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When to plant apricot in Coober Pedy

  • Plant seedlings: early Apr to late JulCoober Pedy area, hot desert

Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Coober Pedy. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.

A fast-growing stone fruit that crops heavily in Adelaide's warm, dry summers, with fruit from late spring into early summer. Most common varieties are self-fertile, so one tree is enough. The one thing to get right: prune only in late summer or autumn in dry weather, as winter pruning invites gummosis and silver leaf.

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