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Roselea starts with ... I live in Far North Queensland where the climate is hot humid and of very high rainfall. As a gardener with limited experience I have been confused by the advise of different local nurseries. One stocks olive trees and states they are suitable for this area while another nursery states they do not stock olive trees as they will not grow here. Obviously they can not both be right and one must be telling a story to suit their own ends. Any advise from experience anybody please? | About the Author Roselea Innisfail 4th November 2008 9:41am #UserID: 1263 Posts: 9 View All Roselea's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brian Fulmer says... Can't comment on ability to grow olive trees in FNQ however we have olive trees here in Maryborough which are growing but do not fruit. From my understanding for olives to fruit you need a series of some 7/10 consecutive mornings below 10 degrees for fruit to set. We keep them as ornamentals for their colouring but they are certainly not vigorous in our soil. | About the Author Maryborough Qld 4th November 2008 3:20pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... Depending on what type of Olives they mentioned. There are tropical olives such as Dabai (Canarium odontophyllum) and Kembayau (Dacryodes rostrata) both native to a small area (Kapit) in Sarawak. There is also a subtropical one called Ceylon Olive (Elaeocarpus serratus). See attached pictures. Dabai is also called Sibu Olive. There are a few trees in Innisfail and I have eaten some fruits off them. Some Kembayau are also grown in Mossman.
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About the Author Roselea Innisfail 8th November 2008 12:10pm #UserID: 1263 Posts: 9 View All Roselea's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author 8th November 2008 3:51pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Roselea Innisfail 7th December 2008 9:32am #UserID: 1263 Posts: 9 View All Roselea's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Roselea Innisfail 11th December 2008 10:22am #UserID: 1263 Posts: 9 View All Roselea's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Trikus TULLY,4854,QLD 2nd December 2013 8:32am #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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jakfruit etiquette says... I tried Dabai at David's years ago, you can compare it with olive, but can you preserve it like an olive ??? I guess Roselea wants olives for preserving? You put the hard fresh Dabai in your mouth, hold it against your cheek, and after a few mins it pops(softens) into something like olive and avocado. I have seen Olea true olives, out near Mt Molloy, no idea if it fruits there ? ps aren't there plenty of Italians around Innisfail ? If you could grow olives, they may know ? | About the Author jakfruit etiquette vic 2nd December 2013 4:53pm #UserID: 5133 Posts: 915 View All jakfruit etiquette's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Trikus TULLY,4854,QLD 3rd December 2013 12:46pm #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Mike Tr Cairns 3rd December 2013 1:40pm #UserID: 8322 Posts: 614 View All Mike Tr's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Bangkok says... I also bought a dabai tree and the vendor didn't mention that they are dioecious. He can't speak english though but i'm sure he would have tried to sell me 2 tree's if he had males and females. I read some websites about it and it seems to be possible to have a female tree bear fruit. Mine is a seedling though. So are they dioecious or not? It's the same with some baccaurea species who are supposed to be dioecious but according to the Thai they will fruit on a single tree. I read that experienced growers can tell the gender by looking at the leafcolor of a seedling. My vendor is an old Thai man who normally knows very well what he is selling. | About the Author Bangkok thailand 14th August 2015 5:08pm #UserID: 11594 Posts: 370 View All Bangkok's Edible Fruit Trees |
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advice needed says... i have about 70 olive trees on a property we bought 12 months ago in the hinterland of the sunshine coast I know very little about them they are about 15 years old and have not been maintained some have had a small amount of fruit advice on pruning maintaining and fertiliser would be appreciated cheers steve | About the Author advice needed Sunshine coast 5th May 2018 7:49pm #UserID: 18414 Posts: 1 View All advice needed's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Fruitylicious1 says... Hi Advice Please go to www.oliveaustralia.com.au they have articles from growing to harvesting and processing. Just click the olive trees menu selection bar and it will take you to everything that you need to know about olives. Happy gardening :-) | About the Author Fruitylicious1 TAMWORTH,2340,NSW 10th May 2018 6:48am #UserID: 16885 Posts: 709 View All Fruitylicious1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Jane@Atherton Atherton 1st September 2018 2:40pm #UserID: 18919 Posts: 1 View All Jane@Atherton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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