Doug's Edible Backyard

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Noela avocado - I would guess that in addition to the grafting problems, there were other issues and the variety is no more. Remember that avo trees look fine one day and are dead the next (usually a drainage problem)...1005 days 23hrs
Yellow mangosteen1 - Update. Tree hasn't grown much, but now has its twelfth pair of branches. Harvested 10 fruit from about 30 flowers in January and have 4 seedlings. They quickly get to about 100mm, then stagnate. One in a pot is 3 years old and still with just the 2 ..1595 days 24hrs
Jackfruit tap root - Thanks Manfred. I removed the top 6 inches of the seedling. It does not look well. Another that suffered the same fate looks very well. They are now in metal buckets in the shade for planting out in spring...2024 days 2hrs
Jackfruit tap root - I have been growing jackfruit seedlings in very large, but not very sturdy, cardboard tubes. Unfortunately, the tallest (one metre) one's tap root found its way between the patio pavers and I had to cut it off at ground level. Will the tree regrow this o..2026 days 23hrs
Jackfruit seedlings - Thank you both. As I have two, I will cut one and leave one. All ten will eventually form a cul-de-sac with a large fig at the end, so the double-trunked one will go at the fig end...2389 days 1hrs