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"Yeah cut them off. The rootstock is probably reed avo that is grown from seed, these shoots use energy that you want going into the grafted tree as that will be from a mature tree that will fruit earlier."
Grafted Dwarf Avocado trees
I have 2 grafted avo trees in large pots, there is shoots sprouting below where they were grafted, do I pull those shoots off or just leave them alone, I vaguely remember the bloke at the nursery saying to pull them off to stop them from growing to big. Any advice.See More
"Sophie - the grumichama needs lots of water to flower. When it rains I then water them dor a week or so to induce flowering. I really like this fruit."
"Thanks Lily, will be interested to hear how it goes! My grumi's haven't fruited yet either... they've been there a while!"
"I splurged on this low-chill cherry tree in the Daleys bare root catalogue this year. It wasn't cheap and I know it may well not fruit here as Daleys lists it as requiring 400 chill hours and Brisbane officially gets 300, but I have put…"
"Good info on reading avo leaves Doug.
Ross - I find avo's can be a bit fussy I have lost a few trees. At the moment I have a Wurtz dwarf, a hass and a Lamb Hass. The Lamb Hass is doing best at this stage and has fruited but it…"
"Avocado trees are the hardest trees to understand. I found this a while ago when looking at mine.
Reading avocado leaves - Greg Alder's Yard Posts: Food Gardening in Southern Californiahttp://gregalder.com/yardposts/reading-avocado-leaves/"
Pinkerton Dwarf Avo tree
Hi there,Everyone has been so helpful in my other posts, I am after help again, my Pinkerton dwarf avo tree, there is something going on with the leaves. I have attached 2 photo's just wondering if I am over watering it or is there another problem or is this normal at this time of year.…See More
"Some of our friends said there was a TROPICAL cherry tree that had lots of fruit in Maleny.. a little colder than Bris but if you chance upon a plant, made worth a shot?"
"Hey Ross,
I know a guy with a few cherry trees out past willowbank that gets a reasonable number of frosts and has never had fruit. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Like Christa said there are a few subtropical alternatives, another is grumichama…"
"Ross, I have had no luck with cherry trees (Prunus). But there are alternatives such as "Cherry of the Rio Grand", Acerola Cherry, Capulin Cherry and even brazilian cherry. The last one is less cherry like.
Other…"
Cherry Tree
Hi all,Just wondering if Brisbane South is a good enough location to grow a cherry tree, will it be cold enough for it to get plenty of fruit, just wondering if anyone have any success.cheers See More
"Usually after pretty dark pink flowers have pollinated. We cover ours when the fruit is about the size of a pea. There are quit a few more flowers this year."
"I find it's a bit of a lottery, to allow enough time for the flowers to get pollinated, but before the fruit is of a size where fruit fly is a danger. I put my net over my tropical peach this afternoon - a goodly number of fruit have appeared,…"
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Grafted Dwarf Avocado trees
Posted on September 1, 2020 at 16:58 2 Comments 1 Favorite
I have 2 grafted avo trees in large pots, there is shoots sprouting below where they were grafted, do I pull those shoots off or just leave them alone, I vaguely remember the bloke at the nursery saying to pull them off to stop them from growing to big. Any advice.
Pinkerton Dwarf Avo tree
Posted on August 17, 2020 at 16:07 2 Comments 0 Favorites
Hi there,
Everyone has been so helpful in my other posts, I am after help again, my Pinkerton dwarf avo tree, there is something going on with the leaves. I have attached 2 photo's just wondering if I am over watering it or is there another problem or is this normal at this time of year.…
Cherry Tree
Posted on August 16, 2020 at 12:01 6 Comments 0 Favorites
Hi all,
Just wondering if Brisbane South is a good enough location to grow a cherry tree, will it be cold enough for it to get plenty of fruit, just wondering if anyone have any success.
cheers
Dwarf Nectarine Tree
Posted on August 5, 2020 at 16:02 2 Comments 0 Favorites
Hi there,
When is a good time to place netting over my nectarine tree to stop those pesky fruit flies from destroying the fruit.
cheers,
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- At 12:21 on July 11, 2020,
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- At 17:42 on June 29, 2020,
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