Tom's Edible Backyard

Joined:19/08/10 Updated:04/02/11 Frost:
Location: Orlando, Floria

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Guava tees in melbourne - Our Hawai'ian guavas have a strong, sweet taste, which is what I expected from all that I'd heard about them before we put them in. We use fish emulsion, cow manure, grass clippings, and wasted coffee grinds as fertilizer / mulch; so maybe that helps t..5211 days 7hrs
Pruning white sapote - We found the only way to get our three young white sapotes to branch out was to hard prune them. They were three whips, two already eight feet tall before we learned to snip the trunk to get branches started. I've always wondered just how high they'd..5218 days 19hrs
How to plant a tree - Super to hear it, N! Hope you have good weather while you dig. Summer in Melbourne must be a treat. Hey Phil - much thanks for the honour bestowed upon me of honorary Aussie (or at least the hope of it.) How come there's that extra "u" in "honou..5222 days 18hrs
How to plant a tree - Hi N, My "Australian" is reasonably good (I understand most of the time), so here's a go at responding to your questions. 3. Kath said clay soil or "heavy soils"; these are soils which do not drain well and would hold the water rather than let it ..5225 days 1hrs
Yellowish leaves on black passion fruit plant - This is one I know a good deal about. Concrete leaches lime for many years, and the more porous the mix and abundant a water source, the more leaching. Driveways are seldom poured from especially hard mixes, so if your driveway is still young (in concre..5252 days 7hrs