Re: Cyphomandra Betacae

Olwen Williams wrote:
A man along the road from me (Marlborough) has a tamarillo tree with a frost cloth cover on it. Although the outer leaves have been frosted the fruit is loking good on it at the moment. We have one right against the north wall of the house that has survived some frost okay, but the be id't in is too small and I ought to do something about it. My father-in-law has a tamarillo in his garden at Lower Hutt. He grows it in a sheltered position under the overhange of the carport, and I think he chops it back quite hard.
Hi Olwen
Nice to know you are still around. I hope life is treating you well.

My impression is that anywhere that is in the least frosty is very much at the end of their useful range and makes it hard work to protect them.

About the pruning, I was surprised that the book said one can get away with doing none, as any unpruned trees I have see have all been miserably straggly and I should have thought incapable of producing decent-sized fruit.

Moira
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