Anthony Miceli's Edible Backyard

Joined: 26/11/08 Updated: 02/11/09 Frost: None
Location: Hastings, VIC, AU

About My Edible Backyard

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Dwarf Orange

Comments: - Growing well though slowly (I guess it is a dwart tree) %uFFFDOranges fruit here OK so it will when big enough

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pest Control: Not required

Monstera ^8/10

Comments: - Grows well though slowly. %uFFFDIs also quite resistant to drought hardly ever gets watered under the trees in front garden, %uFFFDnot damaged by the cold. %uFFFDHave another one that has fruited.

Planted: 2008

Water Given in: Winter

Pest Control: not required

Pitaya - Vietnam Dragon Fruit

Comments: - Dies back a little in Winter but then grows away- damaged by wind and cold weather. %uFFFDNot fruited yet

Planted: 2008

Height 5 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Jerusalem Artichoke ^8/10

Comments: - Grows well and multiples easily crops well. %uFFFDOrnamental with its flowers. %uFFFDDies back to bulb in Autumn.

Height 2 metres

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none

Pest Control: none required

Black Sapote - Ricks Late (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Has survived 2 Winters but is not actually any larger than when planted, grows a little in Summer then dies back in Winter. %uFFFDAlso inclined to sunburn in hot weather. %uFFFDFlowered but not fruited.

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Comments

White Sapote should suit conditions better - I haven't tried it but would like to.

River Lily

Comments: - Grows slowly, most of them died due to drought but 1 survives

Alpinia caerulea - Atherton Native Ginger (Red Form)

Comments: - Grows quyite OK though needs watering and dies back a little in Winter

Alpinia caerulea - Native Ginger

Comments: - Grows quite OK though dies back a little in Winter, needs watering in Summer.

Cordyline stricta - Narrow-leaved palm lily

Comments: - Grows perfectly

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian

Comments: - Growing slwoly but will fruit when it is big enough as I have another Tahitian lime on normal rootstock in a different place

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: NOt required

Hicksbeachia pinnatifolia - Red Bopple Nut (Seedling)

Comments: - Died due to lack of water in our drought might try it again. %uFFFDMacadamia will grow and fruit here

Green Sapote (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Grew OK in Summer though was suceptible to leaf burn in hot weather. %uFFFDSurvived the Winter but died in Sept just as it was getting new shoots. %uFFFDSame thing happened to a second one. %uFFFDI guess the soil temperture was too low for the roots although we had no frost (at all).

Naranjilla ^8/10

Comments: - Grew fantastically in Summer, healthy and highly ornamental to about 1.5 m tall and wide, set a lot of fruitt but they were too late to ripen, and the plant did not survive the Winter. %uFFFDI guess Egg Plant and tomato do not survive Winter either. %uFFFDObviously needs a little more length of growing season

Pest Control: No pests detected

Jakfruit - Picone Crisp (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Did OK in Summer but died in Mid Winter due to cold, not frost but I guess lack of enough warmth for its metabolism. %uFFFDThis is the second one that died, also a seedling I grew from a fruit.

Melicope elleryana - Pink Euodia (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Died in Winter due to cold eventhough not frost.

Miracle Fruit (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Died in Winter though we did not have frost it appears to want more heat than we have

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - I think it died due to lack of water in our drought conditions, may try it again.

Naranjilla

Pitomba ^8/10

Comments: - DId not survive cold weather in Winter though we did not have any frost, it gradually loist its leaved and faded away by Spring.

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: - The yellow pitaya seems more sensitve to cold than the red which is still OK though died back a little in Winter