Abiu tree (forum)

Patricia Gail Moore starts with ...
My abiu tree is about 8 meters tall can I prune it to about 3/4 meters or will that kill it.

Time: 17th August 2008 2:16pm

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trikus says...
As long as your tree has some foliage on it , it should survive .. btw you do mean 3 or 4 meters high and not 3 quarteres of a meter !! I like the tatse of Abius , and want a few trees as I noticed a big diference in bearing times .. great to spread the harvest .

Time: 18th August 2008 9:15am

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george k says...
Im suprised your abiu tree is that big.

Is it quite old? does it fruit often due to our climate?

Time: 18th February 2009 1:08pm

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SlickMick says...
Mine is about 6m tall and I am about to prune it back to a bout 3m once I have all the fruit (2) off it.

Time: 18th February 2009 8:31pm

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george k says...
mick where are you located?

Time: 20th February 2009 10:29am

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SlickMick says...
George, I am at Camp Hill in Brisbane

Time: 20th February 2009 1:05pm

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george k says...
mick I be interested in seeing it. Mine are small and have problems with leaves (shrivelled like silverbeet)

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Time: 23rd February 2009 1:00pm

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Patricia Moore says...
My abui is about 18years old i have never timmed it, still has plenty of fruit.
I still dont know how to go about pruning it as it is the only one I have.
I have pruned orange and grapefruit no probs.
Pictures - Click to enlarge

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Time: 20th March 2009 11:55am

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David says...
Love the pics of the abiu, is there still fruit on ,whats it taste like, can you remember where you bought it,also is it possible to have some seed from you since we are nearly neighbours,. thanks David

Time: 20th March 2009 8:43pm

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george k says...
Hi Patricia

Do you know what cultivar it is
i.e. possibly Gray or one of the Z

love some seed too..lol

George

Time: 31st March 2009 7:34am

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Patricia Moore says...
Plenty of fruit ,I think its like a cross between an apple and a pear but the description vary's but, Yum Yum for sure.

Yes i can give you seed not a prob when its fruiting. I'll let you both know when it begins to fruit.

Cultivar wouldn't know, it was here when I moved in.

Time: 31st March 2009 10:40am

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Violet_Cactus says...
Has anyone ever grown Abiu successfully in Melbourne? (I think I know the answer to this one but you never know...)

Time: 20th October 2010 9:42pm

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Diana says...
I couldn't even grow one in western Brisbane (a freak frost killed it!). It's great to hear about so many people with abiu trees in Brisbane. Maybe they can stand small amounts of frost when they get bigger.

Diana.

Time: 20th October 2010 9:57pm

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