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Tony starts with ... My 2 Naranjilas (Golden fruit of the Andes) have been growing fantastically, planted Oct 07 no 1.2 m high and wide. Spectacular with their huge, velvety green and purple leaves. In a sheltered warm E facing position, next to Egg Fruit(very similar apart from no thorns!) and tomatoes which have had great crops, the best ever. The season has been warm/hot and dry (we water them), often humid with warm nights, surely ideal. I have tried to pollinate them with a brush a couple of times, but despite hundreds of flowers no fruit has been set. Why do you think?
| About the Author anthonymiceli1 22nd February 2008 8:14pm #UserID: 78 Posts: 9 View All anthonymiceli1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Tony8 Mornington Vic 27th February 2008 9:48am #UserID: 723 Posts: 1 View All Tony8's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Fred Adelaide 27th May 2009 10:40pm #UserID: 2393 Posts: 3 View All Fred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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peter says... fred, i think you only need one plant for fruit. i have two in pots which have been flowering ok for quite a while now. one of them has set two fruits but they dont seem to be growing. they dont like frosty cold weather so i keep them in a glasshouse over winter. also watch out for tiny thripe inside the flowers. | About the Author adelaide 27th May 2009 11:14pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 geraldton.WA 28th May 2009 10:08pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Fred Adelaide 7th January 2010 10:46am #UserID: 2393 Posts: 3 View All Fred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 16th February 2010 11:11pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Fred Adelaide 26th February 2010 9:54pm #UserID: 2393 Posts: 3 View All Fred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Hi Fred, I have several Naranjilla's from different sources. One bush is spikey as hell and the other there is spikes but very small. The pic is of the one with very small, if any, spikes. Not a good shots for looking at the spikes. I don't have a pic on file of the spikey one.
| About the Author John Mc1 Warnervale NSW 4th March 2010 8:19pm #UserID: 3373 Posts: 72 View All John Mc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kbear says... Hi Guys read the post re goldern fruit of the andes or as my wifes people call it "Lulu" My wife is south american and she suggest that you need to be careful of the fine hairs on the fruit as this can cause skin irritation they deal with this problem by placing the fruit in news paper or plastic bag and rubbing the skin of the fruit to remove the hairs she also suggest that the fruit makes a wonderful drink and is very popular in her country for either drinking or in sweets happy gardening Kbear | About the Author Kbear Melbourne 3rd January 2012 10:05am #UserID: 6329 Posts: 1 View All Kbear's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 3rd January 2012 7:07pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... My ones are very spikey all over the stems and foliage and are always loaded with fruit clustering along the stems.The vey prickly type with purplish new growth and white flesh is preferred in Asian dishes like som tum.The hairs around the fruit do not irritate skin at all but the spines get infected and break off in the skin very easily. | About the Author Cairns 4th January 2012 10:16am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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