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About the Author Scott Dry Tropics 13th August 2012 9:18pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: 80 View All Scott's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Yes i to have been looking, available from seed sources overseas but then there is the problem of transport and what sort of condition when they arrive would imagine also only short viability when picked fresh.Good look in your hunt if you find any let me know ,i have allspice already and grows well. | About the Author David Brisbane 14th August 2012 6:58am #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Cairns 17th August 2012 7:53pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Scott Townsville 17th August 2012 8:19pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: 80 View All Scott's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Cairns 17th August 2012 8:33pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Scott Townsville 17th August 2012 9:01pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: 80 View All Scott's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author David Brisbane 18th August 2012 7:11am #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Scott you should be able to grow it , very tropical tree and seems to be a very rare tree here in OZ . Also has a very short viability period supposedly . xclnt to hear that it is growing in cairns , please let me know when its getting close Mike .. bet Trina & Peter S would like some also . Lush looking Clove trees I will be planting soon , ones from Limberlost a bit runty and lost several and remaining one is struggling . | About the Author Trikus Tully 18th August 2012 11:05pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Trikus they still might have to go to the salt water centenary lakes in greenslopes street and relieve the male tree of a branch for grafting onto a female sedling.I have a few seeds/seedlings to pass onto Peter and Trina. I said to Peter and trina I would try to get seeds of good soursops and know there are only 3 types worth pursuing.The brazilian sweet and Uganda improved are best with whitman fibreless also a good one.I have just received seeds of one withof seeds a second of these types coming soon. | About the Author Cairns 19th August 2012 2:13am #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 19th August 2012 1:25pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Scott Townsville 19th August 2012 1:54pm #UserID: 6448 Posts: 80 View All Scott's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 19th August 2012 4:08pm #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author David Brisbane 19th August 2012 5:56pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Mel9 Brisbane 29th October 2012 11:51pm #UserID: 7377 Posts: 1 View All Mel9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... There is a really good movie on dvd all about some spices and the places they are grown commercially. It's called the Spice Trail and there are chapters on Nutmeg, Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Vanilla and Saffron. It's worth watching if you are trying to grow any of these.
| About the Author Linton Springvale, Vic 2nd November 2012 10:06am #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Annette3 Tarzali 31st December 2012 8:50am #UserID: 7563 Posts: 1 View All Annette3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Annette I know Tarzali well and have caught Lake Eacham Rainbows out of Dirran Creek.It may be a little cool up there at around 750m or more. Go to Greenslopes Street opposite the start of Little Street at the beginning of thew walk through to the Botanic Gardens.30m in on your left will be the nutmeg and there is a male branch grafted on I believe.The sign at the base will show its identity.It is an excellent cultivar that spent its early life at the kamerunga research station. | About the Author Cairns 31st December 2012 9:01am #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Mark35 North North Brisbane 25th March 2013 2:11pm #UserID: 7851 Posts: 2 View All Mark35's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Tedg Bellingen 5th April 2013 11:27am #UserID: 7884 Posts: 1 View All Tedg's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Bullfrog Carnarvon 11th December 2014 10:02am #UserID: 10970 Posts: 1 View All Bullfrog's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 11th December 2014 10:15am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... The native nutmeg "nut" isnt as fragrant as the spice species, the mace(aril)of the native nutmeg is quite good. FNQ trees are very productive, also saw it growing at Mt Cootha. There is also another related FNQ "nutmeg" species, not sure what that is like, sorry forgot the genus. | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 11th December 2014 2:19pm #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 11th December 2014 2:54pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikuslaptop1 wet tropics 12th December 2014 9:23am #UserID: 3851 Posts: 80 View All trikuslaptop1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MIke T1 cairns 12th December 2014 8:54pm #UserID: 10744 Posts: 250 View All MIke T1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mark35 says... Well December isn't the time to go looking. Just visited the tree, very easy to find so thanks for the directions in this thread. It has small, single, yellow flowers dotted around, so I am guessing it is a female. Around the base are plenty of seedlings but judging by the leaf shape and the nearby trees I am guessing they are black sapote seedlings. Looks to be an interesting park, will have a better look around, seems to be a lot of trees in fruit, Ackee, Jackfruit, Sapote and those are the ones you can see from the outside. | About the Author Mark35 North North Brisbane 23rd December 2014 1:39pm #UserID: 7851 Posts: 2 View All Mark35's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Martin Palm Cove 23rd February 2015 12:45am #UserID: 10331 Posts: 1 View All Martin's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MIke T1 cairns 24th February 2015 6:30pm #UserID: 10744 Posts: 250 View All MIke T1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Manfred tully 3rd August 2015 2:49pm #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikuslaptop1 wet tropics 5th September 2015 8:24am #UserID: 3851 Posts: 80 View All trikuslaptop1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... I got half a dozen Myristica insipida or globosa (no-one knows which they are) from the council nursery at Tully yesterday, to pot up and get actively growing over the next week or fortnight, then will try to graft material from the Cairns M. fragrans mother plant. I intend to try various bud and graft methods, and if it works for the females will do some males perhaps this time next year, or sooner if the grafts are obviously working. Meanwhile, if the females take, they might be fertilised by the local species for spice seed production. All not ideal, but perhaps worthwhile progress anyway. I will report! | About the Author Manfred tully 5th September 2015 10:03am #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikuslaptop1 says... Have heard that the male branch on the Flecker tree was pruned off by idiots cleaning up after Yasi ... several more imports of fresh seeds , some from Singapore increases chances of more trees becoming available . Heard of some sprouting ..Must insist on all trees remaing up here in the tropics as no chance of survival in sub-tropics . | About the Author trikuslaptop1 wet tropics 15th December 2015 3:19pm #UserID: 3851 Posts: 80 View All trikuslaptop1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Aerber5 says... Hi Guys, I collected a few pockets full of native Nutmeg along the beautiful Stoney Creek Walk near Kamerunga / Cairns. From memory, it was before Xmas time. Tried to grow some from a handful of seeds, but nothing came up. The fruit are smaller than the commercial spice you can buy, but I find, they have the same flavour and I used some instead of the commercial ones. Noting, that the Nutmeg tree at the Bot Gardens originated from the Kamerunga Research Station, there could be a link, like cross pollination or even some escapees, carried around by birds etc. Unfortunately I found many little grubs living in the seeds and eating holes through the seed. They came out and died, once I kept the Nutmegs in a closed jar, though not very inviting, to use them further. Also was able recently, to buy some Natives grown from cuttings at Yuruga Native Nursery near Walkamin. They have a website, you can look up. | About the Author Aerber5 Speewah 11th July 2016 10:45am #UserID: 14216 Posts: 1 View All Aerber5's Edible Fruit Trees |
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