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TroyC starts with ... Hello growers, I am hoping to learn more and become a grower like you! I've seen some of your trees in a local home improvement store, and was quite impressed with the quality of the tree and the information on the label. I want to use your trees in my new front garden which will be all dwarf citrus. But the store had a couple of oranges and a lemon, and I was hoping to get more variety. But I'm not an horticulturalist! I have a bit of an idea how to take care of a plant, but not a lot of smarts when it comes to choosing the right ones. I don't want trial and error - ideally I plant these trees and look after them for years. Can you please give me some advice as to what to purchase? I am happy to purchase directly from you if necessary. I have prepared a garden bed in my front yard that is about 14 metres long, and about 1.2m wide. The soil is typical south of Perth, bit sandy, but I will use plenty of manure and compost when planting the trees directly in the ground and then mulch using straw hopefully. I figure that with most of these dwarf citrus getting to around 600-700 radius, I can plant every 1.3m and so get between 9 and 10 trees in there. Correct me if I am wrong, you are the experts! I am hoping to get some lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, mandarin, not sure what else there is.. I hope to be able to harvest for as great a period of the year as possible too. This is where it gets hard. I just don't know which trees to choose! Your considerate reply is greatly appreciated! Sincerely, Troy C. Don't forget to take the bins out! | About the Author TroyC Mandurah, WA 30th January 2015 12:56pm #UserID: 11196 Posts: 2 View All TroyC's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Carl76 Wilston 4051 30th January 2015 1:24pm #UserID: 9276 Posts: 181 View All Carl76's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Boris Spasky 30th January 2015 1:52pm #UserID: 7085 Posts: 184 View All Boris Spasky's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... Lemon - get eureka, pretty much all year around, but should not get dwarf or trifoliata rootstock, as there are some compatibility issues. So full size for this one. Otherwise lisbon - but thats mainly winter crop. Lime - tahitian or west indian, pretty much all year round fruit. Orange - one navel and one valencia, this would roughly give you orange all year around. Mandarin - they are fairly short season, pick a var that you like to eat. Imperial are a tried and test var. i would plant 2 vars. nb: they are classed early, mid and late, best to google. Grapefruit - fruiting can be long - pick a var you like. The reds fleshed ones are all the rage. Hard to get dwarf ones though. Daley has a rio red dwarf, and they grow all right. Others citrus to consider are the tangelos, pumello, kumquat and finger limes. List is extensive. Unless you know how they taste and like it, best to stick to common citrus. The dwarfs can grow up to 3x3, meaning they can have up to a 1.5 m radius easily, so spacing would be 2 to 3m between each trunks. Best to give them some space if you want a decent number of fruits. I would say given 14m wide, 7 is your magic number. | About the Author Brain Brisbane 31st January 2015 12:28am #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
TroyC says... Hi folks, really nice to hear from you all regarding my questions. Thanks very much your help Brain, you have given me a very good place to start and I think once I actually somewhere to get all those trees I will be well on my way. Be happy to post some pictures once I do! Boris, can you tell me what rootstock I should be looking for instead? Is it that Flying Dragon do not work well in sandy soil? | About the Author TroyC Mandurah, WA 4th February 2015 2:02pm #UserID: 11196 Posts: 2 View All TroyC's Edible Fruit Trees |