Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jan 11, 2011 1:14 pm Please help... During yet more undergrowth clearing, we discovered a very thorny, but very sweet tasting (from the one ripe fruit we found!!), plum tree hiding under a large camellia. The plum is currently sighted in a west facing area, receiving sun from afternoon to sunset, but gets little of this and has no space - stuck between a feijoa Acca sellowiana, a random tree I've not identified yet, the large camellia and next doors car port! This area is the entrance to our planned jungle fernery area, so will have a play house and some big leafy plants going in. The feijoa & camellia are staying there, but we didn't expect to find a plum tree! I know nothing about growing fruit or veg, but from what I can work out he's not happy there So, if we moved it, when would be the best time (during growing season, or what's left of it, or autumn)? What would be required to ensure success (blood & bone, water in the hole, good dose of seasol/powerfeed/molasses mix etc) and where would be the best spot to stick him? Please help - we'd love to keep it as the plum tree behind ours is so big that only the cockies & possums get the fruit, but they look so tasty! The fig tree is doing pretty well where it is, though it's in a confined space and it's twisty branches are taking over. This thing is huge! It needs to move as this area is designated as the girls' play area and none of us particularly like figs anyway! We'd only be keeping it just because, so would it be EASY to grow a new one from the old and plant it somewhere more practical? If not, it dies!!! The lemon tree we uncovered is in a sorry, mouldy mildewy state, due to the fact that it's overcrowded by the fig and receives no light whatsoever. He too needs to come out because he's in the wrong place, but same applies for the fig. Presumably though, if it's doing this badly then it's going to be more effort to 'recycle' than just getting a new one would be? As for the feijoa, he's pretty happy where he is, so any tips on how to get the best fruiting production and keep him healthy would be appreciated. Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 2Jan 11, 2011 3:56 pm KerryF ......none of us particularly like figs anyway! We'd only be keeping it just because, so would it be EASY to grow a new one from the old and plant it somewhere more practical? If not, it dies!!! Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 3Jan 11, 2011 5:34 pm Aw, sorry, but it can't stay where it is so it has to go. Do want to save a bit of it if I can. It sprouts shoots like mad and grows ferociously before producing loads of fruit, so I'm thinking it should be healthy enough to move... Someone help so Southies doesn't get too upset! Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 5Jan 11, 2011 7:01 pm It doesn't taste of anything special as far as I can tell! Not ours anyway Turns out they're very easy to propagate though, so we might well give it a go: http://www.foodforest.com.au/figFactSheet.htm Still need some idea of whether I can move the plum tree, or if I should try propagating. Turns out that some will strike from cuttings, but others need to be grafted and, as I don't have a clue what kind we have, no idea what will happen!! Could try growing from seed I guess, if I remembered to plant some in autumn just after it gets frosty. I'm worried about the possibility of suckering though. If I dug it out and took as much roots as poss, would it still sucker from the ittle bitty bits I'd leave behind? I've just no clue Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 6Jan 11, 2011 7:12 pm Do you have a fig tree, Southie? Do you think it can grow happily in clay (providing it can be transplanted, it's already pretty big)? How do we protect it from birds? (wouldn't want some netting and the like spoiling my view ) My signature is distracting people from my wise posts ... Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 7Jan 11, 2011 7:25 pm Seem to do happy in whatever soil as far as I can tell Lex, but not sure about transplanting it if it's big! Ours would be impossible to transplant, hence the questions about taking cuttings. Looks like that's easy As for the birds, you could try using tinfoil and helium ballons etc to keep the birds off. Though, might just stick with the netting! We just let them have what they like as there's plenty to go round and we don't even eat them anyway. Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 9Jan 11, 2011 8:46 pm Yeah, so Southie kind intimated! The ones on our tree aren't that spectacular and we didn't like them when we tried. I think maybe we tried them too early? Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 10Jan 12, 2011 7:18 am figs are definitely SWEET KerryF, with flavour bursting from them !!! Either they were picked too early, as you say, or else the tree is missing something nutritionally Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 11Jan 13, 2011 6:37 pm I wondered if they were maybe figs from a tree with no male flowers? Can't remember the technical term, but the figs contain the flowers inside them (that's the seedy bit) and usually have both male and female flowers. Though some don't have male flowers. Still produce fruit, but presumably not as tasty maybe? Will try leaving them later before tasting them this season, as we're not planning on killing it until we can actually get into the branches! Re: Fruit tree help - plum, fig, lemon & feijoa... 12Jan 13, 2011 7:26 pm KerryF Will try leaving them later before tasting them this season, as we're not planning on killing it until we can actually get into the branches! Built the Eden Brae Cambridge 34 Family with Boston Corner Facade 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 30576 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 9495 |