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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Adding varieties to an established mango tree
« on: March 27, 2017, 06:30:45 AM »
I have an established R2E2 seedling mango tree that has been fruiting for the last four years. I also have two seedlings of other varieties that I wish to graft onto it. We are in our fall here and our trees never defoliate. The R2E2 should flush soon and I expect that this is the best time to do the grafting.
I assume that cleft grafts will be the go.
Has anyone advice on the best way to do this?
Thanks

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / Has anyone seen this before?
« on: January 22, 2017, 10:29:13 PM »
It is almost as though my Washington navel is saying that it's sorry that it didn't set enough fruit this season and is trying to make it up by flowering and setting fruit for the third time this season.
A lot of fruit set on the Spring bloom, about another 10% set on the 2nd flowering about six weeks later and now, another six weeks or so on there's another light flowering during a flush. Though I would be surprised if it set fruit this time.

Is this unusual??

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / My mandarin harvest looks promising
« on: January 19, 2017, 07:56:04 PM »
My Imperial mandarin is going great so I thought I would show you how it's going. It is just under 4 years old and with my Washington navel both are looking like giving a great harvest in a few months time. I can't wait 😊

Mick


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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Modifying Apple flowering time
« on: June 07, 2016, 04:52:51 AM »
Is it possible to hasten or delay the flowering of apple trees artificially by a week or so, so that the flowering times between varieties are more closely timed for pollination purposes? I am thinking of things like creating micro climates and how these can be structured in the backyard.

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / Split fruit
« on: May 12, 2016, 08:48:03 AM »
Should irrigation be carried out until fruit is fully ripe or is there a time it should stop to prevent the fruit splitting ?

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / Colour change in navel oranges
« on: May 12, 2016, 07:43:14 AM »
Is anyone able to give me a time frame for navel oranges to ripen from the time they start to ripen?

Mick

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Temperate Fruit Discussion / Growing apples in warmer climates. Has anyone tried this?
« on: December 02, 2015, 02:05:26 AM »
Grandmotherbear opened her post in 'Apples Anyone' June 14 with:

"Hello to all apple lovers, especially you fellow Floridians. I am just northwest of Lake Okeechobee and I wanted to share with you a wonderful website I discovered  about 6-7 years ago. www.kuffelcreek.com He grows apples in the tropics - he himself started out growing them in California, and for years he had a picture of his backyard full of fruiting apple trees and the thermometer at 113. You read his explanation of chill hours and it turns out that what chill hours do is synchronize bloom, fruit set and harvest.  Important if you're a commercial grower, less important if you just want apples whenever the tree provides them. He says in the hot zones you can have bloom, ripe fruit, and green fruit all on the tree at the same time..."

I have always wanted to grow apples but, living in a sub-tropical climate I have always thought that this was out of reach. Whilst I knew that there were some apple varieties that may be grown in warmer climates, I had my eyes opened by the Kuffelcreek website.

I invested in the book 'Growing Apples in the Tropics' and ordered two low chill varieties, Anna  and Tropical Sweet. I was so encouraged by my success when these two trees that I planted two varieties that require more chill, Granny Smith and Royal Gala. All my trees are on dwarfing rootstock.

My first two trees presented me with a small harvest this year but big enough for me to be encouraged and I am looking forward to seeing how the two new trees fare.

So I wonder if there are others living in a similar climate have tried the same process as outlined in the book and how it worked for them.

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / At last
« on: November 22, 2015, 07:14:14 AM »
After several attempts over the years to grow a fruiting naval orange tree it seems that I may have succeeded at last. ;D

I bagged the fruit against the Queensland fruit fly yesterday and there over 30 young Washington navels bigger than golf balls holding nicely. So it seems that I have done the essential things necessary succeed in getting a crop. I am looking forward to eating my own grown navels next year. ;D

Strangely I have had no problems with mandarines or lemons, but oranges have eluded me for too long.

At last.

Mick

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Citrus General Discussion / When should citrus be fertilised?
« on: October 18, 2015, 02:17:22 AM »
I have been fertilising my young citrus trees at the change of seasons. The trees are between 1 and 3 plus years old. Spring is a month and half old and the older trees are setting fruit having dropped most of the fruit they won't hold. I'm in a subtropical climate.

Should I be supporting the fruiting trees with additional fertilising and for how long?

Mick


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Citrus General Discussion / Problem with my lanes late orange
« on: August 01, 2015, 08:27:21 AM »
The pictures below show diseased parts of the most recent flush on my lanes late orange tree. The diseased part covers about half of the circumference of the branch. Upward of the diseased part there is increasing choloritic effect on the leaves. In places there are shiny parts where it appears as though sap has emerged and hardened.

It effects a significant part of this last season's flush. Tree was planted in mid year 2014 and is on dwarfing rootstock.

The disease is not evident in my remaining five citrus trees.

Obviously I would like to know what the problem is and how I can deal with  it

Mick








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