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Fruit

Custard Apple: Increase irrigation. Mulch trees. Commence hand pollination of Pink Mammoth and Hillary White. Apply organic fertiliser with sulphate of potash - 1kg for mature trees and ½ kg for small trees

Figs: Keep well mulched and watered.

Lychee: Peak water needs. Bag fruit or net trees.

Low Chill Stone Fruit: Use fruit fly control programs, for example netting or an attractant method. When fruiting is finished and harvested, prune trees.

Mango: Peak water needs.

Passion-fruit: Pruning carried out this month. All dead parts to go. Keep up the water.

Pawpaw: Increase irrigation. Apply 20 gms per sq m of organic fertiliser.

Persimmon: Peak irrigation needs.

Strawberries: Most plants are finished by now. Keep well watered to encourage new runners for next year.

Bananas: De-suckering should have been carried out by now. If not do it now. Apply organic fertiliser with sulphate of potash - 1kg per stool.

Citrus: Keep up the water. Spray with pest oil for leaf miner. Paint trunks with a white water-based paint. This will control ants and scale.