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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 8th August 2010 12:24pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jim says... It is not permanent but is ongoing. When I spoke to quarantine they said that the initial ban was due to expire but they were going place another onto it and it isn't going to cease anytime in the near future. So it is probably worth checking up every few months at this stage but I got the impression that I wouldn't want to be holding out for it to change. | About the Author Jim Fremantle 8th August 2010 12:44pm #UserID: 3242 Posts: |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 8th August 2010 3:04pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Unfortunately the restrictions have tightened. Queenslanders cant buy most of these plants now. I tried buying a few Syzygium jambos and jambolana a few weeks ago (2 for $10 on Jambos!) and a Keppel Apple today, and was prevented from doing so :-(. Its a bit of a worry as I have a decent collection of young native syzigium species at home and was hoping to add to them with other rarities grown in NNSW. Will really have to stop collecting myrtaceous things now! Why are all the best nurseries in the infected area? :-( | About the Author BJ Brisbane 8th March 2011 1:10pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
amanda says... Sad isn't BJ!? I am trying to take good care of my "babies" (Jaboticabas etc) as WA quarantine is so strict - we may never get them again this rate!? :( (And I would rather give them to a dedicated grower than maybe lose them when we relocate south) I am busy growing-on my grummichamas and now have 5 young trees from my first little crop (seeds planted fresh from the mouth..!) They should find good homes before long :) If anyone has a Cherry of the Rio Grande in WA....it may now be a "rarity" ?? And while I don't know if my pitanga is going to be edible - the plant is so handsome, tough as old boots, and well suited to WA - that I think I may dig it up and preserve it too. Just in case. | About the Author amanda Geraldton. Mid West WA 8th March 2011 8:21pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author John 9th March 2011 4:34pm #UserID: 0 Posts: |
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Jim says... Tass one has quite a lot of jaboticabas (which i don't think are sourced from the east) so we should be safe. However, if anyone knows of a yellow jaboticaba for sale in WA I would really like to know as I had one on order and it got bbq'd by quarantine as it was sent just as they had bought in the change. | About the Author Jim Freo 9th March 2011 5:55pm #UserID: 3242 Posts: |
Brad says... Jim - this might interest you: http://permaculturewest.org.au/community/permablitz/permablitz-south-fremantle-snr-high-school | About the Author Brad G Hill,Perth 9th March 2011 6:54pm #UserID: 2323 Posts: View All Brad's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Jim Freo 9th March 2011 9:43pm #UserID: 3242 Posts: |
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| About the Author BJ Brisbane 9th January 2012 10:19am #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda Geraldton. WA 9th January 2012 12:32pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: View All amanda's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Peter says... Hi BJ, sorry to hear about the attack. Maybe you should sacrifice (complete destruction) the infected plants to save the rest of your collection. For the WA people: Please resist moving myrtaceous plant material around from other states, as healthy as it might look, myrtle rust it's not here yet. I believe, nurseries like Tass always try to grow many of the rare things on it's place in the ground and he may aim to propagate those from there. According to his edible fruit page site, he also grows the Cherry of the Rio Grande, Amanda. I would consider all the WA nurseries remainders of myrtaceous stock from interstate as safe, as they arrived in WA before the introduction of the pest in the Eastern States. By now, they would have shown already symptoms considering the very wet winter/spring we had here. | About the Author Peter Perth 9th January 2012 1:09pm #UserID: 5034 Posts: |
BJ says... Myrtle Rust is a pain in the ASS! My good beach cherry has had one limb hit hard. It seems to move through one limb, then on to the next. It eats fruit as it goes like a fungus. Young fruit get the little pustule then quickly turn black and shrivel up. Its a real pain as the plant it has hit is an excellent beach cherry and is just hitting its stride with dozens of fruits on a 60cm bush. :( I'll try to post pics from my iphone. | About the Author BJ Brisbane 28th January 2012 10:03am #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author BJ Brisbane 28th January 2012 10:10am #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author BJ Brisbane 28th January 2012 10:11am #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author BJ Brisbane 28th January 2012 10:12am #UserID: 3270 Posts: View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Geez BJ, that doesn't look good. Have you tried copper / mancozeb plus spray? I would, you have nothing to lose. Mix 30g copper oxychloride, 30g mancozeb plus in 4½ litres water with a good wetting agent. I'd spray it twice a week for 3 or 4 weeks. The wetting agent (not dishwashing liquid) is the trick. There's Spreadmax, Agral, Spreadwell etc. | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 28th January 2012 10:40am #UserID: 1947 Posts: |
