Pruning and care of fruit trees Top tips for pruning and caring for fruit trees follow the timetable below for individual fruit trees prune on a warm, dry day especially for apricots and cherries avoid using wound heal sprays remove suckers avoid Bordeaux mix and use...
Figuring out the fig! The fig family is a complicated one when it comes to fertilisation, choice of variety, cropping and pruning, but very easy to grow in most soil conditions and in our climate. Different types of fig There are 4 types of fig: Adriatic or common...
Summer pruning of fruit trees Why prune in summer? The simple answer is to reduce the height of out-of-control trees or to make netting and harvesting easier and safer. The more complex answer is to do with when trees are most likely to replace all the wood taken off....
Remove unwanted fruit trees to help eliminate Queensland Fruit Fly Removing unwanted fruit trees is of huge importance in combating Queensland Fruit Fly (QFF). In some states, this has been ordered by councils (including in Cobram, Victoria) and has had a positive...
Kaolin clay: part of the solution to controlling Queensland Fruit FlyAug 1, 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly Originally used on fruit trees to prevent sunburn on fruit, you may know kaolin clay is tremendously beneficial as an organic deterrent to...
Queensland Fruit Fly strategy #2 – 5 simple steps Sustainable Macleod’s 5 simple steps Hang pheronome lures (Ecolures) in trees from May onward to monitor male Queensland Fruit Fly and to kill those males overwintering in evergreen trees, especially lemon...
