Waiting for Spring (forum)

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The grapes are pruned and the trellis repaired, the potatoes and the ginger are harvested, the garlic and the peas have been planted, the leaves are dropping on the stone fruit, the carrots and the beetroot are up and the mango tree is just starting to flush, the citrus is testing my patience and my hope for a crop and I am trying low chill apples for the first time. All is ready to go and I am Waiting for Spring.

How is everyone else going with their gardens and orchards?



Time: 20th July 2015 3:05pm

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ivepeters says...
Waiting for black sapote to ripen. Both sapodillas, fruit marble sized. Second crop Carambola ripened.Still have final few citrus hanging, oranges,mandarins & lemonades. Macadamias have finished up. Lychees will flower any day.Peaches and nectarines have flowered, leaves forming.
Loquats are ripening.
Low chill apples flowered, some fruit forming already.


Time: 20th July 2015 4:02pm

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Slicko says...
Hi Ive
Looks like your trees are ahead of mine. No evidence of bud burst on either of two of my stone fruit. The third one has been setting fruit for months (at least 2).
The low chill apples are yet to drop all their leaves but buds are developing and I am hoping I will see some activity soon.
I had 4 lychees at our old home but I couldn't protect them from the fruit bats.
As you are obvioously nearby, I would love to see your garden. My email is mikedotcowieatbigponddotcom and I am in Erminia Court and you are welcome to drop in anytime.

Mick

Time: 20th July 2015 4:25pm

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Waterfall says...
I just sprayed my peaches and nectarines for leaf curl, red tamarillos are almost ripe as are the pandora passionfruit. My B3 lychee is about to flower, buds are swelling on the dwarf black mulberry, everything else is still dormant dormant.

It will be interesting to see what happens now that this recent cold spell has passed.

Time: 20th July 2015 5:33pm

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Markmelb says...
In Melb the Tamarillos almost finiished - had so many.
The All in one Almond just starting to flower.
Avos budding up flowers - stems not formed yet couple months to go.
Nectarines & Peaches swelling not quite yet to bud burst for 2nd spay.
Going to grafting day next weekend to get some scions - Coes golden drop plum i woukd like.
Hazlenuts arnt in Sync again with catkins dropping and sheddiing pollen with no feaathers out on trees each side. They have catkins that havmt dropped so maybe these cold nites near 0c will help???? Sapodilla and Black Sapote seedlings handling the cold unheated quite well too.
Blueberry Burst are almost 4mm and crop will be huge.
Cherrys flower buds are getting fatter as well as my 8 buds I put on my 13 year old weeping cherry with 5inch trunk half converted fruiting weeper - LOL
Thats it for me for a couple months :)

Time: 20th July 2015 9:07pm

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Slicko says...
Thanks, Waterfall for reminding me that I have forgotten to spray for leaf curl. I had remembered the spray for anthracnose on the mango though!

Time: 20th July 2015 9:49pm

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Linton says...
Most of my deciduous trees haven't woken up yet. I think it will take longer down here as none of them have started to flower yet.

I'm sure it's way too early although they have lots of buds on them like this yellow-fruiting crab apple, "Golden Hornet".
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Time: 25th July 2015 4:49pm

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Slicko says...
All very exciting. My Tropical Sweet and my Anna apples have come alive. First time with apples so all is new. My stone fruit (except for the plums) have lost their leaves and my mango is now flushing. My grapes are still dormant and my citrus are still to burst into flower.
Things are starting to hot up.
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Time: 27th July 2015 9:41am

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Linton says...
Silverbell Tree just waking up!

This Carolina Silverbell tree (Halesia) in the picture has just got it's first leaf coming out. Would have thought that it's still too early but it's a good sign.

Regarding Halesia carolina it is said that it's four-winged fruits are edible when green in summer with a nice pea flavour and they can also be pickled.

Looking forward to them come Summer!


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Time: 2nd August 2015 4:24pm

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Waterfall says...
I built some proper size planter boxes for my citrus espaliers today. Previously they were in 40cm diameter pots with the bottoms cut out but I had a lot of trouble keeping the water up to them last summer and there was no space for thick mulch on top.


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Time: 2nd August 2015 6:05pm

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Slicko says...
Very nice planters there, Waterfall.

I had a visit from the local bushy tailed wildlife last night. Would you believe that it raided my Meyer lemon tree sat on one of my chairs, consumed half a lemon, took all the half grown peaches off my tree ate half of them and then buggered off and raided next door's zucchini patch.

A hasty trip to bunney's today to get the makings for a tree enclosure.

Washington navel showing signs of emergence. One Peachtree in flower, two apples in flower and two Chamboucin grape cuttings emerging. Happy, happy!

Mick

Time: 3rd August 2015 9:29pm

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Slicko says...
R2E2 mango is under way!

Time: 5th August 2015 9:21pm

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Waterfall says...
The weather is really warming up now in Sydney, I've attached some current photos taken today from my garden.

Red tamarillos
Pandora passionfruits
Blueberry burst, absolutely loaded
Spicezee nectra-plum, the first of my stonefruit to break bud
lots of snowpeas
The dwarf black mulberry, a great little tree from Daleys
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Time: 16th August 2015 6:48pm

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Markmelb says...
Looking good Waterfall - my best BBurst are still green - wont be long - we have an 18c forecast later in week
Nites stiil cool 5 - 10c

Time: 16th August 2015 8:53pm

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Waterfall says...
Most are still green Mark but there is a cluster of ripe ones in the center of the bush.

Time: 16th August 2015 10:17pm

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sternus1 says...
I have a couple of BB's. They do fruit well in Brisbane, and the fruit are pretty good. I haven't had any huge sized berries yet, but then again I don't treat mine very well. You need quite a few blueberry bushes to make it worthwhile IMO given how thirsty they are.

Time: 17th August 2015 9:50am

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Waterfall says...
My blueberries are in wicking beds Sternus, they seem to do well.

Time: 17th August 2015 2:46pm

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Slicko says...
My two new Chamboucin grape cuttings are away!
Meanwhile the others seem to be waiting for spring.
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Time: 17th August 2015 4:09pm

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Waterfall says...
I finally got to harvest some tamarillo today, the cool thing is that the branch shown in the photo loaded with fruit actually snapped half way through in a big storm we had almost 3 months ago. I strapped it up to some other branches to take the weight off and managed to ripen all the fruit on it.
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Time: 21st August 2015 6:39pm

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Julie says...
Only another week officially.
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Time: 24th August 2015 7:55pm

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Markmelb says...
Jullie - Explain why in Europe Summer isnt until 22nd of September?? We haave been forced to recognise here in Australia an untrue Christian Seasonal calender :)

Time: 24th August 2015 8:04pm

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ivepeters says...
I believe it's down to the military uniform code, which changes1st of month, for ease.

Time: 24th August 2015 8:07pm

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jakfruit etiquette says...
I was pruning with secateurs and a part flew out, so I too am "waiting for spring" (replacement parts)

Time: 25th August 2015 12:37am

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Julie says...
Mark, in Europe it's 21/22 September for Autumn, not spring! I was in Scotland in Sept many years ago, and it was damned cold - more like a WA winter!

These dates are arbitrary anyway - Nature doesn't know about dates.

Time: 25th August 2015 1:17pm

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Slicko says...
Spring has well and truly arrived in Carindale! Everything is well away except for the grapes which are dragging their heels. Stonefruit is going bonkers and will require heavy thinning. Citrus are coming into what appears will be sensational flower and the bees are enjoying the blossom on the apples.
Certainly the plants are not aware that it is not yet September.

Time: 25th August 2015 1:41pm

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Bangkok says...
21 june is the longest day of the year in Holland, after that the daytime gets shorter every day, nights get longer.

23 september autumn officially starts (in Holland).

In Oz everything is upside down though, even water which flows into a drain turns the other way then in Europe.







Time: 25th August 2015 1:45pm

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Markmelb says...
Why would you think the Military would push 1st Sept for spring - or is it more Catholicism that has created the calendar for the seasons - then why is Europe 21st Sept for Fall/Autumn and we have a Military 1st Sept? in Australia? I personally prefer to call 21st September Spring here in Melb :)

Thanks Julie noticed Typo - Plants dont have a calendar - they more notice Warmth and Daylight Length

Time: 25th August 2015 2:07pm

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ivepeters says...
British army, changed from their winter uniform on the first of September.

Time: 25th August 2015 5:25pm

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Markmelb says...
Dont you mean their Summer Uniform? - We did same at school from winters long pants to summers shorts and long socks - old memories - those socks were rarely pulled up until told off in assembly :)

Time: 25th August 2015 6:36pm

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ivepeters says...
I did say ' from ' . Southern hemisphere.

Time: 25th August 2015 6:42pm

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Markmelb says...
is that if they were in the Falklands?
Only place the British would ever deploy - Still pretty cold there almost all year.

Time: 25th August 2015 6:49pm

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ivepeters says...
Your forgeting your history, expansion of the british empire over the last few centuries. Those colonial days are gone but the legacy remains.

Time: 25th August 2015 6:55pm

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Julie says...
"In Oz everything is upside down though, even water which flows into a drain turns the other way then in Europe."

Bangkok, that is a myth. It can go either way.

Time: 25th August 2015 9:10pm

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Bangkok says...
Julie i examined it while i was in Oz and water really turned the other way into the drain in a sink.

But i forgot which side it was and can't test it since i'm in Bkk now.

It has to do with gravity. In holland it always flows in the same direction.

Time: 25th August 2015 9:24pm

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ivepeters says...
That's right Julie, it is myth for small scale events anyway, classic examples are low pressure systems ( hurricanes ) rotate counterclockwise while cyclones clockwise. Also it's got to do with the earth's rotation.

Time: 25th August 2015 9:47pm

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Bangkok says...
Really? You are right about the earth's rotation which influences it, not gravity.

Spanish grower which side does your water turn into your drain? left or right?

I hope he reads it.

Time: 25th August 2015 9:50pm

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