Daleys Fruit Tree Forum

stop fruit getting sun damaged using shade cloth covering - hi, live in hunter valley nsw last year 1st fruits partly cooked and scalded due climate change heat in spring which is showing the same this year 2026 What % shade cloth would be best looking at 5...
  By Nannygoat 3 days ago (0 responses)

stop fruit getting sun damaged using shade cloth covering - hi, live in hunter valley nsw last year 1st fruits partly cooked and scalded due climate change heat in spring which is showing the same this year 2026 What % shade cloth would be best looking at 5...
  By Nannygoat 3 days ago (0 responses)

Good Fertilizer? - what is your actual experience with katek potting mix.. i bought some for the first time yesterday a nd thought it was a bit of scam when applying it to a garden bed i was making.. Although it appear...
  By bodhi963 3 days ago (17 responses)

Sea Buckthorn - Hi Linton. I stumbled across your profile and I'm wondering if you have any advanced male and female Sea Buckthorn plants you would be happy to sell me? I live in Carrum but work in Oakleigh so you ar...
  By Fearlessfly 4 days ago (39 responses)

Daun Salam leaves - Have you had any success in propagating? I'd love to have one of these in my garden :)...
  By Jeshua 10 days ago (9 responses)

Looking for cyclea barbata - Hi do you have this plant? I am interested....
  By Stephiie 30 days ago (10 responses)

coconut shoot snapped off - I accidentally broke the shoot of my young dwarf coconut off while trying to top up the pot it is in (a very big pot). I don’t suppose it will grow another shoot? It has good root development. It was ...
  By Diana 33 days ago (0 responses)

Ulluco harvest (Ullucus tuberosus - hi there: Just want to know if you are still planting Ulluco? Would love to get some from you if possible...
  By sung 37 days ago (10 responses)

Scion Woods quest - G'day group I'm looking for scions, budwoods of low chill fruit trees such as hood pear, flordahome pear, White opal peach, Minnie Royal, Royal Lee, Royal Crimson cherries, flat nectarines etc, and a...
  By Matuva 45 days ago (0 responses)

Old plumcot variety, any cutting available? - Hello Bought a plumcot around 2002 and it sadly died recently. Really liked it and haven’t been able to find anything similar. They did use to sell it here, but no longer. You can even see the old di...
  By JeremyM1 61 days ago (0 responses)

Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - Yeah mate would be pollination. Unfortunately there is nowhere near enough information around about casimiroa varieties leaving a lot of things to guesswork. A real pain. If I were you I would find...
  By PlumRob 74 days ago (522 responses)

Apple tree grafting to established tree - I don't see why not. Apples are fairly easy to graft in late winter/early spring. I grafted 6 varieties onto one tree without any problem....
  By Edward3 75 days ago (1 responses)

Sakatoon amelachiers - Hi Linton how do the taste differs between asiatica, alnifolia and lamarckii? Have you tried canadensis variety?...
  By jeyversee 102 days ago (4 responses)

Mangifera caesia in Australia? - Hi, how much to ship to North Ipswich, QLD?...
  By nwlehmann1 122 days ago (9 responses)

Is this a Japanese or a European plum - Can't do much without a photo, however both european and japanese plums are compatable with each other, just keep in mind that the japanese are more vigorous....
  By PlumRob 133 days ago (1 responses)

Queen Garnet plums - Photos follow of a plum and its Cotyledon grown from a Queen Garnet plum seed which germinated June 2024. The plum ripened late December 2025....
  By Gwatking 138 days ago (0 responses)

Cherry Tree Help! - Nah sorry mate don't have one on my property. Just saw the thread and thought I might say my 2 cents worth. The tree could be gone and some people have incorrectly labelled their variety, but as a r...
  By PlumRob 145 days ago (5 responses)

Breadfruit Tress - There's people who have claimed to see a couple of breadfruit trees growing in Sydney NSW &:a few people are growing them in Zone 9b in the state of Florida in the U.S. but I have been wondering if th...
  By Russell B 150 days ago (38 responses)

Polyembryonic mango seeds/seedlings - Honeygold mango is also polyembryonic but like KP it is susceptible to fungal disease and would need spraying. Orange Sherbet mango is polyembryonic and supposed to be disease resistant, so that woul...
  By Edward3 161 days ago (2 responses)

Disease resistant mango trees s Coastal Sydney - I have the Kwan mango in Sydney and it is disease resistant, so no spraying needed. If you let the fruit ripen till the skin turns yellow, it's a very sweet mango, quite delicious, no fibre. But one t...
  By Edward3 161 days ago (1 responses)

Best Passionfruit Variety for Sydney - I have a feeling that most things will fall prey to the QLD fruit fly soon enough. I have lost most of my capsicum/pepper harvest this year to the rotten beast. I fear that it will only get worse and ...
  By Jennaaayyy 165 days ago (4 responses)

Cocoa in Brisbane? - can we get a updated pic/pics of the cacao trees in pots pls...
  By cacao chigga 168 days ago (3 responses)

Low chill plum pollinators - Hey Suzie, different varieties bloom at different times, generally due to chill hours. Satsuma and Santa Rosa are a very good pair, both bred by Luether Burbank (king of plums) in California about a c...
  By PlumRob 189 days ago (1 responses)

21 year old Hass avocado not holding fruitlets. - Hey mate that's a beautiful tree but the problem is probably self-incompatability. Some avos are self fertile, however most aren't, needing pollen from another tree of a different flowering types ...
  By PlumRob 213 days ago (1 responses)

Banana Tree Help! - Hey Anya, no need to worry about the suckers. They are just how bananas grow. They produce a main stem, and once the plant is happy with that then it starts to sucker. As the plant gets older, the mai...
  By PlumRob 213 days ago (1 responses)

Garcinia par seeds exchange - Hey Nox, I don't have any of the above but would happily buy seeds from you if you get any more this season!...
  By BrianWayne 219 days ago (1 responses)

Grapes - Hi have growing Pink Iona and Isabella as having extreme humidity these days in hunter valley nsw on verandah 1st fruiting this summer finding the grape skins tough when eaten is this normal ?...
  By Nannygoat 234 days ago (0 responses)

Pineapple - We have been growing a few pineapples in pots. Time to transplant. Some searching indicates 1 metre apart; is that correct ?...
  By deeperwithin 234 days ago (56 responses)

Bark inversion technique and real calamondins - I've been arguing for a while the Calamondin is only an approximation to genuine Kalamansi, which I believe are not one fruit anyway, but small sour citrus selected for in different places resulting i...
  By mgoul131 235 days ago (1 responses)

silvering on cinnamon apple - All of the plants showing silvering died shortly after....
  By Linton 243 days ago (5 responses)

Passiflora antioquiensis - Hi there. This is a very old post. But ive been testing to track down Passiflora Antioquiensis for so long. Are there any seeds or plants floating around? Ive tried every nursery that ive found th...
  By Balcony gardener Victoria 251 days ago (9 responses)

Replanting apricot tree in same site - Thanks PlumRob, that's very helpful ...
  By Robinia 252 days ago (2 responses)

Are these both pear trees? - My dad has a habit of planting seeds and not marking what he planted. He thought he planted two pear trees but one is growing with very curvy branches while the other is straight. Both appear to have ...
  By DASchindler 255 days ago (0 responses)

Alphonso mango scions - Hi David, Did you have any luck with the grafting? Im in Perth and would be interested in purchasing some mango scions. Thanks, Brandon ...
  By carterbdl 277 days ago (2 responses)

Wanted: Shikuwasa plants - Hi, do you currently have any of the shikiwasa plants available to pick up. ...
  By Brittrose 278 days ago (15 responses)

Seville Orange - I bought one from Daley's in 2023 also and I saw the first flowers last week.I am in Melbourne....
  By George Karagiannis 307 days ago (481 responses)

Black sapote seeds - Hate to break it to ya but this is an old forum and a lot of people don't go on it these days. If you want black sapote seeds you would be best of getting into contact with someon from Rare Fruit WA. ...
  By PlumRob 310 days ago (31 responses)

Grafted mulberry - Depends what kind of mulberry you want. If you want a named variety e.g. a Shatoot or Hick's Fancy then go for a graft/cutting, and if you just want a normal black mulberry then it doesn't really matt...
  By PlumRob 310 days ago (1 responses)

Apple and citrus - Hi I’ve recently received my beautiful trees from the great people of Daleys I’m just wondering can I put my trees straight in a50litre grow bag or is it too big? Thanks in advance. ...
  By Newbieintown 323 days ago (0 responses)

Need smyrna fig, have caprifig - Hey all Just noticed today all the fig wasps are coming out. Anybody close to canberra or who is willing to drive to collect some? I’m assuming there’s still some in the caprifigs too. Drop me a emai...
  By JeremyM1 329 days ago (37 responses)

Best Pomegranate / your experiences - Hi, I bought a Rosavaya pomegranate a fair few years ago and only just had the opportunity to plant it in the ground (it stayed in the pot). At the time it was known as one of the better or best tasti...
  By mc01 330 days ago (0 responses)

Texas Persimmon - Diospyros texana - Dear Farouk Photos of the Texas Persimmons. Before they were in pots but now are planted in the ground. ...
  By Linton 338 days ago (13 responses)

Mini Peach and Nectarine Tree Dormancy - Hi! I am based in Toowoomba QLD. I recently purchased a Trixzie Peach and Sunset Nectarine while dormant in winter, and planted them as instructed around the end of July. Just wondering when they brea...
  By CPepper 349 days ago (0 responses)

hazelnuts in Queensland - Just to add to my pollination difficulties last winter late I planted a Turkish Cosford Hazelnut that waking up now - will take a few years but hoping for better results in coming years? ...
  By Markmelb 349 days ago (7 responses)

Peach Tree - Not sure. Do you have any photos?...
  By PlumRob 365 days ago (1 responses)

Bittersweet seville orange (rough skin) - Sounds like you might have the smooth skin variety, which tastes more like a grapefruit. What does the leaf look like? The rough skin has a wider petiole....
  By plantcarrot 378 days ago (1 responses)

Planting on Slopes - Sorry mate, not many people are on this forum anymore and the people who posted here are long gone. If your hard is sloping towards your house, I would recommend making sure that runoff water is going...
  By PlumRob 382 days ago (4 responses)

Avocado Chart - Is anyone aware of a picking chart for Avocado's in Australia ... plenty of American but i wondered if anyone has seen one for the Southern Hemisphere ... i have always know different varieties has di...
  By TBC 409 days ago (0 responses)

seedless grape vine - Hi LeviGarden, I'm in search for black opal grape vines but for years I found nothing. Would it be possible for you to send me some cuttings this winter? I could def pay :) Thanks for your help. ...
  By KnotofNature 409 days ago (6 responses)

Please help!! looking for Manihot Grahamii (Hardy Ta - Hi SiBF. Wondering if you managed to get a cutting or plant, and if so, how is it doing. If you had any luck, I would be interested in getting one. I'm not too far from Footscray. Thanks Ray ...
  By Pritch33 413 days ago (13 responses)

Growing Kiwi From Seed - Hi Mark and everyone, I have two female Mt Tomah kiwiberry plants (one green, one red). They always have plenty of flowers but i haven't found a way of pollinating them. I planted a male kiwifruit bu...
  By ChrisEltham 415 days ago (24 responses)

Looking for Lucuma and Green Sapote - Hugo, there is a man named Paul Recher who lives in Northern NSW who grows several types of lucuma and green sapote. He introduced the Lucuma variety 'Kona' (incorrectly sold by daleys as a canistel) ...
  By PlumRob 420 days ago (2 responses)

The biggest Plinia/jaboticaba - I can confirm that someone in Cairns has a Giant Mulchi that flowered for the first time a few months ago but did not set any fruit. So for anyone wondering yes the Giant Mulchi has been flowered i...
  By PlumRob 420 days ago (13 responses)

Low chill kiwifruit male - Hi Mark how are your kiwi's after growing sweetie female for many years and this year getting about 8 shopping bags full my conclusion is. Sweetie female is a great vine with incredible fruit. Sweetie...
  By allybanana 456 days ago (19 responses)

Manihot Grahamii - I do not know much at all about this specie, but it has been discussed before: [Link]...
  By PlumRob 458 days ago (1 responses)

Papayas new growth yellowing/wilting - I live in Burnett Heads near Bundaberg and my papayas new growth is yellowing then wilting. Advice needed to hopefully save them thanks...
  By Jen_Burnett_Heads 459 days ago (0 responses)

Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - Yeah mate would be pollination. Unfortunately there is nowhere near enough information around about casimiroa varieties leaving a lot of things to guesswork. A real pain. If I were you I would find...
  By PlumRob 74 days ago (522 responses)

Seville Orange - I bought one from Daley's in 2023 also and I saw the first flowers last week.I am in Melbourne....
  By George Karagiannis 307 days ago (481 responses)

Paw Paw - From experience and from what I find online, it seems like we should not let a mango tree to fruit in the first year. I had a mango tree once and it fruited when it was around waist height, then stopp...
  By Usagi 591 days ago (222 responses)

Pruning Passionfruit - Could possibly be getting overwatered. They don't like having wet feet. If you have clay soil it may be that it's pooling around the roots and they're sitting in water. They also don't...
  By ElleAitch 794 days ago (504 responses)

Tropical Fruit Trees Successfuly Grown in Sydney/Wollongong/Newcastle - Just an update - right now there are more than 10 jackfruits on the tree. We will probably lose some over winter, but some will survive. Here is a photo of one taken last year which ripened OK....
  By Edward3 845 days ago (185 responses)

pouteria lucuma - Hi Scot. I am interested in Lucuma plants. Can you send me the details via email to tareqhsa at yahoo dot com please ...
  By TareqMelbourn 1100 days ago (404 responses)

Growing avocado in Melbourne - I have a dwarf Wurtz in the yard, last year 2022 we shared 260 avocados with the next door neighbour. This year will be down under 100. Have no complaints at all about fruit taste. Growing Illawarra ...
  By Ray15 1142 days ago (419 responses)

Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in Melbourne - Why are you unenthusiastic about KP? I have only had my tree for one season so no winters yet. I have a fruit on there that must be 15 cm. Alyssa's Tropical Fruit Trees seems to have some that ha...
  By MelbFruit 1272 days ago (858 responses)

Gac Fruit anyone? - Hi I am growing 12 seedlings and two female cuttings ok - Collombatti Rail - about 20 km inland from South West Rocks, Mid North Coast, NSW. I will work out which vines are male and female and reduce ...
  By HUTTO 1385 days ago (201 responses)

maqui berry - Thank you! Can you provide any information please on where to obtain such seeds/plants/cuttings? I know it's easily obtained in WA but they cannot send to QLD. I've written to several nurser...
  By T&P 1488 days ago (215 responses)

jujubes - wzis, I have a Shanxi Li jujube tree which was also producing somewhat shrivelled fruit in earlier times, but his year it produced nice large tasty fruit which I attribute to the copious amount of rai...
  By Edward3 1513 days ago (185 responses)

Mango Tree Disease - You could do a hard prune of the tree. Cut the limbs at about 2 metres from the ground and apply steriprune over the cut ends. Dispose of the cut off limbs which might be affected by anthracnose. You ...
  By Edward3 1513 days ago (439 responses)

drumstick tree - Hi, Drumstick trees have lot of health benefits.Both drumstick and its leaves are good for health. ...
  By Farsana 1666 days ago (233 responses)

ackee tree - Hi Anne 1, yes I saw Ackee trees around Cairns many years ago, good to hear some still around....
  By jakfruit etiquette 1722 days ago (179 responses)

Cuttings/ seeds/ seedlings Swap - Does anyone have any fruit seeds that will do well in Mackay QLD that they are willing to sell/giveaway. Happy to pay for postage costs as well....
  By Kimeau 1763 days ago (755 responses)

Panache Fig Tree - Here’s a few pics of some Panache marcots I potted up this weekend. I prefer marcots over cuttings if I have access to the tree and the amount of available wood is limited as the success rate is alm...
  By Danny333 1773 days ago (161 responses)

Red bayberry - Bayberry season in Yarra Valley Victoria now - watch for them in Asian Groceries etc...
  By Markmelb 2068 days ago (192 responses)

Chiku / Sapodilla - bhupi - Chiku / Chicu is Sapodilla ...
  By Markmelb 2085 days ago (223 responses)

Guava tees in melbourne - Thanks for the advice based on your experience!...
  By PAVEL 2108 days ago (317 responses)

Rare Fruit Swap/Sale in Melbourne South/East? - Anyone for exchaning?...
  By TareqMelb1 2120 days ago (213 responses)

Pandanus amaryllifolius - Did you make your own potting mix? I just repotted mine a week ago. This evening I found my premium potting mix has not been drying out. Worrying about root rot, I repotted them after adding 10% - 15%...
  By KhienDFW 2201 days ago (670 responses)

Curry Leaf Tree in Melbourne - Linton thats the best ive ever seen especially in Melbourne ~ cut it to a metre above ground now it will grow back ~ shame you cant sell it to restaurants? ...
  By Markmelb 2203 days ago (286 responses)

LYCHEE TREE - Hi Aaronkoe, Your Lychee looks like got white mite. see attached link for more info. Cheers. [Link]...
  By David01 2264 days ago (227 responses)

Milk Kefir Grains - Hi Joy, I have had pretty bad allergies for last couple of years and I have noticed significant improvements ever since I started taking probiotics. I am ready to start making some kefir at home. I li...
  By K Crace 2419 days ago (347 responses)

acha cha fruit seeds - Good luck Farouk, patience is the key here! Very slow growing tree from seed...
  By bspargo 2431 days ago (308 responses)

duriun trees: have you seen any - Hi, this is not a Durian but a Jack fruit ;) ...
  By Luc Lison 2504 days ago (209 responses)

Betel Leaf - I am selling this plant. ...
  By abbey 2523 days ago (264 responses)

Passionfruit - Oh and here is the vine growing far bigger than I'd expected. I cut it back and now it's twice the size. Woopsie daisy.. ...
  By chickenSniffer 2597 days ago (634 responses)

dragon fruit - All done , Ivy. Thanks, Anthony ...
  By Rannman75 2711 days ago (483 responses)

Garlic - Just planted my garlic in Sydney and looking good so far. I am needing to know how garlic does in North West Tasmania. Anybody from those parts and growing garlic successfully?...
  By mick777 2725 days ago (311 responses)

asimina tribola/American pawpaw/ temperate custard apple - Hi Carolyn Yamina Rare Plants Nursery in Monbulk, Vic sells Asimina Triloba &quote;Pennsylvania Gold&quote; a named variety and seedlings too of an unnamed cv. Go to their website and give them a r...
  By Fruitylicious1 2841 days ago (277 responses)

Black Sapote not growing - My Black Sapote is about 8 years old and is now at least 7-8 metres high. It fruits yearsly, sometimes poorly but it's covered in new fruit now. It always looks very healthy and is in sand 300m from t...
  By Neil 2855 days ago (221 responses)

graviola tree or soursop - We supply soursop leaves and tea bags to Australia and overseas. Our websites are [Link] and [Link] for more information....
  By SoursopAustralia 2880 days ago (358 responses)

Blueberry - @David01 @Jez Hi guys and thank you so much for all your help! Im very much looking to be an active member in this forum. thank you so much again 😊...
  By aura 2953 days ago (526 responses)

Banana - Hi superbrudd Between 1.2-1.5 meters to allow the mat or stool to grow healthily. Happy gardening :-) ...
  By Fruitylicious1 3040 days ago (443 responses)

Ants Nests in Pot Plants - I had a type of red stinging ant. My body was eaten alive with terrible weeping swollen sores. The only solution is to remove the plant very carefully and soak the roots in a garbage can filled with...
  By Carolyne 3069 days ago (157 responses)

Coffee - Hi Mark, Thanks for your help, i cant see any spider mites on it but ill have another look just in case. ill check out the eco oil too Thanks Steven...
  By Steven 3078 days ago (274 responses)

Fruit fly control - Glennis, I have no idea if the Qld ff is healthier than other flies' but the only way of getting a decent harvest from your garden or trees is to exclude them from the fruit, either by covering the wh...
  By Slicko 3125 days ago (597 responses)

Jaboticaba - Hi Rob19 yes send me an email...
  By Stevo2 3125 days ago (331 responses)

gardening in Perth sands - Hi Kath I wish you all the luck in your new fruitopia journey. As avid growers we all know that there will be bumpy roads ahead but most of it will be a pleasant and oftentimes sumptuous journey. I...
  By Fruitylicious1 3138 days ago (314 responses)

Wolf Berries - Thank you Fruitylicious, I definitely have Chinense according to your pics. I have a Barbarum struggling too but not doing a lot as it may be too shaded. I will prune it hard this year and see if tha...
  By chookie2 3156 days ago (187 responses)

Babaco - Back in 1985 I was a commercial grower with 1000 babacos in Mullumbimby. Great success and first supplier to Sydney markets. Now looking for a young tree on the Gold Coast. Anyone close want to sw...
  By KeithL 3220 days ago (393 responses)

custard apples - Thanks for the suggestion. Had already tried Perry's.....but no, can't....
  By Linton 3246 days ago (260 responses)

Fruit trees in Perth WA - Anyone in the Rockingham/Mandurah area have a kaffir lime I could have a cutting from to try grafting onto one of my citrus trees please? Can swap for eggs....
  By KathK 3324 days ago (162 responses)

Mango tree not fruiting - Pruning will do wonders for a Mango that has already been fruiting for at least a few years. From my limited observations it is best to allow Mango trees to grow somewhat wild. In their first 'frui...
  By Gregory 3400 days ago (355 responses)

Veggie garden - People I visited some time ago made their whole veggie garden of slabs on edge. I can't remember how they were held together - maybe with wire? They were dug part way into the ground and were a good d...
  By Julie 3738 days ago (513 responses)

bee hives - Fulham gardens. Thanks anyway mate. Il check the gummy add...
  By ben from adelaide 3759 days ago (202 responses)

I have a cherry tree - Whoever thinks birds won't eat cooking cherries..please tell the local mynahs who tear them through the netting on my tree....
  By cherrygirl 3920 days ago (171 responses)

mandarin tree - I have a imperial mandarin tree in my back yard it's about 3 year old now and going good!! I'm pretty sure the whole was 25cm wide and 35cm deep, they are supper yummy and get about 6 mandarines in o...
  By Ellie 4092 days ago (259 responses)

rasberry bushes - understood and sent....
  By peter 1000 4760 days ago (200 responses)