My Edibles: Mediterranean Trees

Pomegranate - Elcite

Fig White Adriatic (Cutting) ^10/10

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My white fig was a gift from a gorgeous little old man who brought it with him from Greece a LONG time ago when it was OK to do so. I can't be sure that it is an Adriatic fig but I can guess.

Spring 2010: I decided to try deep-rooting it when I repotted it. Seems to have worked really well. It has been slow to get re-growing but seems really happy once it settled down.

Autumn 2011: I let it fruit this season which admittedly restricted its growth but now with the colder weather it has lost all of its leaves but the fruit have not ripened. Looks like an alien tree!

Spring 2011: It seems to have rotted overwinter. No indication as to why. Prolly shouldn't have let it fruit theyear. Chris has promised me a new cutting - but have to wait til winter next year! :O( 

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Olive - Manzanillo

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Summer 2010:I bought him at a closing down sale. He wasn't a happy chappy but I could see his potential.He came very wonky but with staking/training and careful pruning he should be strong enough to stand up on his own in about 6 months.

Spring 2011:he is strong enough to stand on his own now so I am using the stakes and a good pruning to train him into the shape I want. Flowers everywhere this yearbut I don't think that I will let him fruit.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, worm juice, Blood and Bone, Dynamic Lifter (in rotation)

Pest Control: He got some sort of sap-sucking gross black thing on his leaves but I just sprayed with Dragon's Blood (habanero chilli, garlic and detergent concoction) and he is right as rain.

Fig Black Genoa ^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 a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Question:

Fig White Adriatic

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Also a new excel- both in pots. The excel is covered in fruit in its first year, the white adriatic is reliable (but not many fruit at a time so far).

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

pomegranate-javita

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A yellow-fruited variety. I also have a gulasha rosavaya next to this, covered in fruit (December). Some fruit split after rain, although unripe. I also have a red-fruited wonderful variety.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

Fig Excel (Cutting) ^10/10

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Look forward to tasting the fruit. Growing well already & has 3 small figs on it

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none needed so far

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Cutting)

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A lovely plant that is growing really well with little -or rather no attention.

Beautiful red leaf flush of new growth in the spring, lights up the bottom of the orchard.

On fire in the afternoon sunset as the glowing tail end of the day lights up the new growth.  Gorgeous.

Tough spot in the orchard - lives in the shaddow of the weed wall! - But on the bright side at least the wattle shading it has gone.

Weeping foliage & gorgeous flowers make this a lovely plant to have in the orchard.

All flower dropped 2010, 2011, tried hand pollinating - crossing with a Wonderful.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Fig White Adriatic (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - Easy, quick growing, atrractive tree.  Figs are good but not as nice as some other varieties.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 50% in Spring

Pollination: No

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

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None - birds get a few but we get the rest

Organic Status:Organic

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Fast growing, very hardy tree.  

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: No

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

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

my olives keep dropping their fruits too :(

Need alkaline soil, maybe a 7ph, mine has never fruited in over 7 years, soil too acid.

Fig Black Genoa

fig ^8/10

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Rescued (a friend didn't want the plant anymore) as a dormant pot-bound plant that had never fruited. I pruned it within an inch of its life and it seems much happier now. I'm hoping I'll get fruit next year.

leaves emerge in August / September. There only appears to be a single fruit. But oh, the taste of that little fruit ... divine! As a kid I used to eat wild figs by the river, and I've eaten shop figs, but this is so much yummier.

Unfortunately I often forget to water the pot in the summer ... so perhaps that is a factor. I really need to figure a better location for this plant. The fig only gets washing machine run off, but it still really needs to be planted rather than in a pot - I'm hoping to plant it in a soak-well when I build a vegetable patch (so worms can move in and out but roots are trapped). It will be used to shade summer sun near the laundry door. I am yet to figure the ideal spot - additional water has resulted in a few more fruit but it doesn't seem to be doing much. I have added worms from the worm farm.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None

Question:

How can I find out what type of fig this is?

Comments

the fruit will most likely identify it. Most likely it was a cutting, rather than seed growing, so it should be good. If not, you can graft figs or start new from cuttings. I'm growing on a couple varieties, but they're still tiny

pomegranate (Seedling) ^6/10

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It was on a Bunnings throw-out table and I couldn't resist! I stuck it straight into the ground and have poured my washing-machine run-off onto it. I've never had a plant thrive so much! It started at 20cm high and about 30cm wide ... in 4 months it was 1.5m high, about 2m wide and covered in fruit and flowers. I have hacked it back to about 80cm tall to encourage bushyness and a bit of strength (it was weedy). Nothing seems to worry it! Unfortunately I've only tried the fruit 'unripe' ... I think it has potential but might need to leave it on the plant longer!

Plant appears to retain its leaves and flower year-round on about half the branches, but looses leaves on the other half! It is looking very lush with minimal water in the middle of summer. I don't think the fruit tastes the best - but these plants are tough, and can survive mistreatment in very poor WA soil and harsh WA sun.

Next time, I'm investing in a non-seedling to get the superior fruit, but the plants are fantastic (even if the fruit is very seedy and not that exciting in the taste department). They are only watered every few weeks and are in the worst possible location - tough as old boots.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Article on grafting these babies http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/67332.html top work and you will get good fruit quicker.

Thanks for the link ... I'm wondering if I should try grafting a 'wonderful' and getting slightly better fruit.

Fig Black Genoa (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - good eating and dries well for winter enjoyment also good for jams

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Comments

i water this daily at sunset during hot summer months and it now produces large sweet fruit

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Seedling)

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It might be a Wonderful - the folliage looks right but I can't be sure. This plant is an icon of my childhood memories. It sprang up unbidden in my grandma's garden and I was lucky enough to get the only seedling it has ever produced. The fruit are small but the bush is only small. In fact at the moment she looks like she has more flowers than leaves!

She is very slow growing, and the branches are very fragile. You should use scissors to cut the fruit off because if you pull or twist you can take a whole branch with it.

She is very hardy though. She has been snapped in half a number of times (evil street children with soccer balls) and always come back.

Spring 2011: I saved some seeds from a fruit last year and now have lots and lots of beautiful tiny little seedlings.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2006

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 6

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, warm juie, Dynmaic Lifter, Blood and Bone (in rotation)

Pest Control:

curly leaf = white oil

Comments

They also strike exceptionally easy if you wanted to take cuttings.

Thanks for the heads up John! :O) Knowing that, I might take some cuttings from my friend's tree to get another variety going.

Fig Black Genoa (Cutting) ^10/10

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I love figs. I would say that they are probably my favourite. They fruit well, are a lovely shade tree, are low maintenance and you make SO MANY FRIENDS when people find out you have a fig tree! ;O)

2009: All of my figs have grown from cuttings from my old tree which was one of a very few trees I had to leave behind at my old house. A friend taught me the trick - you crush the bottom 30% of the cutting with a rock and you get a MUCH better striking rate.

2010: The Genoas are crazy and even though it is winter and the other types are losing their leaves the Genoas are putting on new growth.

Autumn 2011: They never did lose their leaves last year and I am sure that some of the leaves they have now are the same ones! AND they do not look like they are intending to lose them this year either.

Summer 2011: With the cold and rain the figs aren't too happy. They also were copping mealy bug and stupid fig leaf curl bug. RAR! Not happy. Was forced to resort to Confidor. I hate to do it but they were is too much pain.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chicken poo, seasol, charlie carp, worm castings

Pest Control:

Ants sometimes attack fruit = I leave them as I am happy to sacrifice a few fruit for the protection from other nasties that the ants provide

Birds (I have only ever once had a currawong attack my fruit but it was a vandal) = netting

Pomegranate - Wonderful ^10/10

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good taste

Planted: 2011

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Question:

olive - St Helena

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Humid climate olive. Fast-growing, but no sign of flowers or fruit yet. One at Rocks Riverside park fruits profusely.

Planted: 2009

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fig White Adriatic ^8/10

Comments: - Fruiting but not yet matured

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fig Black Genoa

Comments: -

Just arrived 11/11/10  from Diggers; still in tree tube.  Looks healthy so I'm hopeful.  I like it because it does not require a lot of water, or space.  I have wonderful memories of figs when I stayed on Whidbey Island (off Seattle, WA, USA).  Two giant trees provided endless gorging, drying, cooking... yum.  Not sure what type they were but hey, any fig would make a feast.

4/12/10:  Doing really well in a pot; can't believe it came in a tube.  Am hopeful for fruits in the not too distant future.

10 Dec 11:  Covered in fruit, now good size but not yet ripe

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fig White Adriatic (Seedling)

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I got this as a cutting from dad 2 years ago.  I planted it in a pot.  It's still in a pot and doing ok.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2009

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate (Seedling) ^10/10

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Currently I have 2.  One is 1mtr high, which I bought at the market, not long ago.  Stil in it's pot awaiting planting.  The other is a seedling 40cm high, still in it's pot which I bought at a nursery two years ago.  I'm trying to shape it, so I pruned back hard last winter.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Olive Tree ^7/10

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I forgot what type of olive tree this is, but I do remember I bought it from a nursery and the  main reason I bought it was because it produced very large fleshy olives.  I've had in a pot for 2 years.  It's not doing as well as I'd like it to.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Olive - Manzanillo (Seedling) ^10/10

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My kids love olives.  I bought this olive tree from a nursery in a pot as a seedlyg for it's larger fruit.  It is doing extremely well.  I will be transplanting it to ground soon.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pomegranate - Wonderful (MT)

Fig White Adriatic

Pomegranate - Wonderful

Fig Black Genoa

Olive - Kalamata (Grafted) (Grafted) ^5/10

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Looking forward to this variety. Must water at fruiting time to ensure fruit does not drop.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Frantoio

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Occasional leaf damage by black flies (aphids?). Need to check regularly and wipe off by hand or spray. If unchecked can damage large number of leaves. Also need to check for caterpillars which occasionally can wipe out a lot of leaves.

Fig Black Genoa (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Tastes terrific and growing well here

Fruiting Months May and December

Planted: 2010

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organic 5 in 1

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: I have a bird net ready

Organic Status:Organic

Question: Something eats great holes in the fruit when they are still green and tiny, i haven't been able to catch anything but wondered if it could be the foolish young magpies we have here at the moment