FresserDavid1's Edible Backyard

Joined: 26/11/08 Updated: 10/09/14 Frost:
Location: Kensington

About My Edible Backyard

 The pleasure of watching trees grow, the eccentricity of having a backyard orchard, earthiness, taste, excercise, learning and creativity.

Comments

Lime - Tahitian

Planted: 2014

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

^10/10

Comments: -

Secondo Avocado, grows very fast & fruited in it's 2nd year. It needs propping up but it's 4 times bigger than the Haas next to it. The other one is Macadamia. I planted two together. The Daley's had nuts in the third year. The other one has no nuts in the 5th year.

Fruiting Months February, March, April, May, June

Planted: 2005

Height 18 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 150 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: alfalfa, chicken

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None and no pests seem to bother them. I use good bug mix & enough lucerne & cow & chicken manure to sink a battleship.

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Kensington Pride ^9/10

Comments: - heavy fruiter

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: lucerne, cow, chicken, rock dust, mollasses

Pest Control: doesn't seem to need it organic works

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted)

Comments: - Fruits well, tastes great, has given me a big tree in 7 years

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Height 8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 40 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: lucerne, cow, chicken, rock dust, mollasses

Pest Control: none and none needed

Organic Status:Organic

Fig Black Genoa (Seedling) ^2/10

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Wampi - Yeem Paye (Seedling) ^8/10

Planted: 2004

Height 4 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Orange - Valencia (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2000

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Mandarin - Ellendale (Grafted) ^7/10

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Chestnut - April Gold (Grafted) ^2/10

Planted: 2007

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Star Ruby (Grafted) ^4/10

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Rio Red ^4/10

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Olive Verdale ^3/10

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Honneffs Surprise ^5/10

Planted: 2014

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate Cypress Hill ^4/10

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate Shepperd\'s Special (Grafted) ^6/10

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate Kazake (Grafted) ^4/10

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Elche ^3/10

Planted: 2014

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Azerbaijani ^5/10

Comments: - growing nicely

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pomegranate - Ben Hur (Grafted) ^4/10

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Elcite (Grafted) ^4/10

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Qty: 2

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - It's fruiting after 2 years which is great and can't be said for my other pomegranate trees

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow, chicken, mollases, rock dust,

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Pest Control: doesn't need it

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Grafted) ^4/10

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Picual ^10/10

Comments: - growing brilliantly

Planted: 2012

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Koroneiki

Planted: 2014

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - UC13 ^5/10

Planted: 2014

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Kalamata ^7/10

Comments: - growing very nicely

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Manzanillo ^5/10

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Barouni ^6/10

Comments: - growing nicely

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Olive - Frantoio (Seedling) ^6/10

Planted: 2013

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Azapa (Seedling) ^5/10

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Arbequina (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2013

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Bowen Seedling ^7/10

Comments: - It's good, very tasty fruit but it's a fight with the birds

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2014

Height 3 metres

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - A268 (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - heaps of nuts

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2007

Height 7 metres

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

How can the A268 cultivar be a "seedling"?

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: - Bought it to get the non fruiting Hass moving

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Secondo (A) ® (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Unbelivable quantity of fruit.

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August

Planted: 2007

Height 8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Hass (A) (Seedling) ^2/10

Fruiting Months May, June, July

Planted: 2014

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Kiamana ^5/10

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Has fruit and it's in a awful position, overgrown with ivy from the neighbour and shaded

Planted: 2004

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Pest Control: I vacuum up the stinkbugs, works like a charm, they hardly come back.

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Bosworth 3 (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2014

Height 0.3 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Papaya- Yellow YD1B Hybrid (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - keeps producing paw paws, not much sun

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Carob (Grafted) ^2/10

Planted: 2004

Height 8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Golden Globe (Grafted) ^1/10

Planted: 2007

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Question: no fruit?

Rhubarb - Victoria

Passionfruit - Panama Sweet Gold (G)

Persimmon - Twentieth Century (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow chicken rock dust

When I Fertilise: Yearly, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - Black English (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - fruits well, can't keep up with it for three monts of the year, grew fast, tasty, after 5 years a climbing tree for the kids

Fruiting Months September, October, November

Planted: 2004

Height 10 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 40 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: lucerne, cow, chicken, rock dust, mollasses

Pest Control: none, none needed

Organic Status:Organic

Grapefruit - Star Ruby ^3/10

Comments: - pretty bad, the fruit die, no growth, looks like it's dying. Not from Daley's

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: lucerne, cow, chicken, rock dust, mollasses

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Keriberry

Passionfruit - Granadilla

Passionfruit - Sweet Lilikoi

Raspberry - Williamette

Blueberry - Brightwell

Blueberry - Misty

Blueberry - Powderblue

Blueberry - Sunshine Blue

Grapefruit - Flame

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless