turmeric at an organic vege seller in the Adelaide central markets and have planted that as well and waiting for it to come up...so thank you for your tips on how to grown them.
See, you're a perfect example of growing useful food crops no matter the size of your garden - well done! Ginger and turmeric often grow well together and also combine in cooking. Cheers :)
I assume it is but I'm no expert. Scientists have analysed the fruit to have large amounts of antioxidants apparently more than blueberries. There has been several extensive studies done on Davidson plum which seem to declare it high in polyphenols see this bit.ly/2F821DW Cheers :)
Probably not Debbie because they can't handle frost and although we do get the occasional frost here it would be nothing like prolonged snow so I think that would kill the tree quick smart, unfortunately... Cheers :)
"Yolanda Williams" in her comment (above) wrote that Houston Urban Gardens were selling them... Otherwise I'm not sure where or if they are sold in the USA. Good luck! :)
Ben Poirier in Escondido California has them. He has been growing these for a really long time. He sells them in the local farmers market too. Link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-c-CJEEQQkPI.html
Hey, Mark! This is the other gardening Mark, from Wichita, Kansas. www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/01/06/1729945/-DK-Preppers:-Friday,-5th-of-January,-2018:-The-Historic-Bomb-Cyclone-has-hit-Were-you-ready That was a link to our blog at Daily Kos. In that blog is one of our videos, from months ago. We are dealing with winter here, but you are in the middle of your summer there, right? I enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.
A few years ago I saw the seeds for a blackberry jam plant for sale on eBay. It looked nice, but it's a warm weather plant for sure. I don't think it would do well in my area, but it might in yours. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbergiodendron_formosum
It’s not a true plum plums are in the genus prunus and in the rose family this isn’t real plum relatives are cherries, apples, pears, Quinces and loquats which is tropical relative of true plums. In Australia there is true prunus species and close relatives but there rare.
