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Do you sell avacado plants that are phyophtora resistant?


Time: 16th November 2014 10:35am

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gimme says...
I'm pretty sure birdwood are the only nursery growing clonal phyto resistant avocado trees. With a huge waiting list for farmers only at the moment, costs will by high as they will be grafted twice. Watch this weeks gardening Australia on abc iview for a section about this very topic.

Time: 17th November 2014 1:54pm

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Markmelb says...
I think if they sell for a squillion more we are being ripped off - as in USA - clonal graft Avos in a 5 gallon pot are only $10 more - theyve been doing clonal there for years - if i could get some of that rootstock I would give it a go - Actuaally spoke to BW about clonal 2 years ago and they felt they were no better than seed grafted so go figure?
He also said no real perfect phyto resistant rootstocks anyway - even the original Hass tree in LA died of Phyto eventually

Time: 17th November 2014 7:42pm

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