My Edibles: Vine WA

Grape - Maroo Seedless

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This plant is designed to screen the fence (between my orange and lemon) and hopefully provide me with some tasty table grapes. It is supported by some special purpose wires spaced about 40cm apart (against the fence). When it was first planted (early 2010) it was just a stick, but it is already covering the fence quicker than I had hoped. It is quite a bushy plant and I imagine I'll need to give it a decent prune to ensure good shape for years to come. There are even baby grapes on it already (October 2010)!

In Jan 2011 the grape started wilting so I've removed the baby bunches and pruned the branches that are not where I want. It has since re-shoot and I imagine I'll need to prune again in autumn

2011-2012 has been a bad year for grapes - a late rain split the entire crop and there seems to be a 'disease' attacking the plant (leaves go yellow and fall off). But the plant is growing very fast. A second flowering resulted in a few more bunches that were split by rains just after Christmas!

Planted: 2010

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None required at this time

grape - thomuscat

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The thomuscat is supposed to be a white, seedless grape which is a cross between a sultana and white muscat, but with a strong muscat flavour (yummy ... I hope). It is supposed to mature early to mid-season. I planted it to screen the fence between my lime and orange. It appears to be more interested in growing up rather than out (which is fine). It was just a little stick when I planted it in early 2010. It is planted so that it is near a limestone retaining wall - which seems to keep it happy despite my attempts to acidify the soil in the bed (as there is a lime tree about 1.5 metres from the grape).

the 2011-2012 crop was split by a late rain. The plant otherwise seems very happy and growing like a weed

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Not required at this time

Pitaya - Yellow Dragon Fruit (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: -

love the red one so thought yellow could be cood to polinate.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: red pitaya

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic

Organic Status:Certified

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

Grapefruit - Thompson Pink (Grafted)

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This is a sport of the common Marsh grapefruit variety, differentiated from its parent by its pinkish coloured flesh and seedlessness. Apparently the pink colour only develops under ideal growing conditions and I am not sure that it will receive enough heat in our garden. The taste is similar to Marsh.

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.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit

Passionfruit - Banana

Passionfruit - Black

Passionfruit - Panama Red

Grape - Flame Seedless

Grape - Black Muscat

Grapefruit - Rio Red

Grape Ribier

Comments: -

 No fruit as yet- this vine was planted in winter of 2007

Masses of fruit summer 09/10- the birds loved them- next year this sucker is getting netted.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Bordeaux spray in late winter just prior to bud burst

Passionfruit - Black

Comments: -

Didn't grow that well- removed as the Panama red seems to be doing very well and I only need one passionfruit vine

Planted in 2008 to replace the Nelly Kelly that wasn't doing well. Growing nicely but don't expect fruit till summer of 2010/2011

Planted: 2008

Height 1.2 metres

Qty: 2

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

grape-perlette (Grafted)

Comments: -

No fruit as yet- this vine was planted in winter of 2007

Got a few small bunches summer of 09/10- need to better protect it from birds next year

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 80% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Grape- Cardinal (Grafted)

Comments: -

No fruit as yet- this vine was planted in winter of 2007

Heaps of fruit summer of 09/10 but the birds got most of them- need to net it this year

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 80% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Hardy Kiwifruit - 74-49F female ^6/10

Comments: -

love kiwi

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Cross Pollinator Variety: kiwi berry

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic

Organic Status:Certified

Kiwifruit - Male ^5/10

Comments: -

the femails are great tryed 3 males always die :(

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Passionfruit

Comments: - Absolutely suck at growing passionfruit!! Grew great vines in NSW & NT & now no luck!! Tried both  grafted and from seed but they get mowed down at the base-? slaters. Will try again in with the ducks.

Comments

did you try a sunshine special? they seem to do well in WA. my theory is these are a bit finicky. when one goes, it will go nuts. I just planted 2 (panama red and gold) up the same fence a sunshine special is on. will be interesting to see what happens

Have put in three mor-two from seeds & one grafted-fingers crossed.

Passionfruit - Grafted Black

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Nelly Kelly label from Tass1 in small pot in Dec 09. Intended to shade the metal shed, via training to a new 1.8m high picket and wire trellis. Put in ground Dec 23 09. Sandy soil, added clay (bentonite from kitty litter, zeolite, spongelite and cow manure. Within 2 weeks smal rootstock growth grew as much as the original nelly kelly. Cut off when planted out. Grafted variety then grew extremely quickly when gripped a bamboo stake, climbing that inside 2 weeks. Pinched out top growth above top wire Jan 24 2010, need it to split into 2 branches as only one leader grew. Cut back to wire after growth commenced at and slightly below desired height. Some yellow spotting of leaves, hopefully sucking pest rather than virus. Reached Across the middle of top wire May 2010. Previous leader and branch to the right stopped growing (for now?). Across all of the top September 2010. Hoping for branching falling down and then flowers and fruit - I've tried small cuts a couple buds, but not seen them shoot yet. Might be another year for fruit, but I won't be in this house to see them. A bit worried about rootstock shoots that I've needed to pull up. Hope this stops and doesn't happen the other side of the neighbours fence

Planted: 2009

Height 175 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Comments

Flowered for the first time, just as I moved out October 2010. Good luck in the future

Grape-Italia

Comments: -

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grape - Flame Seedless

Comments: - radically cut back-dug out & into a pot ready for transplanting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grapefruit-Ruby

Comments: - very thick skinned fruit. Supposed to be pink. Skin is yellow-flesh 'pinkish'

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Passionfruit - Black (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

it tastes yum and I somehow managed to put it in 'just the right spot'. After I planted it it was struggling, but then I had a baby and started chucking his bathwater on there every day - about 9ltrs, and it took off - it is growing like crazy with minimal attention, now! I only water it on the odd occasion if it hasn't rained.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 100 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I discovered thattoo much nitrogen makes the plant drop immature fruit (I tipped the last of the 'poo tea' on it and it wasn't happy).  What is a good mix of fertiliser, because it is a 'gross feeder', isn't it....?

Pitaya - Red Dragon Fruit (Cutting)

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Just got started on this one (red with white flesh) with a cutting from a friend. Currently its about 30cm tall. Dotted with rooting power and planted in potting mix. Will wait and see!

Also picked up a red flesh pitaya recently from Tass1. Now I need to find a spot for them!

12/06/10 - and another cutting from Tass1, this time yellow skin white flesh. Treated same as above. My other two have had lots of new growth over summer but seem to be slowing a bit now in winter.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Not yet

Grape Crimson Seedless

Comments: -

Seedless red grape- no fruit yet

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grape Maroo

Comments: -

CSIRO bred variety- seedless black grape- no fruit yet

Planted: 2009

Pollination: Self Pollination

Passionfruit - Grafted \"Nelly Kelly\" ^7/10

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Grape - Flame Seedless (Cutting)

Comments: - Planted in raised garden bed with one peach and one nectarine (dwarf) on 30th November. Growing very nicely, will reach its trellis in soon.

Planted: 2009

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Nothing as yet

Grape - ruby seedless (Cutting)

Comments: - Planted on the 18th November this year, in a pot next to my pergola. Hoping that it will grow up the side and at least cover some of the top, as I have no cover because they keep getting torn off by the wind. 

Planted: 2009

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Hi Mish, I love your pergola. Grapes are excellent for growing over a pergola, as they have dense, large leaves in summer and they don't tend to drop the leaves during the growing season, also they live a long time. It feels about 5 degrees cooler when I walk under my grape from another part of the garden. Diana.

If you want it to get up on the pergola, consider how you might encourage it to get there. e.g. how many stalks / branches do you need? I'd prune any you don't. e.g. maybe keep 3 or 4 only , 1 or 2 to go up, 1 left, 1 right. When they are in place you can tip prune to get branching. A framework you designed should make later pruning for fruit easier. Alternatively if you want it to spread through the wire, you could spread out the branches on it and tip prune often.