Most Recent Worm farms - Have been trying to reply for a few days, but I'm having trouble with this forum and my computer. :( Ah well...
I just put a worm tower into a raised bed. Worms would find it hard to escape fro...By MJ 5 hours ago (51 responses)  white choko - Hi Warren,
I got the chokos. Hope they will grow for me. Thank you very much....By Lucinda 7 hours ago (33 responses)  graviola tree or soursop - hi im very interested in the leaf were do you live in brisbane thanks marama...By marama 8 hours ago (127 responses) plum blossoms - I want to know--Why my Satsuma plum tree will not drop its blossoms this year. It has held fast through wind, rain,for 2 months now. My pear, and Stanly plum have long since dropped theirs. The Satsum...
By p&a 13 hours ago (0 responses) dwarf imperial mandarin - You live next door to Engalls. Surely that would be your first stop for all citrus. I know they sell mandarins on flying dragon.
Btw...Winter is the worst time to plant citrus....
By Boris Spasky 18 hours ago (1 responses)  chill hours - its funny i have been worrying about chill hours in my area temperate nsw and its seems it can vary town to town i was speaking to a guy who lives in wyong and he was growing all the things i was t...By Anonymous 23 hours ago (22 responses)  Replacing camphor laurels with strangler figs - Damn! I don't have that long. But maybe I should do it anyway. Camphor laurels have no place on a suburban block - they are a menace. I have one almost on the border, so not mine....By Julie 2 days ago (1 responses)  langsat/duku - The ICON printout is pretty definitive if it is in the cliplock bags. If in doubt alert DAFF that you will be declaring seeds and give flight details.
I ate some duku-langsat today and they were grea...By Mike 2 days ago (58 responses) Where to buy Plantains - Hi all,
I would like to grow true plantains ie French plantain, Green French banana, Horn plantain, Nendran banana, Pink French banana, and Tiger banana.
I'm in sydney.
Kind regards,
Emma...
By Emmawise 2 days ago (0 responses)  Mango tree not fruiting - Hi, I came across this forum while looking for a site to show me how to prune my very large mango tree. Just read most of your posts and want to add my 2 cents worth.
My tree is 22 years old. Given t...By bondibabe 2 days ago (127 responses)  Pandanus amaryllifolius - I am looking for the following plants/trees if anyone has them for sale in the Northern Suburbs, Kaffir Lime (citrus hystrix DC), Calamansi (citrofortunella microcarpa) and Pandan (pandanus amaryllifo...By Mabon 2 days ago (127 responses)  Citrus tree - I am soon to plant my Mandarin
Clementine in the middle of the front lawn. It faces north and though it is coming into winter here in Melbourne I am hoping it will be ok as it will get plenty of sun ...By Rosalind 2 days ago (10 responses) citrus clear white - I have made hundreds of jars of marmalade over the years. Can't remember how all of them performed, but here are a couple of comments.
Tahitian lime was very disappointing, quite murky, not a lov...
By Julie 3 days ago (8 responses) white choko - I am interested in obtaining a white choko.
If anyone has one please contact me. Thanks...
By elva Churches 3 days ago (7 responses) Postcard from DAFF - It is just to let you know you are being watched.It is a pity that loose cash being flung around on a mail out wasn't used in preventing the Qld govt fanning leucaena, pasture weeds and buffel grass ...
By Mike 4 days ago (10 responses)  star apple - Something new for all. My wife told me that in the phillipines they use smokers under the starapple trees to encourage fruit set and growth. So this year we burned sawdust in a drum under the starappl...By Rusty Nuts 4 days ago (44 responses)  Seeking Feijoa fruit - Hi Rachelisakiwi,
I have trees that will be in fruit begining of May next year.
nickgiancola54@gmail.com...By nickg 4 days ago (38 responses) milk weed - Mike , I wonder how many cases of verifiable harm there are of people looking for a gas leak with a lighted match? The point is that pigmented lesions may be melanoma and deserve more than surface tr...
By dr 4 days ago (6 responses)  acha cha fruit seeds - MARKETS AT MIRIAM VALE, EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH...By BELL 4 days ago (127 responses)  Jaboticaba - Awesome! I'm surprised they haven't been picked up comercially..? Given their resistance to fruit fly (is that true?) and their reputation as a decent fruit......By amanda 5 days ago (127 responses) Babaco trees - I'm keeping my one small plant (donated from a friend) in a pot placed on good soil hoping it will root down into the soil. I've heard of this method before for ensuring good drainage. Having had tw...
By Lissa 5 days ago (7 responses)  Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - My theory is they flower after a dry spell or a cold spell or both. Timing when you eat a sapote seems very critical. One day too late or early and some varieties are terrible. Chris needs to be eaten...By Jason 6 days ago (127 responses)  Cereus peruvianus/apple cactus - I bought cuttings of these plants, "Koubo" as they are now called, from a nursery in Queensland who do mail order of different clones to ensure pollination. There are a few mature, solitary trees in...By Phil@Tyalgum 6 days ago (1 responses) Prune or not? - For some reason when I hear the word prune, plums come into my mind.
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By Mike 6 days ago (1 responses)  Soursop tree for Sydney region - Many Thanks Linton. Good advice. So, when I will go that way I will let you know. Will you please send your contact number to my email --->
ronyahm@yahoo.com
Thanks again,
Rony...By RONY 6 days ago (22 responses)  Mango Tree Disease - Thanks for all your replays re leafless mango tree. I had the pest folk come and set traps in the roof. They removed 3 possums and..............let them go in the garden!!! Apparently they can't take...By Phillip 6 days ago (11 responses)  Growing Duruka/Saccharum edule - Flowers only John Mc and my ones are 4m tall and ready for picking right now.You were the source,thanks....By Mike 6 days ago (28 responses)  Autumn Harvest & Planting Day - It was fantastic :) Check out the photos here: [Link]...By freofarmer 6 days ago (2 responses)  Gac Fruit anyone? - mail
vdungthanh@gmail.com
phone : 084982923889...By Thành 6 days ago (85 responses)  Oca, NZ yams, Oka - I am growing them in Augusta with success, I have harvested my third crop now , we do not get frost down here bottom temp in winter of 10 deg average, Top temp in summer average 25 deg.seems a very go...By Grahame Augusta 6 days ago (127 responses)  need help identifying a fruit tree - I went a whole year without watering them (except rain) and they still thrived. Just be vigilant if your going to do a water deprivation test. Where did you buy your plants, obviously not from any of ...By shadow1458 6 days ago (23 responses) When do I cut back my Stawberries? - You can do it now. I did mine a few weeks ago, after they had definitely finished fruiting....
By Julie 7 days ago (1 responses)  Passionfruit - Hi Rod Jeff, try spraying your p/f vine with liquid Potash. [Link]
or, buy some Sulphate of Potash and spread around the root zone.
You...By Brendan 7 days ago (1 responses)  good canistel variety - When is the best time for grafting onto canistel? -Spring?...By Michael 61 8 days ago (33 responses)  Sloe berries - Just found this post...would you take orders for next year haha so hard to find them.....By katrin 8 days ago (12 responses) Tahitian vanilla - Hi hoping that Roger still reads the forum.
Am still chasing a cutting of Tahitian vanilla, any help would be much appreciated.
Also was wondering if anyone has found an Australian source for bosw...
By Fruit Guy 8 days ago (0 responses)  New 'Brendan' Avocado - Looks good, Brendan. You should really start a Brendan's Brag Blog so we can all drool over your produce LOL Avocado a little dry? No worries; just mash it with a bit of olive oil/mayonnaise/yogh...By MaryT 8 days ago (1 responses)  Rotating compost bins - Is this your site you are advertising?...By Pauline 9 days ago (14 responses)  Apple Tree Disease - Looks like bark canker; it's incurable . ...By gardenererer 9 days ago (3 responses)  Curry Tree Murraya Koenigii - How do you diffentiate dwarf & regular curry leaf plants? Do dwarf types have lage leaflets? Bought some plants with leaf-structure similar to regular of bhatia's website: [Link]...By chocake 10 days ago (60 responses) Brown Leaves-Custard apple - Hello,
I started two custard apple trees from seed a few years ago, and have kept them indoors because I live in a cold climate. The trees are now about 7' tall and branching out nicely. Here and ...
By adelephi 10 days ago (2 responses) Peony - Tree peonies would do better in Sydney than the herbaceous species, although there are a few desert dwellers from North America which may do ok, hard to find but I think Woodridge Nurseries in Tassie ...
By Phil@Tyalgum 10 days ago (3 responses)  Bactivate - I don't know if you guys do the same but I always throw some of the dirt mould and bacteria from around my healthy established trees under the much of something of the same species. Like if I'm plan...By Jason 10 days ago (37 responses) named variety feijoa cuttings in Melbourne? - Have you tried Duffy?...
By Boris Spasky 11 days ago (4 responses)  Chilean Guava (Ugni molinae) - Dawson's has them - if not on site, they can get them in fairly quickly to the store of your choice (recently purchased 5 very nice healthy plants for a mini hedge). Aurora's post above mentioned t...By Kim 11 days ago (100 responses)  Pomegranate Tree - The pomegranate will need a certain good size before the flowers can result in fruit. Perhaps some calcium and carbon can help a bit too,they are often helpful in strength of trees....By denise1 12 days ago (45 responses)  loquats - Very happy with my young grafted N-W loquat it has given me 2 small bunches this year hopefully more next year delicious! I bagged them and only one got hit funnily enough not fruit fly but a brown gr...By Jenny 12 days ago (30 responses)  Tamarind trees - Hi,
I have bought some dry sweet tamarinds from a Chinese shop. I eat the flesh and planted the seeds which gave me plenty of tamarinds. The little trees look beautiful. Here in Jervis Bay area up th...By Ioan Toplicescu 12 days ago (5 responses) Which mango to choose - Hi Mohammad, there is more to a climate than just the latitude. WHere are you, what sort of climate do you have? 27 degrees isn't too bad, I am at 32 degrees, but I get winter and dry summer. ...
By David_WM 13 days ago (26 responses)  Persimmon Tree from Seed - Thanks for your response. Its a lone tree, however I have another non flowering tree. I don't think there are any other trees in my neighborhood. THe persimmons have seeds. What shown in the photo ...By Anonymous 13 days ago (3 responses)  Cereus Peruvianus/Apple Cactus - Thanks very much Anthony, that's very helpful. I need to get another red nearby to increase the chance of good flowering timing, or a more certain way of getting white fruit would be to rip it out an...By Diana 13 days ago (6 responses)  I want to grow capers - has anyone tried to use heated germination trays to get the process started before spring ?...By astrochun 13 days ago (25 responses) |
Not Yet Answered - Can you help?Tahitian vanilla - Hi hoping that Roger still reads the forum.
Am still chasing a cutting of Tahitian vanilla, any help would be much appreciated.
Also was wondering if anyone has found an Australian source for bosw...
By Fruit Guy 8 days ago (0 responses) Where to buy Plantains - Hi all,
I would like to grow true plantains ie French plantain, Green French banana, Horn plantain, Nendran banana, Pink French banana, and Tiger banana.
I'm in sydney.
Kind regards,
Emma...
By Emmawise 2 days ago (0 responses) plum blossoms - I want to know--Why my Satsuma plum tree will not drop its blossoms this year. It has held fast through wind, rain,for 2 months now. My pear, and Stanly plum have long since dropped theirs. The Satsum...
By p&a 13 hours ago (0 responses) |
Most Popular Guava tees in melbourne - Update about my Mexican cream guava tree - I lost only 5-6 fruits so far due to FF (as I was bit late in bagging fruit). As mentioned above I have now bagged all remaining fruits and they are now FF f...By Db 18 days ago (127 responses)  Black Sapote not growing - Hi Jarod, I planted my sapote about 3 years ago, its now around 3 meters tall and bearing fruit and is very healthy, I pay no special attention to it, it get the same treatment as my other fruit trees...By Ernie 75 days ago (127 responses)  Wolf Berries - I managed to get a Goji sucker to take root and it is absolutely flying along. I have planted it in a well drained semi shade area and it loves the location. The test will be, how it reacts to our Sum...By PeterN 181 days ago (127 responses) Mango tree not fruiting - Hi, I came across this forum while looking for a site to show me how to prune my very large mango tree. Just read most of your posts and want to add my 2 cents worth.
My tree is 22 years old. Given t...By bondibabe 2 days ago (127 responses)  Blueberry - When do i prune my 2 year old blurberry
live in perth...By francis 24 days ago (127 responses)  dragon fruit - I think that as long as they can climb, they wont fruit.
Set three or four around a 7-8 foot log with a basket ball hoop at the top. Train them up through the hoop and let them spill over. The sectio...By M Nash 35 days ago (127 responses)  Peppino - As I posted last time,My Kendal gold growing on my shed wall,is 2 metres tall climbing up some reinforcing wire mesh is loaded with fruit and the plants in the front garden which my wife tends also ha...By Keig9 159 days ago (127 responses)  Pinkabelle Apple Tree - My apples tend to cook on one side when we have heatwaves here in SA. I leave them on the plant and cut that bit off (which ends up looking just like a brooze (sp?) and all is good. Doesn't look too ...By Pauline 233 days ago (127 responses)  LYCHEE TREE - Hi Steven
As mentioned above you can get dwarf Lychees from the tropical fruit nursery in Police Road, Mulgrave. They claim that they grow to about 2 metres high....By Linton 63 days ago (127 responses)  Veggie garden - So why give them more attention, sg? I'm sure we all ignore it for that reason....By MaryT 266 days ago (127 responses)  Fruit fly control - Always better safe than sorry!
The reason I thought it was medfly was the size. The leaflet said ferment flies were 1mm long vs 4mm for medfly. The smaller of these are about 2mm and the larger ...By Anonymous 33 days ago (127 responses)  Babaco - Hi Nev (19/12)..now u mention it I do recall the coconut trees..
U certainly have a chequared past with Babaco trees..I've been preparing a mound to assist with drainage & wet feet..I'm going to pl...By Rebecca 152 days ago (127 responses)  Coffee - Thanks very much. That is the one I have been using. :-)...By Pauline 155 days ago (127 responses)  drumstick tree - Hi Kim,
Can I buy the cutting from you please and if I could also buy a few leaves for cooking that would be great.
Thanks
Ann
...By Ann143 24 days ago (127 responses)  ackee tree - Hi Nic
I've always wanted to grow Ackees but don't think they would be viable in Melbourne? I would be interested in some seeds but only if you think they could grow here.
Thanks!...By Linton 50 days ago (127 responses)  Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in Melbourne - Stauntonia hexaphylla - Japanese Stauntonia Vine.
I just got some information that says these seeds require 3 - 5 months of cold stratification in coarse sand.
Cheers!...By Linton 37 days ago (127 responses)  I have a cherry tree - HI SANDY,
Could You Tell Me Where I Could Get A Bananna Passion Fruit Vine.I Would LikeTo Get One &Was Wondering If They Would Grow Here In PA Where I Live.My E-mail is djesse57@yahoo.com...By JESSDEAN 66 days ago (127 responses)  Paw Paw - Hi Michael,
Any varieties will do as long as it is from a paw paw or papaya tree....By JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE 133 days ago (127 responses)  Betel Leaf - Recher,
Is this the plant you refer to? because this is what I am growing
[Link]
Yes, it survived sydney wi...By Laisla 153 days ago (127 responses)  duriun trees: have you seen any - I'm sorry to to tell you this, but I think the fruit looks like a jack fruit. It is not a durian....By Zakaria 93 days ago (127 responses)  custard apples - No clue what it is but you can be sure it makes a small mobile seed of some kind if its ended up in your pot...By Jason 99 days ago (127 responses)  Ants Nests in Pot Plants - I get the black ants as well as the little red/brown ones in pots.I am near rainforest and get those species and a few others like the stony creek frog,orange thighed and ornate burrowing frog in spit...By Mike 148 days ago (127 responses)  Mango Tree Disease - Dear Nick, it seems like Anthracnose, caused by fungi you should cut the infected branches and spray with copper oxychloride.Thinning trees to allow for better air movement and sunshine may help. On t...By Rana 125 days ago (127 responses)  rasberry bushes - Thanks to a helpful friend (rewarded with produce from the garden) I now have a proper trellis to grow my raspberries on!
We adapted the concept from a frame I saw on YouTube video: [Link]...By Lissa 51 days ago (127 responses) Pandanus amaryllifolius - I am looking for the following plants/trees if anyone has them for sale in the Northern Suburbs, Kaffir Lime (citrus hystrix DC), Calamansi (citrofortunella microcarpa) and Pandan (pandanus amaryllifo...By Mabon 2 days ago (127 responses)  Shipping Syndicate of Plants to Perth/WA - Count me in I will share cost if anyone wants to put in an order for Sept delivery ...By djban 262 days ago (127 responses)  Curry Leaf Tree in Melbourne - Hi everyone - I have picked my berries and harvesting seeds - planted some in seed raising mix and not sure if they should be in a light or dark environment???? I thought I might also try germinating...By Tilly 29 days ago (127 responses)  Rare Fruit Swap/Sale in Melbourne South/East? - Hi Rina,
I have 4 varieties of Tulsi and can supply you with your requirements. Do you know what you are after....cheers...By Atul 35 days ago (127 responses)  mandarin tree - Thanks Amanda, over-watering could be issue here, as this spot does not get sun at all in winter (may be this could be also issue).. My soil is heavy clay so I amended this spot before planting (in f...By Db 349 days ago (127 responses)  Tropical Fruit Trees Successfuly Grown in Sydney/Wollongong/Newcastle - Hi Adi, the Botanic Gardens in Sydney has a tamarind tree. Maybe they'll let you have some leaves. :) Best Wishes....By MaryT 478 days ago (127 responses)  Passionfruit - hi i have had my ned kelly black passionfruit tree in for 18 months now and is growing extreamly well. its the first time i have done it, i have it wired to a fence that spans about 10-12m and 2m tall...By sebastion 42 days ago (127 responses)  pouteria lucuma - Hi Scott, let me know if u still have those lucuma trees, my email is harrya@adam.com.au
Thanks...By Harry 153 days ago (127 responses)  Seville Orange - I have replied to David's email.
Someone called Wendy Day sent an email with the same request. It was NOT a proper email address - just a series of numbers - so no answer. Maybe you are checking ...By Julie 36 days ago (127 responses)  asimina tribola/American pawpaw/ temperate custard apple - Hi Everyone,
I still have some of the asimina triloba seeds left, you can contact me - copy and paste and remove brackets heather(@)darcydrayton(.)com
cheers
H...By heddysue 67 days ago (127 responses)  Growing avocado in Melbourne - I have two Ettinger trees, but its not really viable for me to be spending a couple years growing trees and grafting them. Still if anyone wants to spend the time to graft one for themselves in spring...By Jason 48 days ago (127 responses)  Pruning Passionfruit - Brendan, Thanks for your advice. I've never come across anything like this previously.
Cheers...By Peter1 33 days ago (127 responses)  bee hives - I agree Jantina, BPA free is not necessarily better. [Link] Regardless, plastics are made from petroleum, a not (readily) renewable resour...By VF 104 days ago (127 responses)  gardening in Perth sands - Yes- the same Anonymous :) It's beautiful here - very happy thanks. Gardening/growing down here is so much easier - should've moved years ago ;)...By amanda 37 days ago (127 responses)  Banana - Hi Brian
I have suckers if you are interested, please leave email address so I can contact you...By Anonymous 18 days ago (127 responses)  jujubes - Ok, thanks for that. I'm thinking of planting out all my potted varieties as well. They appear to need a good supply of water for the first year to establish....By John Mc 14 days ago (127 responses)  Does anyone garden with blackwater? - We used Steve at Go Green Plumbing when we had to rebuild our Biolytix. He is an experienced plumber who knows and installs blackwater (and greywater)systems. Don't use Ian from Denmark he overcharges...By Bonnie 114 days ago (127 responses) Jaboticaba - Awesome! I'm surprised they haven't been picked up comercially..? Given their resistance to fruit fly (is that true?) and their reputation as a decent fruit......By amanda 5 days ago (127 responses)  Fruit trees in Perth WA - I'm heading out toward Bloomings tomorrow. If I get time I will pop in and have a look.
Julie, we got a really good (well, old and a bit sad, but we fixed it!) steel compost tumbler from the verg...By MJ 382 days ago (127 responses)  Garlic - Boris, the blood & bone fertilizers NPK is: 5:5:0, add an extra part of P, and I'd say it has a lot of phosphorus!
Some of the best garlic I've grown, I used Potato Fert from bunnings, it's NPK wa...By Brendan 17 days ago (127 responses) acha cha fruit seeds - MARKETS AT MIRIAM VALE, EVERY THIRD SATURDAY OF THE MONTH...By BELL 4 days ago (127 responses) Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - My theory is they flower after a dry spell or a cold spell or both. Timing when you eat a sapote seems very critical. One day too late or early and some varieties are terrible. Chris needs to be eaten...By Jason 6 days ago (127 responses) Oca, NZ yams, Oka - I am growing them in Augusta with success, I have harvested my third crop now , we do not get frost down here bottom temp in winter of 10 deg average, Top temp in summer average 25 deg.seems a very go...By Grahame Augusta 6 days ago (127 responses) graviola tree or soursop - hi im very interested in the leaf were do you live in brisbane thanks marama...By marama 8 hours ago (127 responses)  Our beloved birds & other wildlife - 39 would hurt in the tropics Brendan...hope the humudity was under 50% ?! It does look pretty where u are - can't even see your neighbours thru all that lush jungle!
(damn - have forgotton my pass...By amanda 106 days ago (127 responses) |
Don't forget to upload a picture of the fruit tree you are discussing.
