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| About the Author Jason Portland 23rd March 2014 9:30pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Markmelb says... they didnt note the rootstock - do you think it looks like trifoliata??? I have a seedling lemonade lemon that has taken at least 6 years to bear some fruit and wouldnt mind a grafted plant - the rootsocks ive seen almost look like flying dragon but would have been called dwarf if it was i guess - but nobody does dwarf lemonades as far as I know - can anyone elaborate? Thanks | About the Author Markmelb , 23rd March 2014 11:16pm #UserID: 7785 Posts: 1192 View All Markmelb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Boris Spasky 23rd March 2014 11:54pm #UserID: 7085 Posts: 184 View All Boris Spasky's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Didn't mention the rootstock, I wouldn't be able to say what it was without leaves coming off the stock but they are good strong plants grown in good soil etc. Whoever grew them knew what they are doing and grow a lot of citrus. Well imagine there's over 300 ALDI's in Australia and they had 50+? plants in the smaller population centres so I'm guessing many more in the bigger areas. It's at least 15,000 plants just for this order, no small business. From memory they had 2 oranges + 1 blood orange, Kaffir and Tahitian limes a Lemon or two and at least one mandarin (I was really only interested in the Blood orange) so didn't pay much attention. Oh wait they had Grapefruit also. | About the Author Jason Portland 24th March 2014 4:59am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Brain Brisbane 24th March 2014 11:13am #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sternus1 says... It isn't worth ordering dwarf citrus from Daleys. The dwarf citrus (including lemonadess) available at bunnings are on flying dragon, and about 22$ less expensive once shipping is factored in etc. The added bonus is you won't have to nurse a stewed/ diseased plant back to health for months before it flushes out new growth, owing to shock. | About the Author sternus1 Australia 24th March 2014 11:27am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Jason says... My mandarins are on flying dragon and only about 7 feet 7 feet tall after 12?years. They do bear hundreds of fruit each every second year. But the stock is quite a bit less diameter than the mandarin so its still fairly dwarfing. I'd prefer full size trees for the extra vigour in my cool climate but no one produces full size citrus. I'd assume these trees in ALDI are on flying dragon too since its the most common stock these days. | About the Author Jason Portland 24th March 2014 3:45pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... I've seen plenty of mandarin and other citrus on trifoliata here in Qld - the so call 'standard' sized. On occassion, i've seen some other rootstock being used but they are quite rare. I must say, the dwarfs are gaining popularity - i'm seeing more and more of them in shops. But yes, they don't produce as much fruit. You can always buy some other rootstock and try your hands at grafting. :) | About the Author Brain Brisbane 24th March 2014 5:44pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... Both rootstocks do well here, rough lemon and trifoliata. I deliberately let both species of rootstock grow up beside it's grafted specimen in a controlled measure. The rough lemon is starting to fruit so I'll have some seed when they ripen. The lemonade appears to be dwarfed on flying dragon but is equally doing well. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 24th March 2014 9:17pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Markmelb MT WAVERLEY,3149,VIC 9th April 2015 5:52pm #UserID: 7785 Posts: 1192 View All Markmelb's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Arshi Try scouring first most of the nurseries near your area to save on freight fees. Others that you can't source locally is best to procure them online like here at Daley's etc. Your local bunnings also stock most citrus trees and sometimes mangoes and the occasional guavas as well. Just a reminder, it will be winter soon. If you are planning to buy your fruit trees give them adequate winter protection even better if you start buying and planting trees during spring to give them an excellent start. Happy gardening :-) | About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 4th April 2018 6:18pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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worldztraveller says... Are you sure it's a real blood orange? They had a red-fleshed Cara Cara Navel which looks like a blood orange in the picture, but it isn't; it's just a red orange. I bought it anyway as I only found this out googling it on my smartphone at the checkout, but am happy enough to try a non-supermarket orange anyway. | About the Author worldztraveller Adelaide 5th April 2018 9:56pm #UserID: 16880 Posts: 6 View All worldztraveller's Edible Fruit Trees |