Recent Updates - My Edibles

Cameron Apple (Seedling) ^1/10

Comments: -

Liked the look of the fruit and wanted to try anything new.

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

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none yet

Question:

none yet

Fig Black Genoa ^10/10

Comments: -

1 meter tall Growing well Newcastle Area

Clay soil mulched raised with good topsoil north facing daily watering

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Question:

Grape - Golden Muscat (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

love the taste

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 30% in Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Hand-pick caterpillars

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I don't like using poisonous sprays.  Can I get fruit without spraying?

Macadamia 741 ^5/10

Comments: -

 Height 1 mtr (18/01/2012)

This is in the back corner of the garden . I have a path that goes around it so i will be trying to keep it pruned as a cylinder shape .

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Eco88

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Kangkong (Cutting)

Comments: -

Nice to eat when stir fried with sambal. Suppose to be easy to grow, so far I'm having little success.

Must at least kept moist, best results grown in water.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Comments

Have since added more cuttings in pot and some placed some in water on the kitchen bench by the window. Since has seen some nice little roots coming out from some cuttings...must be doing something right :)

Kei Apple ^10/10

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Seven in a hedge. The spines are huge! Fruited first December 2011. Fruit is impossible to see until it turns orange and soon after, drops off the plant. The fruit is surprisingly aromatic and quite tart. I stewed some with sugar, and made some into chutney.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Lime - Tahitian (Grafted)

Comments: - it taste good ,looks good

Planted: 2005

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question: got lime 2years ago ,it flowers but nolimes ,what sort fertilizer i should use and when. i live sydney nsw

Pawpaw - Southern Red (Seedling)

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i love this plant because it looks beautiful and it has yummy tasting fruit i currently have it in the pot that it came in when i bought it from daleys it is on the verandah getting a good lot of rain rain always makes things grow a bit faster.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

how tall does this plant get before it starts to fruit

Dwarf Peach ^1/10

Orange - Valencia

Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) ^10/10

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These are one of the best fruits we grow--very tasty, easy to grow and quite a long fruiting season. They taste so much better fresh than frozen, canned or supermarket bought.

We have quite a few varieties of raspberry. They all taste good, but  the Heritage ones have a long fruiting season through autumn (even up to June), but just a few fruits at a time. It's worth growing quite a few Heritage plants. Just buy one to start with though, because they spread like crazy from the roots so by the next spring year you will have 10 plants or so. They can be pruned out if needed and replanted elsewhere and will also grow easily from stem cuttings.

The Heritage variety fruit in their first season (from a spring planting), on the new growth. After fruiting it's best to prune them right back to ground level since those stems won't fruit again. This is easier than pruning summer-fruiting raspberries which fruit on the seond year's growth (so you have to leave the new shoots and cut back only the ones that fruited).

The stems grow fairly tall (2m) and tend to flop over if left. Ours are loosely supported by a nearby mesh fence. you can also tie nearby stems to a tall stake. This works really well and is flexible.

I estimate .5kg of fruit per plant per year--one plant = one stem. Our huge patch arose from one original plant though!

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 0.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None needed. The birds don't seem to get them. Children are the main risk :)

Organic Status:Organic

apricot - trevat (Grafted)

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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 are being espilared against the fence. A few have been hard hit by the storm and had some unorthordox pruning (thanks Perth storms) - but they seem to have recovered well. All their leaves have been removed for winter and I'm hoping they spring out of dormancy soon)

leavs are emerging late September. There are not many flowers - this could be due to Perth storm pruning, or insufficient chill, but a few fruit have set (obviously not enough ... one can never have too many apricots!) I always knew apricots would be a challenge in Perth!

I striped the plants of leaves in June. Hopefully they will learn that it is winter and crop in summer (maybe). The first blossom has appeared mid September 2011. It is still just waking up as of mid October 2011. There might be tiny fruitlets (just a few). It would be wonderful to get apricots in Perth (given we have far too few chill hours)

Jan 2012 - yummy, yummy, yummy ... fresh apricots are so delicious. The is no danger of an apricot crop in Perth breaking the branches of the tree, but a dozen fruit per tree is a nice treat, and so much more flavour than in the shops.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

ladybugs!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Paw Paw (Grafted) ^2/10

Comments: -

Grew up with paw paw and it dries well for winter use

it died during winter ...prolly to wet where i grew it

but i moved it to a better drained spot and hey presto we have leaves and a new trunk coming

so time will tell

Planted: 2010

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mandarin - Nules (Clementine)

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

I just loved the description of a fruit that tasted like lemon delicious pudding, took a punt, bought one, it has only ever given me one fruit, i tasted it and was sold! There are masses of flowers on it now but no fruit set even though i'm keeping the water up (you'd think in Brisbane we'd have high enough humidity) so i'm having a go at hand pollination. The suspense is killing me. I hope it works.

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fruit tree fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

update - have had wonderful success with hand pollination

Mango - Alphonse

Comments: - Correy is testing here

Dwarf Mulberry - Black ^10/10

Comments: - Grows extremely fast! Fruits prolifically for a young tree, but the slugs love it!

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Slugs love the mulberries - I use Multiguard slug pellets

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question: How much to prune this after fruiting?

Blueberry - Blue Rose (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

Update - Just got my first harvest of blueberries! I did lose one to a bird but I quickly netted the plant and protected the rest. The taste of the berries is very subtle with a hint of sweetness and none of the tartness of the store-bought blueberries. 

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Previous update - lots of little fruits have started forming all over where the flowers used to be. I applied some acidic fertiliser once the berries stated started to develop. Looking forward to heaps of tasty fruit, provided the birds don't get to them first!

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I bought this as a seedling from my local nursery this year. After a number of friends had failed attempts with their blueberry plants, I thought I'd give it a go. I did a lot of research before buying it as I had heard that they can be very fussy plants, but hardy, if they like the conditions they're in.

It is important for the soil to be sufficiently acidic. I potted it in a large 50cm glazed pot, with camellia/azalea potting mix and mixed through peat moss (which is acidic). I mulched with pine needles and every now and again throw on ground coffee which also helps to lower the ph in the soil. It's also important to only water with rainwater as tap water can be quite basic with all the chemicals they add to the water these days. 

So far it seems to be doing well. It has grown quite vigorously even in the short time I have had it. It has dropped all its leaves in the winter. Melbourne has had a particularly cold winter so I'm hoping for a good crop this year!

Update - just last week it started flowering following Melbourne's warmest August days on record! The flowers are stunning as you can see in the photo below. I've got my fingers crossed I get some fruit as the flowers are very sensitive to frost and reports of freezing winter days ahead

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Fruiting Months January, November, December

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - hasnt fruited yet

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter and seasol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: yates pyrethum gun

Organic Status:Certified

Question: how to grow in a pot

Miracle Fruit ^9/10

Comments: -

uniqueness, wierdness, fun fruit

Height 3.5 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 2 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Question:

i am using a "jiffy greenhouse" to plant my mirical fruit seeds. i only have 2 out of 18 sprouted. the sprouts look like a small stem with out any leaves so for, about 1/2" tall. is that normal? when do i transplant to larger pot? should i expect better results? is there any thing special i need to do to the seeds prior to planting. i first tried to soak some in a wet paper towel for about a week, didn't do. then i just placed some in the window sill for a few days to dry. these are the ones i have in plant now, they look a little moldy, but so do the ones that sprouted.

Avocado - Secondo (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

would love some avos, so i bought a couple of hass and a secendo.  planted march, established but all slowed nearly to a stop over winter. beginning of spring, secendo flowered and is  now flushed with new growth. hass buds beginning to bloom mid spring.

Planted: 2011

Height 500 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

I have used no pest control. noticed stems and trunks of hass avos with brown blotches, any ideas?  Also new growth on secondo is being eaten by small, long, green insects similar to a praying mantis. Pyrethrum spray says do not use on new growth and i would like a safer option. would a garlic or white oil spray be ok on a secendo? 

Peach - Elberta

Dwarf Macadamia

dwarf imperal mandarine (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Small tree sweet fruit

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lime - Kaffir (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Only had it for about 6 months and it's covered in fruit

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic at planting

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none, just pick off any bugs we find

Organic Status:Certified

Guava - Strawberry ^7/10

Planted: 2011

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

ceylon spinach (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

It grows really vigorously throughout the tropical summer. It grows from seeds, or cutting. When you cut a stalk to harvest, you can replant after removing the leaves and it will continue growing. As a food plant, it is very versatile - can be eaten raw or cooked.

Planted: 2008

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

We've never had pests on our ceylon spinach, even when we have caterpillars on other plants in the garden.

Kumquat - Calomondin (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

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

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter, citrus slow release, compost

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: I have just discovered the miracle that is home made white oil - mix one cup of sunflower oil to one quarter cup of washing liquid.  Add one teaspoon of this mixture to each cup of water and spray on both sides of leaves and bark of citrus to control

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Rocoto Tree Chilli ^6/10

Comments: -

Update 06-Dec-2011:Tree doing really well and producing lotsa chillies :) New pic attached. The chillies are not very hot though.

Update 30-Sep-2011:

The tree is doing well after planting it in the ground since i last posted about the aphids problem.

Love the idea of having a chilli tree !!!

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No