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Samuel Z. starts with ... Hi I have a Nazemetz feijoa in a large pot. I bought it around 5 or 6 months ago. A few weeks ago, it contracted some black spot fungal disease. I heard using a carb soda spray would help, so I used it on this feijoa and another feijoa that's also growing in a pot (that has the same disease). However, after i sprayed it, it began to wilt and the leaves burnt. It's now an extremely weak plant and lost nearly say 70% of its leaves and could lose more (it's been constantly dropping leaves ever since). I asked Yates; they suggested ecoseaweed so I used it on the plant. I want it to become a bushy shrub, not a bare tree. It's lost most of the leaves at the bottom of branches. Will the plant recover fine and grow back those lost leaves? Thank you
| About the Author Samuel Z. Melbourne 26th November 2019 9:44am #UserID: 21137 Posts: 7 View All Samuel Z.'s Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Samuel, Your feijoa went into a transplant shock. You bought the tree during or before the cooler months maybe from a different environment. The foliage that will come out after the shedding will be adapted to your area. As for the bare stem and trunk you can encourage lateral growth by notching just above a bare node to encourage growth. That's what I always do with my feijoas and other fruit trees like citrus etc. I attached the trunk of my feijoa Duffy exhibiting lateral growth after notching it a month ago. Happy gardening 😎
| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 10th December 2019 11:09am #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Samuel If you enlarge the picture that I have uploaded on the above reply you can clearly see the notches above the new healthy growth. You can still do it during summer. I will include a picture of my other espaliered healthy feijoas currently in full bloom for your perusal and encouragement. I also live around Melbourne like you.
| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 10th December 2019 11:16am #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Samuel Z. Melbourne 10th December 2019 9:24pm #UserID: 21137 Posts: 7 View All Samuel Z.'s Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Samuel Notching/nicking is an effective technique to encourage new lateral growth into otherwise bare trunk or stem of a tree. It is done by cutting a notch just above a bare leaf node thereby removing the bark and exposing the woody part of the limb. This is done to let the water and nutrients to concentrate on the notched node awakening the dormant bud into action. I have included a close up picture of a notched feijoa node of mine with the resultant new growth after the operation. I hope this will help you to encourage new growth to your feijoas. Happy gardening 😎
| About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 11th December 2019 8:19pm #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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