My Edibles: Stone Fruit NSW

Davidson Plum - NSW

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Such a beautiful girl! I love her velvety pink new growth - if only you could make a dress out of it! You have to be careful not to damage a leaf though because when she's little one leaf is a significant proportion of the tree.

2009: She transplanted from my old house which was great - I was particularly worried about her cause she's a native. She did get flowers that year but I had to pull them off because I didn't want her to waste energy on them when I needed her to focus on surviving the move.

2010: First fruit this year. My dad LOVES how sour it is. I think next year the fruit that he doesn't eat might be destined to make some yummy relish.

Summer 2011: Lots of suckery new growth coming round the base. To leave or not to leave? Do I want a bush or a tree?

Spring 2011: I left the suckers because I was worried that I might have planted her into potty mix that was a bit gross. She seems fine though. Hated the strong spring winds that we had this year. I have planted some cassava to try and grow a windbreak for her.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2007

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chicken poo, worm castings, Seasol, Charlie Carp

Pest Control:

Elephant weevils might be the ugliest looking thing I have ever seen. They are big enough to just pick off but EWWWW!

Dwarf Peach - Standard ^10/10

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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 the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Mango - Bowen ^10/10

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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 the Ground

Qty: 1

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Mango - Florigon (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Tough, easy to grow tree - havent tried its fruits yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Peach

Dwarf Nectarine - Sunset Backyard Beauty (Grafted) ^7/10

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A beautiful tree in flower, and I would love to taste some fruit unaffected by fruit fly - maybe next year! 

Developed leaf curl immediately after domancy - left it too late with the lime sulfer spray.

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2011

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Fruit Harvest: 0.1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Sunset Peach

Pest Control: Should have bagged the fruit - was attacked terribly by fruit fly and slugs here in Sydney.

Plum - Sugar

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Summer 2011: Gift from my friend Brett. Looking forward to comparing it to the other unknown plum cuttings we struck earlier in the year.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Spearmint

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Pointier leaves than normal mint and mine tends to grow in great bit vertical spikes rather than lower twisty brnaches like the normal mint. Slightly different floavour. Same as normal mint in that it will take over the world if you don't keep it in a pot.

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Caterpillars LOVE it but it is prollific enough not to be too much of a problem but you have to be careful not to end up with a caterpillar breeding ground that infests the rest of the garden.

Plum (unknown) (Cutting)

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Spring 2011: Cuttings given to me by a friend of a friend (thakns heaps Brett!!) who inherited the parent tree with his farm... none of us know what sort they are but they are yummers! The first of the cuttings just appear to be coming to life.

Summer 2011: Out of 5 cuttings only 2 grew leaves (back in spring). One was dead as a dodo but the other 2 were still green - just sleepy?? So I scraped off some bark, dunked them in rooting hormone and repotted them. One is already starting to how signs of success!

Planted: 2011

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Pollination: No

Apricot - Moorepark

Peach - Elberta

Plum - Iluka Blood ^7/10

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Nov 2010: Planted in large pot it has sprouted new leaves all over; should do well. Feb 2011: Grown very tall - tip pruned to encourage lateral growth

Dec 2011: Maybe too big for pot yet too big to handle now so not sure what to do with it.  If only I have the room...

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pear - Corella (Grafted) ^6/10

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Mine is on dwarf rootstock. Bought because my kids love pears, and the size of the fruit is perfect for small children. I also have a Faccia Rosa for pollination. Growing beautifully this year, in a spot where it's competing for light with bigger trees. No blossom or fruit yet.

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: sheep manure/lucerne hay

When I Fertilise: Spring

Plum - Santa Rosa (Grafted) ^7/10

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Bought this on dwarf rootstock. Growing more strongly in it's second year, flowered this year but no fruit yet. Bought because it's self pollinating.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: sheep manure, lucerne hay

When I Fertilise: Spring

Plum - Gulfgold (Grafted) ^8/10

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Very attractive little tree, bearing largish yellow plums. These ripen later than Gulf Ruby and taste very good provided you wait till fully ripe. In second year producing 30 plums even though its partner Gulfruby did not flower this year, so it looks like it's self-pollinating well.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulf Ruby

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Early bearing so no fruit fly problems. No other pests encountered, so no spray needed.

Organic Status:Organic

Plum - Gulf Ruby (Grafted) ^9/10

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Very attractive little tree, bearing a large number of beautiful red plums. The skin is a little bitter. The flesh is yellow, juicy, soft and fairly pleasant. In second year did not produce flowers, but had plenty in third year. Must wait till fully ripe (dark colour and turning soft) to get best taste.

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulfgold

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Early bearing so no problem with fruit fly. No other pests. No sprays needed.

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Sensation (Grafted) ^8/10

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Already growing loads of green mangoe buds...
Update on this is there are literally hundreds of flowers...considering whether I need to take them off as they suggest or let them go..

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Life

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Peach - Sunset Backyard Beauty (Grafted) ^5/10

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Sunset Nectarine

Plum - Mult Grafted (Grafted)

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Multi grafted plum, affectionatley called my Muti PLum for it mutant nature, rootstock Myrobolan, grafted with mariposa, regrafted with gulf gold and gulf ruby. Problamatic but interesting. Lesson in importance of thinning the fruit. Lost one of the grafts, not to worry grafted some of the broken bits onto new rootstock shoots - way to low, going to create new problem next year when the fruit hang on the ground.

The Chill Factor - end Aug/Sept 2010 - all the plums are flowering together, by early Sept. the Gulf Gold has set lots of fruit - but is still spot flowering.  The mariposa part of the tree is also flowering, what felt like a warm winter because the minimums were high was cooler because the maximums were lower - so the chill factor was higher!

I used mesh fruit fly exclusion bags on a couple of branches of the plums, the birds have been pecking at them today - so I picked the gulf ruby's.

Planted: 2004

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted)

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The fruit is large and juicy and I love the canopy of mango trees which provide a lovely cover and shade.

Pear - Williams

Dwarf Nectarine - Nectazee

Dwarf Peach

Apricot (Dwarf)

Dwarf Nectarine - Sunset Backyard Beauty (Grafted) ^6/10

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Love Nectarines so looking forward to some yummy ones! Unfortunately this had leaf curl when I bought it (not from Daleys) so I am hoping it will recover :(

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Life

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Eco Oil

Question:

Plum - Gulf Ruby ^7/10

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Looks like it's growing ok. Growing well but still no sign of fruit though my other plum has now got one fruit on it..

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulk Gold

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Leaves have lots of holes....caterpillars or something are attacking the tree! 

Advanced Plum - Gulfgold ^9/10

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Bought 3 weeks ago but already has a plum (thanks to the nursery's previous hard work!) :P
 My one plum is getting bigger- will be good when it gets some cousins ;P One plum will not stretch that far!

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulf Ruby

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Question:

Bought a cross pollinator (Gulf Ruby) which isn't fruiting...should this also fruit eventually?

Mango - Bowen (Grafted) ^8/10

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Looks impressive as it is tall already in it's pot. Am planning to plant it near kids cubby house for some shade.
 Very slow growing as it's a seedling...don't expect fruit for a long time yet....

Planted: 2011

Height 1.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Life

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Peach ^6/10

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Looking forward to some yummy peaches one day
Have to say...update is that this is growing but VERY SLOWLY

Height 35 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

 Organic Life

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Bit slow growing I have noticed...

Apricot - Moorepark ^7/10

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I love apricots so am looking forward to sampling fruit off this tree!

Planted: 2011

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination