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| About the Author Kath Cawongla 1st March 2008 12:32pm #UserID: 2 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author John SB South Australia 1st March 2008 3:41pm #UserID: 549 |
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| About the Author John SB South Australia 2nd March 2008 10:14am #UserID: 549 |
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| About the Author Kath Cawongla 4th March 2008 11:11am #UserID: 2 View All Kath's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Shaun WA 9th March 2008 8:19pm #UserID: 0 |
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John says... Hello shaun, the one thing I am quickly learning about star fruit is they need huge amounts of water daily to get them going and keep them going. unlike others these may require wet feet, and if your on sand like me. It carnt be done, with out changing some of the soil and putting some clay in the hole. | About the Author John SB South Australia 10th March 2008 9:59am #UserID: 549 |
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Scott G says... I did a lot of searching for info about Carambola before I bought mine. There seemed to be very little information out there. On the web I eventually found a partial list of what the difference in the fruits was but nothing about how the plants differed in any other way. With so little info I felt I couldn't make an informed decision about what would do best in my area. So I bought whatever variety I came accross. It is doing well (no doubt thanks to the very wet summer we have just had here). It produced 3 fruits within a few months of putting it in the ground! I agree with John - they like lots of water. | About the Author Scott G The Gold Coast 10th March 2008 3:49pm #UserID: 44 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 10th March 2008 9:22pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author John SB 29th March 2008 7:18pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 30th March 2008 11:24am #UserID: 0 |
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Anonymous says... hello, so you live in adelaide. The heat is over, so you need to protect it now from the frosts for the next four years. The best and cheapest thing to use for this is the heat reflectors you place on your wind screen. Place it around the plant silver facing the tree. You dont need to worry about the shade cloth untill november now, then still keeep the frost protector. Hay try growing a bisexual paw paw. they grow to about four foot and produce fruit. Mine have flowers on it now. 5 months old. | About the Author Anonymous 30th March 2008 5:58pm #UserID: 0 |
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Scott G says... For the record here are details of my Carambola that is doing very well. It is on a small mound in sloping heavy clay soil with a good layer of organic material near the top. And lots of mulch. This is one of the wettest parts of my garden. It receives a little shade in various parts of the day due to the neighbours huge palm trees. I suspect it is also in one of the mildest temperature ranged parts of my garden. Temperature from about 7 to 37. The planted is a grafted type "Fwang Tung". I am not sure what the rootstock is. I planted it late spring and had 3 fruits by late summer. The fruits were tastey. It is not near any other Carambola to my knowledge so it is self polinating. After 5 months in the ground (through a wet summer) it is about 1.4m tall by 1m wide. It has an open semi-weeping form and is covered with lush leaves and still retains many of the original leaves that it had when I bought it. The soil has had a heavy application of gypsum and light applications of Dynamic Lifter and blood and bone. I am very happy with this plant. | About the Author Scott G The Gold Coast 31st March 2008 7:25am #UserID: 44 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 31st March 2008 4:07pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 14th June 2008 11:38pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun 15th June 2008 3:52am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author juanita melbourne 15th June 2008 1:51pm #UserID: 702 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 15th June 2008 10:51pm #UserID: 0 |
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Dekka says... The term "Polyembryonic" means that more than one offspring derive from the same nucleus. In other words, identical twins, triplets,etc. But they are only identical or 'true-to-type' to eachother... not the parent. The whole point of sexual reproduction in organisms is to create genetic variation and so enhance the chances of survival. Any living thing that didn't vary in some way in each generation would then be in an evolutionary cul de sac. If this wasn't the case then every Bowen mango in the world, for example, would be identical to the first Bowen ever grown and exhibit no differences whatsoever apart from environmental influences. | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 16th June 2008 4:46pm #UserID: 102 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Anonymous 17th June 2008 1:29am #UserID: 0 |
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Dekka says... To clarify my last post about polyembryonic seed, there is a tendency for these to be true-to-type but no guarantee as one embryo in the seed is often a true sexual embryo having genetic characteristics of the parents. These are often less vigorous than the asexual seedlings but in some species the reverse is the case. On the subject of Carambola from seed, I saw a study done by a group called Echo where they planted seven seeds from a very sweet Carambola 'Arkin' and ended up with only one sweet variety. The rest were very sour and all had undesirable fruit-shape characteristics. | About the Author Dekka Newcastle 18th June 2008 8:30am #UserID: 102 View All Dekka's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Anonymous 20th June 2008 1:44am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA/Perth 29th June 2008 12:44am #UserID: 730 |
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Yong says... Shaun, I'm from Perth too, had a tree bought some 5-6 years ago from a nursery, don't recall the variety. Tree growing well to about 2M high in full sun position, and flowered but we have yet to see a fruit formed. The flowers are very small, just wondering if I need to manually pollinate myself. In fact the tree flowered early June(Perth winter is mild), may be a bit cold for bees to hang around. Appreciate anyone who may have the answers. Thanks | About the Author Yong Perth/WA 7th July 2008 2:20pm #UserID: 1138 |
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Shaun says... Thanks for your response, Yong. Which area of Perth are you located? If Carambola/Star-fruit plants need cross-pollination, then manual pollination may not work if you only have 1 plant or 1 variety. My plant is still very small (approx 1m tall) and I intend to keep it planted in a pot (kind of like a 'bonsai') as I only got a very small court yard. Hope to have comments from others who had experience with Carambola. | About the Author Shaun WA/Perth 3rd August 2008 10:32pm #UserID: 0 |
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Correy says... The varieties that daleys sell on the carambola page are self pollinating but do benefit from cross pollination. My Kembangan Star Fruit Had one carambola in the first year without another variety that I know of. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 4th August 2008 9:34am #UserID: 3 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Tran says... Like Yong's tree. mine is about the same age in a big pot under veranda. When the tree first arrived it had some little fruits but has been flowered ever seen. This year I don't cover up the soil and give it a bucket of water a week and it is still flowering in the cold Melbourne weather. I was told Kary type does not need polination and one book said so but I am still waiting. | About the Author Tran VIC 4th August 2008 9:38am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 19th August 2008 8:24pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Yong Perth/WA 1st September 2008 10:05am #UserID: 1138 |
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| About the Author alex perth 13th September 2008 10:35am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 13th September 2008 2:30pm #UserID: 0 |
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Anonymous says... My seedling kary carambola sadly died. it seems that the people in perth are having better luck than us in adelaide. would you say that we have similar weather? im going to try again as the fruit tastes quite nice and is hard to find in the shops. can anyone give me any tips? hope fully some one else in adelaide has had sucess!!! | About the Author Anonymous 14th September 2008 12:40am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author peter adelaide 14th September 2008 10:01pm #UserID: 593 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 14th September 2008 11:47pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author peter adelaide 15th September 2008 6:31pm #UserID: 593 |
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| About the Author Yong Perth/WA 16th September 2008 10:51am #UserID: 1371 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 1st October 2008 9:25pm #UserID: 0 |
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peter says... the rare friut society say they have surveyed 4 trees growing in the adelaide plains but none have fruited. there address is www.rarefruit-sa.org.au then click the fruited tab. | About the Author peter adelaide 1st October 2008 9:51pm #UserID: 593 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 2nd October 2008 7:42am #UserID: 0 |
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HappyEarth says... I dont think thats true. Ive seen a few single, isolated carambolas that have been loaded with fruits. Rich www.happyearth.com.au | About the Author HappyEarth Wollongong 24th October 2008 2:55pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 26th October 2008 11:22pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 8th November 2008 10:18pm #UserID: 0 |
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Shaun says... The weather in Perth is warming up .... but my Star fruit tree still has not come out of dormancy ..... It has very sparse leaves (less than 3-5) and most branches (it only has a few small branch) are bare. Is this normal for Carambola trees to be in this state at this time of the year in Perth ? | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 18th November 2008 2:10pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author John Perth 20th November 2008 9:53am #UserID: 1094 |
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| About the Author Anonymous 1st December 2008 7:26pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author peter 2nd December 2008 1:14am #UserID: 0 |
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Yong says... Peter, if you look back to 14 Sept & 1 Oct of this same forum posted by Peter from Adelaide, he mentioned about the website below by the Sth Aust Rare Fruit Society: http://www.rarefruit-sa.org.au/Fruited.htm , that mentioned 4 star fruit trees surveyed but none fruited. You can draw your own conclusion, but may be with lots of TLC you may be lucky. Grafts from an unknown variety done about 2 months ago onto my also unknown variety, has taken off. It's going to take a few months to grow into a strong branch and hopefully will help in cross pollination. My other fellow member also has got bud wood from my tree grafted onto his. I guess given time I can make a report to this forum if we have succeeded or failed. | About the Author Yong Perth/WA 4th December 2008 11:47pm #UserID: 1371 |
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| About the Author RolFlor a Ovahere 3rd January 2009 8:23pm #UserID: 316 |
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| About the Author Ellen Smithfield, NSW 25th January 2009 12:19am #UserID: 1339 View All Ellen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Shaun says... My Arkin Carambola had spring back to live during these hot spell, and has lots of leaves now .... it was in a rather sorry state in late winter to mid-spring. Yong, if you are reading this post, I'll try to contact you the next time I get a day off in Perth, to visit your garden/orchard. I only have your work telephone .... have you got a mobile number, pls email it to me as you got my email address. Cheers !! | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 12th February 2009 8:57pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Ellen Smithfield 13th February 2009 5:28am #UserID: 1339 View All Ellen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Yong Perth/WA 13th February 2009 11:53am #UserID: 1138 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 15th February 2009 2:34am #UserID: 0 |
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denise says... Outsides of the tropics the carambola requires more shade and shelter than in the tropics. This has to be balanced with winter warmth,If it is under a shelter tree it will get summer shade and low winter sun. In Auckland I have seen young ones fruiting happily in a commercial glasshouse but they wouldnt fruit in my humid plastic tunnelhouse, It is also common that in cooler climates tropical fruit trees take thier time to grow, become hardy and also to fruit. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 28th February 2009 2:22pm #UserID: 1929 |
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denise says... Outsides of the tropics the carambola requires more shade and shelter than in the tropics. This has to be balanced with winter warmth,If it is under a shelter tree it will get summer shade and low winter sun. In Auckland I have seen young ones fruiting happily in a commercial glasshouse but they wouldnt fruit in my humid plastic tunnelhouse, It is also common that in cooler climates tropical fruit trees take thier time to grow, become hardy and also to fruit. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 28th February 2009 2:24pm #UserID: 1929 |
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denise says... Outsides of the tropics the carambola requires more shade and shelter than in the tropics. This has to be balanced with winter warmth,If it is under a shelter tree it will get summer shade and low winter sun. In Auckland I have seen young ones fruiting happily in a commercial glasshouse but they wouldnt fruit in my humid plastic tunnelhouse, It is also common that in cooler climates tropical fruit trees take thier time to grow, become hardy and also to fruit. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 28th February 2009 2:26pm #UserID: 1929 |
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David says... Used to live in Auckland many years ago, used to know a chap that lived in mangere, used to be part of the tree nut society.He had a block of land out by the airport ,about1/4 acre.He grew things out there which were well outside there comfort zone.Also at the airport there used to be a cherimoya tree and a giant passionfriut vine,passiflora quadrangularis, used to be covered in fruit,both were in a sunny corner next to a building, l myself grew lychees ,carambola, babaco,giant passionfruit,even attempted mango, but got transferred back to aussie,brisbane so now have no problems | About the Author David Brisbane 28th February 2009 6:06pm #UserID: 1961 |
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denise says... Hi David, I believe you are refering to the late Loui Trap, a dutch fella I think. He also planted at the airport an Oyster nut vine that I gave him. All the plants there were casualties of development and the small trial block is overgrown with little left. Also the 1980's govt. trial collection at the DSIR Mt Albert was liquidated. There is a small group of us left but with recent warmer weather and asian immigrants There is a good outlook for the interest in tropical fruit growing. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 3rd March 2009 10:34am #UserID: 1929 |
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denise says... Hi David, I believe you are refering to the late Loui Trap, a dutch fella I think. He also planted at the airport an Oyster nut vine that I gave him. All the plants there were casualties of development and the small trial block is overgrown with little left. Also the 1980's govt. trial collection at the DSIR Mt Albert was liquidated. There is a small group of us left but with recent warmer weather and asian immigrants There is a good outlook for the interest in tropical fruit growing. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 3rd March 2009 10:35am #UserID: 1929 |
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David says... Thanks Denise ,yes that was his name i used to work for Sanitarium in pah rd,royal oak Knew Loui and his wife very well nice chap sorry to here of his passing,he and i would talk at length about rare fruit he had so many things growing at his home,like star fruit ,star apples,sapodilla and many more, we used to live on richardson rd mt albert from 86 to 90, when i got transfered back here .The lychee tree i got was from a nursery in remuera, good sized tree. gave that to Loui before i left not sure if it did any good.Tell me more about your interest in fruit growing.Regards David | About the Author David Brisbane 3rd March 2009 9:02pm #UserID: 1961 |
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denise says... Hi David, I have been growing them since the 80s, specially the tropical ones. Between 1998 and 2001 I had a catalog for sending rare fruit plants by courier throughout nz. A missionary lady came and bought my entire stock for a village restoration project in Uganda.I let them go at rock bottom price. It is difficult to make a big nursery these days if relying on imported seeds cos of import charges and risks. So I have a small nursery to supply to special people and for my own garden. --mamey mango carambola etc. | About the Author denise auckland kiwiland 4th March 2009 6:15am #UserID: 1929 |
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Yong says... Just an update on the successful grafting back in early December '08, the pruning back of some of the more dominant branches to allow for better taking off of the grafted wood, must have triggered its survival instincts and started flowering profusely on branches below where I pruned. Mind you the grafted wood is not matured enough to start flowering yet. But I'm delighted to see a single tiny fruit actually formed slightly bigger than the size of a pea seed. I guessed the dry summer could have killed off most of the flowers or even formed fruit. I remember someone in the forum said starfruit needs fair bit of watering. | About the Author Yong Perth/WA 20th March 2009 8:49pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Shaun 24th March 2009 7:02pm #UserID: 1796 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 15th June 2009 9:44pm #UserID: 0 |
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Michael says... Hello All, I came across two carambola trees being sold at a local nursery which are about 1.5 metres tall at $50 each which was a bargain I thought. The only problem was which one to choose as one was marked "Fwang Tung " and the other "Wheeler ". I checked the varieties Daley's is selling but these two were not included. Can people tell me the difference between the 2 variety in terms of taste and texture and which one would be more ideal for growing in suburbian Sydney ? | About the Author Michael Wakeley 27th June 2009 7:09pm #UserID: 1746 View All Michael's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author kim brisbane 28th June 2009 9:28pm #UserID: 128 |
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| About the Author Michael Wakeley 28th June 2009 10:21pm #UserID: 1746 View All Michael's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Shaun says... My Carambola Arkin did survive this winter .... has new leaf-shoots sprouting out !!! Just 1 question .... my Carambola is a grafted plant ( I could see the graft joint) .... however, the rootstock is NOT growing as fast as the actual plant (rootstock seems skinnier than the actual plant) ...... so, it is now 'top-heavy' --> is there anything I cold do to make the rootstock grow so that the plant is more proportional ?? | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 5th November 2009 3:08pm #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Ellen Smithfield 5th November 2009 4:41pm #UserID: 1339 View All Ellen's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Yong says... Just an update, last season I had 3 fruits but very small. One was about 70mm long but partly chewed by some insects or birds, and other 2 were only 30mm long, hardly a mouthful. Fruits were disposed of. I've modified watering scheme to one which has 4 drip outlets around the root zone and buried by heavy mulch to preserve moisture in the soil and save water. I'll see if this will make a difference. I also noticed the flowers are also very small, not attracting enough bees to help pollinate. At the moment, the tree is full of young buds waiting to take off with the warmer weather. | About the Author Yong Perth/WA 11th November 2009 5:21pm #UserID: 1371 |
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| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 11th November 2009 8:40pm #UserID: 0 |
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Shaun says... thanks for showing me how to do grafting, Yong. I must say your yard is a mini tropical fruit orchard !!! Your Starfruit tree is sure growing well, even though you have not got much fruit from it. From what I could see, it mau have been grown from seed, as there is not much evidence of any graft, and the branches start off very low on the tree trunk near the ground. Usually grafted plants would have a rootstock that is approx 2 feet from the base of the trunk, and the grafted variety would have approx 1 foot of stalk above the graft scar. Hope you get better results when the grafted branches start to flower next season. | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 24th November 2009 12:28am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Yong Perth/WA 2nd December 2009 10:47pm #UserID: 1371 |
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. says... sorry to move the 2 posts below ..... there is already a thread on "carambola" ======================================== Peter starts with ... Our tree is a grafted specimen and has been in the ground for about 12 months. It has grown strongly and we have had a prolific first flowering. Many fruit have developed, however they are now dropping. We have had around 150 mm of rain in the past two weeks, but no wind. Anyone have any ideas on how I can hold the fruit? Should I be using trace elements or fertlizer of some kind? Thanks. Peter About the Author: Peter Brisbane 2nd January 2010 10:04am #UserID: 3174 ======================================== HappyEarth says... Just give the tree some time Peter ... it is only young and this is quite normal. Maybe next year you will have a good crop of fruit. Rich www.happyearth.com.au About the Author: HappyEarth Wollongong 2nd January 2010 11:01am #UserID: 2553 | About the Author . 2nd January 2010 1:03pm #UserID: 0 |
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SHMOOLOU says... WE HAVE A GLORIUS STARFRUIT TREEHERE IN PERTH HILLS, BUT YES IT STARTED ITS FIRST YEAR OF LIFE VERY VERY SADLY. IT SEEMED TO STRUGGLE BUT THEN IT MUST HAVE FOUND THE WATER TABLE BECAUSE THERES NO STOPPING IT NOW! ITS ABOUT 18 YRS OLD AND FRUITS LIKE A MANIAC! STAYING AT ABOUT 5-6M TALL AND 3M WIDE. IT LIVES RIGHT NEAR OUR LAUNDRY OUTLET.ALL THE GREY WATER ONCE A WEEK BESIDE THE MANGO | About the Author SHMOOLOU WA 17th August 2010 1:14pm #UserID: 4101 |
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| About the Author Grace Sydney 2nd November 2010 11:39pm #UserID: 4504 |
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Shaun says... Starfruits are suppose to be self-fertile. However, like all fruit trees, you get better yeild if you got 2 different varieties to pollinate each other. Hi Grace, I got an Arkin Starfruit growing in a pot ..... the warm season in Perth is too short for it to set fruit properly. The flowers are very small and insignificant, and you need to plant other bee-attracting shrubs (e.g.lavendar) nearby to attract pollinating insects to the tree to get fruits. One of the members in this forum hand-pollinate his Starfruit to get a yeild. | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 6th November 2010 2:26am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Yong Perth, WA 6th November 2010 7:09pm #UserID: 1371 |
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denise says... There is more to having two varieties together for pollenating.There are two different flower types. Shortstyle and longstyle. One of these pollenates itself and the other cannot pollenate itself. Kary is one that pollenates itself. There are some lists on a website and maybe someone can look it all up and add them below. | About the Author denise auckland nz 3rd February 2011 1:07pm #UserID: 1929 |
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| About the Author BJ Brisbane 3rd February 2011 2:20pm #UserID: 3270 View All BJ's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Yong Perth, WA 18th February 2011 1:03am #UserID: 1371 |
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| About the Author denise 30th March 2011 7:07am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author John Mc 30th March 2011 9:37am #UserID: 2743 View All John Mc's Edible Fruit Trees |
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. says... I am cutting and pasting the posts from another thread of the forum (discussing the same topic) below before that thread got lost or got deleted. http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/carambola/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Anonymous starts with ... i recently purchased a carambola kary seedling and was woundering if they can be grown in a half wine barrel? also i live in south australia where it is extremly hot with hot winds. can i grow it in part shade? About the Author Anonymous 18th February 2008 6:19pm #UserID: 0 Reply | Delete ======================================== John says... Hello Mr Anonymous. May I say that name is very popular. hehehe I to am from the west coast. I just bought my star fruit to. In Indo, these trees grow very big and I wouldnt reconmend the barrel but depending where in SA you are, yes go for it. Sugest you keep plenty of water to eat and constant but small amounts of complete fertilizer. Add some extra pot ash and trace elements aswell. Perhaps try some stress releif spray. About the Author John SB South Australia 18th February 2008 7:35pm #UserID: 549 Reply | Delete ======================================== Anonymous says... i live in the suburb pooraka in S.A will my tree handle full sun in the ground? About the Author Anonymous 19th February 2008 7:55am #UserID: 0 Reply | Delete ======================================== John says... pooraka will grow most of these types of friut trees. Low wind, frosts, and good water. I believe you have sandy soils there so keep the food up to them, and the water. Just use those heat shields for car windows to protect it for the first couple of years, then it will be safe. I grow these things at the moment successfully at Streaky so its possible. About the Author John SB South Australia 19th February 2008 11:27am #UserID: 549 | About the Author . 29th August 2011 11:52pm #UserID: 0 |
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. says... Another obscure thread discussing the same topic. http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/forum/carambola2/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ pauline starts with ... had a very healthy fruiting carambola,about7 years old. last fruiting period fruit dropped off, leaves were a bit yellow & dropped off. now it is bare & dead. what happened? can i plant another tree there? thanks pauline About the Author pauline uki 29th June 2009 1:13pm #UserID: 2508 Reply | Delete ======================================== Carlos says... It may have been some type of borer or rot in the unseasonal wet weather. You should be ok to plant another in the same spot. About the Author Carlos Kunghur 4th July 2009 4:55pm #UserID: 0 | About the Author . 30th August 2011 1:15am #UserID: 0 |
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Mike says... Alot of people grow seedlings and most turn out sweet.Sour types and green ones are used in asian cooking much like bilimbis in sweet and sour and curries.While even grafted trees get as big as mango trees trees they can be kept very small with pruning and need lots of fertiliser and water.A giant siam of mine is less than 1m at 6 years old and produces many fruit.I keep a B10 at 2m high.Before you eat the fruit chop 1cm off eith end and run a potato peeler along the wings and there will be much less oleic acid.Most of the common 8 or named varieties are pretty good but fwang tung is a little divergent.It has softer wings,is less acidic and can be eaten greener but it has less colour when ripe.I reckon it is the best one.I have tried seedlings of wheeler and B10 that been excellent. | About the Author Mike Cairns 30th August 2011 4:19pm #UserID: 0 |
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Shaun says... Most home gardeners in Asia, especially in the rural villages, grow their Starfruit from seeds, and generally the seedlings gave sweet fruit when ripen on the tree. The 'commercial' varieties of Starfruit are picked unripe and when ripen 'off the tree', tend to yeild less sour fruits than those from unknown seedlings. The last Spring/Summer weather in Perth had been rather eratic. As a result, my 3 year old Arkin Starfruit that is grown on a pot got 2 flushes of flowering sessions - once in Spring and once in early Autumn. In previous years, the tree only had a few flowers, but this season, the flowers were plentiful. The Spring flowers were few and did not set many fruits .... the small unripe fruits dropped off when the Summer weather suddenly turned windy & cold (similar to previous years). However, to my surprise, the Autumn flowers were plentiful, and many set fruits. I thought the fruits would also dropped off the tree when the weather turn cold in winter ..... and again I was proven wrong. This winter is not as cold as last year, and the cold spells were shorter. Most of the fruits are still on the tree, and a few had ripened, although most of the fruits are very small (range from 3 cm to 6 cm in size) I have enclosed photos of my Starfruit tree planted in a pot in my backyard: Picture 1 & Picture 2: The unripe Starfruits on the tree in early / mid July 2011 (you can see the fruits are still green -- I tasted 1 fruit and it was acidic and sour). Picture 3, Picture 4 & Picture 5: The Starfruits begin to ripen as the weather gets warmer in mid / late August 2011 (you can see the fruits had turned yellow, and I tasted 1 fruit and it was rather sweet .... reckon it will become sweeter in 1 to 2 weeks time)
| About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 31st August 2011 12:41am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Brad G Hill,Perth 31st August 2011 12:51pm #UserID: 2323 View All Brad's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Gledy Quakers Hill 31st August 2011 3:19pm #UserID: 5250 View All Gledy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Shaun says... OK Brad, I am sending an email to you right now. My email is via yahoo.co.uk. Please reply if my email reaches you. Hello Gledy, My Arkin Starfruit is grown in a pot. It is now about 1.8 - 2.0 m tall. Yes, I leave my Starfruit tree outdoor in its pot at the backyard (as you see in the pictures) all year round. When it was a little tree, the Frangipani provides it shade from the 40 deg Celcius direct afternoon sunlight in the Summer. During Winter, the Frangipani drops its leaves, snd the Starfruit tree gets the morning, afternoon (and evening too now that it has grown taller) sunlight. Remember to give your tree plenty of compost, slow release fertiliser, Seasol and constant water during the hot mid summer months. Hope you get a bumper crop soon .... Good Luck !! | About the Author Shaun WA / Perth 1st September 2011 2:26am #UserID: 0 |
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| About the Author Gledy Quakers Hill 1st September 2011 10:12am #UserID: 5250 View All Gledy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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