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What are your must plant fruit trees?
« on: October 20, 2012, 08:36:43 am »
What would you MUST plant re fruit trees if you had the room?

Our orchard is expanding and would love some input.

We have apples / cherries / peach / nectarines / cherry plums / white and black mulberries / lemon / a sad apricot / an avocado / a blood plum ummmmmm ... a fejioa, I think that's it.

Almonds wont grow here, not sure re quince, only make a little bit of quince paste each year. My soils are a mix of good rich dark loam, and dry light sand.
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #1 on: October 20, 2012, 09:13:07 am »
If you can grow avocado then plant a mango tree - they require the same conditions. If you are planting grafted seedlings paint the leaves with any old white paint. This will help to protect the new growth from frost and sunburn. Hope this helps.

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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #2 on: October 20, 2012, 09:16:44 am »
Pears!!! :D
Where do rockmelons grow? I would want them too :-))

And I would want a banana tree, but they wouldn't grow down here :'(
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #3 on: October 20, 2012, 09:34:39 am »
Mangoes will not grow here....

neither will bananas. and blurghhhhhh to bananas

I keep thinkging I have a pear tree but don't see to get any fruit from it.... and then it turns into a plum tree, and then I go tree shopping and think I have a pear tree and.............  :-: (seemed the best smilie for the case)
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #4 on: October 20, 2012, 09:35:10 am »
The only fruit tree we have is blueberry and it's going well . I have some herb trees and plants - a bay tree, rosemary and mint in the garden and basil and parsley on the kitchen windowsill.
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #5 on: October 20, 2012, 09:40:21 am »
Fig tree - without a question!
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #6 on: October 20, 2012, 09:44:17 am »
We used to have a fig tree.... until we chopped it down :-))
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #7 on: October 20, 2012, 09:50:45 am »
Figs DH and I are a bit nonplussed about them. Can't see the fuss about them at all.

Have a roaring rosemary busy, have some choc mint to plant out, and plans for a herb garden
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #8 on: October 20, 2012, 09:52:24 am »
I think lime trees are a must! One for fruit and a kaffir lime for the leaves :)
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #9 on: October 20, 2012, 10:18:38 am »
Lime or lemon tree, bay tree, lemongrass (not a fruit tree but grows so well in sandy Perth soil without much water). I'd love a mango but don't think they play in our climate.
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #10 on: October 20, 2012, 11:12:40 am »
I have a Mango tree in my backyard! I am in the northern suburbs of Perth and gets 100's & 100's of fruit  each season. In Perth they ripen in March. I will see if I can take a photo of my tree and post it on here.

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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #11 on: October 20, 2012, 12:05:08 pm »
Lucky you Moptop but I daresay you can't eat all that it produces.  I live too far away to even be able to help you out I'm afraid, as much as I would like to  ;D
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #12 on: October 20, 2012, 12:37:24 pm »
How far can you throw, Moptop? I'm just over 400km south ;D ;D
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #13 on: October 20, 2012, 12:41:46 pm »
Not sure where you are but what about oranges? Almost as versatile as lemons.
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Re: What are your must plant fruit trees?
« Reply #14 on: October 20, 2012, 12:44:52 pm »
I'm 3,186km east of you Kimmy, you'd have to have a very good arm! ;D
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