11 April 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips |
How to reduce the height of fruit trees At the community garden, we want to bring down the height of our fruit trees so that none of us need climb a ladder to pick the fruit. Gone are the days of leaving some for the birds, as we now need to remove any fruit that...
10 January 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips |
Defeating pear and cherry slug A close inspection of pear and cherry trees at this time of year, is likely to reveal small, black slimy slugs on almost every leaf. The pear and cherry slug munches its way through the green chlorophyll of the leaves, leaving behind a...
10 January 2021 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, QLD Fruit Fly
Microwave your fruit fly infected fruit At the Macleod Organic Community Garden we have been experimenting with destroying fruit fly by microwaving bowls of infected fruit for 10 minutes on high. Soft patches or sting marks on the skin indicate the presence of fruit...
8 November 2020 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips, News, QLD Fruit Fly
Sustainable Macleod blitzing fruit fly! Sustainable Macleod has made a bulk buy of Fruit Fly Eco-lures; these are sure to make a tremendous impact on the Queensland Fruit Fly which arrived in Macleod from the Yarra Valley last summer. Orders for 105 lures have been...
8 November 2020 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips
Pruning: Thinning vs heading cuts Heading cuts on a loquat tree Thinning cuts and heading cuts When pruning fruit trees there are two types of cuts and they produce vastly different results. There are thinning cuts which are the preferred cuts and heading cuts which...
28 October 2020 | Fruit trees, Gardening tips
Woolly aphid on apple trees The photo shows woolly aphids on old wounds on an apple tree. What is Woolly Aphid? Woolly aphid generally appears late summer/early autumn. It looks a bit like white fairy floss. This three-dimensional presentation is one of the things...
