Plants are Invasive Too!

[dan hufferd]

Me too !!!! they are everywhere around Carthage, I also have a strong distain for that wild plum too, I'm not sure if it is feral or not. I still hate them.

[Johnsfolly]

7 hours ago, dan hufferd said:

I also have a strong distain for that wild plum too, I'm not sure if it is feral or not. I still hate them.

Dan those guys are natives, but can take over a spot. A friend of ours would make plum jam when there was a good number of fruit on the plants where I used to work.

[oneshot]

Yelp plum is good so is Persimmon.

oneshot

[MOPanfisher]

Even natives can become invasive or at least a problem.  Last few years redbuds have been trying to take over a small patch, persimmons, plums, oaks, Hickory all of them at times can become an issue depending on what you are trying to accomplish. 

[oneshot]

19 hours ago, MOPanfisher said:

Even natives can become invasive or at least a problem.  Last few years redbuds have been trying to take over a small patch, persimmons, plums, oaks, Hickory all of them at times can become an issue depending on what you are trying to accomplish. 

Yes I’m letting Cedars go behind the house. More privacy.

oneshot

[tjm]

I once cleared about three acres one summer for pasture and the next summer had dogwoods as thick as if they had been sown there. We used to love the wild plums for jelly, but could never get them to spread and they eventually died out.

Biggest native problem I have in yard and garden is trumpet creeper, it is the most persistent plant on the farm and roots must be deeper than tress, kill one branch and it makes 18 more. Pretty in a tree, not so pretty when in the flower garden or smothering the termaters. 

 

[dan hufferd]

On 4/10/2022 at 4:13 PM, oneshot said:

Yelp plum is good so is Persimmon.

oneshot

I have tried them, always very tart, to me. 

I will try again.

[MOPanfisher]

The wild plums are always tart, kind of like pie cherries, takes a lot of sugar.

[BilletHead]

1 hour ago, MOPanfisher said:

The wild plums are always tart, kind of like pie cherries, takes a lot of sugar.

          The flesh is actually pretty sweet, but skins are really tart. Try peeling the skin off one time when the plum is ripe. Was an eye opener for me.

[oneshot]

Wife would make Plum Butter it’s hard to find places to get worth while.

I like Elderberries and Blackberries.

oneshot