Zamorano Dragonfruit

Zamorano Dragonfruit  With a striking crimson purple flesh and sweet flavour, the skin of the Zamorano Dragon fruit is red with dark red/maroon fins.

Dragon fruit are beautiful night flowering cactus originating from Central America. They require a short trellis for optimal growth and harvest.

The flowers of Zamorano are enormous and quite spectacular. This is a popular variety and for fruiting will require another variety of Dragon fruit such as Aussie Gold, Dark Star, Pearl, Pink Panther

#daleysfruit #daleysnursery #dragonfrui

Spring is almost here! 🌷

 Spring is almost here!

Order today from the extensive range of plants included in our Spring Catalogue

🌷🌸🌹🌺🌻🌼🥀🍃🌿

#daleysfruit #daleysnursery #springcatalogue #springishere #backyardgarden

Pink lady Apples 🍎

 The Pink Lady is an Australian selection named for the attractive pink blush over a yellow undertone. The true pink coloring, crisp crunch, and smooth texture assure the ultimate in dessert quality eating apples.

Pink Lady Apples perform best in cooler regions.

Cross pollinate with other compatible apple varieties such as Granny Smith, Gala, Fuji and Red Delicious 🍎🍎🍎 #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #apples #pinkladyapples #backyardgarden

Jujube - a highly revered and versatile fruit

 Highly revered for over 4000 years in Chinese history, the Jujube has now gained popularity around the world, The fruit has a pleasant, sweet taste, and the texture resembles that of an apple.

They can be processed in various ways - eaten fresh, dried, candied, or made into jam, pulp or wine. Jujubes are an extremely hardy, deciduous tree growing between 5-10m.

They tolerate drought, saline soils and cool winters, which make them a highly adaptable crop well suited to a range of climatic conditions, Great for inland and southern mainland Australia, While most cultivars are self-fertile, some do like cross-pollination #daleysfruit #jujube #jujubetree #daleysnursery #backyardgarden

The stunning Dragon Fruit/Pitaya

 Also known as the Pitaya, the Dragon Fruit is a stunningly beautiful fruit with an intense colour and shape. The plant boasts magnificent flowers and a delicious tasting fruit.

Previously only seen in the finest restaurants, it is fast becoming common-place throughout Australia as a garnish and a delicious fresh fruit. To eat the fruit, serve chilled and cut in half. Scoop out the flesh and seeds much like a kiwi fruit. You can also include the flesh in smoothies and desserts for delicious added flavour #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #pitaya #dragonfruit #backyardgarden

Plant Chill Hours

 Many of our Bare Root Fruit Trees that we sell in Winter will not give you fruit unless you get the right Chill Hours.

For example, the Angel Peach Tree has two different varieties. A High Chill and a Low Chill Variety. If you live in Cairns and buy the High Chill Angel Peach, you will not get any fruit.

- Definition of Chill Hours for Fruit Trees

Time spent below approximately 7 degrees.

High Chill Fruit Trees are 650+ Hours

Medium Chill Fruit Trees are 450-650 Hours

Low Chill Fruit Trees are 150-450 Hours

Question: Do I go outside every day of the year with a stopwatch and a thermometer?

Answer: You could, but it is obviously a very funny waste of time

- Calculating Chill Hours

In Australia, the Bureau of Meterology is a great resource to estimate your chill hours. Simply use your average temperature for the coldest month of the year as a comparison to our chill hours guide below.

Keep in mind that plants are alive, and as such there is no exact science for the amount of chill hours a certain fruit tree needs, it is always going to be approximate

#daleysfruit #daleysnursery #chillhours #lowchill #highchill #wintergrowing

Apples 🍎🍏🍎🍏

 These delicious and crunchy apples are available in varieties suited to a range of climates, from cool temperate, to sub-tropical.

Higher chill apples may sometimes be worth trying in marginal climates - for example Granny Smith, Red Fuji, Pinkabelle and Redlove. A shady winter site can be helpful if drainage is good, but apples can be tolerant of damp conditions.

You may take it another step and simulate chill with misters and even fans as the temperature at the bud site is where chill is registered. This may help stimulate flower bud development.

The tropical range can be tolerant of as little as 100 hours of chill, and are suitable for warm temperate to subtropical climates. If you wish to try these early harvest apples in more temperate areas, protect flowering trees from frost. Full size apple trees can reach up to 8m in the ideal conditions, if left to their own defenses. However they are better managed to a height (approx 3-4m) and shape to encourage best fruiting performance and easy harvest and maintenance.

Dwarfing rootstock can produce a more manageable 3m or so tree, depending on your growing conditions. Apple trees require even moisture to ensure essential nutrients like calcium are available. This is important for the normal development of fruit. Feed with a a good quality general fertiliser before flowering and during fruit development. Provide calcium in the form of dolomite if soil is low in this nutrient. Keep the feeder root zone mulched for healthy trees 🍎🍏🍎🍏 #daleysfruit #daleysnursery #apples #appletree #crunchy

Cherry Trees 🍒

 Cherry Trees are large and long lived. The juicy, succulent fruits are loved by many, but they can only be grown in areas that receive a cool to cold winter as they will need 300 - 1400 hours of chill depending on the variety. Many species break bud and flower in early spring, so they can be susceptible to late frosts and are best not planted in frosty pockets. Some varieties will require cross pollination, but our varieties here at Daley's are all self fertile

#daleysfruit #cherry #daleysnursery