Myrtle rust & WA (forum)

amanda starts with ...
Hey - does anyone know if the ban on those plants is going to be permanent or not?
(jaboticabas, guavas etc)

Time: 8th August 2010 12:24pm

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Jim says...
It is not permanent but is ongoing. When I spoke to quarantine they said that the initial ban was due to expire but they were going place another onto it and it isn't going to cease anytime in the near future. So it is probably worth checking up every few months at this stage but I got the impression that I wouldn't want to be holding out for it to change.

Time: 8th August 2010 12:44pm

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amanda says...
Thanks Jim - what a downer! :-( We need a Daleys nursery in WA.

Time: 8th August 2010 3:04pm

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BJ says...
Unfortunately the restrictions have tightened. Queenslanders cant buy most of these plants now. I tried buying a few Syzygium jambos and jambolana a few weeks ago (2 for $10 on Jambos!) and a Keppel Apple today, and was prevented from doing so :-(.

Its a bit of a worry as I have a decent collection of young native syzigium species at home and was hoping to add to them with other rarities grown in NNSW. Will really have to stop collecting myrtaceous things now!

Why are all the best nurseries in the infected area? :-(

Time: 8th March 2011 1:10pm

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amanda says...
Sad isn't BJ!? I am trying to take good care of my "babies" (Jaboticabas etc) as WA quarantine is so strict - we may never get them again this rate!? :(

(And I would rather give them to a dedicated grower than maybe lose them when we relocate south)

I am busy growing-on my grummichamas and now have 5 young trees from my first little crop (seeds planted fresh from the mouth..!) They should find good homes before long :)

If anyone has a Cherry of the Rio Grande in WA....it may now be a "rarity" ??

And while I don't know if my pitanga is going to be edible - the plant is so handsome, tough as old boots, and well suited to WA - that I think I may dig it up and preserve it too. Just in case.

Time: 8th March 2011 8:21pm

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John says...
When did this all happen. Must have been sleeping under a rock. I am glad that I already have a Jaboticaba I hope that it survives or I might never track down another. Its a pitty Daleys can not open up another nursery over here.

Time: 9th March 2011 4:34pm

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Jim says...
Tass one has quite a lot of jaboticabas (which i don't think are sourced from the east) so we should be safe. However, if anyone knows of a yellow jaboticaba for sale in WA I would really like to know as I had one on order and it got bbq'd by quarantine as it was sent just as they had bought in the change.

Time: 9th March 2011 5:55pm

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Brad says...
Jim - this might interest you: http://permaculturewest.org.au/community/permablitz/permablitz-south-fremantle-snr-high-school

Time: 9th March 2011 6:54pm

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Jim says...
Thanks Brad

Time: 9th March 2011 9:43pm

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BJ says...
Santa brought me my first case of Myrtle Rust on Christmas Day this year. Beach Cherry gets hit hard by it. At the moment the only control methods are for ornamentals and non-fruiting myrtaceous plants.

Time: 9th January 2012 10:19am

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amanda says...
Oh - that's bad, bad news BJ! How did u recognise it? Did u take a pic? Has it done much damage?

I have a beach cherry - so if u loose it I can send u plenty of seed.

If the trees are not fruiting yet (like young jaboticabas) can they still be treated do u think?



Time: 9th January 2012 12:32pm

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Peter says...
Hi BJ,
sorry to hear about the attack. Maybe you should sacrifice (complete destruction) the infected plants to save the rest of your collection.
For the WA people: Please resist moving myrtaceous plant material around from other states, as healthy as it might look, myrtle rust it's not here yet.
I believe, nurseries like Tass always try to grow many of the rare things on it's place in the ground and he may aim to propagate those from there. According to his edible fruit page site, he also grows the Cherry of the Rio Grande, Amanda.
I would consider all the WA nurseries remainders of myrtaceous stock from interstate as safe, as they arrived in WA before the introduction of the pest in the Eastern States. By now, they would have shown already symptoms considering the very wet winter/spring we had here.

Time: 9th January 2012 1:09pm

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BJ says...
Myrtle Rust is a pain in the ASS! My good beach cherry has had one limb hit hard. It seems to move through one limb, then on to the next. It eats fruit as it goes like a fungus. Young fruit get the little pustule then quickly turn black and shrivel up. Its a real pain as the plant it has hit is an excellent beach cherry and is just hitting its stride with dozens of fruits on a 60cm bush.
:( I'll try to post pics from my iphone.

Time: 28th January 2012 10:03am

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BJ says...
Healthy part of plant
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Time: 28th January 2012 10:10am

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BJ says...
Infected fruit
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Picture: 1

Time: 28th January 2012 10:11am

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BJ says...
Infected leaves
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Picture: 1
Picture: 2
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Time: 28th January 2012 10:12am

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Brendan says...
Geez BJ, that doesn't look good. Have you tried copper / mancozeb plus spray? I would, you have nothing to lose.

Mix 30g copper oxychloride, 30g mancozeb plus in 4

Time: 28th January 2012 10:40am

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