[Pil-pc-oceania] Chestnut + Bananas

[Terry Leahy]

Dear all, 

I note that none of our bananas have borne fruit this year after a very cold summer here for Newcastle on the East Coast (about 160 k north of Sydney).  I know they are pretty neglected but we do get a bunch or two every year without doing much about them,

Cheers,

Terry

>>> Tamara Griffiths <scarletwoman at hotmail.com> Tuesday, 11 March 2008 1:24 pm >>>
Thanks Arnold,

We did have some pretty cold weather here in Feb. Some people on the flats even had a frost - killing their root fodder crop (not permies, of course).

I wonder if it will set fruit. I imagine the nuts will be small if it does. Perhaps I should knock the flowers off when they've finished so that my chestnuts are a good size. 

My citrus are also flowering again. Is it the same thing or do some citrus just keep flowering? They seem to flower after they get a good watering...

I'll keep you posted.

Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:07:53 +1100
From: arnold.vt at gmail.com 
To: pil-pc-oceania at lists.permacultureinternational.org 
Subject: Re: [Pil-pc-oceania] Chestnut

i think you had an early burst of cold weather during Feb, experienced as an early autumn, now followed by this hot period, which may have tricked the tree into thinking this is Spring.  happens sometimes.


 
On 11/03/2008, Tamara Griffiths <scarletwoman at hotmail.com> wrote:


Is anyone else's chestnut tree flowering again?

It has nuts in their protective spiky shells on there too...

Weird.

Tamara
 
 

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