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Good source for fruit trees in Melbourne?
Comments (3)I was born and raised in Melbourne -- a great place to live, and a great place to grow fruit. As Larry says, most people on this forum are in the US, as I now am. I believe a very well regarded nursery in Australia is Daley's. You can find them on line. I know that here in the US serious fruit tree growers order their trees on line from nurseries that specialize in fruit trees, rather than from local nurseries whose employees tend not to be very knowledgeable about growing fruit trees. And if you want to grow fruit trees, get yourself a copy of the great book by a fellow Melbournian, Louis Glowinski, "The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia." He used to grow an enormous number of kinds of fruit trees on his quarter acre block in Caulfield -- maybe he still does....See MoreSource for more mature fruiting apple, peach, nectarine trees
Comments (2)If your ordering online your better to stay with the small seedlings. We container grow all our stock but the cost to ship a mature fruit bearing tree is ridiculous, not to mention the shock the tree would go through. Everything we grow are adapted to lower desert areas and all the 15 gallon and boxed stock is only sold as a "Local Pick Up" Your best bet to to find a local growers that has access to what you want Here is a link that might be useful: RSI Growers...See MoreSourcing dwarf fruit trees
Comments (13)I don't see why it might not be advantageous to purchase 3 year old trees if the nursery was reputable. I wish the nurseries I ordered from like ACN offered 2 year trees which are popular in Europe because they speed harvest by about a year. For dwarfs, anything more than 2 years would not only be a waste of money in my opinion but a disadvantage over a well managed 2 year tree and be likely to runt out because of its advanced maturity during the stress of transplant (unless you removed all spur-wood). Wolf, if you decide to plant bare-roots stay far away from Miller Nursery unless you want tiny whips and possibly mis-labled trees. Cummins is good for unusual stuff but you may get larger trees from a larger commercial supplier like ACN or C+0 which I believe will fill small orders (ACN will, at least)- not sure about Van Well which was mentioned and is another reputable commercial supplier. I am reluctant to steer you from Cummins- great people, great know-how, great selection (until they start to sell out). When ordering BR's the only reason distance is important in my experience (which is substantial) is the cost of shipping. BR's are so tough that I often park a box in the shade for a couple weeks before planting them with no ill affect. I supposed a truck could get stuck in extreme cold weather and damage trees from a Westcoast nursery if trees were already budded out. Forget about getting stuff from garden centers, unless it's privately owned by a fruit-nut. You can't trust what they say about rootstocks or scions. Order ASAP. The best nurseries tend to sell out- I put in my order months ago....See Morelooking for mail order source of fruit trees
Comments (4)Boom, I've bought a breadnut tree (A. camansi) from montoso gardens and it came in excellent condition. If its not listed as a tree available on their website you can just email Bryan and he'll let you know if he has it. He might also have the jamun tree....See Moreaustransplant
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