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boscar starts with ... I was wondering if anyone has tried growing cherries in brisbane, if so what variety. When I went to Danmark a few years ago we had some amazing yellow cherries. I believe they were the rainer variety. I would love to try it as it says they are suited to a warm temperate climate but not sure if it might get too hot in brisbane or is it worth a shot? | About the Author boscar salisbury 10th September 2014 7:29pm #UserID: 6721 Posts: 3 View All boscar's Edible Fruit Trees |
Tommoz says... Unfortunately for you yellow cherries are out of the question. The new red Minnie Royal - Royal Lee from Flemings could work for you, but it's all sold out for this season. Yellow cherries get rave reviews I know, but I've not heard how Royal Rainier has gone here in Australia. It polarised America by coast so climate is key. You need about 500 chill hours for RR. I doubt that RR is the one you had in Denmark anyway. It was probably one of the famous German yellow cherries like Dönissens Gelbe (pure yellow) or Büttners Rote (yellow with red blush). I think technically these types are called white cherries, not yellow. | About the Author Tommoz Dural 10th September 2014 8:44pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 10th September 2014 8:56pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Another poster on this is forum, called Brain, has tried to grow some lower chill varieties in Brissie with not so good results (he may chime in if reading). The variety JohnMc1 is talking about is very new to the east coast, but with the reported very low chill hours they may be okay. Still will have to contend with rain and humidity and possible resulting fungal diseases though. Are red fruits too, not yellow/white. I'm in G.Coast hinterland, and having a go growing these as from this past winter. Plant is double grafted, only one of the grafts is flowering. Seems to be small amount of developing fruit, so may be partially self fertile (unless some pollination from peach trees.) Will see if fruit fully develops. John Mc1, are both your grafts flowering? Are there fruits on both varieties? Hope you get a nice little feed. :) | About the Author VF Wongawallan 10th September 2014 10:58pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... That's great John, glad you'll get to sample both. From what I've read, Royal Lee flowers slightly after Minnie Lee if that's any help. I'm guessing the graft that's fruiting for me is Royal Lee, as it's leaf flush came in slightly after other graft - hopefully next year I can be more certain. I'm still stoked I have fruit set with no other cherry pollinator as web info indicates it's needed. Only potential pollinators are other stone fruit (peaches and aprium). | About the Author VF Wongawallan 12th September 2014 3:30am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... growing normal cherries in brisbane is probably more headache than anything else as the lack of chill hours is just not good for the cherries. The varieties I have are around 500-600 chill and Brisbane at best gets 300/400 hours of chill. :( Though the colder winter of the months that has passed has seen my cherries losing most of its leaves and perhaps it even went into dormancy, so I may get a flower or two. Otherwise, the cherries stay ever green and as a result no flowering. You should/can try the minnie royal/royal lee as VF and John suggested and you may have better luck. I'm waiting for next autumn/winter for a barerooted (aka cheaper) version, though I'm very tempted. How much are they at Wyee? | About the Author Brain Brisbane 12th September 2014 9:59pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Juneli says... The "Country Red Cherry "was another name for "Stella". I was excited when I saw it for sale here in Mackay at Porters thinking it was low chill. But when I read the whole label at the back it said it was a Stella which needs about 500 chill hours. I have ordered the Royal Lee and Minnie Royal from Daleys months ago so should receive them this winter. Some say they may not need any chill at all so here's hoping. | About the Author Juneli Mackay 17th June 2015 2:22pm #UserID: 1061 Posts: 74 View All Juneli's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brain says... I'm in the same boat as you, did a pre-order last year and got cancelled. I think earlier this year, around Feb if I recall correctly, daley advertised a pre-order and bare root freight special and I placed my order then. I think it took a week to sell out their allocation. It went really fast. I would give Daley a call and see if they can do a tree for you. Otherwise, VF (haven't seen him around for a while) did report another nursery in SE Qld selling it already potted. Good luck. | About the Author Brain Brisbane 18th June 2015 4:05pm #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
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J1 says... Thanks Brain. Sounds like you lucked out a bit there. It is listed as in production here at daleys as a bare root so hopefully there could be something in the near future. Ivepeters - not sure why but for some reason growing cherries in the sub tropics has grabbed me like nothing else not even apples. Want one of these little guys bad. | About the Author J1 , 19th June 2015 7:20am #UserID: 2949 Posts: 15 View All J1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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