Most RecentRollinia species - I have a Rollinia (deliciosa/mucosa?)that I purchased from here(DaleysD. It bears the long spined fruit. The one I really want is the one with the shorter spines as shown/demonstrated in the Daleys vi...
By EddyJ 24 mins ago (0 responses)  Passionfruit - No crinkles at all. That's half the reason I cut it back. Some fruit was starting to drop still slightly green and smooth as. I just assumed they weren't ready to go until they were really dark a...By Wazzbat 59 mins ago (127 responses)  Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - Not sure about Wilson either, I don't have it. John, yeah I'd say from the shape of the flower that Chris needs a pollinator, mine is planted near a Vernon and most of the flowers Chris has (not man...By Jason 6 hours ago (127 responses)  Selling our growing land? - Mike..I can't say it any better than this. I suggest u take the time to download. This is exactly my agrgument:
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Enjoy :)...By amanda 7 hours ago (81 responses)  Banana - Sandy are you close to Millaa Millaa at about 800m or so? Everyone I know who has bananas just swaps them amongst themselves.Blue javas and monkey bananas are hard to get.Someone asked me if I wanted ...By Mike 8 hours ago (127 responses)  Air layered loquat - Do u have a connection with the black saturday fires phil? ...By amanda 9 hours ago (8 responses) Tomato die back, have I found the answer? - I agree there Julie..I have these self sowing broad ripple yellow currants and nothing phases them at all. Even F/fly don't touch them.
SG...maybe I could send u some seed of my tough guys? I have...
By amanda 9 hours ago (2 responses) When is a watermelon ready? - Cheers Wazz
it was an orageglow melon and I dont really know how it should look, but i think it was closish to ripe. I can't tell if it was a little over or a little under ripe.
I still don't t...
By Gus 10 hours ago (17 responses) Ezflo - No,haven't used one, but I'm thinking about getting one.
I was just looking at their website today after I saw the advert in ABC OG mag.
They're based in Townesville.
Looks good.
most liquid f...
By Speedy 10 hours ago (1 responses)  Lots a lemons - Thanks for all the interesting posts it inspired me to contribute.I bought a lots of lemons from Bunnings .At first I noticed it wasnt doing particularly well so after some investigation read some adv...By pleasant grove blessed 11 hours ago (61 responses)  Cuttings/ seeds/ seedlings Swap - Wow they are small and I thought that was chick pea crumbs.
Tonight I was scratching around the garden squashing bugs and looking for plants to volunteer for a nice trip to Sydney.I busted the roots ...By Mike 11 hours ago (97 responses) fruit trees - Sounds like a classic case of pear/cherry slug leesa, do the affected leaves have a skeletonised appearance? If so, pyrethrum should do the trick or throwing ash/other dusty material over the tree (it...
By Nick 11 hours ago (1 responses)  Curry Leaf Tree in Melbourne - Hi Bock can you email your contact so i can get a couple of curry leaf plants from you. Thanks so much....By teri 12 hours ago (127 responses)  Fruit trees in Perth WA - sampodilla in the big pot?? Nah don't think so Ian and it sounds like your dad has a seed not air layered or grafted plant.
garden is best for plant...By beerzy 13 hours ago (37 responses) Biolytix Wate - Hi J. Grass would be ok but I don't think a tree is a good idea...as it grows it's roots may end up pushing down on the pipe and causing problems...
This happened to a friends phone line and it h...
By amanda 16 hours ago (7 responses)  Asparagus - Amanda, thanks for the suggestion on the timing for the top-up! True about rotting the crown.
I bought the 2 year old crowns from Melb thru Garden Express. It was only one crown, that I can see, ...By Aaron 18 hours ago (44 responses)  kaffir lime - That's good MiltonT; it's cool - everyone's kind on this forum and I've been on the receiving end plenty of times. Good luck with the Kaffir Lime seedlings....By MaryT 18 hours ago (48 responses) passion fruit - Pavlos
I have a few potted but they are still too small to put in the ground.They should be ready end of March....
By nick giancola 19 hours ago (6 responses)  Fruit Fly Exclusion Bags - Great au0rey! What size are the big ones? I use the smaller ones for figs individually.
The largest ones I can get from blingin.com.au are 16x22cm @$17.99 per 100 (plus postage) on special today...By MaryT 19 hours ago (36 responses)  Jaboticaba - Hi kim, that's great news - well done! :) Also handy info for those of us with sandy soil too.
The 2 in pots should be ok while u decide. I wouldn't leave them 6 months or anything - but a month o...By amanda 23 hours ago (127 responses) Black Sapote - help me selecting variety? - epiphany, an indoor worm farm would be so cool; alas I don't have the room. Fortunately my inner city home is so small that everything is but a few paces away, inside or out :) I just put my scrape...
By MaryT 1 days ago (14 responses) passion fruit - I am pretty sure you can bring it if it is processed,like tinned or bottled.You must declare it as you enter the country.What area will you be coming to?...
By coastie 1 days ago (2 responses) By kohleria 1 days ago (2 responses) amazing technological breakthru - For you, Denise, we have the deluxe version lined with cashmere....
By john 1 days ago (3 responses) Where to get Straw Mulch? - Hi Russell - did you get rid of those bales? I need some for our school bush dance this Friday!
Thanks
Paula
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By Paula 1 days ago (12 responses)  Are passionfruit leaves that delicious?? - Jason I have a few insects that enjoy dining on avo foliage.Katydids,grasshoppers,caterpillars and chrysomelid beetles have all been offenders.You may have to carry a torch at night for the perpetrato...By Mike 1 days ago (18 responses) Custard Apple - Paxton prolific or tropic sun ? - 5m apart should be fine and tropic sun is supposed to be partly self pollinating.High density planting of trimmed atemoyas or those on trellises could bring them abit closer than 5m....
By Mike 2 days ago (6 responses) Growing Avocados - Here's a link to libraries where you can borrow a copy:
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By MaryT 2 days ago (1 responses) fruit tree planting - I'm assuming NH = New Hampshire, which would follow that with freezing winters, your climate more than anything else will determine what you can grow....
By Chris 2 days ago (1 responses)  maqui berry - My tree was doing well and growing tall but this summer with all the rain and cold nights, it has started to shed its leaves and I am afraid it is dying. So sad....By eddie 2 days ago (127 responses)  wine grapes hervey bay - I like Maroo seedless. It is related to Carolina Black Rose but has sweeter fruit, and it is still mould resistant for humid coastal climates. I have a Carolina Black Rose which is great for lots of r...By Diana 2 days ago (27 responses)  Sloe berries - Checking with AQIS sounds like a plan.
Not sure how I would get the "word" out though about them though.
Have to think about that one :P
...By Amanda 2 days ago (5 responses)  Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in Melbourne - Thanks epiphany; there's still hope for my miracle fruit yet...bananas and black sapotes in pots - that sounds exciting as I also have a container garden (on concrete). It's encouraging to read abo...By MaryT 2 days ago (127 responses) what`s the plant size of 175mm finger lime? - Hi egan, the "175mm finger lime" as advertised by nurseries indicates the size of the pot, usually the circumference of the top of the pot - that is 175mm round at the top. The size of the plant in...
By MaryT 2 days ago (2 responses)  Peppino - I'm going to give my pepinos a trim back in a week or so - they've taken over their corner of the garden (yay for all those straggly branches forming roots!). It's a Kendall Gold. We get very nice,...By epiphany 2 days ago (127 responses) Medjool Date Tree - I've grown them from seed in the past, but not seen them through to fruiting.
Dates are dioecious , and take up to 12-15 yrs to flower, not to say they cant flower sooner though.
you'll need a mal...
By Speedy 2 days ago (1 responses) fruit in pots sydney - Hi Joe; the choice of pots is up to you but they need to be big for trees. Use a premium potting mix. Organic and slow release fertilisers; regular but little. Each type of tree has its own require...
By MaryT 2 days ago (1 responses)  coffee plant problem - I have to pass then NQ? I have never grown coffee plants. Maybe someone else?It doesn't look like any deficiency I can think of?
Is it in more direct/longer sun than the other one? How long have ...By amanda 2 days ago (3 responses)  Worm farms - Diddy, unless you have an unending garden of rich compost very few of your worms will survive & they will find it equally difficult to even migrate into the neighbours garden. They are very restricted...By snottiegobble 3 days ago (38 responses) blackberry jam fruit - randia formosa - ai just had a look and they mut have sold! Yeah forget oversea's Ebay buying!! The Ebay seller is no doubt a member of this forum!!! I would just wait a week or two they always seem to be on there,...
By micarle 3 days ago (3 responses)  My bonsai Pepino tree - Pepino's dont grow into trees. Mine are about 40-50cm tall and then just spread out....By John 3 days ago (2 responses)  Rollinia pollination - thank you Mike will give the spray a try. I don't want to lose all my beautiful fruit!.
Peter there is a great how-to on gardenweb on pollinating cherimoyas link - [Link]...By Jenny 3 days ago (27 responses) Cockroach Berry - haven't heard of that one before Phil. Thank you kindly for your offer but you might be right about the postage. Are they the same as torvum?
Have had no luck getting torvum to grow either.
I suspe...
By Gus 3 days ago (2 responses)  sweet potatoes - My brother is a chef and my partner has owned and run takeaways and restaurants but I am no jujube.My old sweet potatoes get marks and a bit woody(ones I miss from the previous season) and I prefer sm...By Mike 4 days ago (82 responses)  Cost of peanut butter trees? - Are they tasty Trikus?
Do they like a lot of water?
I was thinking of getting one to put under an evaporative air con down pipe which leaks a lot of water. ...By Gus 4 days ago (26 responses)  Garden Funnies - MaryT, she may be missing out or forgotten a "thing & two!" :-( sad!...By snottiegobble 4 days ago (14 responses)  Pandanus amaryllifolius - For folks in Sydney, I just listed some Pandan plants for sale on Ebay. ...By PandanDoc 4 days ago (127 responses) Thaivegseedpkts - A sticky label with the scientific name should be enough and declare them.An email alert with name, flight and seeds to AQIS/customs would help but all bets are off in Sydney where customs is a real k...
By Mike 4 days ago (3 responses) HOW DO YOU GROW FRUIT SUCCESSFULLY IN POTS IN SYDNEY - i have a dwarf granny smith,pink lady, tropical anna, golden dorset all dwarfs, a tahitian liame, a blood otrange , a climax blueberry, a elcite pomegranate, a kendall gold pepino , a yarrapindi blood...
By joe 4 days ago (1 responses) Raspberries - Raspberries are tough; pull out a clump and be sure to water every day . Better still wait for a dull rainy period - survival 90%....
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Not Yet Answered - Can you help?Rollinia species - I have a Rollinia (deliciosa/mucosa?)that I purchased from here(DaleysD. It bears the long spined fruit. The one I really want is the one with the shorter spines as shown/demonstrated in the Daleys vi...
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Most Popular Black Sapote not growing - Hi Radi, check out this video from Daley's i think it answer your questions [Link] I have only eaten them fresh which is great and my 8 month old loves them!!...By Grant 25 days ago (127 responses)  Wolf Berries - Hey it's Brett just diff email :p and it is in a pot it gets seasol fortnightly in warmer months eg now and once again still just pumping out fruit and no real growth :/ ...By Dr greenthumb 56 days ago (127 responses)  Mango tree not fruiting - Yes the vaccine is coming... may be six months or more yet. And yes outbreaks only occur here and there like at Majors Creek but the outcome is terminal for horses and not great for people. So stopp...By LyndaK 8 days ago (127 responses)  Blueberry - Nice one db...I love my acerola! So jealous of your named loquat..so impossible to get over here with quarantine reg's :(
I am not sure what john meant about the 'dead space' in the pot? (no of...By amanda 6 days ago (127 responses)  dragon fruit - SunilJay - thanks for you photos! How do you attach the tyres?
Kathy...By Kathy 7 days ago (127 responses) Peppino - I'm going to give my pepinos a trim back in a week or so - they've taken over their corner of the garden (yay for all those straggly branches forming roots!). It's a Kendall Gold. We get very nice,...By epiphany 2 days ago (127 responses)  Pinkabelle Apple Tree - Just wondering if someone could give me some advice - some of the leaves on my pinkabelle have started turning yellow. They fall off when you touch them. I didn't know if it was a disease or somethi...By Jacelyn 66 days ago (127 responses)  LYCHEE TREE - Great to hear your lychee is doing well.
Just keep in mind, that the nutrient uptake is very slow for lychee, so what you see now can not be the result from last weeks action.
Anyway, little and reg...By Peter 15 days ago (127 responses)  Veggie garden - That is what I call 'tit for tat' and you might be pining for something else.It might not be good for kids to be climbing on but do the trellisses adversely effect climbling plants....By Mike 5 days ago (127 responses)  Fruit fly control - That's different! :D So do they die at some point tho' john? I guess any eggs would end up contaminated too...
Pity they can't insert a self-destruct gene into them.. ;-)...By amanda 4 days ago (127 responses)  Babaco - Oh I thought the pot luck was referring to my attempt at growing salak in Victoria, Im happy with anything you put in!...By Nick 14 days ago (127 responses)  Coffee - I have beautiful coffee plant of about 5 years old. It's about 2 metres tall and has a huge number of berries on it. Most of them are dark red, almost turning brown, some are still reddish.
The pr...By piet 5 days ago (127 responses)  ackee tree - Hi Gerry,when I saw this post previously, I e.mailed you @ ur other e.mail address and told u that I had collected some ackee seeds for you, but up to now, I have not heard from you....By Jenn 67 days ago (127 responses) Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in Melbourne - Thanks epiphany; there's still hope for my miracle fruit yet...bananas and black sapotes in pots - that sounds exciting as I also have a container garden (on concrete). It's encouraging to read abo...By MaryT 2 days ago (127 responses)  I have a cherry tree - If you don't get any offers from Melb. area uteopia, email me at jantinarohde at activ8 dot com dot au and I'll send you some by mail. ...By Jantina 52 days ago (127 responses)  Chiku / Sapodilla - Hi,
I have a big farm for sapota. Let me know if anyone is interested.
Thanks,...By Bab 9 days ago (127 responses)  Paw Paw - Hi Gregory
I'm living In indonesia at the moment
I'm after some ghanaian medicinal plants sent as seed to indonesia
I can send seed of other things back the other way, rambutan, durian, mangoste...By Rev 17 days ago (127 responses)  Betel Leaf - searched many asian food shops in hobart and launceston. Still could not find any La-lot. Can any 1 help ?...By Dei 12 days ago (127 responses)  duriun trees: have you seen any - fldurian if you successfully grow durians in Victoria you should be given a nobel prize for horticulture.If you do the impossible and bring in seeds of a Chanthaburi 1 or 2,or a thornless durian and t...By Mike 8 days ago (127 responses)  custard apples - Sounds interesting grub :) He might be able to tell u if it is a named variety of custard apple (and u might be able to graft it one day too.. :)...By amanda 4 days ago (127 responses)  Mango Tree Disease - i use my garden hose with weed be gone lock and spray bottle with hose connection,or any such type....By fire 9 days ago (127 responses)  rasberry bushes - Not every grub is a f.fly; fruit fly larvae jump when prodded from behind gently, most else don't....By john 128 days ago (127 responses) Pandanus amaryllifolius - For folks in Sydney, I just listed some Pandan plants for sale on Ebay. ...By PandanDoc 4 days ago (127 responses)  Shipping Syndicate of Plants to Perth/WA - Hi Nap and Shaun. I'm in Vic Park and wouldn't mind getting some plants from Daleys. Depending on how much the shipping will be? I am after a couple of passionfruit vines and a dwarf Valencia and...By Wazzbat 81 days ago (127 responses) Curry Leaf Tree in Melbourne - Hi Bock can you email your contact so i can get a couple of curry leaf plants from you. Thanks so much....By teri 12 hours ago (127 responses)  Rare Fruit Swap/Sale in Melbourne South/East? - Hi there I'm looking for Black sapote, Abiu and Icecream bean seeds. If anyone has seeds for these tree's I'd be more than happy to buy them off you. Please feel free to email me at jmubaraki@hotma...By J 15 days ago (127 responses)  mandarin tree - Thanks for the info Brendan! I did look and although they are below the main leaf branch that produces the fruit they are not below any bulge area that I would assume is where they graft them together...By Laura 21 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 12 days ago (127 responses) Passionfruit - No crinkles at all. That's half the reason I cut it back. Some fruit was starting to drop still slightly green and smooth as. I just assumed they weren't ready to go until they were really dark a...By Wazzbat 59 mins ago (127 responses)  Seville Orange - Probably from a Citrus seller, at Bris Mkts, otherwise fruit shops that carry more unusual stuff. The two main types here are called smooth seville and rough seville, which are sometimes sold for maki...By jakfruit etiquette 30 days ago (127 responses)  asimina tribola/American pawpaw/ temperate custard apple - There are ungrafted at "all rare herbs"....By ringelstrumpf 92 days ago (127 responses)  Growing avocado in Melbourne - I've got one bud of Rainbow out of the parafilm, so that one at least is looking good...By Jason 61 days ago (127 responses)  Pruning Passionfruit - I concur with u Wazzbat and Amanda.
Lack of proper labelling is wrong in my view. I wonder if there is a way of bringing this attention to some relevant authority to ensure the labelling can be com...By Peter 18 days ago (127 responses)  bee hives - I am selling 2 beehive boxes
8 frames per box.
full off bees and honey!
$175 pickup from Bulleen Melbourne
email John for further info
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...By jtorcon 5 days ago (127 responses) Banana - Sandy are you close to Millaa Millaa at about 800m or so? Everyone I know who has bananas just swaps them amongst themselves.Blue javas and monkey bananas are hard to get.Someone asked me if I wanted ...By Mike 8 hours ago (127 responses)  Does anyone garden with blackwater? - A long time ago I saw an old guy on 'Gardening Australia' showing off his 'worm farm, black treatment system'. As long as the water and matter pass through mulch and compost like leaf litter, lawn...By PaulPaul 162 days ago (127 responses) Jaboticaba - Hi kim, that's great news - well done! :) Also handy info for those of us with sandy soil too.
The 2 in pots should be ok while u decide. I wouldn't leave them 6 months or anything - but a month o...By amanda 23 hours ago (127 responses)  Garlic - hi wazza
saw a couple of baby melons today,
i hope they stay on....By peter 5 days ago (127 responses)  acha cha fruit seeds - I bought nearly all of the local IGA fruit at $2.50 a kilo - no one knew about the fruit and they couldnt sell them
pigged out very nicely :-) the skin - put through a blender and added to water -...By dickybeacholdalbion 7 days ago (127 responses) Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - Not sure about Wilson either, I don't have it. John, yeah I'd say from the shape of the flower that Chris needs a pollinator, mine is planted near a Vernon and most of the flowers Chris has (not man...By Jason 6 hours ago (127 responses)  Our beloved birds & other wildlife - The big rainforest wood demolishing ones are big decomposers and the one I mentioned before is as big as a cigarette box. ...By Mike 21 days ago (127 responses) maqui berry - My tree was doing well and growing tall but this summer with all the rain and cold nights, it has started to shed its leaves and I am afraid it is dying. So sad....By eddie 2 days ago (127 responses)  Ants Nests in Pot Plants - pixiepqueen, Terry may well have the answer, but be prepared for a bad smell & possible dead neighbours cats!
I suggest then first spread wetting agent granules all over the potting mix & then soak p...By snottiegobble 10 days ago (124 responses)  Dwarf Fruit Tree Competiton - Hi Peter,
Have just been doing some research on apple trees as I would love to grow some but was concerned I wouldn't be able to grow them living in Hervey Bay. I noticed you were in Rocky and saw ...By Donna 249 days ago (119 responses)  Mesona chinensis - OMG...I didn't know you guys are still so active on here...hehehe
I finally got my SSam plant in SanJose for $16/gallon. I guess I'll have to wait for a year to make my first 'homemade ssam'.
I...By Gina 143 days ago (119 responses) |
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