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len starts with ... looks like being nothing more than a conversation piece: well the one and only forming fruit rotted and dropped off, out of over a dozen flowers, and looks like more buds await the next full moon? when they open do i trip through the daisy's on the night of the full moon hand pollinating them, what part of the night is the optimal full moon? all suggestions most welcome or by this time next year the plant maybe relegated to the local tip, and the fence post put back in storage ta | About the Author len glenwood qld 28th March 2015 9:15am #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... In my words, and this is how I understand it, as we approach the summer solstice, the plant builds up and stores a certain budding hormone related to the amount of sunlight falling on the vines. When the stored hormone reaches a certain level the vine bursts into bud. The plant might have enough hormone stored to flush on more than one occasion. I believe you can extend the fruiting season by rigging up a lighting system, but haven't done it myself. In your case, I don't know how old the vine is, but they do take a few years to establish before setting fruit, unless you have one of those exotic types that need hand/cross pollinating. This is the first year this vine has fruited
| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 28th March 2015 4:42pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Grant Lennox Head 29th March 2015 10:09pm #UserID: 6119 Posts: 156 View All Grant's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 30th March 2015 8:38pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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len says... g'day john, our fruit looked like the ones in the shop, if i get lucky i will have closer look next time, it flowered again monday night, full moon not 'till saturday, so cut off one stamen and dusted it around with the oodles of bees looking at your other pic that is what our fruit looked like, maybe got to that size then rotted off | About the Author len glenwood qld 2nd April 2015 11:41am #UserID: 3712 Posts: 37 View All len's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Yoda on DMT says... I was going to try and balance out the crowns, but I don't think I'll bother now. They do self level over time, it's only for a couple of months that they look fugly. Pots still need to be painted but you get the idea. Making the biochar mix was the worst part...Horrible.Had to burn huge amounts of wood to fill all those pots. Working excellently though, check out the root growth.
| About the Author Yoda on DMT Trafalmadore 5th April 2015 11:39am #UserID: 11548 Posts: 78 View All Yoda on DMT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Grant says... It looks like a great set-up, built to last. Do your concrete posts stop at the bottom of the pot? Or is the weight of pot and post enough to secure the lot? I recently covered my conduit wire covers in Velcro on pvc sleeves to keep the sun from breaking them down. I am hopeful of my first crop of yellows in a month or two, first flower 9 days ago and despite solid rain fruit looks to be holding, early days tho. Biochar sounds interesting, i have only come across a few zealots sprouting forth its power to save the world, don't know much about it myself | About the Author Grant Lennox Head 5th April 2015 7:40pm #UserID: 6119 Posts: 156 View All Grant's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Yoda on DMT says... No, the posts run three feet into the ground and are concreted in. There's rebar inside them too. I went with char/coir at a ratio of around 70/30 weighted to char, works like a semi hydro setup (run to waste). Haven't started them on nutes yet, I'll give them a few more months. Char is good for oxygen sequestration, but I mainly like it because it holds moisture but doesn't get sodden, and it doesn't break down. Don't want to make any more for a long, long time though. | About the Author Yoda on DMT Trafalmadore 6th April 2015 8:32am #UserID: 11548 Posts: 78 View All Yoda on DMT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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