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VF starts with ... Hi, just wondering if anyone has had luck growing Abiu in Brisbane/Gold Coast region, in particular GC hinterland? I'm in a frost free area, but it can get cold o/night in winter (the odd 4 degrees). I suppose this plant will be my folly, but I have a very protected area, (between a large water tank and a steep rocky slope,) that seems to retain heat quite well. Any thoughts or suggestions? Cheers. | About the Author VF 2nd April 2012 8:21am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says... Good news on Abiu according to this link: http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_16238.htm Fruiting begins anytime from 2 years onwards for seedlings and grafted trees can flower in the first year. | About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE 3rd April 2012 9:43am #UserID: 2706 Posts: 715 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Thanks all for advice, I appreciate the chance to tap into all your experience and knowledge. BTW, did go to Trop.FW yesterday which was encouraging and helpful, so I shall persist mindful of tips given above. However, they (TFW) must have magic thumbs and a fantastic micro-climate, as they're even growing Durian and Rambutan with some success. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 4th April 2012 6:39am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Db says... During Easter holidays, I visited TFW as it was on our way when we were coming back from our trip.. I bought some Abiu fruits from them (again thanks VF), they looked great when I bought it but some were affected due to fruit piercing moths issue, I found couple of small white moths/worms inside.. But unaffected fruits were lovely, liked its caramel taste, so I decided to grow it from those seed as its very easy to do so.. Planted all seeds immediately after eating fruit as seed viability is only 1-2 days. Looks like first one is germinated now after 10 days, yaaahooooooo, I'm sure all remaining seeds will germinate soon... Seeds are planted in 50-50% mix of compost and potting mix which does not have any fertilizers all all in it. Once seedlings come up properly, do I need to give them Seasol / fertilizers or will it kill it? Any other special care I need to take like sunlight, shade etc? Thanks | About the Author Db Brisbane 20th April 2012 3:30pm #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mike says... Db when you plant it out in summer a little shelter in summer is needed until the plant is established.Only lightly fertlise with mild mixes until it is in the ground but mulch and water it plenty.Fruit fly and fruit sucking moths do not attack them.My nearby valencia cops it from 5 fruit moth species.Because abius vary greatly between varieties do you know what the parent tree was? | About the Author Cairns 20th April 2012 4:33pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... John Mc it depends on the season but 2 to 4 months from flowering to ripe fruit would be normal for here.A flush of fruit might get ripe over a few weeks.They can flower again while fruit are growing and stray fruit come on from odd light flowering.Only a very small % of flowers set fruit.My z4 didn't have many fruit until its e4 neigbour got big enough to flower well.X-pollination helps alot and yours looks a bit small to carry fruit yet. | About the Author Cairns 20th April 2012 7:48pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Db says... Mike, I don't know what variety is of the seeds I got, I never knew there different varieties of it.. I bought those fruits in TFW in their retail shop.. That time I also bought sapodilla fruits and I asked him what variety it is and guy said no one at TFW knows it as trees were planted long time back and they did not keep any record.. I guess it could be case with Abiu that I got as well.. But fruits were large size n yummy... As per moths, I saw couple of live white worms in the fruits that were affected.. This online document also says same - http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/26_16127.htm | About the Author Db Brisbane 20th April 2012 8:21pm #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Db I think the Chay-Prove descriptions could do with some editorial intervention.A bit like paw paws it is possible damaged and over-ripe fruit could be 'attacked' but it is not usual and abiu growers don't need to protect them.I couldn't shoo the othreis and ff from the guavas to abius 1.5m away. Anyway z4 is spherical and deep yellow with rather white,firmish flesh(rather than translucent flesh) that bruises easily.It could be that type. Sapodillas are equally variable with flavour,flesh colour,smoothness,size and other characters being variable.Now ff do get into the sapodillas but the moths less so. | About the Author Cairns 20th April 2012 8:51pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... I'm keeping my Abiu in a pot over winter, but am having a lot of problems with ants farming scale and aphids - it seems to be the favoured tree at present. How safe is white oil, as I just about killed my Cumquat a few weeks ago with it? (Have tried killing ants, but new ones come along.) | About the Author VF Wongawallan 3rd May 2012 10:12am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hi VF & MaryT, 'pest oil' is more plant friendly than white oil IMO. Must be diluted tho, and not sprayed if the day is hot. Some good home-made sprays: http://www.annettemcfarlane.com/Doityourself.htm | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 4th May 2012 7:45am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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The poster formerly known as... says... Yeah John, last winter was a shocker for Abiu it seems. Mine was taken back to a stump. It has shot back and I'm trying to get it to put on mass niw that can harden off before winter. It had flowered for years without any set, so hopefully the new seedlings will help pollinate it. I had direct sown 6 z4 and e4 seeds but only two survived the winter and are still looking dodgy, so here's to hoping. The lesson learned is not to direct sow the seeds... | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 23rd December 2014 10:18pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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The poster formerly known as... says... Have had good results direct sowing some garcinias. I put a fair bit of work into the soil here, but we do have a few feet of decent clay loam before heavy clay and clay deco kick in. On the other side of the hills ( Samford way) the non valley spots can be pretty brutal pure deco rubbish and the only real option is planting on swale. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 24th December 2014 10:37pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
sternus1 says... Dayboro is like that too in certain places, in others there is beautiful soil. I'm digging (albeit slowly) two large swales on a descending clay slope at the moment. They're 15 feet long by 5 feet wide, I don't have an excavator and have to dig them by hand. I've learned to flood them and let the water sit there for 24 hours or so to soften the clay, otherwise It's a lot of work for little reward. If the frontier spirit is on me I might even get out there in the rain and do a bit. In the end they should be 1m 1/2 deep, backfilled with good quality soil.I'm using the dug up clay to build mounds on the front face of the trenches, the idea being that they act as stops and will hopefully act to trap water / minimise nutrient runoff, and into these the plan is to plant some kind of hardy, perennial flowers that will help to attract pollinators. Haven't decided what those will be yet. Got the idea from rice paddy farming (the way the chinese traditionally built semi-circular beds down hillslopes). | About the Author sternus1 Australia 24th December 2014 11:27pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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