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Growing avocados in Ipswich(2)?
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Posted by cestrum BrisbaneQld (My Page) on Sun, Sep 11, 05 at 20:50
| Please see my query in the Gardening in Oz forum, as I posted it there before realising that this forum would be more appropriate. |
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RE: Growing avocados in Ipswich(2)?
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| My next-door neighbour in Perth grew two huge avacadoes in her backyard. 40+ degree temps in a dry, dry summer and damp, cool winters did nothing to stop them producing. Give them a go. |
RE: Growing avocados in Ipswich(2)?
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| Agreed; from the messages in the Gardening in Oz forum, the consensus seems to be that they're definitely worth trying, so long as I have the right types. Now I just need to establish the best aspect for them in the garden, which I'm guessing will be a spot with protection from both the strongest sun in summer and the frost in winter. It might not be successful, but half the fun is in the trying :-) |
RE: Growing avocados in Ipswich(2)?
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| Hi, I looked at the climate stats for Ipswich, doesn't seem all that extreme to me, nice mild winters that wont kill even the most cold sensitive Avocado, the summers are hot but not even as hash as Mildura where Avocados are a commercial crop. You are going to have fairly cool night time temps when they flower so you'll want to buy mostly Type A trees because they do their stuff during the day time """"Type B's are almost 100% infertile during cold nights"""" <- remember this! and if you can find them try and get some with mostly Mexican DNA in them since they are both more cold hardy and more hardy to extreme heat. But those are hard to come by with an A type flower in Australia (we are really limited in our Avocado selections here for non sub/tropical conditions) if you can't find anything else Hass (A)(-3c?) should be fine and an Ettinger (B)(-8c), both flower at about the same time so you should be good with those. Remeber they will need shade cloth around them for the first couple of years because they do not like strong sunlight when young, it can burn the bark so much that it can easily kill them to below the graft, even here (or especialy here?) in South Victoria. Also use a thick mulch made from rough broken trees and leaves, don't use pine bark or anything that wont let air through or poison the soil, ok no pine bark, pine bark is a gardens worst nightmare. Avocados grow more than 100% faster with a mulch that the roots can run through and feed on. The thick mulch will also stop them overheating during summer and keep the shallow feeder roots warm in Winter. That's about it : ) |
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