Looking great team. I see you have your apples and pears together in 1 row. Checkout limestone permaculture espalier game changer really recommend. Also another syntropic guy in your area, Gympie is Farmer Jones check out as well as he explains and experiments alot. Ive learnt heaps from his clips. No such thing as to much knowledge. Keep up the awesome videos absolutely fantastic.
On your fig trees I see the caterpillar but I reckon if you have a close look there will be another beetle there (fig bettle) in central Queensland they hammer the young figs and you get that skeleton effect on the leaves.
Thank you for your feedback. It’s much appreciated. We don’t normally get much wind but we are getting blown away at the moment. Are you local? Are you getting these winds?
I haven't yet implemented much of the syntropic principles that I have heard about, so I am not speaking from a position of authority; but I have the impression that you would benefit from a lot more fast growing support species like the pigeon pea. Especially as it seems fast growing from seed, every time they get chopped you will benefit from the nitrogen rich mulch and also receive the growth hormone pulse that will benefit the neighbouring plants such as the citrus. Something I have heard several people say in regard to syntropic agroforestry is that you can never plant enough support species. Presumably the pigeon pea seed is an almost negligible cost, and if it turns out too dense, you can just cut it back at ground level and get more mulch and more growth pulses. I have also heard Pete Kanaris mention an association between oak trees and improved citrus health in Florida, although that might be citrus greening as opposed to leaf curl, regardless there may be some benefit from the natural oils present in oak leaf, worth looking into perhaps.
Yes they are useful observations. We didn’t realise at the time but we are learning fast, and agree we need more support plants. Michelle bought more seeds which arrived yesterday so we’ll start with that. The cassava has taken off in recent weeks, as too the pigeon pea. I’ll look into the oak but it is no doubt an American oak which bee might not have here. I really appreciate your time to provide us with feedback. Thank you.
