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| About the Author Natalie1 New Zealand 18th February 2013 4:11pm #UserID: 7018 Posts: 20 View All Natalie1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Hi Natalie, Cocoa fruits over a long period or even all year. It is an exclusively a crop of high rainfall parts of the wet tropics, close to the equator. There is no commercial production in Australia: http://www.daff.qld.gov.au/26_16130.htm Temperature The ideal range of temperatures for cocoa is minima of 18-21°C and maxima of 30-32°C. Commercial cocoa production is limited to where the average minimum in the coldest months is greater than about 13°C. Rainfall The distribution of annual rainfall for regions in which cocoa is grown is 1250-3000 mm per year. The rainfall must be well distributed and any dry period should be no longer than three months. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 18th February 2013 10:24pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... There is a plantation in the daintree. http://www.daintreeestates.com/growing_cocoa.htm They charge a premium for their chocolate. There are trees all over FNQ. Only a few trees down south and I've heard of fruiting ones at a big grower in NNSW?!?! The best place to get pods is on eBay, where they are sold regularly in season by FNQers. I grew some for a few years and they grow okay, but need special care, which I am not inclined to give for something you can buy very inexpensively. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 19th February 2013 9:39am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Diana Brisbane 19th February 2013 3:29pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 19th February 2013 8:10pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Natalie1 New Zealand 20th February 2013 6:37am #UserID: 7018 Posts: 20 View All Natalie1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Trikus 20th February 2013 11:01am #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ivepeters Brisbane 20th February 2013 11:47am #UserID: 6741 Posts: 527 View All ivepeters's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... The cacao is allowed into NZ as theobroma cacao, but seeds only. NOT pods. They require a proper tropical house. A twinskin greenhouse is required and almost year round heating. It is cheaper to buy luxury grade chocolate than trying to grow them. Of course there is the fun of growing something that is difficult. There must be lots of easier plants to choose from and still be doing something special and unusual. You can experience fantastic tastes by just growing your own more normal fruits but just eat a miracle berry tablet first. Tastes can be amazing with fresh picked fruit that grows easy in your garden. You can get miracle berry tablets online.I tried cocoa in Auckland and they all died. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 20th February 2013 3:05pm #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Clint Ashbury 25th January 2014 2:59pm #UserID: 7111 Posts: 3 View All Clint's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike Tr says... Cacao is genetically very diverse and the formulas for suitable climates don't seem very accurate.They are grown in the 6000mm/yr zone in Colombia,in the dry Cerrado in Brazil with supplementary watering and in the cool south of Brazil.The right cultivar should be ok in ]Briz.,but why bother unless you're making chocolate? Raking your teeth over seeds for scant flesh is less appealing than growing their more glamorous congenors capauassu and macambo. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 25th January 2014 7:39pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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