My Edible Fruit Trees: South American Trees NSW

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Comments: - Said to be delicious and not requiring hand pollination, so want to try growing this. In 2022 most branches dried up so were trimmed off. Remaining small branch above graft survived and is growing well, so fingers crossed. Suspect the roots are very susceptible to phytophthora, so am applying Yates Anti Rot spray on leaves once in Winter and again in early Spring. Interesting to see if this helps.

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted)

Comments: - Said to be delicious, with fewer seeds, and not requiring hand pollination, so want to try growing this.Set 2 fruits in 2023, but syddenly all leaves dried up, so I removed the fruits and will wait to see if the tree will recover. Unfortunately, I found collar rot next to the soil and the tree died. 

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Black Sapote - Superb (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Needed a second black sapote to aid in pollination. The specimen from Daley's looked rather weak and spindly and is extremely slow growing in part shade. However, first fruit (just one) in 2013 was delicious, so this variety definitely passes the taste test.Have now bought a second plant from Daley's as I am convinced it's needed for cross pollination for the large seedling tree. But the grafted trees are growing extremely slowly. One of the grafted trees suddenly dropped its leaves and died. Somewhat puzzling, but, growing close to the large seedling black sapote, it might not have been able to compete for water.

Bought one more grafted tree in 2018 and planted in a different location where it won't have to compete with other trees. This time it is growing well. However, 5 years later still not getting any fruit. Flowers drop off.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Need to protect leaves from being eaten by possums when tree is young.

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

Produces plenty of very tasty fragrant fruit with a mix of sweet with a hint of sour.  

Extra bonus - chewing of young leaves are an excellent remedy for diarrhea and stomach bugs. Well known remedy in Asia.

Too much trouble with fruit fly, and fruit bats and rats so have removed this tree to make room for others.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Initially sprayed against fruit fly, but now prefer to use plastic bags over fruit which is close to ripening and it seems to work well.

White Sapote - Kampong (Grafted) ^9/10

Planted: 2016

Height 175 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Fast grower, the only problem I've had is with scale.

Hi mate - if you have spare scion woods, can you pls let me know so I can try grafting to my white sapote seedling tree? I am happy to pay for them and perhaps go for a drive down to the South Coast one weekend to collect

Sorry I just saw your comment. If you still need some let me know and forget about paying

Hi Chad1, sorry I don't use this Daley forum website often and just came across your response. Thanks mate for the offer, but it is not urgent and I will try to source some other varieties white sapote scions to graft onto my seedling tree project sometime in the near future. Same, we are based in the same state NSW and so if you are after a particular scion(s) I may have spare, let me know and I can try to assist

White Sapote - Pike (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

This must be the best fruit for taste and climate range and low fruit fly problem for some unknown reason.

Good near a public area because its skin stays green when ripe, and so does not attract as much attention from people who don't know the fruit.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2003

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Sulfur crested cockatoos are a big problem many years after planting, they just practice their bite and drop the fruit uneaten but bitten.

Bats eventually find the fruit tree years after planting.

Then they harvest every year.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Why a very low fruit fly problem?

Comments

How big is your tree grows?

White Sapote - Chris (Grafted) ^2/10

Comments: - Has barely grown since I bought it, maybe a cm

Planted: 2020

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Seems to be a wooly-leaf sapote. The underside of the leaves are furry, unlike my Kampong.

Guava - China Pear (Cutting) ^5/10

Planted: 2022

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet

Feijoa - Unique

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme

White Sapote-Vernon (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2021

Growing: In the Ground

Comments

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Costada

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2021

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure and rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: No pests experienced so far.

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Chris (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2021

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A)

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A)

Guava Hawaiian (Seedling) ^6/10

Feijoa - Ellen (Cutting)

Comments: - Recommended by a Canberra Feijoa enthusiast. Described as a large-fruited early variety.

Planted: 2019

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Guava - Strawberry (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2019

Pollination: No

Black Sapote (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - just bought it, can't wait to see how it does

Planted: 2021

Pollination: No

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted)

Comments

Planted in ground on 29.08.22. Autumn 2024 it has 7 fruits now

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Comments

Planted in ground on 29.03.23.

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid (Seedling)

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Comments

Did this cutting survive?

So far so good.

Jaboticaba - Giant (Seedling) ^10/10

Pollination: No

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2020

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2020

Height 79 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Black Sapote - Bernicker (Grafted)

Height 1 metres

Black Sapote - Mossman (Grafted)

Planted: 2021

Height 1 metres