Recent Updates - My Edibles

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

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, 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 August 2009.

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 season.

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.

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. Can be grown in large pots (50 litres or larger) or in the ground.   I do send interstates.

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

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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

Mango - Bowen (Grafted)

Cherry - Pretty Gully (Grafted) ^1/10

Jimmy's Tips -

Probably the first plant I was not happy with from Daleys.

Came dormant and never really prospered and then died.

Lemon - Eureka ^8/10

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Delerium's Tips -

trimmed to be relatively compact - lovely lemons and lots of them!

Small Leaf Tamarind (Seedling) ^9/10

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Compost, Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

HappyEarth's Tips - This has been one of my best performers.  Hasn't looked back since planting it.  Very wind resistant and quite drought hardy.

peppino

Pecan - Kiowa (B)

White Sapote - Chris (Grafted) ^6/10

Buy Fruit

Estimated Time: Nov 2009
Delivers to: NSW
*Price includes all Freight & Handling
 

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pest Control: Nil to date

Organic Status:Organic

Phil@Tyalgum's Tips - A small plant I originally had sent to Country Victoria, in the ground for three years with no growth during a prolonged drought. Now replanted in deep soil at the base of Mt Warning, looks like some promising new growth already in the damper conditions

Grape - Pink Iona

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Megan's Tips -

This grape is doing wonderfully well on total neglect!

Jaboticaba ^10/10

Fruiting Months September and October

Planted: 2003

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Wai Chee (Seedling) ^9/10

Planted: 2009

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none required

Organic Status:Organic

Jardette's Tips -

Espaliered into a basic fan pattern on 2m high trellis.  Water weekly, if needed.  Planted March 2009, new growth quickly flowed.

Citron - Buddhas Hand

apricot - trevat (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control:

ladybugs!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

BJ's Tips -

As they are only babies I removed all the fruit as soon as it set as I want them to get their roots fully established so they can survive the summer!

They will be espilared against the fence

Longan - Kohala Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Apple - Dwarf Dorsett Golden ^9/10

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Anna

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Comments

In its 4th year now. Good crop last year, This year looking similar. Very nice crisp apples straight from the tree.

Trixzie \'Nectazee\' Nectarine

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2002

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Leaf Curl:  Spray spring before bud burst with copper base spray. Remove infected leaves from spring to autumn.

Earwig: Remove debris and other areas where earwigs like to breed. 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Fuerte (B) ^10/10

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August

Planted: 2003

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: I don't have any real issues with disease, which is one of the reasons I grow this fruit. To my way of thinking, if the tree can be healthy of its own accord with proper maintenance from me, and I mean regular pruning, watering, and fertilising [i use my

Organic Status:Organic

MOODLU MANSIONS's Tips - The Avocado pear likes plenty of water. It has been very dry of late. Fortunately, I had some spare water which I was able to use on my 2 trees as they were in the early fruiting period and I risked losing new fruit just setting. Now they are looking quite healthy and some rain we had last week was a great blessing.

Finger Lime - Sunshine Yellow

Planted: 2008

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Brad's Tips -

I nearly lost this plant last summer. Installed new drippers, I think it was dry then drenched, Lost canopy but when water was managed got lots of water shoots. In 2009 Spring I pruned for growth in original canopy and now looking ok. I gradually chopped back the water shoots. Some trunk damage evident, but here's hoping for a healthy tree. First Flower, Nov 2009

Jaboticaba ^10/10

Planted: 2009

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Daniel's Tips -

Still in the pot.

Crinum pedunculatum - River Lily

Anthony Miceli's Tips - Grows slowly, most of them died due to drought but 1 survives

Passionfruit - Grafted Black

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

LyndalPN's Tips -

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Lemon - Dwarf Meyer (Grafted) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Height 64 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

So far I have been picking bugs off by hand daily

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Terrastrega's Tips -

Just purchased my Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree few weeks ago. Its in a pot (38cm diameter & 35cm height). Potting mix is Richgrow rose and citrus potting mix, fertilise with bit of blood and bond, fruit and citrus premium fertiliser, and a dash of potash. I use Tee Tree Mulch but leave about 2 inches un-mulched around the trunk of the tree.The nursery advice to water twice a day here on Brisbane, so I have been doing that so far.

It looks healthy and doing well. It gets full sun till about 2 - 3pm each day, after which it gets partial sun. Height of tree from soil line upwards is about 64cm. I have a Dwarf Tahitian Lime tree (54cm tall) and an Emperor Mandarin (74cm tall, not the dwarf variety), both purchased around the same time as the Dwarf Meyer Lemon tree and also in the same type of pots, potting mix and fertiliser and so far all seem healthy.

Question:

Tree was bought only a few weeks ago, its still young. Just wondering when I may expect it to start fruiting?

SATSUMA PLUM (Grafted) ^7/10

Planted: 2006

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Partially Organic

custard apple

Maria's Tips - 3 in the picture is the custard apple

White Sapote - Lemon Gold ^9/10

Planted: 2008

Height 0.8 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: surface compost

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

constant battle to defeat (so far just manually) earwigs, grasshoppers, etc which devour the growing tips.

Organic Status:Organic

Frank's Tips -

tree purchased 2008 (Daley's) was small but healthy, has more than doubled in size but seems a little less vigorous than our seedlings which were from a large tree in the next street.