Chickasaw plum

[catscratch]

Checked out Kansas Forestry this morning. I could sure spend some money with them; Golden Currant, Plum, Fragrant Sumac, Buffaloberry, and a couple others popped out at me right off the bat. It's probably a good thing I don't visit that sight often, the wife would have to role her eyes at me some more and call me crazy.

 

[buckdeer1]

They are probably thinking something happened to me first time in years I haven't ordered a bunch of something

 

[Sampson]

The jelly is fantastic and if you haven't tried it, your missing out. Deer bed in these plum thickets year around in Oklahoma. But beating the critters to the plums is the hardest part.
If any one has a good recipe for the jelly please post it up in the cafe section. I lost my old recipe and hope someone here still has one.


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[bearcat]

What would to be the best time of year to plant?

 

[buckdeer1]

right now,don't plant to close together as they spread pretty fast.I have planted thousands of them in multiple plots and all kinds of wildlife use them.

 

[bearcat]

right now,don't plant to close together as they spread pretty fast.I have planted thousands of them in multiple plots and all kinds of wildlife use them.View attachment 18551

Thanks
I may have to put this one off until next year

 

[weekender21]

I’ve been wanting to plant plums. I’m not sure how they’d do in the NC mountains though; I’m in zone 6.


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[buckdeer1]

These are not the same as wild plums so make sure which you want.They used to grow everywhere when I was growing up and were about all killed out from spraying.Really grows good in sand

 

[weekender21]

These are not the same as wild plums so make sure which you want.They used to grow everywhere when I was growing up and were about all killed out from spraying.Really grows good in sand

I thought chickasaw were one of the native plum varieties.

 

[Mitch123]

I’ve been wanting to plant plums. I’m not sure how they’d do in the NC mountains though; I’m in zone 6.

I’m in the mountains of WV. Years ago my grandad planted a bunch of trees. One of them turned out to be a plum, last year was the first year it had fruit. My goodness the deer and wildlife loved them, it was loaded! I collected a few plums myself and have started a few from seeds. As for the type of plum I couldn’t tell ya, I posted pics on here and even the expert “Native” was stumped!

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[TreeDaddy]

MDC still has the wild plum available on their website
I bought 50 "sand" plums from Kansas Forestry 3 years ago and they are doing very well here

bill

 

[bearcat]

I was able to get some Chickasaw plums from Nativ Nurseries. I'll be planting as soon as I get them! My plan is to utilize them to help with screening a few future plot sites

 

[bearcat]

right now,don't plant to close together as they spread pretty fast.I have planted thousands of them in multiple plots and all kinds of wildlife use them.View attachment 18551

How far apart would you recommend planting them?

 

[buckdeer1]

I planted my last 8ft apart in rows 8ft apart and they are going to fill in sometime.I have a tree spade now so I thought I would create open areas in them for more bedding but if a deer can find a space to lay down in them they will

 

[buckdeer1]

Here are some pics from a few years ago

 

[buckdeer1]

If you want another good shrub for the midwest look at fragrant sumac

 

[bearcat]

Here are some pics from a few years agoView attachment 18680 View attachment 18681

Thanks. I’m going to use for screening around some new plot sites


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[coolbrze0]

I’ve been wanting to plant plums. I’m not sure how they’d do in the NC mountains though; I’m in zone 6.

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Same here, zone 6b in the mountains of VA. My other plums are doing well but in my research, it seems the Chickasaws really like more sandy soil that what we have...

 

[buckdeer1]

They do grow great in sandy soil for sure and make some of the best upland game and small game cover around

 

[Searkhog]

I have planted around 3000 sandhill plum is what we call them.Every animal I have on the farm uses these and they grow good in my sandy soil. I remember as a kid riding in the back of the pickup and stopping and picking plums for jelly.Most of them got sprayed out years ago.I like planting them in NWSG it's one of the islands of cover I always talk about.If fact just 3 days ago I was mowing some NWSG and when I drow by one of these plum patches i saw something move and it was a doe throwing her head around to look at me,there were 2 of them that took off.View attachment 6162 View attachment 6162 View attachment 6162

Sorry to dredge up an old thread. I'm curious how you spaced these and set up the thicket. I've got a prescribed burn upcoming, then hitting it with glyphosate when it greens up where I'm planting a few times. I've got 500 Chickasaw plum coming, interested on what you would recommend on spacing. I'm on sandy soil 8a and seems like this will be perfect for a couple acres of cover and bedding. Would leave a few strips or spots here and there for native grasses to come in.
Thanks