My Edibles: Asian Trees VIC

Jakfruit

Lychee (Seedling) ^10/10

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Got two of ebay.  One died off and the other is doing very well in my Green house.  It is in a pot and is very small.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - Wai Chee

Loquat - Seedling Nagasakiwase (MT)

Longan - Kohala Seedling

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Longan is one of my favourite fruits. I am not sure how well it will cope in Melbourne's weather but definetly worth a try. I will be planting it against the north facing fence for maximum heat and sunlight.

Planted: 2010

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Loquat - Nagasakiwase (Grafted)

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I bought this plant mainly for it's medicinal value. According to the Traditional Chinese Medicine loquats help to relieve cough by soothing the throat. I chose this Japanese variety because it is said to be high flesh/seed ratio. 

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Loquat - Nagasakiwase

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Longan - Kohala Seedling (Grafted)

Comments: - Probably too cold, even tough it was in an unheated poly house.  I may try again

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

if you can grow citrus ok you should be able to fruit longan regards rob

Canned longon is so good that I wonder if it's worth growing the tree if it's difficult?

Loquat - Seedling Nagasakiwase (MT) (Seedling)

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to be used as rootstock for selected cultivars

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 5

Loquat - Thames Pride

Comments: - Root bound in pot. Unrolled roots and cut some to open up. Severely shocked the roots but it seems fine.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Loquat - Nagasakiwase

Longan - Kohala marcotted

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It has not had any fruit yet at 3 years old but is doing well, nourished by rich organic compost.

loquat seedling

Planted: 2009

Height 20 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and worm castings.

Pest Control:

We have about 20 seedlings donated from a gardener in Doncaster Victoria. Hundreds of seedlings come up every years from a very large Loquat tree in her back yard which makes wonderful jam and eating fruit. Four seedlings have been planted into large p

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Has anyone got recipe ideas they would like to share?

Longan - Biew Kiew

Pollination: No

Jakfruit - Picone Crisp (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Did OK in Summer but died in Mid Winter due to cold, not frost but I guess lack of enough warmth for its metabolism. %uFFFDThis is the second one that died, also a seedling I grew from a fruit.

Longan ^1/10

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Last summer was particularly harsh.

Pollination: No

Loquat (Seedling) ^6/10

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Inherited this tree when I bought our current property. It was stuck in a small pot in the dark laundry and I didn't water it for the first 6 months as I didn't know what it was at the time.  Despite this poor treatment, it survived, although it was just one lanky stem with some leaves.  I repotted it into a larger pot, headed it to try to stimulate some branching.  This worked, although not quite as well as I'd hoped and it now looks like there's going to be an inclusion in the stem where I originally headed it.   But it is happy enough, although quite often it gets brown patches on the edges of the leaves. I suspect this is either fertiliser burn or damage from winds.

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Occassionally gets aphids on the new growth, but these are easily controlled by squashing regularly.

Organic Status:Organic

Lychee - No Mai Chi

Loquat - Nagasakiwase

Lychee - Bosworth 3

Carambola Starfruit - Kary

Jakfruit - Gold Nugget

Lychee - Bosworth 3

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slowly

Lychee - Salathiel

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died, too much chicken poo

Lychee - Wai Chee

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slowly

Growing: In a Pot

Lychee - Bosworth 3 ^6/10

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growing slowly

Growing: In a Pot

Carambola - Kembangan ^4/10

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all leaves dropped but doens't look dead yet, it grew the most prolifically for me of the 3 varieties i have over the summer period, but dropped its leaves the quickest.

Growing: In a Pot

Carambola Starfruit - Arkin

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Grew over the warmer periods, stopped growing in winter few leaf drops but appear to be best performer in the winter, retained most leaves and are still green

Planted: 2008

Growing: In a Pot

Longan - Kohala marcotted ^9/10

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Many new shoots, altho some dies back duriing the 46degree heatwave

Planted: 2008

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Longan - Kohala Seedling