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| About the Author Jaikarthik1 POINT COOK,3030,VIC 20th March 2017 6:15pm #UserID: 15715 Posts: 3 View All Jaikarthik1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... Pomegranates are a very common garden tree in Melbourne and fruit abundantly. Most nurseries in Melbourne should stock them but the best variety is supposed to be the "e;Red Angel"e; cultivar. It is a compact tree that produces large fruit and has soft seeds. Garden World in Springvale stock the Red Angel variety but it's probably a bit far away for you. I'm not familiar with any nurseries on your side of town. Cheers! | About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 21st March 2017 9:47am #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Manfred says... Pomegranates are easy to grow from hardwood cuttings. Look around for mature trees and ask the householder what the fruit is like and if you can have a cutting. (I have never been refused.) Just put the cuttings (about 300mm long and as thick as they come off the tree) into moist sand in late may to early July and keep moist until a few weeks after they have leafed in spring. Techniques vary but if they have been stuck as individual cuttings rather than bundled, it is safe to pull them out of the sand very gently to check if the roots are coming. Once they do, rebury the cutting very gently and don't pull it out again. For bundled cuttings, check occasionally and when it looks like enough have rooted, separate them and plant them carefully in pots to grow on. Keep the varieties separate. The books say you don't need a pollinator, but I haven't had (or seen) much fruiting success with individual plants or groups of the one variety. "e;Wonderful"e; is the most popular variety in the US commercially because it has the biggest fruit. I'm not a connoisseur so size does matter. It's the fruit you see in supermarkets. It's also the only variety I've seen in Bunnings, so in a new area it's probably the one you're most likely to get cuttings from. | About the Author Manfred Wamboin 22nd March 2017 12:43pm #UserID: 9565 Posts: 243 View All Manfred's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jaikarthik1 POINT COOK,3030,VIC 22nd March 2017 9:19pm #UserID: 15715 Posts: 3 View All Jaikarthik1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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