Hi Linda, I’ve had no luck with my avo’s growing past the pot stage as the weather is just too cold at times. I’ve seen others down the coast do really well, so I might try again here and see if I have more success. Your tree looks like it’s doing well where you have it. Xx Cathi xx 😘
Yeah I'm still not sure wether my long term climate here will support these trees - we had a fairly mild winter this year so they seemed to do ok. Hopefully with a bit of growth over summer it will get them big enough to be above the frost danger zone quickly - not sure how big they need to be for this!! Fingers crossed!!
Wishing you luck!! 😊 Can you get some horse manure? Last spring I found a horse owner wanting to get rid of a load of it (on a reagular basis, actually, but I have just a small garden...). I mixed it with wood chips (about 1:1 and a bit of biochar (biochar is so amazing!!!) and put that mix on the garden in the fall (horse manure is "hot" and should be composted before putting it on beds /close to trees). WOW! The trees and shrubs liked that a LOT! Will definity try to do that again - maybe next year or the year after that. I wouldn't put lots of horse manure around trees, but a bit, sprinkled on the chop and drop after that settled down for a month and mybe some straw mixed in, should be okay. Also: Comfrey!! I just finished planting my comfrey rhizom barrier around the foud forest and had to dig up some established plants for getting enough root cuttings - and the soil around those plants is just delicious, as Cecil of @inspiratoriet would say. Dark brown, moist (okay, we had a very wet summer...) and fluffy... just awesome!! Maybe I will finally have enough to mulch with next year haha!
Ive got neighbours with horses but they supplement their feed at times so not confident using it. I do have cow, sheep, alpaca, duck and chicken manures as well as compost so will try some of these when cool enough. I have put around most of my other productive trees but I don't think I have for the avocados! Comfrey here is just coming to life so I should be able to grab a pile of that to share around and I have planted some up near those trees which is just slowly getting going - having to contend with all the grasses!! As for biochar I've experimented with making it but not using it at this point - will have to put in more effort to make and use!! Good luck with the comfrey I seem to have plenty in the veggie garden and kitchen garden now and it's great to be able to harvest heaps! Thanks Martina!!
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture Multi-Species-Manure-Mix should be fantastic for the ittle avocado trees! I planted my comfrey in grass, too, and it also had a bit of a rough start there, even though I mow the grass on a more regular basis (as it is lawn not pasture). There are still some holes along the fence, that I started last fall. And I'm sure, there will be patches that I need to add a few more plants along the stretch I did last week. But some stretches looked almost as nice as your comfrey row in the front garden. 🙂 Planting really close together (about every 15 centimeters and two parallel lines seems to do the trick. Or using bigger plants/bigger pieces of root cuttings, that just can grow bigger faster to shade out the grass. I can't make my own biochar (no fires in the garden allowed...) and it is stil quiet expensive to buy it, so I only had a little to try. I planted some figs, feijoas and pomegranates along the house this spring and used biochar in the planting holes and all the little trees except one that already looked pretty much dead, when I planted it, grew like weeds. 😂
Fingers crossed the trees produce for you, somehow when my sister lived in Hampton Park she managed to grow a good sized avocado tree that gave her many fruits.🌳🥑🥑🥑 Say I've been wondering, my sister's friend Liz owned a little nic nac, art shop in Yarra Glen, Perhaps you may have known her, not sure if she's even there anymore. Have a lovely weekend.🙃😊😊
Yes I've heard many people in Melbourne having great productive trees - and I know of at least one in Gippsland. I've never spent much time in Yarra Glen and I don't know Liz. You enjoy the weekend too x
Good morning Linda. I am impressed with the fact you even manage to keep avos alive in Gippsland, recalling the cold as a child when we lived in Sale 😅 i suspect you'll be adding some poop around too to get those microbes to the table and maybe worm castings too before it gets too warm? I'm happy to see the rootstock growing even if the graft passed, definitely nice strong basis for new stock down the track 🤞
I'm persisting as I really wnat avocados!! Oh yes - livin in Sale you'd understand my climate perfectly!! You are one of many to mention poop today and I can't believe I hadn't though to do that already - although spring poop is pretty runny and difficult to pick up so maybe that's my excuse - will have to get on to it regardless however! Happy rootstock is a good sign I think haha!!
I think frosts have finished here so it's going to be busy putting various veges in. Fingers crossed that I get some apricots this year as there are little ones on the trees. I haven't got an avocado but the fruit trees that I do have are looking good. Take care =-)
ooh yes - some apricots would be good - I've put a little net bag over three apricot babies but noticed yesterday one had dropped off already - not enough on the tree to bother with fully netting. Good luck with getting a few to taste!!
Hi Linda love your videos any chance you could make one on you inspecting your bee hives I have seen the one with you harvesting the honey frames. Thanks
Thanks Julie! I do have a second bee video , one of my earlier videos, called ‘Preparing my hives for spring’ - a search on my channel should locate that one. You’re right though - time for another one!! Pleased you enjoy the videos and thanks for watching 😊
Hi Linda i have new trees growing so for experiment ive been growing peas around them, then chop n drop the peas it might help with nitrogen and cover from frost i hope this helps
Good morning Linda. I think these trees will be on the up and up…..that robust tree protection will help a lot. I would make a 3 mtr protection cage. All the layers and soil growth …….up, filtrating down and around takes time. Moisture is key. The horse shoe shaped mulch shape will be good. I would have put some manure, mixed in well like a rissole with coir and bentonite and leaves around…..10 cms high before the finely chopped chop and drop. This is a great mix for wonderful worms. Comfrey at the bottom to capture more nutrition and another nutritious chop and drop source (not sure if it is safe for livestock?). At the top, above the trunk….a meter or more from the trunk you could also put more manure and chop and drop to let gravity do some work for you. I think providing lots of shade and shelter for your animals is so important for their lives and their enrichment in Australia’s searing summers. You are an inspiration…..doing it yourself…….in the prime of your life…..do be careful with your chain saw (perhaps a face protection helmet) glad to see you doing undercuts first.
Hi Tony that sounds like a great idea - think they'll be fine until mid Autumn but may get some snow peas growing ahead of any frosts - fantastic!! Thanks 😊
Yes - someone else has talked about putting down manure and comfrey which for these trees I hadn't thought of - don't know why. It is my forgotten end of the swale so thats probably why. Will take note of all you've mentioned here and get it in place! That little chainsaw doesn't have much power being battery operated and I haven't had branches kicking around too much. I always dress up and cover properly when using my petrol Stihl chainsaw - I know what you're saying and appreciate the feedback👍
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture you have so many things to take care of, give yourself a break 😉 The chop and drop will be a fantastic start and you can add manure and comfrey later, when you have more of it available! The terrier crew really should learn to pee on trees on command 😂
Thanks Richard - my soil is not too heavy and I'm hoping I left it enough summer cover - will have to keep assessing that as the season comes and goes! Thanks for watching and your comment!
Hi Linda, I’ve had no luck with my avo’s growing past the pot stage as the weather is just too cold at times. I’ve seen others down the coast do really well, so I might try again here and see if I have more success.
Your tree looks like it’s doing well where you have it. Xx Cathi xx 😘
Yeah I'm still not sure wether my long term climate here will support these trees - we had a fairly mild winter this year so they seemed to do ok. Hopefully with a bit of growth over summer it will get them big enough to be above the frost danger zone quickly - not sure how big they need to be for this!! Fingers crossed!!
Wishing you luck!! 😊
Can you get some horse manure?
Last spring I found a horse owner wanting to get rid of a load of it (on a reagular basis, actually, but I have just a small garden...). I mixed it with wood chips (about 1:1 and a bit of biochar (biochar is so amazing!!!) and put that mix on the garden in the fall (horse manure is "hot" and should be composted before putting it on beds /close to trees).
WOW! The trees and shrubs liked that a LOT! Will definity try to do that again - maybe next year or the year after that. I wouldn't put lots of horse manure around trees, but a bit, sprinkled on the chop and drop after that settled down for a month and mybe some straw mixed in, should be okay.
Also: Comfrey!! I just finished planting my comfrey rhizom barrier around the foud forest and had to dig up some established plants for getting enough root cuttings - and the soil around those plants is just delicious, as Cecil of @inspiratoriet would say. Dark brown, moist (okay, we had a very wet summer...) and fluffy... just awesome!! Maybe I will finally have enough to mulch with next year haha!
Ive got neighbours with horses but they supplement their feed at times so not confident using it. I do have cow, sheep, alpaca, duck and chicken manures as well as compost so will try some of these when cool enough. I have put around most of my other productive trees but I don't think I have for the avocados! Comfrey here is just coming to life so I should be able to grab a pile of that to share around and I have planted some up near those trees which is just slowly getting going - having to contend with all the grasses!! As for biochar I've experimented with making it but not using it at this point - will have to put in more effort to make and use!!
Good luck with the comfrey I seem to have plenty in the veggie garden and kitchen garden now and it's great to be able to harvest heaps! Thanks Martina!!
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture Multi-Species-Manure-Mix should be fantastic for the ittle avocado trees!
I planted my comfrey in grass, too, and it also had a bit of a rough start there, even though I mow the grass on a more regular basis (as it is lawn not pasture). There are still some holes along the fence, that I started last fall. And I'm sure, there will be patches that I need to add a few more plants along the stretch I did last week. But some stretches looked almost as nice as your comfrey row in the front garden. 🙂 Planting really close together (about every 15 centimeters and two parallel lines seems to do the trick. Or using bigger plants/bigger pieces of root cuttings, that just can grow bigger faster to shade out the grass.
I can't make my own biochar (no fires in the garden allowed...) and it is stil quiet expensive to buy it, so I only had a little to try. I planted some figs, feijoas and pomegranates along the house this spring and used biochar in the planting holes and all the little trees except one that already looked pretty much dead, when I planted it, grew like weeds. 😂
Fingers crossed the trees produce for you, somehow when my sister lived in Hampton Park she managed to grow a good sized avocado tree that gave her many fruits.🌳🥑🥑🥑 Say I've been wondering, my sister's friend Liz owned a little nic nac, art shop in Yarra Glen, Perhaps you may have known her, not sure if she's even there anymore. Have a lovely weekend.🙃😊😊
Yes I've heard many people in Melbourne having great productive trees - and I know of at least one in Gippsland. I've never spent much time in Yarra Glen and I don't know Liz. You enjoy the weekend too x
Good morning Linda. I am impressed with the fact you even manage to keep avos alive in Gippsland, recalling the cold as a child when we lived in Sale 😅 i suspect you'll be adding some poop around too to get those microbes to the table and maybe worm castings too before it gets too warm? I'm happy to see the rootstock growing even if the graft passed, definitely nice strong basis for new stock down the track 🤞
I'm persisting as I really wnat avocados!! Oh yes - livin in Sale you'd understand my climate perfectly!! You are one of many to mention poop today and I can't believe I hadn't though to do that already - although spring poop is pretty runny and difficult to pick up so maybe that's my excuse - will have to get on to it regardless however! Happy rootstock is a good sign I think haha!!
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture your priority was to mulch and open to light, can't do everything at once 🤣
yep - appreciate the understanding haha!
I think frosts have finished here so it's going to be busy putting various veges in. Fingers crossed that I get some apricots this year as there are little ones on the trees. I haven't got an avocado but the fruit trees that I do have are looking good. Take care =-)
ooh yes - some apricots would be good - I've put a little net bag over three apricot babies but noticed yesterday one had dropped off already - not enough on the tree to bother with fully netting. Good luck with getting a few to taste!!
I hope you have great success with them and i do wish you luck😁
Thanks Brenda 😄
Hi Linda love your videos any chance you could make one on you inspecting your bee hives I have seen the one with you harvesting the honey frames. Thanks
Thanks Julie! I do have a second bee video , one of my earlier videos, called ‘Preparing my hives for spring’ - a search on my channel should locate that one. You’re right though - time for another one!!
Pleased you enjoy the videos and thanks for watching 😊
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture thanks I’ll do a search
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Hi Linda i have new trees growing so for experiment ive been growing peas around them, then chop n drop the peas it might help with nitrogen and cover from frost i hope this helps
Good morning Linda. I think these trees will be on the up and up…..that robust tree protection will help a lot. I would make a 3 mtr protection cage. All the layers and soil growth …….up, filtrating down and around takes time. Moisture is key. The horse shoe shaped mulch shape will be good. I would have put some manure, mixed in well like a rissole with coir and bentonite and leaves around…..10 cms high before the finely chopped chop and drop. This is a great mix for wonderful worms. Comfrey at the bottom to capture more nutrition and another nutritious chop and drop source (not sure if it is safe for livestock?). At the top, above the trunk….a meter or more from the trunk you could also put more manure and chop and drop to let gravity do some work for you. I think providing lots of shade and shelter for your animals is so important for their lives and their enrichment in Australia’s searing summers. You are an inspiration…..doing it yourself…….in the prime of your life…..do be careful with your chain saw (perhaps a face protection helmet) glad to see you doing undercuts first.
Hi Tony that sounds like a great idea - think they'll be fine until mid Autumn but may get some snow peas growing ahead of any frosts - fantastic!! Thanks 😊
Yes - someone else has talked about putting down manure and comfrey which for these trees I hadn't thought of - don't know why. It is my forgotten end of the swale so thats probably why. Will take note of all you've mentioned here and get it in place! That little chainsaw doesn't have much power being battery operated and I haven't had branches kicking around too much. I always dress up and cover properly when using my petrol Stihl chainsaw - I know what you're saying and appreciate the feedback👍
@@huttonsvalleypermaculture you have so many things to take care of, give yourself a break 😉 The chop and drop will be a fantastic start and you can add manure and comfrey later, when you have more of it available! The terrier crew really should learn to pee on trees on command 😂
Training that terrier crew would take up all my time - will just pee on them (the trees) myself!!
Iv found they dont like heavy soil and need summer cover and wintre frost cover the first 3 years
Thanks Richard - my soil is not too heavy and I'm hoping I left it enough summer cover - will have to keep assessing that as the season comes and goes! Thanks for watching and your comment!