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After scaling back from teaching, Professor Iain Murray, 62, aka the Grumpy Gardener knew he wanted to keep busy. He's now a YouTube star @Thecultivatingcurmudgeon

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00:00G'day everyone. It's time for another Fruit Tree Diary.

00:04Here up in my tropical area that I'm creating

00:08I'm going to put in a mango that I grew from seed. Still fairly small

00:12but it looks quite well established. I honestly can't remember

00:16what sort it was. Just that it's a mango. In here I'll put a bag

00:20of that green life mixed or blended manure

00:24a little bit of the veggie concentrate and I'm just going to top it up

00:28with a little bit of other stuff as well. Some dynamic lifter etc. So we'll pop a hole

00:32in here. This used to have rhubarb in it but it wasn't getting enough water

00:36so it failed. Let's see how

00:40established this fella is. It's held

00:44together quite nicely. So we're just going to put him in as one piece.

00:48Bring it all down around here. Press it in.

00:52I'm going to put a couple of little things around the edge as well

00:58and that'll be it. One mango

01:02of unknown variety. It's going to be years before your fruits but

01:06I don't mind. Alright let's see what else we can get in around the edge. It's not going to

01:10be too big. So I'm just going to put some coriander in around the edge

01:14because this is fairly shady. It's coming on to winter.

01:16We don't want it bolting because

01:18coriander is really hard to grow in Perth

01:20because of the weather. It bolts

01:22really really quickly. So

01:24a bit of shade. Cooler

01:26weather. Maybe this will work.

01:28And I'll just reserve the back bit for something

01:30else. Not sure what yet.

01:32I should put that in. I will have to get some

01:34snail pellets out here though. Get

01:36nice and deep and get some of the sand up.

01:38This is where those silicon based seed trays will be really handy

01:42as they're just forming apart.

01:44So the more I try this

01:46the more I like those silicon bottom trays.

01:54And we've got one more.

01:56And I'll find some other stuff to go around the edge.

01:58I've got some

02:00I actually have some

02:04what's it called again?

02:06Blackberry wattle.

02:08I have to check.

02:10I grew some seed

02:12which is almost ready to transplant out.

02:14Check the size of them and see if they can go in here.

02:16Just one at either end.

02:18And there we have the little mango.

02:20All planted and ready to go.

02:22Some coriander down the front.

02:24And as I said

02:26a little note up saying

02:28I'm not going to put the raspberry jam

02:30wattle in here. It gets too big

02:32and needs more sun than

02:34it'll get here.

02:36What do you think?

02:38How many years till it fruits?

02:40Want to take a guess?

02:41Put it in the comments.

02:42I reckon about five years.

02:44Enjoy life.

02:45I'll catch you in the garden.

Grumpy Gardener | The Senior

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