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About the Author symiot SYDNEY,2000,NSW 23rd August 2014 6:46pm #UserID: 9796 Posts: 37 View All symiot's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sternus1 says... watched it late last night, really good segment. Congrats Mary. For anyone who wants to see Mary's episode, here's the link: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/video/ | About the Author sternus1 Australia 24th August 2014 8:44am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author srt giraween 24th August 2014 9:30am #UserID: 10109 Posts: 83 View All srt's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 24th August 2014 9:39am #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JohnMc1 says... Nice job Mary, I can't believe how well everything is doing, so close together. Here I am wondering if I have everything too close together on my 2/12 acres. After seeing what you are doing I can now confidently increase my planting 10 fold. I was partly following farm planting distances, but since reading more and more on backyard orchards, I've already started to plant things closer together. The theory is, backyard orchards are not for extracting the highest possible yield per tree, that's for the commercial guys, we just want to grow enough fruit for ourselves and family. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 24th August 2014 3:09pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 24th August 2014 4:56pm #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie W says... Mary, haven't watched it yet - maybe tonight. John, you want to see close planting - have a look at this. All on 1/2 an acre. Michele responded with this information after I visited and asked how many plants she had. 'There are approximately 160 trees, not including shrubs and vines. We have a bore so are allowed to use water 3 days a week, which we generally do not need to do except in heatwaves due to the tree cover, proximity, and continuous light mulching, and includes making sure fencing is covered in greenery to deflect heat radiation, and overhead trellising used wherever possible across paths etc. Until the water runs out in the containers, pots and many plants are hand watered via rainwater tubs sitting at every downpipe (large rainwater tank is being budgeted for shortly). The garden slopes almost imperceptibly, and this has been taken advantage of by situating the original veg patch area where the water on the block migrates to. The watering system consists of 3 stations, manually changed, and the idea was that the trees should be established enough so that if water was further restricted most of them would survive and we would use only one station in the main veg area, or be able to hand water only. And of course ponds help spread moisture to surrounding areas, so we have four...and hopefully more to come one day.' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKhi1B2GCRg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILY5lzak8cg | About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 24th August 2014 7:54pm #UserID: 182 Posts: 103 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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A.C says... Very impressed Mary how you've got so many plants in 20sqm,clever use of space.I liked how you use air layering to propagate more plants.How long would you leave the plastic sleeves on before checking if roots have grown? How long does it take? Do you have keep rewetting the sphagnum or will the initial wetting be sufficient till roots take? | About the Author AC1 Cowandilla ,SouthAustralia 24th August 2014 8:12pm #UserID: 8055 Posts: 103 View All AC1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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TMary says... A.C these Black Genoa cuttings were taken earlier in the year; they are sitting on 40x40 pavers. They took just 3 weeks but the roots were quite delicate so perhaps I should have waited longer before cutting them off (two separate trees) and potting. They did not lose their leaves over winter. These photos were taken a few minutes ago. Whether the moss require wetting depends on many factors; I gave it a light squeeze now and then to gauge their moistness and I didn't have to because they were from lower branches in the shade.
| About the Author TMary Neutral Bay NSW 25th August 2014 6:45am #UserID: 9334 Posts: 159 View All TMary's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author symiot SYDNEY,2000,NSW 25th August 2014 8:52am #UserID: 9796 Posts: 37 View All symiot's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT1 says... A few people's asked me for the link to my segment on Gardening Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s4072376.htm | About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 26th August 2014 8:47am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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symiot says... Twitter post by GA: @GardeningAus: Mary showed @CostasGarden how to use aerial layering as a propagation technique: http://t.co/ppFQJq8sxc #ABCgardening http://t.co/25viTwM5jC | About the Author symiot SYDNEY,2000,NSW 26th August 2014 3:33pm #UserID: 9796 Posts: 37 View All symiot's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Correy WOOLLOONGABBA,4102,QLD 27th August 2014 7:25am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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