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Scott G starts with ... My Loquat crop was full of fruit fly and the King Parrots ate them all. So I am going to replace the tree with something that won’t suffer from either of these problems. Is this wishful thinking? I am on The Gold Coast and considering getting an orange tree. I have a Pomelo and a Lisbon Lemon and neither have problems. I had read that thin skinned citrus gets fruit fly, like Mandarins and the Meyer Lemon. So I am going to avoid them. But I had also read that grapefruit get fruit fly. I hope thick-skinned varieties of citrus may discourage parrots. Does anybody have any suggestions or experience with oranges? | About the Author Scott G Gold Coast 15th October 2007 12:48pm #UserID: 44 Posts: 117 View All Scott G's Edible Fruit Trees |
Scott G says... I have just read that Washington Navel oranges ripen in Autumn and Winter and this is supposed to make them less susceptible to fruit fly. But they like a wet Autumn and Winter to ripen their fruit (which I don’t really have but I hope will be OK). Does anyone have any experience with them? | About the Author Scott G Gold Coast 18th October 2007 9:31am #UserID: 44 Posts: 117 View All Scott G's Edible Fruit Trees |
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