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Berry - ElderberryLeesty's Edible FruitsUpdate: 890 days 7hrs Comments: - I recently purchased an Elderberry Canadensis from Daleys, but was surprised to see it sprout golden leaves. I had not expected the "Aurea" (Golden) variety as I did not even know that Daleys sold that. However, the golden leaves look great. I just hope that the fruit is as good as that of the green leaved variety. I initially thought that I might have a soil problem, such as a lack of nitrogen, but a gentle application of seasol based power feed made no difference to the colour of the foliage. Is Daleys actually propogating Sambucus Nigra ssp. Canadensis Aurea (Golden Elder) and intending to sell in due course? Fruiting Months April and May Planted: 2021 Height 30 Centimetres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring SpringPollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone When I Fertilise: Yearly Pest Control: Yates Anti-Rot Organic Status:Partially Organic Question: Is Daleys actually propogating Sambucus Canadensis Aurea (Golden Elder)? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mulberry - BlackPeteZ's Edible FruitsUpdate: 917 days 13hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blueberry - Sunshine Blue (Cutting)Maarten's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1055 days 10hrs Planted: 2019 Height 1.2 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 3 First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Autumn and Spring Summer and SpringPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) 10/10Sandy's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1422 days 19hrs Comments: - Bought in Feb 2019 about 1 meter tall, planted in pot with citrus potting mix, topped with sugarcane mulch. Growing vigorously and putting out lots of new shoots. Cold hardy, tolerated Canberra winter (-10 C). Pruned once in Sep which stimulated more growth. Sustained hail damage in Mar 2020, knocked off its first yet-to-ripe fruit. Many leaves and branches were injured however she has continued to put out more fruit. Fertilized in Apr 2020 - Looking forward to tasting its very first harvest soon! Fruiting Months April and May Planted: 2019 Height 1.5 metres Growing: In a Pot First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 30% in Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Richgro Plus Fruit And Citrus Fertiliser, powerfeed, cow manure, compost When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: hand picked off moth eggs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Loquat - Nagasakiwase (Grafted)Kimseman1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1614 days 3hrs Comments: - Fruit tastes fantastic, fruited after less than 2 years (in Sydney). It's in a pot for now but will eventually need to be planted out. I feed it every month or 2, with something different from last time, eg. organic citrus fertiliser, blood & bone, rock dust, worm juice etc Fruiting Months October Growing: In a Pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Pest Control: Nothing needed so far Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 8 people found this review useful CommentsDung57 says... [1502 days 13hrs ago]Hi can I have scionwood cutting for grafting, I can buy/trade. I’m sending it to a friend. My email boomdat@hotmail.com* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava - Thai White 9/10Jayantha1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1648 days 10hrs Comments: - I have one red small, I need big guava too in my greenhouse in Canberra Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 18 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Yuzu - Grafted (Grafted) 10/10Zapjelly's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1981 days 10hrs Comments: - Rare Planted: 2014 Height 0.5 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter Autumn and WinterWas this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 20 of 26 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Plum - Yarrahapinni Blood 9/10Shirlann871's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2268 days 8hrs Planted: 2011 Height 3.5 metres Growing: In the Ground First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun SpringPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Partially Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA) (Grafted) 9/10Kuma1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2487 days 23hrs Fruiting Months February and March Planted: 2016 Height 120 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year First Fruited: 15 Months from Purchase in Pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) 9/10Kim123's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3283 days 2hrs Planted: 2015 Growing: In a Pot Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig - Brown Turkey (Cutting)Naikii's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3925 days 5hrs Comments: - From Daleys.. Has been in pot for about 6 months but hasnt done much Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara (Grafted)Kimltran2006's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4014 days 7hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) 10/10Fairydinkum's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4221 days 23hrs Planted: 2010 Growing: In the Ground First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring SpringPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling) 10/10Linley's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4386 days 8hrs Comments: - Used to eat the red kind when I was little. Has grown very quickly and started fruiting almost immediately, although I've been removing the fruit and buds to encourage it to grow more (I hope this is the right thing to do to a guava). Next year I'll eat them all. Fruiting Months March and April Planted: 2011 Height 0.5 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter Pest Control: None Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Raspberry - Heritage (Seedling) 10/10KitschWitch's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4448 days 10hrs Comments: - 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 SpringPollination: No Pest Control: None needed. The birds don't seem to get them. Children are the main risk :) Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 89 of 98 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lime - Kaffir 8/10Rae's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4828 days 10hrs Comments: - Can use the leaves for tea, to flavour dishes, blended in sauces, in sorbet, in salads. Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 4 First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring Pest Control: Eco fungicide, neem sprays. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mandarin - Emperor (Seedling) 9/10Ryan1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4940 days 10hrs Comments: - Fruits every year really well and tastes awesome Fruiting Months July, August, September Planted: 2003 Height 4 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Never Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 15 of 22 people found this review useful CommentsCorrey says... [4940 days 4hrs ago]Sounds like you have a very successful mandarin tree there. For some unknown reason my mandarin produced no fruit this year but every other year it has. I get fruit mainly in summer though.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Parsley Curly leaf 10/10Maxeen's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4956 days 10hrs Comments: - Love parsley to eat, for decoration of food for flavouring foods in salads, tabouli Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Feijoa 8/10TimdJones's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4958 days 6hrs Comments: - I love to grow Feijoa in my backyard. Their fragrant flesh is just magic and with grafted plants I can produce lots to enjoy with my kids! Fruiting Months March and April Planted: 2009 Height 0.8 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 4 First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer and Winter After Fruiting and SummerPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: Duffy, Apollo, Seedling When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring Pest Control: Limited. Ocassionally a bit of pest oil if scale appear. Organic Status:Partially Organic Question: I have grown feijoa for a long time but rarely seen them respond to fertiliser with more fruit. Do they have a more specific requirement, e.g potassium? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 9 of 16 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
satsuma mandarin (Grafted) 10/10Yum's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4961 days 18hrs Comments: - Mandarin Silverhill (a satsuma selection) grafted onto a troyer citrange rootstock. This is an almost pest free, small tree with fragrant flowers and delicious seedless fruit. It's frost hardy and fruits early which makes it an excellent choice for Canberra. The fruit is so good that I'm surprised i have never seen satsuma mandarins in the shops (or even one satsuma mandarin tree). They look a lot like small tangelos. Our tree has survived being almost ringbarked twice by our pet rabbit and drought. However, last season i watered it regularly, and consequently had an excellent crop of good sized fruit. I am looking forward to more vigorous growth once the bark has fully regrown. I'm not really sure when i planted it. 1999 is just a good guess, but probably earlier. Fruiting Months March and April Planted: 1999 Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Autumn Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: varies, compost, rabbit manure and urine, possum manure, cow manure, blood and bone with potash, proprietary organic fertilisers and i have used osmocote citrus food some years ago. When I Fertilise: Spring Pest Control: 0ccasionally i have seen leaf miner and i simply removed the affected leaves. I remove most orchard butterfly caterpillars, leaving one or two for interest. Rabbit mesh kept the rabbit at bay. Scale is removed by hand. Question: If I plant other varieties of satsuma mandarins or other citrus, will i get seeds in my mandarins? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mandarin - Clauselliana (Grafted) 10/10CathyB's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4964 days 9hrs Comments: - Super juicer, great fresh segments, Lovely tea, superb tasty marmalade, loads of fruit, not too tall, Fruiting Months May, June, July, August Planted: 2004 Height 2 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 8 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Yearly Pest Control: Just squish the caterpillars. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 19 of 20 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blueberry - Backyard BluePink35's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4988 days 5hrs Fruiting Months January, February, December Planted: 2009 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 20% in Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fertilizer for acid loving plants When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pear - Packhams TriumphJcteran's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5103 days 10hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pear - Williams 4/10Silvie's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5143 days 8hrs Comments: - 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. 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. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blueberry (Grafted) 6/10Rosie32's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5225 days 2hrs Fruiting Months January Planted: 2009 Height 50 Centimetres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Organic Status:Pesticides Used Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Davidson Plum NSWMannie1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5307 days 10hrs Comments: - Struggling a little, but still surviving. Anything that survived last summer would have to be guaranteed to live forever! Planted: 2008 Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Sun When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Tangelo - Minneola (Grafted) 9/10Oriente's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5321 days 22hrs Comments: - My little Tangello is doing OK considering the climate in Canberra. It has survived its first winter here. Looking forward to flowers and fruit. In the meantime I am sending a photo of my Lemonade tree which is a great producer. Planted: 2008 Height 75 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground First Fruited: 10 Months from Purchase in Pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Summer, Autumn, WinterPollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Cow and chicken manure When I Fertilise: Spring Pest Control: Winter oil. Organic Status:Partially Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Blue 5/10PattiAnne1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5322 days 8hrs Comments: - strong frost Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pomegranate - Wonderful (Grafted) 5/10Dunlop's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5328 days 11hrs Planted: 2009 Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dragon Fruit - Red 5/10PamelaB's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5330 days 8hrs Comments: - Frost Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |