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John Mc starts with ... I rescued this mango tree from a land clearing job I just happen to drive past today. The guys were more than obliging to dig it up for me and put it on the trailer. My neighbour came over with his tractor and helped me plant it in it's final position. I know it's a bit early, climate wise, but I had no choice, now or never. After all, it only cost me a carton of Tooheys new.
| About the Author John Mc Warnervale NSW 2nd March 2010 8:12pm #UserID: 3373 |
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| About the Author Phil@Tyalgum Murwillumbah 2nd March 2010 10:02pm #UserID: 960 View All Phil@Tyalgum's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE Melbourne 2nd March 2010 10:21pm #UserID: 2706 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 2nd March 2010 10:44pm #UserID: 1351 |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 3rd March 2010 9:00am #UserID: 1947 |
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| About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 3rd March 2010 11:10am #UserID: 338 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jimmy Perth 3rd March 2010 1:27pm #UserID: 2548 View All Jimmy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brad says... Wayne - interestingly that used to be what people suggested, but increasingly I see it recommended not to prune (except dead and diseased bits) transplanted trees. The theory is the canopy stores energy, used while the tree settles in. Where the tree doesn't have enough water to support the leaves, it drops the appropriate amount of leaves, but keeps the tree shape. The heavy prune approach is alleged to be overkill for a tree which is well transplanted and looked after. Also a heavy prune results in a different form of regrowth which needs training. This is all general, I don't know if it applies as written to mangoes. | About the Author Brad Como, Perth 3rd March 2010 2:00pm #UserID: 2323 View All Brad's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Hey, thanks for all the encouragement, fellow fruities. I'm reluctant to prune any branches. More recent evidence points to leaving all vegetation on the tree intact. So far, I've just covered the whole tree in Droughtshield, and watered in plant hormone into the roots. Something like Amgrow Plant Starter. I will get to the Seasol asap. Drainage is not a problem, it's raised on an old garden bed I moved a not as large macadamia nut tree in flower mid to late last year. It was that successful those flowers are now beautiful fully formed nuts hanging on the tree. pic 2 soon after it was moved. Pic 1 is as it is today.
| About the Author John Mc Warnervale NSW 3rd March 2010 7:38pm #UserID: 3373 |
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| About the Author Brad Como, Perth 3rd March 2010 8:17pm #UserID: 2323 View All Brad's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 4th March 2010 7:37am #UserID: 1947 |
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John Mc says... Hey Brendon, Gees your good. I had to go through the pics to find this shredder. Yeah mate, It's a 5.5hp Rover. The whole neighbourhood knows when I fire her up. It takes up to 50mm hardwood tree limbs no trouble. I'm always cleaning some part of the place up, it's so handy. It' s given me no trouble whatsoever. Instead of unusable tree limbs and stuff lying around it turns it all into beautiful mulch. One of the best tools I've got, besides my "Terrier" Howard Rotary hoe of course. | About the Author John Mc Warnervale NSW 4th March 2010 11:56pm #UserID: 3373 |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 5th March 2010 9:48am #UserID: 1947 |
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John Mc says... Yeah mate, I wouldn't muck about with one of those puny electric things, you'd be lucky to mulch leaves with them. At a minimum, get something with a petrol motor. Even mine could be bigger, I'm looking at it wondering if I can't mount a larger motor underneath for bigger stuff, the metal tynes are around 6mm thick and there's about 5 or six of them. Very heavy duty, it's out of the old school. | About the Author John Mc Warnervale NSW 5th March 2010 2:18pm #UserID: 3373 |
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Brendan says... Hi John Mc, Reminds me of my neighbour, he has a Viking brand shredder. I think the muffler must have a hole in it, because like you, when he fires it up, you can hear it about 500m away:-) Honda make good motors if you wanted to replace yours:) Yeah, a mate of mine bought an 'el-cheapo' electric shredder, I think it lasted ~ 6 months, then he threw it in the bin. Useless. | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 7th March 2010 8:47am #UserID: 1947 |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 7th March 2010 11:27am #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charles cant spell says... The good electric ones can do the job for an urban backyward but thats about it. You also need to follow the principle of pruning nothing thicker than your thumb it you expect to be able to mulch it. While that sounds pretty crappy/powerless if you are managing your trees properly (as you can in a backyard) you shouldn't be pruning any more than that off your tree at a time else you will be setting it back. So yeah for a hobby farm, 5acres etc, electric is useless, but for a city where noise is also an issue they can be a useful solution to retaining your nutrients in your own backyard | About the Author Charles cant spell Perth Innaloo 7th March 2010 4:10pm #UserID: 2742 View All Charles cant spell's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Yep, you're right Charles cant spell , I have some very large spotted gums on most of my place and some of the limbs that fall are as thick as your arm. Timber doesn't get much harder than spotted gum. It's the stuff they make axe handles and the like out of. My Rover mulcher justs gets through them. Actually back on topic, here's another fruiting tree I moved by wheel barrow from one side of the house to the other. This is it's second year and has fruited it's head off.
| About the Author John Mc Warnervale NSW 7th March 2010 9:18pm #UserID: 3373 |
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| About the Author Brad Como, Perth 8th March 2010 12:51pm #UserID: 2323 View All Brad's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... On mulcher subject...I also got all the "blades" tungsten tipped..it's a beast now! I used to wait for road verge green waste collection and load up the truck - free stuff everywhere..but yes - very noisy and earplugs a must (not for suburbia really) I don't use anymore - too time consuming for acerage. John Mc - your transplanting skills are fantastic! Good on u! | About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 10th March 2010 8:49pm #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 11th March 2010 8:34am #UserID: 1947 |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 11th March 2010 5:22pm #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan 13th March 2010 8:41am #UserID: 1947 |
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amanda says... Hi Brendan - it's a factory direct (and Aust made) one from a place called "Mulchers & Mowers" the number is 1800 305 452 and they can send a free demo DVD and brochure. As it's advertised in Gardening Aust Mag etc I guess it is available Aust wide.... It's a really tough bit of gear. Don't know much about the Briggs and Stratton engines tho' - I put a Honda on mine as it was second hand with no engine (I was happy tho' as I prefer Honda gear) | About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 15th March 2010 7:58pm #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jimmy Perth 16th March 2010 3:16pm #UserID: 2548 View All Jimmy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Update Well nearly a month has past and I thought I'd share a few pics of how we are going. You can see by the leaves on the ground how the tree has sucked all the usefull nutrients out of a lot of leaves to protect itself. Now the roots have started to recover you can see the leaves starting to make a comeback and overall the tree looks very healthy at this stage. I was a bit concerned about the heat we've had lately but it hasn't afffectred it in any way.
| About the Author John Mc 29th March 2010 2:24pm #UserID: 3496 |
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| About the Author nick D Mandurah WA 12th June 2010 11:18pm #UserID: 3810 |
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John Mc says... Hey nick, I moved a large macadamia nut tree around this time last year, could have been a month or two later, doesn t matter. Now is a good time to move it. I found that they have a large tenacious tap root that takes a bit to get it out. I dug around the tree about 600mm from the trunk and as deep as the shovel. I use a long handled plumbers shovel for extra fulcrum leverage. I can t see you having any trouble they seem to take the move well. I didn t even remove the flower racemes and they continued to grow and fully fruited after the move. | About the Author John Mc 13th June 2010 9:40pm #UserID: 2743 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Well here tis 7 months on and flowering nicely. It appears by the very little external observed stress the tree displayed, since the move, that large Mangoes trees can be dug up and replanted with a high success rate. There was absolutely no pruning done.
| About the Author John Mc 24th October 2010 6:09pm #UserID: 2743 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton Mid West WA 25th October 2010 10:03am #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John Mc 25th October 2010 11:27am #UserID: 2743 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton Mid West WA 25th October 2010 8:58pm #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John Mc 25th October 2010 9:12pm #UserID: 2743 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... I agree John Mc! My lychee and Grummichama are both carrying fruit after being dug up and potted and I am leaving them too. I thought you may want to get the roots down on the tree - but it looks very sheltered (and beautiful) where u are hey? U need to put your area in your log-in maybe? (so we can all move there!?) (also - it would be great to see a "spread" of your garden one day - if u ever get the time? Maybe we could start a garden 'centerfold' topic..he he) | About the Author amanda Geraldton Mid West WA 25th October 2010 11:41pm #UserID: 2309 View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 26th October 2010 7:16am #UserID: 4418 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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