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| About the Author Db Brisbane 8th April 2013 8:34am #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 8th April 2013 8:59am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Db Brisbane 8th April 2013 9:23am #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 13th April 2013 11:19am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Db says... Yes Amanda, white fleshed nectarines.. As u said, white fleshed fruits are very sweet, my 2.5 yr daughter loves it so I'm considering it :) I'm already growing one yellow dwarf variety in bag (small fruit but good flavored), so I'm considering white now.. PS - Daleys describes White Satin variety as excellent quality fruit so I'm hoping it has good flavour as well along with sweetness that comes with white flesh. | About the Author Db Brisbane 13th April 2013 11:42am #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 13th April 2013 5:54pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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GardenOfColumba says... Check out the chill calculator daleys have provided, lets you figure out what your local chill hours are. I'm in Brisbane southwest and the white satin was my first to fruit. Still a very small tree, but the fruit was outstanding. Even unripe it had a delicious complex flavour profile. When ripe it is very sweet with good subacid balance. Flesh was melting and juicy. Absolutely recommend this tree for our locality- but keep the fruit bagged. Comparatively, the tropic snow peach was similar but a bit understated. The angel peach was a bit too simple in it's sweetness. The peachcot has excellent flavour but more firm than I like - will be excellent for cooking, and it's the most vigorous of my stonefruit. Not much impressed with the gulfgold plum yet - bit bland, but it may improve as the tree gets bigger. Let us know how you go!
| About the Author GardenOfColumba Inala 24th November 2013 12:17pm #UserID: 5769 Posts: 5 View All GardenOfColumba's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... I have a white-fleshed tropical nectarine I am pretty sure is white satin. It is 3 years old. It is the earliest stone fruit I have (early October), and it is really aromatic and delicious, also very heavy bearing. I live in Kenmore (western Brisbane). The pictures are from this year. We have lots in the freezer. It definitely need the net over the tree (we have a commercially made bat friendly one)
| About the Author Diana Brisbane 26th November 2013 10:33pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 29th November 2013 6:54am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Thanks VF, I didn't use a frame. The net is a white one with a squre top shaped like a queen sized mosquito net. It seems like nylon and it's quite stiff- not quite as much as shadecloth, but nearly. It partly supports itself and is apparently too stiff for parrots and bats to eat through. I tied it with strips of cloth around the trunk. I got it from the local nursery. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 2nd December 2013 8:56pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ivepeters Brisbane 2nd December 2013 9:20pm #UserID: 6741 Posts: 527 View All ivepeters's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Hi Ivepeters, I think it is this one: http://fruittreenets.info/ It is like 15% white shadecloth. The nursery was Brookfield garden centre on Moggill Rd. It wasn't cheap, I can't remember exactly how much but it looks like it will last, and one does a whole tree. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 2nd December 2013 9:27pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ivepeters Brisbane 3rd December 2013 12:07am #UserID: 6741 Posts: 527 View All ivepeters's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VF Wongawallan 4th December 2013 10:30am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Those nets are massive. like a tent. If you trim your stonefruit a la DWN, then they are far too big. But if you let them go they are a good size for large trees. One thing to mentuion is that they are fruit fly proof, until the bats come to investigate. they will sometimes put a claw/toe through the netting, which then may allow the fruit flies in. So you may have to do a bit of patching if you have hungry bats. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 4th December 2013 10:51am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Hi BJ, Thanks. I haven't had that problem yet. Actually I forgot to tie the bottom on for several days when my plums were ripe (the net goes from tree to tree) with no losses from insects, I think they weren't bad enough this year to swarm all over looking for every way in. That comment makes me think my trees are too big as I always have to trim stray branches to fit the net on perfectly! | About the Author Diana Brisbane 4th December 2013 10:38pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... I think I got the large one. A bit mad as I keep my trees pruned hard and small. I didnt realise how big they were until I opened it and it covered my clothesline. If you are good at patching small holes and ladders in the cloth then you'll have no problems. I'm unsure if females would make their way into the net anyway through a small hole, in the same way they wont enter a trap through a small opening. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 5th December 2013 9:51am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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