Figbarron's Edible Backyard
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06/11/16 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy Figbarron Love's Edible Plants I find peace with gardening. I also like the idea of growing fruits and veges that have not been pumped with chemicals like store bought ones. Im all for organic growing.  Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsFigbarron Forum ContributionsLooking for black ischia fig and bourjassote - Hie all I am looking for 2 fig varieties; Bourjassote Noire and a Black Ischia. Anyone know where I can source them? ..2103 days 5hrs Any melbourne pepino growers need assistance - Thought i'd just give an upate if anyone is having the same issue as i am. My pepino bushes have started flowering profusely again, i have hand pollinated some with a small soft paint brush and it seems that some may have took as we had a couple of warmis..2743 days 5hrs Is my white sapote slowly dying - sure no worries. I'll update so that people having the same issues can know whats wrong. At the moment nearly 3 weeks later, nothing. The bark test shows its still green so its not dying. If it perks up or dies i'll update. at the moment i have given it s..2749 days 2hrs Is my white sapote slowly dying - Thanks for your response. in terms of pruning i just nipped the top bud of mine its about 60cm tall above graft and 70cm tall from base of its trunk. Is nipping the terminal bud the only thing i need to do to get branches going or should i cut it down eve..2756 days 7hrs Is my white sapote slowly dying - Thanks. Good to see im not the only one i'll wait until its warmer before i feed it. What do you feed your White Sapotes Mark? Would a blood and bone/chook pellet fertilizer and charlie carp regime keep them happy? I heard that they are heavy feeders...2760 days 6hrs |
Fruit Tree Forum LikesFigbarron has LIKED the following:Poshte first flowering - You're right about Mike (a bit quiet lately, where are you?), but don't sell yourself short David...Liked Question 2005 days 2hrs Grafted white sapote where can i get - FB - the ones on Daleys site that say pollination beneficial dont actually bear pollen till 5 to 10 years old and then its a maybe - ive seen pollen on my SueBelle this year - first time ive ever seen pollen on one so far and is very yellow and visible t..Liked Answer 2879 days 21hrs |
Cape Gooseberry (Cutting) 10/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - Purchased as a small plant about 12cm by 12cm tall and wide from bunnings (Nellie Kelly Brand). Within 2 weeks it doubled in size and is flowering. It is currently growing in a 300mm pot (19L). Potting mix is 30% coir peat, 30% compost and 30% potting mix with dynamic lifter and blood and bone mixed in. It is fed with charlie carp organic. Fruiting Months January, November, December Height 0.25 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Hand Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, charlie carp organic Organic Status:Certified Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Raspberry - Heritage (Cutting) 10/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - Got this raspberry (Heritage) from bunnings this spring. Since its an Autumn variety it fruits on current season shoots. 2 weeks after i purchased it in spring it opened up flower buds and same time as my blackberry. I might get 2 crops from this one, the main one being in autumn. This one is planted in a 430mm pot. Fruiting Months March, April, May, October, November, December Planted: 2016 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Hand Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Charlie Carp When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Certified Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Plum - Sugar (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - Purchased from bunnings through Flemings Nursery as a 2yr bare root tree. Just like my Deana Fig, its growing in a modified self watering planter barrle with holes lined with shadecloth for air pruining. i have received great results with other plants so i hope this will work well with trees. Potting media is 30% potting mix, 30% coconut coir and 30%compost. So far its growing really well. I cant wait for the sugary sweet fruit in summer! Planted: 2016 Height 1.2 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifer, Blood and bone, Nitrosol Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pepino - Kendall Gold (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - Got a pack of 10 cuttings from an eBay seller.I gave some away and rooted 6. 1 did not take and i kept 3 that rooted and gave 2 plants away to a friend. The 3 plants are growing well in a cut barrel. This top 1/3 with the pepinos is also self watering. I had trouble with fruit set during winter as they like warm temperatures to set fruit. They have started flowering again now and im hoping for fruit set as its Spring and getting warmer. Update: I have removed the other 2 from the barrel and planted them in the ground. The remaining one has about 9 little fruitlets and one small developing fruit. The warmer nights definitely have helped. The plant was given sulphate of potash to assist in fruiting. Height 0.9 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 3 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Blood and bone, Nitrosol Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) 10/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - First attempt at growing a blackberry bush. I received it as a dormant plant in winter from bunnings. Since waking up from dormancy it'd covered in leaves and growing vigorously! Its fed weekly with 1/2 dose of blood and bone liquid plant food. Diy potting mix consists of 30& coconut coir, 30% compost and 30% potting mix all mixed in with blood and bone and chook pellets. Its doing well in a 300mm pot. Update: 12/10/16 Update 6/11/16 Planted: 2016 Height 0.8 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, Nitrosol, Chook pellets When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig White Adriatic (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - This was my 3rd addition to my small fig collection. Bought from diggers it arrived just as it was going into dormancy. It has now come back with vigour and i can not wait to taste the fruit. Its currently growing in a 300mm pot and and fertilized with dynamic lifter plant food. I will change to the Dynamic lifter fertilizer higher in potash when its starts to fruit. Planted: 2016 Height 0.3 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter, Nitrosol When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig - Brown Turkey (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - This was my first fig tree. I was tired of purchasing bland figs (that are picked too early) from the store so i decided to purchase some fig trees. This one was purchased from Bunnings who inturn got them from Humphries nursery. Potting mix is 30% coconut coir, 30%pootting mix and 30% compost. I mixed in with a handful of dynamic lifter and some blood and bone and planted it into a 300mm pot. Update (Oct 2016): The tree is rapidly growing and responds really well to charlie carp organic Planted: 2016 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, nitrosol Organic Status:Certified Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 2 people found this review useful CommentsEagerGardner says... [780 days 8hrs ago]Hi Figbarron, Since you have variety of different figs, wanted to know how they both compare with the quality of fruit. I got a brown turkey (planted in ground) this year, but heard that it has the least tasty fruit of all figs. Don't want to waste time and effort on a fig that it mediocre. Got a white adriatic and violette de bordeaux this year as well (both kept in pots). Regards, Devang.Krzystof says... [60 days 6hrs ago] * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Jostaberry (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 4hrs Comments: - As i am a fan of berries i picked this up from bunnings. Its a dedicuous, self pollinating thornless berry and a cross betweeen a gooseberry and a black currant. It lost all its leaves in winter and has since come back well. Its currently growing in a potting media of 30:30:30 compost, coir peat and potting mix mixed in with blood and bone and dynamic lifter it loves a full sun position as well. Its a summer bearing fruit plant like most of my plants so i will update on plant growth habbit and plant yield. Planted: 2016 Height 0.35 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and Bone, Dynamic lifter Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig Deanna (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2722 days 5hrs Comments: - There were only two fig types at bunnings, brown turkey and black genoa and wanted a bit more variety. I purchased this 2 year old bare-root fig tree from an online eBay nursery. Its supposed to have light greenish-yellow flesh and a tasty pulp. Its currently growing in a cut 200L drum. The cut drum is self watering and promotes healthier root system through air pruining. The fig has just started to produce some foilage. Potting mix is the same as my other figs. 1:1:1 coconut coir, potting mix and compost mixed in with dynamic lifter. Planted: 2016 Height 0.8 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, nitrosol Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) 10/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2744 days 23hrs Comments: - Just received it today and counted about 20 fruit currently on it. The tree has just come out of dormancy and i can't belive i will be having fruit in a few weeks. I will be potting it up in a 510mm pot (52L) and that would be its home for a while before i transfer it to a self watering barrel (100L) permanently in a year or 2. I will regularly update on plant growth and taste of the fruit as it will mature in a few weeks time. Planted: 2016 Height 0.6 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter Plus Fruit Food, Nitrosol When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Feijoa (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2744 days 24hrs Comments: - Got this unknown specimen on eBay. I originally had 2 but one died as it was rootbound although planting in a larger container did not seem to help. The other one is happily growing in Osmocote premium potting mix i have since added some, chicken pellets and some blood and bone as the pre-added fertilizer is about to run out. It has growin really well even during the winter. I am hoping for some fruit next year and will continually update on its progress Planted: 2016 Height 0.6 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, blood and bone, nitrosol Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig Black Genoa (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2744 days 24hrs Comments: - Just like my Brown turkey fig, this was also purchased from bunnings. It was badly affected by rust in late autumn due to wet and humid weather. It has come back with great vigour and was the first to break dormancy out of all my figs. Potting mix is the same as the brown turkey. I can't wait for it to start bearing. Height 0.4 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Nitrosol When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Black Sapote (Seedling) 7/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2778 days 19hrs Comments: - I purchased 4, 2 year old black sapote seedlings on eBay during the start of winter. They have since tried to push new growth but the cold weather was detrimental to their progress. Its now Spring and one of the 4 is looking to open some buds. They survived the Melbourne winter with minimal care other than the seasol and moving in the garage during cold nights. Planted: 2016 Height 0.6 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 4 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 1 people found this review useful CommentsKrzystof says... [60 days 6hrs ago]FigBarron, have you had any fruit from this sapote ?* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blueberry - Blue Rose (Cutting) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2778 days 19hrs Comments: - I already had an early season blueberry bush so why not a mid season one? The blue rose has been repotted into an Azalea mix and has begun to flower right after breaking dormancy. It seems to produce flowers first before leaves? It has since produced clusters and clusters of white bell shaped flowers. I am currently hand pollinating with a narrow hobbyist painter's brush and this technique worked really well with the sunshine blues. Its supposed to grow up to 1.5m high and wide and is currently in a 300mm pot. I till be up potted to a half wine barrel next winter when its dormant. I'll update of growth progress and fruit quality. Planted: 2016 Height 0.8 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Hand Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, nitrosol Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blueberry - Sunshine Blue (Cutting) 10/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2778 days 20hrs Comments: - I purchased 2 bushes from 2 different nurseries, Nelly kelly and Humphries. Both are fruiting. The Nelly Kelly already has about 30 berries and its a small bush. The Humphries ones has hundreds of flowers and about 1/2 as much berries (currently) as it started flowering later than the nelly kelly. I am feeding them with blood and bone organic fertilizer which is safe for them. Due to lack of pollinators int he winter season, i highly suggest pollinating with a small narrow paint brush or shake the bush a bit. They are still in their original pots and i will repot into an Azalea Mix once they finish cropping. They need cool winter nights to promote flowers and are evergreen blueberry plants and are supposed to grow to about 1m high and wide. Perfect for tubs and pots. I will update on how much i have harvested later. Fruiting Months July, August, September, October Planted: 2016 Height 0.3 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood and bone Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava Hawaiian (Seedling) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2778 days 20hrs Comments: - Not sure if cuttings or seedlings. I purchased these from an eBay seller. As a young child i remember feasting on these at my Grandma's farm. She has a plantation of these and white fleshed ones (not sure on varieties). They are growing really well and pushing new growth. I am currently waiting on some fruit hopefully next year. Planted: 2016 Height 0.5 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, Nitrosol Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy  |
White Sapote - Lemon Gold (Grafted) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2780 days 21hrs Comments: - Before i moved to Australia i used to have this fruit back home a lot as a young child. I loved it. The instant i discovered them for sale on Daleys I immediately bought one for nolstalgia's sake and the awesome taste. The tree was a bit quiet during winter when i got it and has since pushed some new lateral buds that will hopefully branch out as the weather gets warmer. It has been re-potted into a 300mm pot with holes lined with shade cloth for air pruning. This promotes more firous roots that are good at taking up nutrients and moisture. I will get a budwood to graft a different variety onto it when its a bit stronger. Planted: 2016 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter and Blood and Bone Organic Status:Certified Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mango - Bowen Seedling (Seedling) 9/10 Figbarron's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2780 days 21hrs Comments: - Trying to grow one here in Melbourne. Received an 18 month old seedling in a 70mm grow-tube during the winter this year and has been repotted into a 300mm pot. I took it indoors at night as it was quite cold. Its begining to push some new gowth as the weather warms up. Will update regularly. Planted: 2014 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 5 people found this review useful CommentsKrzystof says... [60 days 6hrs ago]Any fruit from this yet?* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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