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D starts with ... Does anybody have any tips and tricks for starting out with fruit trees. Bearing in mind that I like to use organic methods in my garden. We have so far got the following varieties:- Three-Way Pear Three-Way Peach Pinkabelle Apple Imerpial Mandarin Lots a Lemons Plum Washington Navel Orange Waiting to get a Granny Smith Apple & Apricot when they come in. Maybe some other fruits as well. We also have an established Reed Avocado on our property. We are blessed with good rainfall and a temperate climate including nice cold winters and mild summers. Thanks! | About the Author D Tamborine Mountain 17th March 2008 4:26pm #UserID: 779 Posts: 8 View All D's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Tamborine Mountains for fruit trees sounds like a great place. I like how you can give the more temperate fruit trees a go. Citrus Fruit Trees If you are like me you have been getting leaf minor on your new shoots this past summer. I have been most successful with Organic Eco Oil. I was using white oil but it didn't work. I have been told that Eco Oil contains a finer oil making it harder for the leaf miner. Daleys has a Dwarf Granny Smith that would be ideal with your Pinkabelle Apple Tree apparently it has a longer flowering time optimizing it for cross pollination. Also it stays smaller being a Dwarf Fruit Tree At Daleys Orchard we have been having success using organic products to control fruit fly for the: Peach Tree Pear Trees Plum Tree We have been using organic Wild May Fruit Control Systems Although if you have a super infestation they are not going to work but if you are diligent and keep on top of it then this organic option is viable. Here is some great discussion on the topic: Fruit Fly Control
| About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 19th March 2008 8:18am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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D says... Thanks Correy. I have been using Eco Oil which seems to keep my trees relatively bug free when I use it regularly, although they are still only young. I have also found that when I mix up a bottle of this it goes much further than any other sprays. My peach tree had it's first small crop last year. There were originally about 2doz fruit on it but we have some sneeky little possums at night time who love to eat everything. So we didn't end up with much but they were certainly delicious. Next season I will have to look at covering the tree or at least the fruit. I also have a dwarf tahitian lime which I forgot to add to my list. We were really hoping to have a granny smith apple but didn't think the dwarf would provide us with enough fruit. How much of a crop would you get when the dwarf tree is fully grown compared to a normal sized one? | About the Author D Tamborine Mountain 19th March 2008 9:17am #UserID: 779 Posts: 8 View All D's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... If you have the room and you enjoy the taste of granny smith apples by all means go for something that is not a dwarf fruit tree as you should get a much bigger harvest. Depending on lots of factors Dwarf Granny Smith Apple Tree : 2-3m Granny Smith Apple Tree : 3-4m It must be great having lots of room :) I have had a tahitian lime tree for about 2 years and no fruit yet. My other citrus such as the washington navel orange tree is a bit quicker and fruiting and it is the same age. Our old mandarine tree is giving such a huge crop we are supporting the branches with rope. Last year because of the water restrictions we only got a few and they didn't taste as good as previous years. This year we gave it a savage pruning and looked after it with our water tanks and of course gave it a good feeding with fertiliser. If you blow up the picture you can see the rope. Mind you the aphids and ants and every other pest has been eating all the new shoots because of our wet summer. They seem to have reduced now which is good.
| About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 19th March 2008 10:18am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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D says... The red soil up here helps as well! I was under the impression that the dwarf granny smith would only grow to about 1.5m. If not, maybe a dwarf would be ok and I could always get another one later if we thought it was not enough? How close do the pink lady and granny smith need to be to pollinate? I have another post about a plum tree which I am trying to find information on ("8-1 pollinator")....any chance you may know what type it is? | About the Author D Tamborine Mountain 19th March 2008 12:41pm #UserID: 779 Posts: 8 View All D's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Hi D. With you red acidic soil you just have to get some blueberry plants In the case that you pruned your dwarf granny smith it would probably stay around 1.5m. But if you have the room why not go the whole hog. In regards to pollination of your apple tree just as long as they are on the same block you should be right they don't need to be that close. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 20th March 2008 9:32am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jason says... I have a lime tree growing pretty good in the position that it is in,but for two yrs I havnt been able to get fruit off it. I have noticed ants in the flowers and on the small fruits as they are growing, at one stage there were about 200 limes now there are none..... can anybody help me.......... | About the Author jason7 melbourne 4th March 2009 7:42pm #UserID: 2042 Posts: 4 View All jason7's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Trish says... We have dwarf citrus now growing prolifically in year 4. Lime and lemon have fruit and flowers, the others, 1 grapefruit, sweet orange, mandarin and seville orange, have nothing but green shoots. Should we prune the top long stalks and if so - should it be right back to the main stem or just tip pruning. | About the Author Trish3 20th May 2010 11:34am #UserID: 3739 Posts: 1 View All Trish3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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chris says... Trish, I would NOT prune back hard young citrus...you will just set it back more. Tip pruning--yes--to shape the tree. Sounds like some of your trees may be deficient or have a mineral imbalance....try a good dose of potash to encourage flowering and fruiting. Also citrus tend to need a good trace element feed once a year, if they are not already getting it in the fertliser you are using. Micro nutrients are critical for citrus than other fruit trees. | About the Author sydney 20th May 2010 4:20pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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