My Edibles: Strawberry Trees

Irish Strawberry Tree - arbutus canariensis

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Summer 2010: This one was a gift from my sister. She picked it cause it sounded interesting (and she knew I didn't already have it!).

The flowers are pretty but it hasn't fruited yet. It does have lovely bright green new growth.

Spring 2011: lots of new growth. Since spring started it has doubled in volume!

Summer 2011: I don't think that it likes all the rain. Getting brown patches on the inside of a lit of the folliage. Fingers crossed the weather warms up soon.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

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

Pest Control: Ants seem to be farming some sort of GINORMOUS fat black bloated scale things on the hardened off branches (just where the leaves come out). I picked as many off as I could and then sprayed it with pest oil.

Strawberry - Maroochy Flame ^9/10

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Maroochy flame and Redlands Joy. You can't have too many, and they are pest free. I think I have to plant new ones after this season of third generation suckers, though. They seem to be getting a second wind, I thought strawberries were finished in November, but they are covered in flowers and unripe fruit again in late December.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Planted in compost

Pest Control:

Only spraying with seaweed

Strawberry - Maroochy Flame (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - Great tasting fruit that makes a nice groundcover

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 12

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Strawberry - Redlands Joy

Comments: - I have quite a few different varieties of strawberries, and can't remember which are which.  I wasn't getting much fruit off them for a couple of years, and they always looked quite scrappy...........but I moved them into a different position with afternoon shade, and starting foliar feeding them, and are now getting some great results.

Pollination: No

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^3/10

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Four little plants from Bunnings, planted quite close together (just over 1m apart as I'm hoping to create a dense hedge) in 2010. I've loaded them with compost and some blood & bone. Hopefully the soil improvements will be enough - but the soil is very poor and likely to stunt their growth (hence planting them so close)! They really don't appear to enjoy large amounts of WA sun (they will be blasted in summer) so I'm hoping they can make it. I've recently tasted a few strawberry guavas in my grandfather's yard in Melbourne. Delicious ... I hope that in time mine are as tasty!

They are quite fast growers, doubling in size in less than 6 months. They appear to be quite bushy - they tips are already touching (which is good from my perspective - a dense hedge is exactly what I want). I've tip pruned to encourage strength rather than straggly. Flowers and baby fruit have already appeared (October 2010)

I'm actually not thrilled with these guys. They all have the yellow guava instead of the pink, and they are getting hit by disease quite hard. They might end up being relocated (and replaced with a known feijoa) or 'donated'. Not a bad looking plant ... but just not the flavour I wanted.

Jan 2012 - tough as old boots, fruit well ... but boring.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None so far

Organic Status:Partially Organic

alpine strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 8

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

I find that these plants don't do very well here.......it's too dry!!!  They really need watering every day, and like a bit of shade.

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

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No maintenance, only had for 6 mnths & covered in fruit

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: at planting

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none, haven't seen anything attacking it (yet)

Organic Status:Certified

Guava - Strawberry ^7/10

Planted: 2011

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

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I have a few different varieties growing in a big tub in my backyard.  Thankful for the dogs the birds don't go near them but my kids do.  As soon as they see a ripe strawberry or raspberry, it's gone.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

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Have been told these are delicious, and also that i will have to keep the fruit fly away too. It is growing really well in the pot so far, had a couple of flowers but just too early for fruit, i guess.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Wild Strawberry (Seedling)

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Grew these from seed - great idea as they fruit literally all year, even through huge frosts. Very pretty mounding plant too, growing in very little sun.

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

Height 0.15 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 6 Months From Seed

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Guava - Strawberry

Strawberry - Sugarbaby (Cutting) ^10/10

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Very sweet. Whole family seem to love these.

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Strawberry - Sugarbaby (Seedling) ^10/10

Strawberry - Alinta

Guava - Strawberry

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Minimum of care and prolific plant

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: nil

Guava - Strawberry ^8/10

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I like that I have heard this is easy to grow. When I first bought them they had hardly any leaves but they have taken off after winter. I am trying to grow these into a hedge

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - Strawberry

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Don't like guavas as a rule - but these I eat out of hand. Tart but sweet when ripe.

Strawberry - Sugarbaby

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September, October

Planted: 2010

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Irish Strawberry Tree ^6/10

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Arbutus unedo

Apparently you'll only try this one once.  Suppose to be a very nice tree with red and yellow lage marble size fruits

Planted: 2009

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Guava - Strawberry ^8/10

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In pot about to be put in ground.  Since putting in ground in Nov 09 has flourished, starting to flower but hit and miss with pollination. Lots of new growth and flower buds February 10.

Been in ground for 10 months, very happy, abundance  of new growth and lots of flower buds - just ate a guava - flavour great, shame about those tooth breaking seeds.  Plant is wider than it is in height.

Is quite a good tree that produces hugh amount of fruit, again shame about those seeds - might have to try juicing them.

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

Planted: 2007

Height 64 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 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: seasol, banana special

When I Fertilise: Never and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^10/10

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Going very well, no maintenance, no problems with fruit fly as had been reported by some locals. Growing brilliantly now, fruited moderate amount of small but nice fruit, over a fairly short period, within first year in ground. Is in position to be espaliered around the mandala garden it's planted outside

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None required so far

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^9/10

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fruiting hedge! I have this planted in a mixed hedge with fejioa it is pruned to ensure a bushy growth. I needed some privacy along one side of my block and daleys had a special on so.....

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 1010

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 23

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: complete

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

potential fruitfly feast but they havnt bothered mine yet and we have heaps of fruit and fruit flys!

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Guava - Strawberry

Height 60 Centimetres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Strawberry - Sugarbaby

Fruiting Months January

Height 0.2 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse mulch

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^9/10

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Nice looking, hardy shrub, used as a "filler" in our yard. he poor thing has been dug up and moved twice and has always bounced back very quickly.Tough plant. Fruits prolifically over a long time. I like the fruit, husband and 2yr old not so keen..

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

strawberry (Seedling) ^9/10

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It's taken over one of my vegie patches - overgrown with grass - helps keep the fruit off the ground - away from the slugs

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Planted: 2005

Height 0.1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^9/10

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purchased at whyee nursery- during this visit i noticed gall wasp on some of their citrus trees. i will not be purchasing citrus there in the future.

fast growth

Planted: 2011

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, horse poo, osmocote

Organic Status:Organic

Strawberry Gum

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lack of water