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January
Custard Apple: Needs plenty of water. You can
still continue to tip new growth that has not set fruit. Hand pollinate.
REmove misshapen fruit in Pink Mammoth and Hillary White. African
Pride can be thinned to encourage bigger fruit.
Lychee: Keep up water supply. Start to pick fruit
when full colour and sweet.
Low Chill Stone Fruit: Apply dolomite and gypsum
now, 200 grams dolomite/gypsum per sqare metre of drip line.
Mango: Start picking mature fruit. Water trees
well.
Pawpaw: Plenty of water needed. Fertilise as per
November. Trees that are too tall can be cut back now. Cut trees
1m from ground, encourage 1 new growth from truck. Cover cut top
with large tin can.
Persimmon: Trees need plenty of water. Summer
pruning should have been carried out by now.
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