WA My Edibles

Cameron Apple (Seedling) ^1/10

Comments: -

Liked the look of the fruit and wanted to try anything new.

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

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none yet

Question:

none yet

Kangkong (Cutting)

Comments: -

Nice to eat when stir fried with sambal. Suppose to be easy to grow, so far I'm having little success.

Must at least kept moist, best results grown in water.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Comments

Have since added more cuttings in pot and some placed some in water on the kitchen bench by the window. Since has seen some nice little roots coming out from some cuttings...must be doing something right :)

apricot - trevat (Grafted)

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As they are only babies I removed all the fruit as soon as it set as I want them to get their roots fully established so they can survive the summer!They are being espilared against the fence. A few have been hard hit by the storm and had some unorthordox pruning (thanks Perth storms) - but they seem to have recovered well. All their leaves have been removed for winter and I'm hoping they spring out of dormancy soon)

leavs are emerging late September. There are not many flowers - this could be due to Perth storm pruning, or insufficient chill, but a few fruit have set (obviously not enough ... one can never have too many apricots!) I always knew apricots would be a challenge in Perth!

I striped the plants of leaves in June. Hopefully they will learn that it is winter and crop in summer (maybe). The first blossom has appeared mid September 2011. It is still just waking up as of mid October 2011. There might be tiny fruitlets (just a few). It would be wonderful to get apricots in Perth (given we have far too few chill hours)

Jan 2012 - yummy, yummy, yummy ... fresh apricots are so delicious. The is no danger of an apricot crop in Perth breaking the branches of the tree, but a dozen fruit per tree is a nice treat, and so much more flavour than in the shops.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

ladybugs!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Apple - Gala (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2010

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Bought it this year from Daleys , planted June and it already has 2 fruit growing.

Fruiting Months October

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Grapefruit - Flame ^9/10

Comments: -

The plant was quick to bear lots of fruit for such a small tree. Easy to look after.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 14 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Large green grasshoppers are the only critters I've found eating my tree. Just remove them by hand.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

(Grafted) ^2/10

Fruiting Months August

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

now that my peach tree is flowering and do olso have small peaches on it will they grow bigger or wil they fall off.

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted)

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The Washington Navel is one of the most widely known (and grown) citrus. It is a navel orange, meaning that it has a small "navel" (actually a tiny secondary fruit) and crops mostly over winter in our climate. The Washington Navel variety is so-named because it was distributed through the US by the Washington office of the Department of Agriculture. It has a rich, "classic" orange taste and is generally seedless due to the tree's inability to produce viable pollen.

This tree is part of our citrus hedge - a row of citrus trees planted along a north-west facing boundary fence at 1m spacing. The plan is for the trees to grow into an effective hedge that will be kept pruned to about 2m high. We prepared the planting area for the citrus hedge by incorporating "fruit & veg" soil mix into our existing sandy soil. Mushroom compost was worked into the bottom of the planting hole which was then backfilled with more "fruit and veg" mix. The area was lightly mulched with mushroom compost, leaving the area about 8cm around the trunk clear.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Peach - Dwarf O\'Henry (Grafted)

Comments: -

Like the shape and like the Plantnet varieties.

Planted: 2011

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Mango - Bowen (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Apricot - Fireball

Avocado - Bacon (B) (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Water Given in: Spring

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Hass

Organic Status:Organic

Coffee arabica ^10/10

Comments: -

Arrived about a month ago and have put it in a larger pot. Very happy so far despite being very hot. New shoots growing, looks great.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control:

No pests as yet. Will update as they arise.

Davidsonia jerseyana - Davidson Plum NSW ^8/10

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Attractive tree, taste of fruit,

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone and mulch

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None - no fruit yet so no problems so far.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I have had this avocado hass planted for about 8 months now it is about 1m-1.5m tall but has not developed any fruit yet as it is still to young. The question i wanted advice on was that i have eaten hass Avocado before and like the taste but they are generally not all that large a fruit. I have seen other avocado trees around the Perth area that have a larger and slightly different shaped fruit on them (more pear shaped) and the skin of the fruit does not turn purple like the hass but remains green. Cold anyone please tell me the name of this avocado, more information about it, how it compares to the hass and best place to purchase in Perth? Would appreciate any advice. Thanks.

Apple - Pinkabelle

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Peach - Flordagold (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Fruits early, and heavily year after year.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 1996

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 50% in After Fruiting and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chook Manure, phosphate and potassium nitrate

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Susceptible to peach curl - spray with bordeaux and copper sprays twice in winter if possible - hard to get two in though as loses leaves late and buds early.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Longan - Kohala marcotted ^6/10

Comments: -

still alive

Pollination: No

Syzygium oleosum - Blue Lilly Pilly (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

taste of fruit, variety in diet, companion plant to other rainforest edibles, good in landscape for creating coever for smaller things

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 15% in

Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Cherry - Pretty Gully (Grafted) ^1/10

Comments: -

Probably the first plant I was not happy with from Daleys.

Came dormant and never really prospered and then died.

Comments

I bought mine three month ago. It is doing just fine. Lots of new growth.

Cut leaf mintbush ^6/10

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I don't have a back yard yet - it is still a building site, but in one little wet corner, I have managed to grow mint and parsley.  I love mint! It is easy to grow and makes my lamb taste so good.  I am looking forward to getting my garden done and I will definately be adding a small lemon tree.  By boiling mint in a pot with some water and sugar and adding some lemon and freezing, I make a lovely lemon-mint sorbet that takes care of those sore throats before they turn into anything worse!

Mango - Kensington Pride grafted (Grafted) ^8/10

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This tree is about 5 years old it was bought from KMart for $10 as it looked sick, it gave two fruit the first year I planted it into the ground.  I then transplanted it to the current location and it gives about 5 to 10Kg of fruit in season.

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Acerola Cherry - Florida Sweet

Comments: - from Daleys winter 2009

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: worm castings/horse

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question: I tried to espalier this & all the leaves dropped off-is this normal in Perth's winter or have I killed it?

Comments

did it survive Kath? d'ya know if it will grow from a cutting?

found this useful info re acerola's ...hopefully it might help; http://www.crfg.org/pubs/ff/acerola.html

It is well & truly dead now.

citrus pomello (Grafted) ^8/10

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

no spray

fruit fly traps and control of dropped fruit

Organic Status:Organic

Tamarillo - Red ^10/10

Comments: -

I eat Tamarillo's when they are in season with Greek Style Yoghurt for breakfast, lunch and dinner.  They cost about $2 each, so my hubby tries to restrict the number I buy as it shoots the cost of grocery shopping through the roof.

It would be so much easier if I could grow my own!!

(Seedling) ^10/10

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I grow this every year, and there is always someone who asks 'what is that?'  It looks like a large-leaved silverbeet, with light green leaves. Very prolific - don't know why it isn't grown commercially.

It has a milder taste than s'beet, and is an annual - it grows all winter and goes to seed in summer. I think I bought the seed originally from Phoeniz Seeds, and have kept the seeds ever since.

It only gets water in spring if it is dry. Winter rainfall is enough, even though we have had a very dry winter in WA.

Planted: 2010

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, fish emulsion later in season.

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

No pests seen apart from an occasional snail.

Organic Status:Organic