Julie7's Edible Backyard

Joined: 01/12/13 Updated: 01/12/13 Frost:
Location: Roleystone WA

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Suitable trees perth - No,no,no aNoN. Avocadoes and cherries grow realy well (mangoes too) in the hills suburb I live in - Roleystone, an orchard area. Yes, it does get a lot colder at night in winter than the flats,and they love that. I have heard of avocadoes and mangoes doi..6478 days 7hrs
Lemon leaf blotches - Looks like a pest, but I don't recognise it.A really good site for citrus problems is www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/agriculture/horticulture/citrus. The pictures are really useful...6505 days 11hrs
Fruit fly control - The idea of using organic insecticides is that they kill/repel the insect but have been broken down by the time you eat the fruit, so you are not eating poisons. It's a bit of a drawback in some ways, because you have to keep reapplying them. Don't kn..6505 days 11hrs
Citrus problems1 - Magnesium sulphate is more commonly known as Epsom salts - that's what it will be called in the supermarket...6505 days 11hrs
Fruit fly control - Organic materials, made from plants or bacteria, are broken down fairly quickly. Being 'natural', the environment has a way of dealing with them - unlike synthetic chemicals, which are unknown in nature...6515 days 5hrs