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About the Author Grace Lockyer valley 11th September 2008 6:45pm #UserID: 1344 Posts: 1 View All Grace's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Kath Cawongla 12th September 2008 11:31am #UserID: 2 Posts: 363 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Bought this today at the local petrol station .. I usually do not go there as the next one always has cheaper fuel . Lots of other fruits , .30c Sapodillas a large Papaya , nearly 1.5kg for only $2 . This perfectly ripe Rollinia was only $3 and was 1.8 kg , half gone already .
| About the Author Trikus Tully 20th September 2008 7:43pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Victoria 21st September 2008 8:37am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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trikus says... Tran , its the one just over the bridge on the north side of Tully. Actually the last one , first is at the 2nd set of lights , few 100m then Shell , then the cheap fuel , a few more 100m then the large one . That Salak picture was not mine , but I think they bear all year around . I had some from S wallichiana in June , and a mate some on the same a few months early . Its only the keen palm collectors that have them . | About the Author Trikus Tully 21st September 2008 4:30pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Victoria 21st September 2008 4:37pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... My rollinia has thousands of fowers, but in the last few weeks they have been turning to black jelly and rotting away before opening. Does anyone have any idea what is happening? The tree is in active growth and seems fairly healthy otherwise, other than one small branch that has died back recently. It is in full sun, pretty well drained spot, nearing 3yrs in ground, pruned to 8ft high. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 8th December 2011 1:16pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikus tattered tropics 9th December 2011 6:40pm #UserID: 5279 Posts: 121 View All trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author amanda19 Geraldton, Mid West WA 9th December 2011 7:01pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikus tattered tropics 9th December 2011 8:02pm #UserID: 5279 Posts: 121 View All trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 10th December 2011 9:09am #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author David Brisbane 15th June 2012 8:54pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... That's great, my Sputnick is still setting fruit, don't know how they're going to fare over winter, might be a problem, this is the first year fruit is staying on, up to the size of a golf ball so far, even that one was a late setter. I think the fruit will set earlier and the tree will perform better as it gets older. Very fast growing grafted tree, even outpeforming the growth of the seedling tree of similar size next to it. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 16th June 2012 7:58pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Good to hear, Mike made a pertinant comment some days past , he said that the tropicals gain some cold tolerance as they grow older ,so looks like time is on your side John Mc. Im amazed at your selection of trees that far south and the great success your having, makes my bitching about the cold here seem stupid. | About the Author David Brisbane 16th June 2012 10:15pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT Sydney 17th June 2012 10:07am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Hi Mary ,been here now 22yrs and from my point of view, having lived in Sydney from 79-85 ,can remember those really hot days above 35c-40c, which fortunately we rarely see in Brissie.The weather here often gets cold in May then warms up again June then we hit the coldest month July , but for the tropicals here in Brissie its August which does the most damage, because of westerlie winds and low humidity, really kncks things around ,fortunately with maturity comes tolerance of lower temps, but its getting to that point that is the hardest. | About the Author David Brisbane 17th June 2012 10:40am #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MaryT says... David, We still get those high temperature days occasionally but bad weather rarely lasts and more often than not a hot day is followed by a cool night. I'm looking at a bright blue sky so should be outside. I'm going to check out another market. Yesterday was dismal and the pickings few. | About the Author MaryT Sydney 17th June 2012 10:51am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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VF says... Hi David, I'm having a bit of a play with some Abiu seedlings at the moment and there's already some notable diff. in their cold tolerance - had 6.5C a couple of nights running a couple of weeks ago, and some cool day temp.(13C) last week X 3. A couple have remained bright green, some are lime-green, and one has really yellowed off - just shows the variability you read about in seedlings. I also have a cold-hardy soursop bought from Daley's (called 'Kyogle')- with the same temp's as above it hasn't become deciduous yet, and to my wonder it's actually starting to grow small branches in the junction of mature leaves and branches. I did NOT expect this. Admittedly, the plant is in pot still, sheltered from worst wind, but is outside with no special cover. Not writing this to gloat, just to show that there are some hardy tropicals out there worth trying. (Might be writing something different though by end of August, but keeping fingers crossed). BTW, if the Abiu's survive & thrive by the end of winter, you're welcome to some. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 17th June 2012 11:49am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David says... Thanks VF,min temps here right now are 12c-14c,but this comming week expected to go into single figures, noticed today some of my seedlings are suffering with the low humidity and cooler temps. Lived in sydney many years ago and tried soursop ,but with no luck ,mind you my knowledge then could be written on a postage stamp.In a pot is vastly diff to in the groud ,good luck getting them through the winter.I do have some Abiu seedlinds from a good friend up north, just waiting for the temps to rise in Sept, to plant them out. I also have the soursop you mentioed from Kyogle, it currently is 6m high, waiting to have a haircut to bring down to size, it to suffers in the winters here,drops some leaves, but is generally ok.Good luck.Nice to talk keep it up. | About the Author David Brisbane 17th June 2012 1:06pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author VF Wongawallan 17th June 2012 5:19pm #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author David Brisbane 17th June 2012 7:16pm #UserID: 1961 Posts: 670 View All David's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... VF, I've also got the 'kyogle' guanabana. It is a machine as far as flowering and leaf production are concerned. it never goes totally dormant, but looks a bit sick late july through late august. I strip all the leaves of the plant at that stage. My plant is a few years old and 2m tall, but i prune hard and have moved it around a bit (it doesnt even loose a single leaf if moved in summer rains). its loaded with flowers now (100 or so), but i dont know if it will set a fruit - its probably too cold at flowering time to set fruit :( | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 17th June 2012 7:21pm #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author VF Wongawallan 18th June 2012 7:22am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ThanhT says... Hi, The attached are pictures of grafted young sick rollinia. Around September the tree had a lot of new branches/leaves but the branch length was just about 10cm, then it dropped. Now it has only 3 braches left. The leaves were very light green and curve. When I touched the leave lightly, it fell off and easy to crunch. Do you know what is causing this and how to fix it? Thank you.
| About the Author ThanhT FAIRFIELD EAST,2165,NSW 8th November 2014 2:24pm #UserID: 7261 Posts: 10 View All ThanhT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author MaryT1 Sydney 9th November 2014 8:53am #UserID: 7655 Posts: 296 View All MaryT1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 9th November 2014 11:24am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 9th November 2014 5:59pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 9th November 2014 8:24pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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The poster formerly known as... says... My Rollinia (seedling) fruited second year in ground. Grows like a weed, but also throws lower limbs every year. I just cut the top off and let it resprout in spring from the spots right next to where the past season's branches grew. Have a few thousand flowers now and it smells terrific! I highly recommend hand pollinating the fruit in spring to get a good summer crop. Many, if left alone, will only set fruit later in summer when humidity and water supply is higher and the fruit often wont come off until winter or the next spring and tastes horrible. Best to knock these off and get fully sweet summer fruit. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Keperra 10th November 2014 11:16am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author sternus1 Australia 10th November 2014 9:11pm #UserID: 8314 Posts: 1318 View All sternus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author trikuslaptop1 wet tropics 17th December 2015 10:53am #UserID: 3851 Posts: 80 View All trikuslaptop1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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