chill hours

Fruit lover myles says...
i have found out the blog post on how to do it maybe i am not doing it right? lol because it says i have none surely i must have some....

Fruit lover myles says...
that is interesting because the Norah head light house which is 12.8km gave me 13.5(499 hours) after all calculated but sadly hasn't been updated for 10 years lol so hours could be different now guess i have to go with Norah head aws since its been updated regularly what do you think?

Tommoz says...
No. I think that one must be plugged in to a computer at all times to record temps.

I got http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251267628051

BJ says...
Ask someone near you if something will fruit. If you are trying something new its an experiment so be prepared to be dissapointed. Then you can tell others something likely will/wont fruit in your climate/area.

Tommoz says...
I'd recommend a fig tree, grumichama, cherimoya, dwarf mango tree.

Tommoz says...
You mentioned that you wanted some unusual stuff. Grumichama is an exotic equivalent of the cherry. You could also grow Kiwifruit (Dexter or Bruno) although that takes a fair amount of space. Avocado is another option or perhaps jaboticaba?

Fruit lover myles says...
ah ok thanks tommoz :) and gardenererer some of the things like kei apple are subtropical which i do think my area is heading toward as weather changes are you suggesting i try subtropical stuff?

John Mc says...
I'd go through the list of plants available for sale, choose which one's you think you'd like to grow and do some research on their growing conditions. By all means, ask around and get as much info as you need so you feel like you have half a chance of success.
As you're confidence grows with your plants, you will get more adventurous and try even more exotic plants. You won't have 100% success with everything you collect. The learning process will never stop, which makes growing exotic fruit an inexhaustible amount of pleasure and excitement.
When you think you've seen it all, another new plant will hit you in the face and you will wonder why in the hell you have never seen or heard of it
before. It's still happening with me that's for sure. Recently, someone sent me some seeds of a lettuce that grows into a tree.
A good source of strange exotic fruits and plants is eBay, if you can trust them. Good luck.

John Mc says...
No, it's not the walking stick cabbage, I grew that a few years back.
It's called lactuca Canadensis, my friend Sandi might be able to tell you more about it, if she happens to read the thread. Apparently it grows wild around Cairns. I have no experience on it at all.

John Mc says...
If the caterpillar numbers get too great to manually remove, I use Yates success to keep them under control. It's more of a biological control and harmless to humans.

John Mc says...
Haven't used Neem

Slicko says...
I wonder how reliable the chill hours quoted by nurseries for different fruit trees are.

Two of my subtropic peach trees are flowering now and we are still having nights of around 20c. One is quoted at 150 and the other at 225 hours and it is not unusual for us to get temperatures as low as 6 or 7 but that is quite a few weeks away. I am puzzled by what to do with these trees once we get into winter.

The smaller tree has lost most of its leaves and the other has lost maybe half. My nectarine is still fully leaved.

All the trees are shooting new growth.

Should I strip these flowers off, strip the leaves off and what should I do about spraying for leaf curl?

I am really puzzled and will appreciate any comments.