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About the Author allybanana Eden SE NSW 24th January 2011 5:01pm #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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micarle says... Hey AB These conifers are the most structural plants around, expecially when young! But they are also very spikey ,Hard sharp ridget leave's. At a garden i used to work at they had two, but the black cockys would fly in and attack the leader's, one eventually died and the other seems to be going ok. You could try giving Yamina a call they have them listed for $45 each, i think that's a good price regardless of the size!! Hope that helps | About the Author micarle 24th January 2011 6:26pm #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author allybanana Eden SE NSW 24th January 2011 6:37pm #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Trikus Tully 26th January 2011 1:04am #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author micarle 26th January 2011 8:42am #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Seems there are 4 different spp. All 'Monkey Pot Nuts' most likely all sub species really . Most are Amazonian so would be very tropical . And unlikely to grow anywhere south of me here in Tully . Found this blog with great pic , can wait to plant one . http://anthrome.wordpress.com/2008/03/02/lecythis-sapucaia-leaves/ | About the Author Trikus Tully 27th January 2011 9:46am #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author micarle Kurrajong Heights, NSW 27th January 2011 10:21am #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 27th January 2011 10:51am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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micarle says... Hey Jantina, i have a very steep block that runs down to a creek, i have a digital thermometer down there that said -0.2, that was our coldest temp for as long as me or the family could remember!!! Minimum temps are usually from 1-4 on average but down the road only 5mins away they get regular -4's. On the morning of the -0.2 i was up early and there was no visable frost(thats not to say there wasn't a little bit)on the low parts of the block or in the shady area's. Jantina what about your place??? | About the Author micarle Kurrajong Heights, NSW 27th January 2011 12:52pm #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busselton ( smack in the middle) 27th January 2011 12:58pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Well micarle, I'm nowhere near as scientific as you, I'll have to start putting some thermometers around and get some hard data. Usually get up very early on those frost predicted nights and check where there is frost and what's frostfree. So there's quite a few spots that frost doesn't touch. We get about 3-4 usually light frosts a year but as a rule all our nights are cool, about 5c in winter and about 10-12c in summer. We are 37 metres above sea level and about 10 km from the coast. Lemons, white sapote, avocadoes,limes and lucumas all do well here after a year or so of adjustment. I used to think that if we moved further north I would necessarily be able to grow a wider range of edibles but since being on this forum realise that quite a few people further north have it harder than I do particularly inland. When talking to people around here about what they grow it's amazing how many think you can't even grow good eating grapes here, let alone things like avocado or white sapote, but in a good year (and protected from the birds) my sultana grapes ripen to sultanas on the vine. Admittedly we garden on a north facing slope in well drained soil. All in all MICRO CLIMATES seem to be largely the deciding factor in what you can grow where. I would be very interested to hear of other peoples temperature ranges and frost experience. | About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 28th January 2011 9:15am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
About the Author micarle Kurrajong Heights, NSW 28th January 2011 10:03am #UserID: 3141 Posts: 250 View All micarle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 28th January 2011 3:39pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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andy11 says... Hey, not sure if those wondering where they could purchase a monkey puzzle tree found what they were looking for but the best I found was at: http://www.roraimanursery.com.au/index.php They don't seem to sell them online but I bought 5 from the nursery the other day. Good plants, and atleast double the height of the one I bought from yamina nursery for the Same price! Blessings! | About the Author andy11 launching place. VIC 2nd March 2015 10:46am #UserID: 5744 Posts: 17 View All andy11's Edible Fruit Trees |
Swampy57 says... The thread is about Araucaria auracana {Monkey puzzle} tree. The furthest north and my first encounter with this magnificent tree was on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Although under the influence of the warm North Atlantic ocean currrent, the area still gets significant snowfall in winter. This tree doesn’t seem to mind. Talking about how tricky it is to get some plants to grow - we live in the Adelaide Hills but in a local environment that gets very little frost. We have two magnificent Macadamia nuts that are very productive in our back yard that are about six metres tall and just for shade I have a 30 metre Australian cedar {Toona australis} that I planted about 30 years ago. Things sometimes work if you just give it a go. This week a Xanthorrhoea flowered after 10+ years in the ground with a 3+ metre spike. I’m keen to get hold of some seeds to try to propagate the Monkey puzzle plant. | About the Author Swampy57 Littlehampton 19th February 2020 11:52pm #UserID: 21663 Posts: 1 View All Swampy57's Edible Fruit Trees |