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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 22, 2012 17:28:46 GMT -5
I had 4 plants. 3 were eaten by gopher. The remaining one is 6x6 (and about 20 years old). We settle for eating the flowers.....
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edwin
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Post by edwin on Jun 22, 2012 21:15:50 GMT -5
Been cursing the deer that thinks our garden is a gourmet delight. Should be thanking my lucky stars that i don't have gophers.
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Post by cesarz on Jun 23, 2012 6:13:16 GMT -5
Cesar, mine has never fruited either! They need a variety that has a viable pollen to pollinate them to bear fruit. Out of the several (10) commercial varieties in NZ only one has viable pollen. |
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 24, 2012 12:39:20 GMT -5
Cesar, thanks for that info.
Edwin, your garden is a gourmand's delight!
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Post by 12540dumont on Jun 24, 2012 16:05:22 GMT -5
My feijoa. At the nursery there are ones labeled "strawberry" Attachments:
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Post by templeton on Jul 16, 2012 0:20:07 GMT -5
They have just finished fruiting here in Bendigo - I've collected a number of fruit, and would like some advice about seed extraction/sowing.
A few decades ago I managed to get 3 or 4 cuttings out a big batch to strike - this amazed the professor of botany i got them from - noone in his labs could get them to strike - I just shoved them into some potting mix in the greenhouse.
If I can get some to grow from seed I would like to try some grafting (any advice?). There are a number of really good fruiting ones around Bendigo identified by my students on some of their food foraging expeditions - mostly growing as ornamentals in gardens.
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Post by rowan on Jul 16, 2012 0:38:27 GMT -5
Don't worry Templeton, they grow like weeds from seed, just squeeze the seed out and immediately plant it in pots or trays, not too deep. No need to do anything extra to the seed.
I have never got them to grow from cuttings either, maybe I will give it another go.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 16, 2012 0:50:32 GMT -5
I've never had any luck with cutting either. Does the seed need to be fresh?
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Post by rowan on Jul 16, 2012 3:21:53 GMT -5
I have always used the seed fresh. I don't really know but most seeds from fleshy fruits have to be planted fresh so I haven't tried drying them.
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Post by richardw on Jul 16, 2012 14:24:32 GMT -5
I'm the same rowan,i pluck the seed out and sow straight away,didn't have as much luck doing that this winter with only one seedling out of at least 20 seeds,but that was out of supermarket fruit,last winter i took seed from an 40 year old bushes and had dam near every seed come up.
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Post by steev on Jul 16, 2012 17:11:45 GMT -5
Holly, are you saying the nursery has feijoas labelled "strawberry", or guavas? Strawberry guava is a whole different plant, little round fruits.
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Post by mountaindweller on Jul 17, 2012 4:05:02 GMT -5
The plant labeled strawberry is not feijoa, it is strawberry guava. It is less cold hardy than feijoa, I have got one and it is still 20 cm high and nearly dies in winter.
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Post by richardw on Jul 17, 2012 14:29:18 GMT -5
Ive got two strawberry guava's bushes that i grew from seed which i'll keep in large pots in my tunnelhouse,they are not quite as tough as Chilean Guava which again i have two of these outside,they only just manage to make it through winter,i've tried to get seed from these to germinate with the idea of selecting for a more hardier line,but no luck so far.
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Post by raymondo on Jul 17, 2012 16:28:52 GMT -5
Does anyone know the taller cousin of the Chilean guava, the mountain guava? It is supposedly marginally hardier. Chilean guavas struggle here so I though I'd try its cousin.
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Post by mountaindweller on Jul 17, 2012 23:13:13 GMT -5
They are ugni, diggers sells them. I have some still sitting in pots and one planted out, which does better. They didn't mind the winter so far (and it is nearly over). Have you tried feijoas?
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