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Mel starts with ... Hi i have a dwarf mandarin, I let the flying dragon root stock grow as well as the grafted plant. I am curious to try its fruit as they may have good health effects. The plant is now looking very sick, its droopy and attacked by leaf miner and black soot. I have given it lots of tlc, mulch, water etc and an spraying it daily with eco oil. Can you grow root and grafted stock on the same bush? Thanks | About the Author Mel Nudgee 21st August 2014 8:43am #UserID: 10366 Posts: 2 View All Mel's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 21st August 2014 9:22am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... I dont think the flying dragon fruit - trifoliata is editable. I have heard you might be able to make Jam with it and thats it. Yes, keeping both rootstock shoots and the scion could get tricky. Besides, the rootstock being a seedling might take years and years to form fruit. If you are keen, you can always get a flying dragon plant seperate. | About the Author Brain Brisbane 21st August 2014 12:50pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
jakfruit etiquette says... Flying Dragon fruit is just barely edible, try a FD leaf from your tree to sample the bitter component that overides the citrus flavors. Regular trifoliata is even a little worse. Usually if you let the rootstock sucker keep growing, it will become dominant and the grafted part will retard and often eventually (sometimes suddenly)die. If you want to keep the FD, it should flower in 5 years/2 metres tall. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 22nd August 2014 12:00am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Mel Nudgee 23rd August 2014 2:19pm #UserID: 10366 Posts: 2 View All Mel's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 23rd August 2014 4:55pm #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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