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| About the Author Hayden Central coast nsw 15th October 2010 10:18pm #UserID: 4312 Posts: 43 View All Hayden's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Pauline Adelaide 16th October 2010 12:26am #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 16th October 2010 1:33am #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Pauline Adelaide 16th October 2010 11:39am #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Hayden Central coast nsw 16th October 2010 2:50pm #UserID: 4312 Posts: 43 View All Hayden's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Pauline says... There are lots of choose from. Personally I always go for 'premium' or 'professional' ones when potting trees. They should contain all the slow release fertiliers, wetting agents, and often water holding crystals that you could need. Then I get one of the special citrus fertilisers as that will contain all of the trace elements that citrus need. Water in with seasol too, to help new roots grow and to strengthen cells. :) Good luck | About the Author Pauline Adelaide 16th October 2010 11:10pm #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
Steven says... In my personal experience ive found that anything grown in just potting mix doesnt really do well. Ive had basil grown in good quality potting mix and the exact same seeds in soil (both in pots) and the ones in the soil were growing much faster. The best thing to do in pots it to make a mix of roughly 5 parts good quality top soil, 3 parts potting mix and 2 parts aged compost. That way youve got a nice free draining soil with the nutrients of natural soil. Ive got a blood orange in a pot outside. Ive let it fruit the two seasons ive had it so it hasnt grown as much as it would have but overall its doing well. They are pretty much the same as any other citrus fruit. Only the oranges need to be on the tree for a while after they have ripened to develop into a true blood orange (or so i have found). | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 17th October 2010 1:24pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Georgia says... Steven - Great to hear that you have a blood orange fruiting in Melbourne. Do you get much fruit? What month does it ripen? Does it actually develop the taste and pigment of a blood orange? Do you know what variety it is? Thanks for the info - I'm thinking about getting one but haven't been able to find much about how they do this far south. | About the Author Georgia1 Northern Melbourne 29th December 2010 9:28am #UserID: 4710 Posts: 3 View All Georgia1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Georgia says... Steven - Great to hear that you have a blood orange fruiting in Melbourne. Do you get much fruit? What month does it ripen? Does it actually develop the taste and pigment of a blood orange? Do you know what variety it is? Thanks for the info - I'm thinking about getting one but haven't been able to find much about how they do this far south. | About the Author Georgia1 Northern Melbourne 29th December 2010 9:28am #UserID: 4710 Posts: 3 View All Georgia1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Leanne says... I have a blood orange tree which i put straight into the ground along with a little chicken manure from my own hens when it was only approx. 4 months..it's doing great and growing fast it is now about 6 foot high with plenty of leaves i didn't use potting mix..i just water it when required. | About the Author Leanne5 Melbourne 18th December 2012 4:02pm #UserID: 7535 Posts: 1 View All Leanne5's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 26th April 2014 3:44am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Riviera David says... Blood oranges need a long ripening period to develop the red pigment. They may look ripe in late autumn, but they should be left until the end of winter before harvesting, if you want the red flesh, which is developed by cold weather (otherwise why are you growing it, right?) However they will not handle frost well, so if you are looking at below freezing temperatures, you might as well pick them just before and make the best of it! | About the Author Riviera David Nice, France 26th November 2015 3:55am #UserID: 12795 Posts: 1 View All Riviera David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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