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About the Author oldbill77 Honolulu 23rd July 2017 11:27am #UserID: 16566 Posts: 1 View All oldbill77's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ11 says... You can try gifting the fruit to friends / family / local charities ... even people with livestock that want to supplement feed or people who want to add organic matter to their garden. But if it is still causing a problem: # You could try sterilising by blocking auxin - this would involve spraying the tree with an appropriate hormone at an appropriate time. Potentially problematic and expensive - and do horrible things to beneficial insects (so upset all your neighbours that rely on bees to get any crops). A more bee-friendly option is to knock off all the flowers you can by hand (or with a stick / broom-handle) # You could cut down the tree, or heavily prune it so that the fruit does not fall all over the yard, and there is less fruit to manage. # You could use livestock to help clean up the fruit (but check the critter in question isn't over eating due to oxalate content of the fruit). # You could pile it regularly into a compost bin and allow it to ferment / rot / compost. Just use a bin that is a tight mesh that will prevent insects from getting in | About the Author BJ11 KENSINGTON,3031,VIC 8th August 2017 10:27am #UserID: 3414 Posts: 215 View All BJ11's Edible Fruit Trees |
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