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Botany The Acacia Grow Thread

Growing logs with advice and results.
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Animistic said:
What's your temperature ranges?
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In the trees' location it rarely reaches -5°C, and then only for a couple of days at the most. Winter temperatures often hover around 10°C. In summer it rarely exceeds 25°C, with a 20 year maximum of 30°C happening a couple of times. Diurnal range is usually less than 12°C, often about 8°C.
 
Transform said:
In the trees' location it rarely reaches -5°C, and then only for a couple of days at the most. Winter temperatures often hover around 10°C. In summer it rarely exceeds 25°C, with a 20 year maximum of 30°C happening a couple of times. Diurnal range is usually less than 12°C, often about 8°C.
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Acuminata or active floribunda would be best choice imo.

I do wonder how Acuminata would go with the moisture though. Surely it's wetter than its natural habitat.
 
acacian said:
With Courtii it more seems an issue prolonged the exposure to frost. They seemed unphased over a month into winter but lately started turning quickly once it got colder. After 3 months of frost it seems they have decided to pack it in. One is barely hanging on.. if it can make it to spring it should throw new shoots. The other still might throw roots but it’s not looking good. All the foliage has dried out.. that said, scratching the stem a little it’s still green underneath.

For cold climates though it seems floribunda, obtusifolia, mucronata and phlebophylla are much more preferable.
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Did your courtii end up making it through winter @acacian? Those photos look super beautiful with all the snow.

I had a few plants die from transplant shock, otherwise everything is going pretty good. 11 Acacia in the ground thus far. I'll chuck up a few photos in a bit.
 
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Nope the Courtii both died that I planted.. too cold up here. The rest are ok and putting new shoots for spring and some flowering.
 

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acacian said:
Nope the Courtii both died that I planted.. too cold up here. The rest are ok and putting new shoots for spring and some flowering.
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Sorry to hear that. It's always really disappointing when plants don't make it. Glad your other ones are thriving and putting out flowers. Looks like mucronata is flowering? I really like the night shots you do, I might have to try that.
 
Yeah.. dissapointing but I will use that space for species that will do better up here. I think I will replace one of them with Acacia binervata which I've had good results with once. I'll go and collect seed from that tree in summer. And then I'm thinking an A. longifolia in the other spot. Hope your all doing great.. not on here so much at the moment as I have some other things going on.. but enjoying the wattle blooms of spring as I'm sure the rest of you are.
 
Seeds germinated September last year and are now in the ground. Obtuse is approx 3 years old and starting to flower. The last plant I'd like to grow is narrow phyllode acuminata. After this I think I'm done! 🙂
 

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acacian said:
Fantastic stuff @CheeseCat and nice photography too. The narrow phyllode are they mucronata and floribunda?
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Thanks man! The photos often make the plants look smaller than what they are. I’ve put names on each photo so it’s easier to tell what’s what. I didn’t get around to taking photos of A. flori NSWQLD border or A. flori small seed but they’re both doing great. The small seed variety is really bushy with narrow phyllodes which is what interested me. It was different to the other small seed seedlings, which grew taller and had broader phyllodes.
 
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@CheeseCat beautiful pictures mate. I can only dream of having a space like that to plant all the cactus and acacia I desire. Pots only for me at this stage unfortunately.
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Thanks @Bruce_Willis. Most of the property has a lot of established trees, except for one area that had been cleared by the previous owners, so I got lucky in that regard. It’s particularly nice to get them in the ground. I have quite a few cacti in pots still.
 
Today is a small milestone for me. The tree I first got into the ground was getting big enough to tip and I want to promote a bushier habit so I did my first harvest!

89g of fresh phyllodes. I could have harvested more but I'm more concerned about keeping the tree vibrant at this point. I'll report back when they're dry for some data there too.
 

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As promised..

My garden is tricky for some wattles.. it’s a dark loamy soil with a fair amount of clay..not as bad as other areas in my town. We all know Acacia loves good drainage so that’s been an issue

The ones that are really not bothered in
particular are are A. floribunda, A. Mucronata and A. cardiophylla. A. Phlebophylla also isn’t bothered by the clay it seems however it’s not like a crazy fast grower in my garden compared to in the sand mix.. and Mictus profane insects exclusively target phlebo.. they sucks the chlorophyll out resulting in brown rusty leaves. They struck badly earlier this year while 8 was away, and with their return I’ve kept right onto them, squishing each by hand ( they look like little blue and brown mosquitoes).

One of my white willow I had to prune right back to the thick stems as it had a black soot building up/fungal infection.. it is now bursting again but has a lot of catching up to do. The rest of the white willow are great, as are the border ranges form and the “small seed”.. the small seed is by far the largest at over 3m now.

Lots of love to you all and hoping to get more active on here soon.. just had a busy year is all. Acacia blessings x
 
@acacian do you know what causes the black spot fungal infection? I’m curious to see what the white willow looks like after a good prune...

I planted two NSW/Queensland flori today, guerrilla style. One was quite root bound, I couldn't really loosen the rootball without cutting roots and getting aggressive with it, which at this stage in the season would probably be too stressful for it, so I left it as is. I'm not sure how this will impact any future growth?
 

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I wouldn't bother loosening the rootball.. Acacia roots are best left alone I think. Unless it's severely rootbound I wouldn't worry too much. It'll still grow.. might just take a little longer to get started. Was it rock solid or just wrapped around the edges a fair bit? Looking very healthy!

Photos to come sorry.. my new phone takes photos that a much bigger files and every time I try to upload it takes a million years and when I close the browser it stops uploading.
 
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