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Posted by living_simple Tasmania (My Page) on Mon, Aug 29, 05 at 19:26
Hi all,
Firstly, does anyone have a copy (or know of where i can get one!) of the Gardening Australia Collectors Series No. 1 - Peter Cundalls Organic Gardening magazine?? I have rung ABC and enquired, but alas, not in print and no back-copies available. It does not have a date printed on the mag and there is a much younger looking photo of Pete on the front cover, so i am guessing it is a very old issue! I am willing to buy & pay for postage if anyone has a spare copy!
Secondly, does anyone know how long it takes for loquats to bear fruit?
And lastly, i wish to get a 'planting calendar' which gives me some indication of when to plant which veggie especially for Tassie! Is there anything available? And where can i purchase?
Thanks again for putting up with an 'apprentice gardener', i'm actually becoming addicted to this "gardening thing" and you are all very helpful which makes it so much easier!!
Cheers
Lyn |
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- Posted by pepino Werribee Vic (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 29, 05 at 23:07
Hi Lyn
Sorry I can't help with the mag, but loquats take about 7 yrs to bear fruit from seedlings. If grafted they should bear within 3. There is a good planting calendar which I use in the Eden seeds website it is split for cooler regions. Happy gardening |
Here is a link that might be useful: Eden seeds planting guide
RE: Couple of Questions
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| Great, thanks Pepino! I've printed the planting calendar out and laminated it ready to go! It was exactly what i was after. And thanks for the loquat answer. I hope they are worth waiting for! My husband dug up a tiny loquat plant from under an elderly neighbours tree about 2-3 years ago. It now stands about 6-7 feet tall and i'm ready to see the fruits of our labour, but it looks like it's gonna be another 3-4 years!! One nice thing i noticed about the tree is that it's evergreen! Thanks again
Cheers
Lyn |
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I've also been given a loquat tree for my new place (not that I've found a new place yet)
I don't think my friend realised it would be quite so long until it had fruit.
BTW how big do they grow? |
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- Posted by finbar Central Italy (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 4, 05 at 4:43
| We have a couple of them in our tiny front courtyard. Couldn't work out what they were until some fruit appeared not long after we got here. Goodness knows who planted them. They don't look terribly old but they're about 12' high. |
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- Posted by Fin_ Wollongong_NSW (My Page) on
Sun, Sep 4, 05 at 22:58
| My seedling plant is now about 8 years old and i have my first fruit this year - all of about five of them. Hopefully more in the next few years! It is at the moment about 4-5 metres high and growing well. A good site for info on them is the Californian Rare Fruit Growers at http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/loquat.html according to them they can get up to 30 ft but usually less. |
Here is a link that might be useful: Californian Rare Fruit Growers
RE: Couple of Questions
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Hello Lyn,
Loquats are normally graftred on to quince and grow to about 1/4 the size of a seedling or grafted on to a seedling and also fruit much earlier on quince. Seedlings vary from about 3-4 years to anything up to 20 years.
Neil |
RE: Couple of Questions
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Hi Lyn
Paul Heally has an excellent weekly article in the Saturday Mercury (middle pages) and about once a month he tell everyone what to plant....I find him very accurate for me here even though I am so far north...he is close to sealevel and I am at 250m
David Steven at the Community garden in (is it Sth Hobart somehwere) did produce one years ago and steve Solomon (in his book....How to Grow Vegetables South of Australia) has excellent advice down to the day...He sells his books from home (he has sold over 1600 copies so it must be good)...he is near Legana with a website called...
www.soilandhealth.org/05steve'sfolder/05aboutmeindex.html
If that does not work look up soil and health in Google You can put in early spuds, broadbeans, peas, snow peas, onions (sets), rubarb, some spinach, carrots, beetroot (maybe),broccoli, and radishes and other greens that will go in all year round, plus lettuces Of course you should be talking to locals about what they plant and when
cheers
Peter |
Here is a link that might be useful: Steves Link
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