Dory's Edible Backyard

Joined: 20/04/11 Updated: 19/03/12 Frost: None
Location: Brighton, QLD, Australia

About My Edible Backyard

I like the idea of growing my own food.

Comments

Hi Dory, regarding your request for ceylon hill gooseberry seeds - mine haven't fruited yet so no seeds - i did however get my plants from orams nursery in rockhampton- they delivered to me - if you google them you should be able to contact them :)

Hi Dory, I love your garden and edible plants, I'm in Brisbane too (Nudgee, Northside). About a year ago I've started growing various shrubs, trees and other plants. Would you like to swap/share sometimes? Cheers, Julie

Panama Berry

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Fast growing good looking tree. Planted in Sep 2011 and it is nearly 2m tall, but still no fruit. I had one berry so far. Flowers are falling off for some reason. I hope it starts fruiting soon. I read about this tree and decided to grow it for the supposedly abudant fruit.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Grasshoppers are hand picked and fed to chickens.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Why are the flowers falling off?

Pepino - Kendall Gold

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Fast growing, prolific, very easy to grow from cuttings. Fruit is mild and pleasant tasting.

Fruiting Months April, September, October

Planted: 2009

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 15 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

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New tree, planted 6 months ago and doubled in size since. Had a few fruits already.

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

not needed yet

Organic Status:Organic

Microcitrus australasica - Finger lime

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This tree has been planted six years ago, but nearly died two years ago. It developped some sort of white rot that consumed most of the wood. I cut it right back and cleaned as well as I could. It started growing again from the base. No flowers or fruits, but it is looking OK.

Planted: 2006

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

not needed

Organic Status:Organic

Black Sapote - Maher

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New tree, planted a few months ago. Growing well, nearly doubled in size since planting in Sep 2011. It had two flowers, which fell off.

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

not needed yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Abiu

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Planted only a few months ago.

Tree is doing OK, has some new growth.

Planted: 2011

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Acerola Cherry - Florida Sweet ^10/10

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This little tree flowers and fruits non stop through spring, summer and autumn. Lots of fruit! My child loves it and eats some every day.

Fruit has to be eaten straight after picking as it does not keep too well.

Grows very fast, fruited a few months after planting.

We have prunned the tree a little too hard last winter (2011). It is recovering, but slowly. It responds well to prunning, but we just went too far.

It has some fruit now (March 2012), but not many.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Grumichama - Black ^9/10

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Very ornamental little tree. Has not fruited yet. Well, I found one tiny fruit last summer :-)

Sep 2011 - tree is in flowers now!!!

Hope to have some fruit soon.

Nov 2011 - harvesting my first crop!!! The fruit is very nice and sweet, love the flavour. A little bit like very sweet blackcurrant.

First crop not very big -about 0.5kg, hope it fruits more than once a year, not sure if it does.

February 2012 - the tree is flowering again, so more than one crop per year!!!!

Second crop not as big as the first one, fruit just starting to ripen (March 2012).

The tree is still not that big, I hope to have bigger crops in the future.

It is worth growing as it is compact, upright and requires little space comparing to other fruit trees.

Fruiting Months March and October

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Raspberry - Atherton (Seedling) ^10/10

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Very easy to grow, bit harder to contain within one area. Growing in retaining wall now. Lots of fruit, my child loves them.

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 0.8 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Jaboticaba ^6/10

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Have not tasted the fruit yet. My tree is in the ground for nearly four years now and I hope it starts fruiting soon. Grows well.

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic