Thank you for the info Jason. I am planning to transplant that pluot into the ground this week. So it's okay to transplant while it's active if I'm going to pinch offthe fruit anyways, correct? Would you leave just 1 or 2 just to sample the fruit?

How much is there? A few, or is it covered up with them? If you transplant it, it may drop them on its own.

I counted at least 10 yesterday.

ps - I had one of those citrus salad trees in FL, and it was great. Mine was lime, tangerine, Valencia orange, red grapefruit, all on lemon stock (so it grew lemons also). It was a challenge to keep all of the varities similarly sized, so I eventually let the oranges and grapefruits grow the most, as I most interested in those. The rootstock (lemon) was aggressive, and had to be pruned often to not overwhelm the others. It produced quite a bit though. Good luck with your orchard - sounds great.

I have read that is why your rarely see multi graft citrus sold. It is too easily taken over by one aggressive variety. You are lucky to be in CA the trees should be pretty easy for you :)

There is no way those plums are going to stick around you plant it. you could try to make umeshu plum wine out of them. http://www.thekitchn.com/how-to-make-umeshu-japanese-pl-118396

Here's what they look like

You can transplant it and if the tree doesn't suffer too much transplant shock, it may keep them. Or it may drop them no matter what you do...

Nice to hear someone else go all out just like me... a rookie but within 1 yr I bought 1 satsuma owari, 2 Yosemite gold, 2 golden nugget, 2 kishu, 2 regular citrus( tip off the top then t-grafted budwoods (dekopon/shiranui) and 5 more random citrus still in pot waiting for new budwoods order from ccpp riverside with China s-9, Miho Satsuma, Sasha gold, and more shiranui... All Mandarin citrus. :) luckily I am from Granada hills CA perfect to grow citrus trees.

5 trees waiting for budwoods

Kishu mandarin small fruits all over

All new growth from t-bud grafted shiranui/dekopon mandarin.

2 Yosemite gold mandarin already in the ground.

And almost forgot this daisy sl mandarin I had 2 yrs ago. Total 9 different mandarin varieties. Now you can call me crazy :)

FYI, having a single pluot tree will be fruitless unless your neighbors have a pollinator (Another pluot variety or Japanese Plum). Pluots are not self fruitfull meaning they need to be cross pollinated. The reason your pluot has fruit this year is that it grew alongside many other types of compatible pollinators at the nusery.

Thanks Speedster. Yes I knew that just haven't decided which pollinator to buy yet but my neighbors do have a Santa Rosa plum. Should I assume that my tree will be pollinated or should I plant one close to my Pluot anyways?

As long as the bloom times overlap Santa Rosa should pollinate your pluot. Assuming its withing a reasonable distance.