Recent Updates - My Edibles

Finger Lime - Sunshine Yellow (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

apples assorted

Coffee arabica ^10/10

Planted: 2010

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control:

No pests as yet. Will update as they arise.

Milly's Tips -

Arrived about a month ago and have put it in a larger pot. Very happy so far despite being very hot. New shoots growing, looks great.

Custard Apple - Hilary White ^8/10

Planted: 2008

Height 6 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, Blood

Pest Control:

None at this stage.

Organic Status:Organic

Town Farm's Tips -

Yet to fruit.  Gets a fair bit of wind and we live on the water so I have had it staked.  Trying to keep growth under control as I am limited with space.

I have a few flowers on this tree now so am hoping the high winds don't blow them off!

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^8/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, November, December

Planted: 2003

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

 no pest problems

Chris's Tips -

Just started fruiting in last year. Tree is about 7 years old. Several crops a year. Needs to be netted to stop birds

4kgs fruit picked spring 09.

Question:

Coffee ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Duck manure

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: Poultry.

Organic Status:Organic

VicTim's Tips - Purchased this plant from Daleys and planted straight into our prepared plot. Growth has been slow but only after 1.5 years since planting, we have now had flowers and what appears to be small berries. 

Native Ginger - Alpinea coerulea

Planted: 2008

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

24 hamilton st booval ipswich

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2010 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Mango - Kensington Pride grafted ^8/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2004

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol/thrive

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Avocado - Reed (A) (Grafted) ^2/10

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Ice Cream Bean (Grafted)

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Renee's Tips -

I hope it doesn't die. It doesn't look very happy.....

Mango - Glenn

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Diana's Tips -

Taking off. Perhaps it has too many low branches.

Canistel (Seedling)

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Scottyg's Tips -

Plant got slight frost damage for first couple of years even with frost covers on. Now at a size where we are getting our first fruit.

Carob - Clifford

Fruiting Months July

jujube/Red Chinese date (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December

Planted: 2002

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 8

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE's Tips -

I have 8 trees, two of them 8 years old, the rest are newly planted September 2009.

This fruit has the name 'Zinzoli' or 'giuggiola' (jujola) in Italian language or 'Poot-sa' in Thai language.

Very easy to look after, no pruning, pest free, not fussy about soil.  Jujube fruit will dry on the tree after ripening. Dried fruits require no preservative; the tree can go through

drought.

In general and also apply to this fruit tree, to get abundant of fruits, water should be given during flowering and fruiting season otherwise fruit embryos will drop.

Fertiliser: Dynamic lifter, blood and bone or aged manure are recommended, a bit at the time  after 4 months in the ground or pot, then every 2 months in growing seasons.

I was told by a herbalist that this fruit is very good for your health, ranging from purifying your blood to reducing menopause symptom etc.

Personally,  it is a nice sweet fruit to eat, you can eat fresh or dried. Shredded fruit that can be added to cereal. You can cook the same way as dried sultana.

Making mildly sweet tea from dried fruit by just dropping a few slices of dried jujube fruits in boiling water. Serve as tea and then eat the residue.

In Thailand,  a drinkcan be made from dried fruit mixed with sugar and hot water, then served chilled.

JUJUBE (RED CHINESE DATE) GRAFTED TREES FOR SALE

There are 5 varieties to choose from

They are rare but not tropical fruit trees so very suitable for Melbourne, NSW, Canberra, Southern QLD, SA climates. Grow very well in large pots (50 litres or larger) or in the ground.   I do send interstates.

For more information please contact jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au

Comments

goji ^3/10

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Toona ciliata - Red Cedar

Planted: 2008

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 30

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Bugmaster sprayed weekly for Tipmoth - top 60cm of the tree only

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Fred's Tips - Pruning of side branches to promote growth until about 4 or 5 metres high - of the first 40  planted we have only approm 30 left.  The others 'drowned' in tropical flooding. 

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Fig White Adriatic (Cutting) ^9/10

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamiclifter,liquidmanure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

liquid manure

Guava - Strawberry

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Minky's Tips -

In pot about to be put in ground.  Since putting in ground in Nov 09 has flourished, starting to flower but hit and miss with pollination. Lots of new growth and flower buds February 10.

Pine Nut ^9/10

Amanda's Tips -

Inspired by the Ringing Cedars books written by Vladamir Megre. This tree will provide me with pine nuts, still a few years from harvest. Likes Victoria's weather and survived the long hot summer, budding now August 2009. Research pine nuts, they are so good for health and skin. My son's teenage acne cleared after taking pine nuts in his diet for six months.

Pear - Williams ^4/10

Fruiting Months January

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None.

Silvie's Tips -

Previous tennants planted these pear trees. Not sure how old they are but they look pretty well-established. We only had 3 edible fruits, the rest were all black and spotty or eaten by birds.

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit

M Helac's Tips -

Dragon fruit is flower thre time in two monts plenty of flowers but they fall of when finishing flower got plenty of water  and groving on the wooden post fed with organic fertilaser Thanks

Paw Paw - RB3 Bisexual Red (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp. Worm wee

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Our chickens look after the bugs for us.

Organic Status:Organic

Kate Green's Tips -

IThis tree is doing quite well but it hasn't been in the ground long.

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Native Gardenia (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

BJ's Tips -

Recently planted but going great in a small spot between mock orange and lilly pilly 'aussie southern.

Bay Tree (Cutting) ^10/10

Planted: 2007

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None required yet. SOmetimes the tree gets scale if you let it get to dense and out of control.

Organic Status:Organic

Charles Cant Spell's Tips -

The Bay Laurel (Laurus nobilis, Lauraceae), also known as True Laurel, Sweet Bay, Laurel Tree, Grecian Laurel, Laurel, or Bay Tree, is an aromatic evergreen tree or large shrub reaching 10%u201318 m tall, native to the Mediterranean region.

The aromatic laurel leaves are used in many countries of central and southern Europe to flavour stews, soups, meat dishes, and even fish. They are used to season canned cucumbers or herring, or added to give aroma to vinegar.

It is also widely cultivated as an ornamental plant in regions with mediterranean or oceanic climates, and as an indoor plant in colder regions.

Mainteance free. Its in a herb garden bed so get s water and manure from them. I think this must have been in the pot to long before I bought it and the plant seems dwarfed. Very little growth in 3 years.

Dwarf Calamondin ^5/10

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Jujube