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| About the Author Rob9 Little Wobby 5th May 2010 2:35pm #UserID: 3690 Posts: 1 View All Rob9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Hey Rob, We're always streching the limits of growing productive fruits and vege's all the time. Whether it's the limits of the climatic conditions or lack of sunlight hours. My motto is suck it and see. If I really want to grow something bad enough I'll give it a shot anyway. For instance, I am growing 10 Chocolate trees (Theobroma cacao) at my place, 33deg south of the equator. I have a dozen citrus that only see around 4 hours of sunlight a day and they're all flourishing. You can minimise the stresses of your trees somewhat by studying their characteristics and their own ideal growing conditions, you might be able to find that location somewhere on you're property. Sorry to make a novel out of this mate, but, for example, on my place, I have sloping land that drops 6 metres from the highest point. I plant frost tender plants up as high as I can on the property and cold tolerant plants down in the valley. My whole place is covered by large eucalypts so I have plenty of shade. Good luck and go for it. In no time you'll be reporting back and telling us you're growing chocolate trees in the Antarctic. | About the Author John Mc 5th May 2010 6:53pm #UserID: 3496 Posts: 132 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jennyfurcat says... Hi Rob, I would give almonds, apples, nectarine & cherry a miss - too much spraying needed and/or not suited climatically. Don't know about Avocado, but Imperial mandarins fruit early and prolifically, I am picking fruit now. Arnold Blood Orange has good red colour in Sydney. Tahitan lime or Rangpur lime (orange skin + lime flavour) do well Any lemon, but I would also highly recomend a Lemonade tree. My grandchildren love the taste of the juice, and so do I. It is sweeter than orange juice. | About the Author Jennyfurcat Sydney 5th May 2010 9:58pm #UserID: 3613 Posts: 6 View All Jennyfurcat's Edible Fruit Trees |
Sally says... Hi John Mc I'd be interested to know where you sourced your theobroma cacao; I'd like to try growing a couple or so here; (looks like between 27-28 degrees on the map). Be great if you could let me know any relevant details - like were they started from seeds or plants, and specific contact details of supplier. Many thanks | About the Author Sally Silvers Gold Coast 27th December 2010 9:22pm #UserID: 4702 Posts: 2 View All Sally Silvers's Edible Fruit Trees |
John Mc says... Hey Sally, I originally sourced my seed, T.cacao Criollo, from Ebay over a year ago. I've lost all but three due to the unfavourable climate conditions here that are totally not suited to theobroma cacao. I'll really have to wait till I build my large poly house complete with heating to have any luck with them at all. They won't tolerate temperatures below 7ºC. There is a couple of regulars here, I'm sure will be happy to send you a few seed to get started. I also recently noticed that Daley's have some in production as well if you have trouble sourcing them. You'd better be in a really warm micro climate there on the GC, you're lattitude is still too far south to grow them successfully. Have a go by all means, I'm one for always trying to stretch the growing limits. | About the Author JohnMc1 27th December 2010 11:35pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Sally Silvers Gold Coast 28th December 2010 6:53pm #UserID: 4702 Posts: 2 View All Sally Silvers's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... You can pre-purchase cacao here: http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/pre-purchase.php Scroll down past the half way point to see Daley's listing. There's no indication on how long till they're ready or what cultivar they have. | About the Author JohnMc1 28th December 2010 10:33pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |