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VF starts with ... After reaching drought like conditions with about 5-6months of next to no rain here in SEQld, almost 6months worth has fallen in last 6 weeks (just over 1200mm for me) - but the plants are loving it. Exciting to see plants that were struggling, suddenly be covered with abundant new growth - very noticable on citrus, apple, lychee,jakfruit, banana and even sapodilla. Growing fruit like persimmon, citrus, guava,papaya all plumping up well now - should be in for nice autumn/winter crop. Only downfalls being loss of babaco tree (with 17 fruit :( ), all tomato plants now, and some veg. - also not much fun gardening in pouring rain, although hasn't totally stopped me and I'm sure I'm thought of as that crazy lady always doing something with her plants rain, wind or shine (not hail :)! ) Hope others are having good results too. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 3rd March 2013 12:15pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
Diego says... Yes VF the rain is making a big difference to all the plants and trees that have been thirsty for so long. Vegies and herbs are doing well except for my tomatoes and cucumbers mainly because the soil they are in is not draining well. The tomatoes are splitting when ripe due to excess water uptake. | About the Author Diego Costa del Sol 3rd March 2013 12:24pm #UserID: 7656 Posts: 38 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Diego, glad your vegies are going well - alot of mine has either rotted or has powdery-mildew. I will try some tropical types of tomato next summer and see how they go (thai pink egg & tropic). Db, sorry about your first DF flower. Hopefully now that it's started flowering, it won't be too long before more are produced. I have some new cuttings from DF farm I've just potted up, and I've had to trim a small bit of rotten tip off one too. They're now living in the laundry - probably not an option for you. My carambola has been flowering like mad for weeks, but they too are all dropping off as no chance for pollination. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 3rd March 2013 1:09pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... I agree, the amount of growth is outstanding, heaps of juicy new leaves on all citrus and no leaf miner, the rain must be keeping them at bay. I also couldn't believe this rain has brought a Paxton's Prolific custard apple out of dormancy, I gave it up for dead but left it in it's pot because the stem was still green under the bark, and bazinga, it's now shooting new leaves like it should have back in spring. The rain has caused an unseasonal push of flowering as well. Things like Loquats, Macadamia, Wampi with ripening fruit on , pears and mandarins, which have fruit developing to name a few. Db, see if you can get your hands on a Vietnam DF, the fruit is normally large, and pink/white inside. Mine weigh on average 1kg. I posted one on here last year on the scales at 1.1kg | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 3rd March 2013 7:56pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I'd like that but we don't get rain from qld down here. Only from the bite or a bit of a sprinkle from Antarctic blasts. Melbourne is only 400km away but they get a lot more rain because of the urban rain effect, they have LOTS of self generated storms in Melbourne. Quite lucky really plus its 3c warmer day and night than Victorian should be in Melbourne. Which makes it more like middle NSW | About the Author Jason portland 3rd March 2013 10:04pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
snottiegobble says... Know how you feel Jason, we got nothing at all from Rusty which makes us 3 months without decent rain & its still over 30 every day! Sick to death of constant watering to keep things alive! Trying Soil Solver, but our soily sand is so moisture retardant it takes heaps to make any difference & it aint cheap! | About the Author snottiegobble South of Bunbury 4th March 2013 1:24am #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
Brendan says... Please take some of our rain! We've had 265mm this month already, and it's only the 4th today, and it's still raining! Grrr! I suppose it IS the 'wet season' :-) Check this chart: http://www.eldersweather.com.au/synoptic.jsp | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 4th March 2013 10:08am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... That's surprising Mike (about your rainfall). I thought (obviously wrongly) that we further south were just getting an extension of the wet from the tropics. Brendan, have you ever thought about growing rice ? ;) Hope you all south and west get some liquid sunshine soon too. Sorry Db, nearly missed your question. In ground I have common red and white, and a hybrid pink. Thorny yellow ready to be planted when ground dries out a bit. Currently attempting to strike a purple, a red hybrid and a lemonade tasting white. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 4th March 2013 8:37pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 5th March 2013 8:33am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... It just wont go away. With the rain and an awful workload I hadnt been out in the garden for a few weeks and its now a jungle of grasses and weeds. Oh well, at least its keeping the top soil in place. I've had much more than the official guages - around 900mm in three days at one stage, and a few more feet since the big low. And they say there might be another on the way? My Cape Plum has gone nuts though and has set lots of fruit after being blown flat a few weeks back and the panama berry is slowly recovering from being smashed by the drought. Have to try to hack the tubers back though. Just a few dry days would be nice so I can get out there with the poison to get rid of a few of the rampant things (white root attack!) | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 5th March 2013 9:19am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... No rain here either. Just continuous hot days over 30 degrees, no rain for over 3 months and the sand is also water repellant. About a week ago there were some storms passed by about 10km away in the northern suburbs, but they missed where I live so it is just as dry as ever. As it's impossible to water, and the experts predict that the current climatic conditons are going to continue, it might be an idea for people here to reconsider the spectrum of things they are growing and plant more drought tolerant species. | About the Author Linton Springvale, Vic 5th March 2013 1:55pm #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Phil@Tyalgum says... It's too wet to plant anything much here.. I have jakfruit and white sapote I am keen to get into the ground while the weather is at least warm but I'm afraid they'll drown.. steady, heavy rain has seen a lot of my three year old trees flowering for the first time, I wish some of these black clouds would drift south tho. | About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 6th March 2013 10:17pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diego says... I think I have expressed this view before on this forum; that Australia needs a grand scheme to take just some of the huge supply of water, that falls in the north during summer, south. No matter the cost nor the time it takes. Its not likely to happen because governments don't look much further ahead than their periods of incumbency. We need people of vision. | About the Author Diego Costa del Sol 7th March 2013 4:35pm #UserID: 7656 Posts: 38 View All Diego's Edible Fruit Trees |
Mike says... Diego for over 100 years there have been grand visions of greening the desert,making northern Australia the food bowl of Asia through huge dams and agricultural ventures.The huge dams could also be piped to the southern areas that need water. The Ord to Perth and Burdekin to Brisbane proposed pipelines would deliver water at about the same cost as merlot.The showcase project, the Ord has been a dismal failure in spite of good soils.Cost/benefit puts it in the red.The tyranny of distance,bad soils,poor infrastructure,seasonal extremes,pest and disease profusions will cause many more failures in the next 100 years. | About the Author 7th March 2013 6:18pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Well we are finally getting some moisture in Sydney albeit a London style 'rain that stays in the air'. Such a fine drizzle that the warmth of your body can keep you dry while walking in it. At least it slows down the evaporation and I have fig trees laden with fruit; I don't want them wet right now. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 21st January 2014 8:02am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Nothing here either Mike :( Was in town yesterday, and the temp gauge on my car read 44ºC! That was the outside temp. Has to rain soon! http://www.eldersweather.com.au/synoptic.jsp | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 21st January 2014 9:18am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... We're dry as we've been for a while. Just a few barely measurable showers amongst some of the hottest weather I can remember. I was hoping the big low tracking down the coast would push onshore, but no luck! so now just hoping the heat over the next few days triggers some good storms. I'm not holding out though. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 21st January 2014 1:27pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... Ten, sternus1?! I have six varieties; all common : black genoa, white adriatic, brown turkey, excel, picone and preston prolific. I took cuttings off the black genoa and it is a cutting that is now the biggest because it is in the ground. The others are in pots. I worry that the rain will spoil the fruit. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 24th January 2014 4:39pm #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Hope Mike and trikus have battened down the hatches for that 'low' (cyclone?) that's heading our way! Should be called Dylan I've been told? http://www.eldersweather.com.au/synoptic.jsp Thursday looks interesting! :-( | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 28th January 2014 2:17pm #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike Tr says... Keeping an eye on the weather is a pretty Low Pressure task.I reckon it will stay a Low and cross around Ingham with max rain around Mackay.Wasn't it Dylan who sang blowin' in the wind? I expect the supermarkets to be crammed with panicked shoppers each buying 20 loaves of bread and 20 litres of milk when it is unlikely to be too serious. | About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 28th January 2014 2:19pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... And just to help with our 'wet season', there's another low following this first one. :-( http://www.eldersweather.com.au/synoptic.jsp | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 29th January 2014 9:57am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Yes, rain very welcome...a couple of hundred mls this week is fantastic after a very dry summer. Total rain for Feb was 23.6mm, (long-term median is 149mm and mean is 220mm). Combined Jan. and Feb. total 124.6mm this year compared to 1131.6mm same time last year. Guess one up side is that the lawn didn't need much mowing until now. :) Actually, the lack of rain really highlighted poor areas of the yard that need a lot more organic matter added, and the successes, some surprising (eg cherimoya's coped much better than atemoya's). | About the Author VF Wongawallan 28th March 2014 10:16pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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