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| About the Author Dan11 Newcastle 3rd January 2012 12:22pm #UserID: 6331 Posts: 1 View All Dan11's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brad2 gooseberry hill 3rd January 2012 2:52pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: 762 View All Brad2's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 6th January 2012 12:09pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tommoz says... My young black genoa is attracting a vast array of insects. There are about 30 moths on the branches who sit there all day and have partly transparent wings. There also are some weird bugs that look like they have gray wool on their back. Plenty of ants and spiders too. Which of these is harmful and what should I do? | About the Author Tommoz Dural 18th December 2012 10:13pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... I spray mine with homemade white oil; 500ml water 1 teaspoon (5ml) vegetable oil and a drop of dishwashing liquid. Shake and spray. Quite harmless; I spray all my citrus with it too and roses when they are attacked by aphids.... P.S. remember the underside of leaves and the stems and trunk. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 20th December 2012 12:00pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Grant Lennox Head 24th January 2013 8:30am #UserID: 6119 Posts: 156 View All Grant's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th February 2013 7:01am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 14th February 2013 7:45am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... VF I had a good look at the cutting grown BG fig and found many emerging figs on a few branches! the ants seems to be most interested in my White Adriatic. None of them are ripe enough yet but one is opened at one end so I picked it anyway and another had a hole in it because the bag was not pulled tight and some bug got in. Sigh. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 14th February 2013 11:08am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 15th February 2013 7:35am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... VF I must admit I took out a struggling Camelia at one corner of my garden and it was the only spot available for the BG. It has a high wall (like 10 ft +) to the west, a fence to the south, a two story house to the north and a row of crepe myrtle in front of it to the east so I didn't have high hopes but it does get some morning and midday sun. It's shot up above the fence in a few months and continues to look for light (will probably rise above the wall soon); I just love its spirit. There was little soil; mostly rubble so I had to build a bed with soil (not much; like a foot) and added cow manure. It obviously loves it. P.S. I forgot: my neighbour was clearing out her fish pond so I took the sludge she wanted to get rid of and dumped it on the fig; maybe that helped. As you can see from the pics it is in a tight corner. I have no backyard.
| About the Author MaryT Sydney 15th February 2013 8:00am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 16th February 2013 7:50am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 16th February 2013 8:43am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 17th February 2013 7:18am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 17th February 2013 7:56am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 17th February 2013 10:54am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 17th February 2013 11:00am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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TMary says... Must correct my previous comment re White Adriatic; it is now producing flavoursome fruit. As for the black Genoa my two trees gave me about a hundred big beautiful figs. I gave away a few cutting grown trees and they are all fruiting. This year I decided to try air layering and found easy success. The pics are of two babies I air layered this year from my two Black Genoa. I definitely prefer this method unless you want to strike a lot of cuttings at once.
| About the Author TMary Neutral Bay NSW 5th April 2014 11:12am #UserID: 9334 Posts: 159 View All TMary's Edible Fruit Trees |
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