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| About the Author Dave2096 sydney 26th October 2011 9:05pm #UserID: 6040 Posts: 2 View All Dave2096's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 26th October 2011 9:14pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Loquat, kwai muk and the not too tender garcinia/rheedia species (Madruno, Bacupari, Imbe, Yellow Mangosteen) all seem to cope well with salt. Here is a table that might help a little, though it's based on Florida's coastal growing conditions, but salt tolerance is generally the same anywhere: http://www.sarasotafruitandnutsociety.org/information/selectingtreesforsalttolerance.htm | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 28th October 2011 10:58am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 28th October 2011 11:42am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Dave2096 2nd November 2011 3:56pm #UserID: 6040 Posts: 2 View All Dave2096's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Avocados do not like salt at all Dave2096.. :( Mangoes, macadamias, loquats, jaboticabas, persimmon, wampee and custard apples are my most sensitive plants - with leaf margin scorching without adequate flushing rain water (from the heavens or my tanks) Some advice Mike gave me re: using blood and bone as their fertiliser...has really helped things. Much depends on your local conditions tho...my scheme water is also salty and we are a semi arid zone...so I have to be very careful of adding more salts thru fetiliser choices (we on a windy hill above ocean with a rusty house!) Luckily I have free draining sandy loam which flushes well. I use liquid gypsum in summer and also gentle liquid fert's (if I can afford them - like Seasol and Powerfeed) in summer also. I would never use my salty tap water to hose off my trees - but u might have a great tap water - so you can rinse them..? It might be worth trying one plant first and see how u go... Nobody has mentioned mounding as a way of getting around salt build up near the feeder roots...something I might try one day. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 2nd November 2011 4:59pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 3rd November 2011 7:34am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 6th November 2011 8:32am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 6th November 2011 12:39pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 6th November 2011 1:54pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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