A new variety of kiwifruit suited to the subtropics with a very low chill time. The Kiwifruit Sweetie - Female should be available in march 2007 so if you are interested you can select "Email me When Available" on the Kiwifruit page. Here is a video of our trial in the Daleys Fruit Tree Orchard.
Lime - Tahitian
We are now listing our fruit trees according to popularity using the past 3-6 years of data. The top Australia Plants currently are the Lime - Tahitian, Dwarf Mulberry, Fig Black Genoa and the Lemon Eureka.
I have been wondering why the Tahitian Lime would be so popular among Australians and I think I might have found one of the reasons in Woolworths this week. Limes were selling for $24.95 a kg which was even more expensive then Dragon fruit at $15.95 a kg. So I guess many of you have thought that by purchasing one lime tree it won't take long before you have recouped the initial outlay of $19.90 for a Tahitian Lime.
Tip: For those of you eating your Dragon fruit this time of year many people recommend a few drops of lime to give them an even better taste.
Australia Plants - Most Popular - To view Plants for Australia, Your State or even the most popular fruit trees in your local suburb.
Most Popular Trees around Australia
You now can now find out what plants are popular in different areas throughout Australia.Australia Plants By Popularity
Mulberry Tree Videos
Kath and Paul have done some fantastic videos on mulberry trees. So if you have a few minutes here is your chance to learn about 3 great varieties.
Dwarf Mulberry Tree Video
Red Shahtoot Mulberry Video
White Shahtoot Mulberry Video (Which I have included below as well)
Dwarf Mulberry Tree Video
Red Shahtoot Mulberry Video
White Shahtoot Mulberry Video (Which I have included below as well)
Beating the Fruit Flies
I have picked my first perfect nectarines, with no fruit fly grubs in them and no beak marks from anything wanting to test the fruit first. My first two fruits to come out of the bags are perfect and twice the size of the fruits that the king parrots are feeding on. The parrots are daily visitors to my tree and have not yet touched any of the fruits in the bags, they are happy at the top of the tree while my bagged fruits are ripening below them.
Naturalure showing promising in early trials
With the release of an organic control method for fruit fly, I have been waiting for Spring to run a trial in our orchard. Early results are very promising with fruit fly counts in the Wild May traps reducing significantly each week. We have been using Naturalure each week sprayed as a bait randomly on lower leaves of some of the orchard trees. A control at Kath's orchard using only Wild May has shown an increased count of fruit fly each week in the traps. The real test will be when the early stone fruit ripen next month. Will keep you informed.
Eco-naturalure is a certified organic fruit fly control spray for both male and female flies. It combines specific foodbased attractants which target only fruit flys, and a bacteria derived insecticide, spinosad. No withholding period. Controls both QLD and Mediterranean fruit flies.
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