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LydiaB starts with ... When we bought the property 5 years ago there were 2 healthy orange trees (sorry dont know what sort). Moving in this week I thought one of them was dead. (The other is fine). Upon removing all the weeds I found new shoots at the base. (See photo). I also found many exposed roots and ant nests. Can someone advise whether this tree can be saved or if it is even worth saving? I might be better off just starting with a new tree. Also, I am using leaf litter from the mostly native garden as an emergency mulch (Bellingen is in drought and I havent had a chance to buy an alternative as we are unpacking). Is that OK?
| About the Author LydiaB Bellingen 11th January 2015 10:34am #UserID: 11017 Posts: 22 View All LydiaB's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... The shoot coming out of the ground has 3 leaflets per leaf, it is the grafting rootstock sucker, probably Swingle rootstock. The shoots coming out the trunk higher up dont seem to be 3 leaved, they should be the fruiting Citrus. I would cut the dead trunk off just below the V where it splits into 2 branches, and control the rootstock suckers as the will take over. See if it grows back with a little TLC. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 11th January 2015 10:54am #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author loewenzahn Katoomba 13th January 2015 5:25pm #UserID: 8357 Posts: 60 View All loewenzahn's Edible Fruit Trees |
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LydiaB says... I suspect it was not killed with mushroom compost - more likely no compost! These trees have been neglected for a few years. Wet feet unlikley as the orange tree next to it is fine. And Bellingen has been in drought for 2 years. On the othef hand I took jakfruit etiquette's ad ice and cut it back and found holes in the trunk like something has bored through (see attached). Any ideas what that may have been?
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| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 19th January 2015 12:05pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author LydiaB ,,NT 19th January 2015 12:17pm #UserID: 11017 Posts: 22 View All LydiaB's Edible Fruit Trees |
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