Our #loquats are like crack to my #hens wish they liked figs as much… #foodforest #japaneseplum

I moistened and removed the skins of the seeds on everything that was up today. 7 pots of plums growing. I was worried the dry tops would shrink wrap them. In the wild they'd be coming out of the pit which I assume would be stuck to skin part. Much easier than doing this with pepper seedlings.

#plums #JapanesePlum #GrownFromSeed #FruitTrees #orchard

A couple of the plum pots are showing some green and a lot of them are showing signs of pushing the soil up.

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Japanese plums may help prevent hypertension, cardiovascular disease

A simple juice concentrate from the Japanese plum, known as Japanese apricot or ume, may yield health benefits such as protecting against hypertension and cardiovascular disease, a study shows.

Medical News Today