BJ's Edible FruitsUpdate: 17 days 16hrsComments: -
Wonderful blossom. Is supposed to be hardy to WA. It has attempted to set fruit quickly. I have removed all fruit as plants are young and need to establish roots rather than fruit
flowers and leaves emerged in July - I've left the fruit on as the tree is growing rapidly ... it is a prolific cropper and at 1.5m and 12 months in the ground I'd estimate there are over 80 fruit per plant after thinning! Unfortunately the fruit-fly struck so I had to collect all the fruit and pack it tightly into a bucket and 'drown' the fruit fly for a month before the muck was composted (fruit fly can be drowned when the fruit is underwater for over a week and the top of the water covered with a layer of vegetable oil to stop oxygen getting in).
These guys really struggled with the 2011 summer and lost most of their leaves. I'm hoping that autumn comes soon so they can recover.
Plants recovered in autumn and required substantial pruning. Leaves were removed in June 2011 to encourage dormancy
Jan 2012 - once again fruit fly were about earlier than expected so the entire crop (sans one bag) was picked and treated to prevent re-infection. Delicious crop ... but nectarines are not suited to Perth as they are too susceptiable to fruit fly. The destruction methods and spraying has prevented fruit fly being observed anywhere else - but I fear untended trees in the district are breeding zones for this pest.
May 2012 - leaves removed by hand, heavy pruning. This may reduce fruit, but hopefully will improve shape and relieve some stress (as the plants were very prone to disease over summer and leaves were quite pale)
Planted: 2009
Height 1.5 metres
Growing: In the Ground
Qty: 2
First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot
Sun/Shade: Full Sun
Water Given in: Winter and Spring
Pruned By: 30% in Spring
Pollination: Self Pollination
Pest Control:
leaf curl was initially a problem. I removed all the affected leaves by hand and also removed all the healthy leaves in winter (July). The plants ahve been pruned so that no branches or leaves are within 1m of the ground so the fungus shouldn
Organic Status:Partially Organic
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Brad says... [650 days 20hrs ago]
spores will be in cracks in the bark and also the soil. Reinfestation likely without autumn sprays and/or pre bud burst spray. since you have many trees that can be affected, I'd recommend you spray rather than suffer major outbreak
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