Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 21Jun 18, 2009 4:05 pm Thanks for the tip Fu Manchu, wow never knew that plants could get "hedge ready". Just curious with three of these plants, what length would this cover? Thanks again Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 22Jun 19, 2009 12:06 am Toparious is the guy that is about to explain that whole concept better than anyone else (In Australia) can Well he bloody better Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 24Jun 21, 2009 11:25 pm Thanks for tips FU Manchu and Lacebark I suppose it is a bit of "you gotta be cruel to be kind" to the plant??? Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 25Sep 01, 2009 11:19 am Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 30/08 26Sep 01, 2009 10:28 pm Don't. It is as simple as that Fertilisers feed the plant. However the way to a strong heathy plant is getting the same form your soil. A soil needs lots of microbes, bacteria and fungi to provide a plant with much much more than any fertiliser will ever do Fertilisers will kill off much of the soils ecology and make the plant more reliant on them for survival but what you get is not as good. Mineral fertilisers like NPK, super phos, all the "corrective" nutrients etc encourage lush weak growth suseptible to insect and fungal disease. So, get certified organic soils around the drip zones. Mulch heavily with green mulches. These are the most water efficient mulches available and the cheapest. They will keep the water in the soil not in the mulch. They give deeper roots, so the plants don't stress easy in summer (which is also when everyone wants to fertilise in the vein hope it makes things better) Next is the intermittent use of molasses, which really boosts the soils microbe populations. Seasol and powerfeed also assist. Sheep and cow poo is good, and in the right soil pH Dynamic Lifter is cheap and easy to use. (please avoid in Perth and west coast or the SA Limestone coast) Get a worm farm going, They provide a very rich source of nutrient from the run off which is collected in a bucket and diluted in a watering can No one product ever gives a result but each forms a piece of a puzzle that makes a wonderful picture. Fruit tree health is also helped by good pruning keep them open in the centre and cut to a manageable height. (2.5-3m) Open centres reduce disease, increase airflow and let more sun into the plant which then lets it bare more fruit. Even on citrus this will have great results. Alternatively pleaching fruit trees along fences is also productive and visually appealing Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 30/08 27Sep 01, 2009 10:36 pm I might add that all those fertilisers traditionally/commonly used also contain heavy metals like mercury, cadmium, lead. There's supposed to be a warning visible on most products sold so keep an eye out for them. How often should you be "fertilising" them? Well it needs to be ongoing and on the basis of a little, often. Feed the soil, never the plant Not all those things need to be used at once either. Just say to yourself that every 2 or 3 weeks apply some sort of organic material or product to it, be it seasol or organic soil. What ever You will have amazing fruit in a few years *I will also say that fertilisers as you know them do have a place in the garden, but only as a rare supplement once in a blue moon Slow releases are the best value and most environmentally friendly, but beware in summer, they will dump nutrient very fast indeed so go easy on them then. Again there is no way they will make a healthy plant on their own. Re: Nectarine tree with new pics 30/08 28Sep 05, 2009 9:52 am Thankyou very much for extremely thorough reply Fu Manchu it is greatly appreciated Hi , I'm currently going through this now within the Whitehorse council which has a similar set of restrictions. We're having to make compromises with our floor plan due… 3 30667 Hello. I just bought a few acres in Habana, Mackay, and my horses seem to love hanging around under this tree. I would like to name the paddock after this tree. Can… 0 9516 |