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Does anyone have any advise as to whether you could grow fruiting avocados in a very large pot. Don't have enough room left in the for a tree but am sick of paying $4.00 for a single bloody avo.
Thanks for this BiPG. I've been told Joe from Tass1Trees grows avos (and mangoes) in old wine barrels. Going to go and check out his nursery and get some more advice on the weekend. I've heard some of the dwarf varieties fruit much quicker but will still take years.Will cost you a bit more than $4.00 for the tree, and you will have to wait a bit for it to bear fruit, but definitely options out there - try Daleys for a start in terms of online research (let me know if you need the website link), and once you have decided what variety you like (there are three or 4 that grow in pots quite well, depending on your closeness to the coast, amount of sun and pot size) then have a hunt around to see what is in stock locally. My only other advice would be to be willing to get three or four plants at once, and for them to be slow growing and sparse fruiting at first. Pots wil always produce less fruit than fully established plants in the ground, but if you can get a few going they should be pretty serviceable in a year or two...
If all you want is a cheaper supply of avos, ask around and see if any of your mates can hook you up with a grower from up Carnarvon way - they are generally happy to arrange for the more bruised/mis-shapen trays to come down once or twice a month at lower cost, as long as you pay a set amount up front before the season starts.
Thanks for this BiPG. I've been told Joe from Tass1Trees grows avos (and mangoes) in old wine barrels. Going to go and check out his nursery and get some more advice on the weekend. I've heard some of the dwarf varieties fruit much quicker but will still take years.
If you suss anyone out re: the avo underground let us know and i'll go halvsies with you. I'm doing the unspeakable and paying whatever people are asking for avocados at the moment.Thanks for this BiPG. I've been told Joe from Tass1Trees grows avos (and mangoes) in old wine barrels. Going to go and check out his nursery and get some more advice on the weekend. I've heard some of the dwarf varieties fruit much quicker but will still take years.
I'm sure I read somewhere that ones grown from seed could take forever or even, never fruit whereas grafted trees fruit much better. I think you get 'A' and 'B' varieties. I'll be searching for two different dwarf varieties to grow in large pots as my yard definitely isn't big enough for two full size avocado trees. There is a place up on Gingin Brook Rd (almost cnr with Indian Ocean Dve/Wanneroo Rd) that sells different sizes between 50c and $1 in season.If you suss anyone out re: the avo underground let us know and i'll go halvsies with you. I'm doing the unspeakable and paying whatever people are asking for avocados at the moment.
I've grown my own tree from a seed, it's about a foot tall, but I discussion I had with rellies on the weekend has made me second guess whether it's a male or female, so there's a chance ill never get anything from it anyway.
Anyone know of a soil testing service in Perth? I have a patch of ground that keeps killing my Pitisporums. Unless it is just the Pitisporums being flakey.
Does anyone have any advise as to whether you could grow fruiting avocados in a very large pot. Don't have enough room left in the for a tree but am sick of paying $4.00 for a single bloody avo.
Have just started tidying up the garden. Haven't grown any food since I left Chittering. Starting to piss me off.
So, I have the whole long weekend off...and I'm going to spend most of it, digging s**t plants out that have no purpose and repairing irrigation, and then the replanting starts.
Might just be able to sneak some garlic in.
Anyone know of a soil testing service in Perth? I have a patch of ground that keeps killing my Pitisporums. Unless it is just the Pitisporums being flakey.