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noah78 wrote:i believe its still 90 days for ficus as i was online the other week checking importation from Bali. fruiting and flowering trees require 9 months

Oops yes you're right Noah, I spoke to someone at AQIS and have confirmed it is 90 days quarantine, plant must be bare rooted and show signs of active healthy growth.
The previous nursery onwers where I work spent a substatial amount of dollars on Ficus from China and lost over to half , they were kept in quarantine for over 120 days, their explanation for not being able to collect these from quarantine because there were nematodes still present in the plants...

Here is the link if anyone wants to check out some different species.
http://www.aqis.gov.au/icon32/asp/ex_querycontent.asp

i think there would be a lot of people on this forum interested in a group buy if they knew of all the cost involved.
Noah and Dave your figs are very impressive.

If you are doing a really big buy Ie. container load, you can get an area on your own land certified as a quarantine area for around $2000 a year. THis has to of course pass various restrictions and meet various standards. But another option. Quarantine bench space rent adds up over time.

if i can get my contact back again (shes currently at uni in china but i talk via email to her )i would consider importing again. I kicked myself for not importing chinese bird plum. Some of those trees must of been so old, massive hollows etc with such good ramification...... anyway my concern would be people investing in some of these trees and a issue arise with quarantine. Im open to interest in the near future especially if i can get my contact liasoning for me. im only importing from a nursery which sources out what you might be after so im only covering a very small part of china. Im sure Jow has good contacts in japan would be interesting to see what he can get.

going through some old stuff found this quote. This was 3 trees i was planning to import after my first lot. Unfortunity my contact had left at this stage i cant import the ulmus as all elms are banned in austrilia. Youll cry when i put the elm pics up later, I DID the other two are ficus microcarpa and sagarettia theezens (chinese bird plum) the prices include air frieght to brisbane with pots and all post sanitary certificates. These are large trees which take alot of space, small trees are cheaper to import.

just wondering did anyone download the quote? im not sure if it worked or not. I was gonna post the elms just for interest sake but wont if it aint working. I might try copying pics individual and paste.

Hi mate
yes it downloaded OK
cheers
Dave

worked for me too

awesome trees, love the sageritia.

ok some of the elms that i was sent. As i said you cant import chinese elm into this country just pics to see whats out there. Not one of these trees were priced above 300US. I have plenty more .

bit of an update. I have managed to contact my supplier in china again and she said she will arrange tree purchases and all other requirements like my last import. I will consider importing again around october.
also just an update heres my fig in winter enjoying the sun, when i repot, prune and wire this summer ill get it out for a better pic

Hiya Noah,

Still thinking of doing an import in October?

Tech

techpetal wrote:Hiya Noah,

Still thinking of doing an import in October?

Tech

Ive been alittle slack in speaking with my contact lately. Work and buying a couple of trees south have distracted me. Ill contact my supplier again and see if she has found any nice trees? i can import ficus, buxus,sagarettia theezens, looking into podacarpas. let you know

Hey Noah I guess it got too busy to import last October. I reckon a bit of networking could be good in the coming years though.

yeah wow id love a fig like that

Just stubled across this thread..... 180 for that fig! BANANAS.....