JeffW_carina's Edible Backyard

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Location: CARINA

About My Edible Backyard

Why JeffW_carina Love's Edible Plants

My wife and I love fresh food so growing our own vegetables and fruit is healthy and rewarding, whilst also a great hobby. We have lots of citrus plus two avocados (Lamb Hass being the newest). Lots of raised garden beds for herbs and veges.

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JeffW_carina Forum Contributions
Avocado root rot - Hi Guys. Just wanted to send through some info on a tree recovering from root rot. I have a 20 year old Wurtz planted in the ground in a raised bed. Has been giving between 150 - 200 avos a year for 10 years. The tree started 2020 as the healthiest the..2095 days 14hrs
Mango tree very sick - Hey Stefano - Just checking to see how your issue went, and if you found out details about the mix rate for the Aliette in the Chemjet?? Thanks, Jeff..2222 days 11hrs
Avocado grafting1 - Hi! I am wondering how I can go about grafting one variety of avocado branch onto another more mature tree? Looking at putting a Lamb Haas onto a Wurtz. Is this possible and how and when can I do it?? Thanks!..2286 days 12hrs

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Avocado grafting1 - If its a mature tree you could use a topworking grafting method . Thats basically cutting the tree back to a stump and grafting a few small scions into the bark. Since you only want to swap over one branch, you would just top work that branch. Instead of..Liked Answer 2285 days 14hrs

Dwarf Avocado Wurtz (Grafted) ^10/10

JeffW_carina's Edible Fruits
Update: 2095 days 13hrs

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Good small tree and beautiful fruit and prolific

Planted: 2002

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 150 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 10 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic and worm tea

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

Mancozeb Plus for Anthracose, and from 2020 regular treatment of Phospohoric Acid after a Root Rot scare!

Highly reccomend getting http://www.chemjet.com.au/ for trunk injection!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

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Tangelo - Orlando (Grafted) ^9/10

JeffW_carina's Edible Fruits
Update: 2095 days 14hrs

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Sweet and extremely juicy fruit - great eating or juicing.

Planted: 2015

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 25 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Tangelo - Minneola ^9/10

JeffW_carina's Edible Fruits
Update: 2286 days 11hrs

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Fruit is wonderful, slightly sour and made beautiful juice squeezed freshly each dy, picked straight from the tree.

Fruiting Months April, May, June, July, August

Planted: 2013

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 60 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 25% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic and tropic

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Pest Oil for CLM and Mancozeb Plus. Neem for Bronze beetle.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Tree is now 20 years old and has struggled the last two years. I think ants got into a little rotted pruning point and have introduced a fungus. Is it time to replace the tree?

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