NSW My Edibles

Nectarine - Sunset Dwarf Red Leaf (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Love the fruit

Planted: 2010

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None yet

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

N/A

Mulberry - Dwarf Black (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

I bought this in late summer 2009 and I transfered it into a large pot and got a small handfull of berries. It's now mid August 2010 and it has more than 100 fruit growing that should be ripe in a few weeks and I am hoping for a second crop in mid summer. A fantastic little tree and I can't believe that it has produced fruit so quickly a hit with my three year old I can tell you. He is eagerly awaiting until the berries are ripe to eat them which means they must taste pretty good if my fussy eater loves them. I am considering getting a couple more and gifting them to friends and family for Xmas.

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

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

This post is really helpful as I want a mulberry tree but don't have anymore place for another tree in the ground. What size pot are you growing this in? How long can the tree be left in the pot? Any special potting mix to be used? Whats the name of this variety? Cheers Abhi

I am just using a large pot I got from bunnings its probably 40 - 50cms high you would need to transplant the tree every 2 or so years into a larger pot. Another idea instead of a pot is bonsai bags I have a couple apples and madarins in bonsai bags and they are growing quite well. i just used an all purpose good quality potting mix with some compost but the dwarf black mulberry that i have is quite tolerant. Except for some chook poo and water I don't do anything to it.

Davidsonia jerseyana - Davidson Plum NSW (Seedling)

Comments: - At the start of the track, first flowers Nov 08

Ice Cream Bean (Grafted)

Comments: -

Wah it died. I'm sad. I probably put it in a bad place.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

herbs, coffee beans, (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Herbs are grown as my daughter is cheffing and the coffee bean tree of which we have 1 in our rainforest has given us nearly 2 kilo is it's first pick a week ago, we now intend to plant more from the same mother tree.No chemicals, no fertilisers only rain water.

Fruiting Months July

Planted: 2007

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

do you have to prune the coffee tree?

Avocado - Secondo (A) (Grafted) ^1/10

Comments: -

I got a secondo about 4 months ago. Very healthy tree. Pruned it slightly in winter and it seemed dorment for a few months. After the first half of winter it started to grow little buds and now 1 week before spring they are just about to explode. Can't wait until spring and maybe i get some fruit  in the second (secondo) year. Very pleased with the quality of the tree. Very recommendable.

Thanks

Ernie Wust

Syzygium luehmanii - Riberry ^5/10

Comments: -

still small and growing slowly - has an eastern aspect - a little shaded

Planted: 2007

Growing: In the Ground

Pest Control:

none

Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

2008 - I know I should have cut off the fruit, but life's short. It hasn't looked back. However it has seeds & the flesh is light pink??

2009 - Only 2 fruit this year.

2010 - Needs Fertilizing - leaves are very yellow.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Lemon - Meyer (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

An important ingredient for our lemon & passionfruit butter

Planted: 2007

Water Given in: Winter

Backhousia citriodora - Lemon scented myrtle (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

I love the smell of the leaves when crushed. I use them dried in cooking and add to tea. Better flavour than lemons. Lovely when it flowers in autumn. Stands up to weather extremes. Pest free.

Planted: 2001

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Passionfruit - Grafted Black (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

Growing very well over our chook pen and has 2 or 3 fruit on it almost ready to pick now 12 months later

Just had the first fruit and it was SO nice very sweet and tangy 

Fruiting Months August and September

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chook poo

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Cape Gooseberry (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - My favourite childhood memory involves sitting in front of my great grandmother's cape gooseberry, eating the delicious yellow fruits. I wanted to grow one of these to recapture the taste of my youth!

Fruiting Months July and August

Planted: 2010

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None!

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

The trees were here when we moved in! They look quite old, and they require no real attention...but they give such a fantastic nut. The black cockatoos have now discovered them but there are plenty for everyone including the rats!

Fruiting Months February, March, April, May, June

Planted: 2003

Height 5 metres

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: used to get cow poo until we moved the fence to exclude the cows.

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

We have never done anything except let the chooks rummage underneath.

Question:

We do occasionally get rotten nuts wheere half the nut goes brown, is this something I need to do something about?

Wild Strawberry (Seedling)

Comments: -

Fun for the kids. Produces tiny, delicious strawberries.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Babaco ^10/10

Comments: - Bought: 2008

This is a vey worthwile plant to grow, mine has been in the ground for one year and started bearing fruit almost immediately. Fruit are sour and best eaten cut in half and covered with a sprinkle of sugar (overnight). Or made into fruit puree for juice. Green fruit can be used in stir fries.

Update: it died in a very wet winter in Sydney in 2010. I did not even get a chance to save some cuttings, the whole stem rotted quite quickly and severely.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood and bone occas.

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

none

Wampi ^10/10

Comments: -

Only had one harvest so far, looking forward to the next..  Absolutely delicious. Small easily peeled fruit, Juicy as a lychee.  Refreshing slightly citrus flavour.  Have watered it while it established. No water since.  Fed it occasionally with some manure.  Plan to prune it so I can continue to reach the fruit. Seems like easy care, easy enjoy.

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

none

Longan - Kohala Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

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

Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - My little townhouse Peramculture garden is bursting with edible plants.  One of my favourites is the tamarillo: I have three in the garden (doing very well, despite a severe frost a couple of months ago) and one in a pot (not doing so well).  These very pretty trees tend to put on most of their leaves at one level, and so have a lovely shape, a gentle curve at the top of the canopy and red pendulous fruits hanging below it.  They are pretty easy to grow, even though my place is a bit challenged with respect to sunlight, and always attract comments from visitors.

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Jakfruit - Gold Nugget ^6/10

Comments: -

Grew well in Autumn. Extensive frost damage in winter. All new buds are dead. Hoping for a revival in spring. Died at the end of summer

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Mushroom Plant (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Wonderful taste when mixed with salad.

Planted: 2010

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Organic Status:Organic

Berry - Thornless Youngberry ^8/10

Comments: -

I have just purchased three youngberries from your nursery , it is a fruit that hasbeen on my wishlist for several years now. I first tasted youngberries at a family picnic in December 2008, they had been grown by my brother in Queanbeyan and they were absolutely DELICIOUS!!! I can only describe them as a giant blackberry, rasberry, mulberry fusion. The fruits were large  and sweet and a little bit tart , I imagine they will make a really lovely jam or pie filling. Until now we have always gone blackberrying in summer to get our filll of a luscious sweet berry, but now that I have youngberries growing, here's hoping for a bumper crop of our own .....without the thorns. Younberries will be a seasonal treat that will be much anticipated every year.

Quince Tree - Smyrna (Seedling)

Comments: -

It was my favouritestewed fruit as a child

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Question:

hoe long will it take to fruit

Lime - Tahitian ^10/10

Comments: -

Tastes fantastic and works a treat in my husbands beer and my vodka and soda

Fruiting Months April, May, June, July, August

Planted: 2006

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I would like to start growing lime in a large scale, where do I get the rootstock from?

Who can I speak to to find out how to go about growing limes?

Mulberry - Dwarf Black

Comments: -

reminds me of my childhood coming home with a stained mouth and hands and saying to mum "no mum i didnt steal the neighbours fruit."

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2003

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 33% in Spring

Question:

not growing very well... very slow developing what can i put to fetilise the tree

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

Comments: - No fruit yet but growing well and looking forward to fruit when it develops.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control: None

Mango - Banana ^7/10

Comments: -

I like the fact that i can gow a banana tree in port stephens nsw , although it takes longer to fruit than QLD they are easy to manage

Fruiting Months February, March, April

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2008 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook manure

Pest Control:

none

Dwarf Mandarin ^10/10

Comments: - I only purchased my mandarine tree from Daleys a year ago. I wasnt very confident when it arrived as it was in a little box. It has grown incredibly fast, looks magnificent and we have even had a lovely mandarin which is sweet and delicious.

Fruiting Months August

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: white oil, snail bait

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Question: What can i do to stop the leaves curling and dropping like the other citrus trees I have in the garden? I really dont want to use pesticides but I think we have a few problems: somethings eating the leaves; and something is causing the leaves to curl and drop off. 

Avocado - Hass (A) ^8/10