beckles
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Post by beckles on Aug 10, 2014 17:36:19 GMT 10
Hi all
Now that I have my vegie growing preps underway, looking to expand into the fruit arena and looking for ideas on what's best to grow etc? Live in SEQ and as I work fulltime, I don't have much spare time in the afternoons, so would need to be hardy enough to survive mid-week neglect 
Also looking for fruit that's quick to establish and has a high yield, and if possible, be suitable for pots. We have a few large trees that just suck up the moisture and nutrients as it is, so thinking large pots would work best - and I can then take them with me when we move in 3 years 
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Post by Ausprep on Aug 10, 2014 17:37:47 GMT 10
I cant really comment on this as all my garden seem to die  I can however grow killer passionfruit vines! |
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Post by Frank on Aug 10, 2014 21:32:50 GMT 10
We have a dwarf lemon tree in a pot that is now producing lemons. Have also had success with strawberries in pots aswell. Also we are down in Vic so a bit different climate
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Post by B on Aug 10, 2014 21:46:58 GMT 10
I'm no gardener, but we have Davidson plums, cumquats (?), lemons and peaches growing along the front on the edge of the nature strip.
We only planted them 6months ago and hubby is going to train them into a hedge type thing for privacy.
They seem hardy and are surviving lol
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Post by SA Hunter on Aug 11, 2014 1:26:12 GMT 10
Hi Becks, best bet is visit a local Nursery, and ask them. They will usually have the best advice.
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I have friends in Edenhope, VIC, and they wanted to plant a banana tree, and everyone laughed at them and said it was a waste - but to all their amazement, in it's first year of fruiting, produced 1 bunch of edible bananas, and has been producing more every year.
I'd find what fruit you like, and go for it. Re the watering, you can get a drip system on a timer pretty cheaply too - Bunnings or Masters are the best bets.
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Post by StepfordRenegade on Aug 11, 2014 7:57:26 GMT 10
I've just replanted my garden - herbs, cherry tomatoes and capsicums do well in pots & in the ground, a passionfruit vine I just ignored after the first month or so - it went crazy but died after 3yrs (aaparently this is normal?). At the moment I'm waiting on a first crop of cauliflower & broccoli but those damn white moths are fighting me for them - most days I brush off eggs or pick off and throw the caterpillars to the birds. I've also got a random pumpkin vine that grew all by itself (I didn't plant it) buit it's getting white patches on the leaves and looks a bit sick. I've also grown a dwarf lemon in a pot and it was great! Didn't need much upkeep, I just made sure it was in a place where it'd catch the rain, and fertilised it occasionally... although it did die eventually from neglect :/ I get my seeds from The Green Harvest because they are organic and often heirloom, and my seedlings/fruit trees from Bunnings. |
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Post by agriculturalprep on Oct 22, 2014 21:39:25 GMT 10
Definitely citrus its hardy and can pretty much grown neglected and produce fruit, make sure you know your trees will get pollinated, this a huge problem if they are self pollinating then that is super awesome, but most fruit trees aren't and require cross pollination. Ask that to your nursery when you go or just google it, once you understand it its not a huge issue to overcome. Apple trees are pretty good, but make sure you get a variety that suits your area. Ask others at farmers markets too, better to learn from others mistakes, and from my experience people are pretty happy to help. Good luck.
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Oct 23, 2014 11:42:05 GMT 10
Definitely citrus its hardy and can pretty much grown neglected and produce fruit, make sure you know your trees will get pollinated, this a huge problem if they are self pollinating then that is super awesome, but most fruit trees aren't and require cross pollination. Ask that to your nursery when you go or just google it, once you understand it its not a huge issue to overcome. Apple trees are pretty good, but make sure you get a variety that suits your area. Ask others at farmers markets too, better to learn from others mistakes, and from my experience people are pretty happy to help. Good luck. You really are a wealth of knowledge, cheers. My sister has been worried about why no fruit from her lemon tree. Should I get her to put in some roses or something to attract the bees? |
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Post by agriculturalprep on Oct 23, 2014 17:12:00 GMT 10
It could very well be and often the fact that fruit trees aren't receiving enough water when they need it, for home growers this spring might be a pretty poor year, although our winter was awesome with heaps of rain all our rain in august, september and october have fallen on the first day of the month(averaging across SA) so the plants are often pretty stressed as the distribution of water is not when they need it. Otherwise possibly doesn't need to do too much to attract bees if she has flowering plants and available water, bees don't travel far from water sources, and if its dry it means bees are less likely to come. She probably isn't doing anything too wrong found this great piece www.yates.com.au/fruit/how-to/the-most-common-gardening-question-is-a-lemon/hope that helps. |
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Post by You Must Enter A Name on Oct 23, 2014 19:11:14 GMT 10
Double thank you mate.
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Post by Peter on Oct 24, 2014 10:34:32 GMT 10
... At the moment I'm waiting on a first crop of cauliflower & broccoli but those damn white moths are fighting me for them - most days I brush off eggs or pick off and throw the caterpillars to the birds... I've heard - but not personally verified - that white moths won't attack a plant where they see another white moth that's already there. Based on this, I've heard a couple of sources suggest that using one of the white clips from a bread loaf attached to the plant will keep the moths away. By this logic, pretty much anything around that size and white should work. It might be worth a shot. |
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