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Kate Eyre starts with ... We have a raised bed prepared in Newcastle in a coastal suburb in good sun, a big rectangle (10x 2 metres) alongside a fence and courtyard. The fence creates quite a sheltered space from wind. I have grown a green manure crop and cut it down and mulched. Any way I cant be sure whether the trees I'm thinking of will be suited to our region. I was thinking Feijoa Unique, Feijoa nazematze, x 2 Olives and a Navelia Orange. My partner wonders if the olive and Feijoa might have contradictory soil and watering needs, whether the space will allow that many trees, and also I cant get the info about their heights (so not sure which order to plant in the row? Along the front of the rectangle there is x 3 spaced apart Isabella Grapes as we've built a huge pergola over half the courtyard. | About the Author Kate Eyre Dudley 10th March 2013 9:23pm #UserID: 7810 Posts: 2 View All Kate Eyre's Edible Fruit Trees |
VF says... I'm not the best person to answer for your area, but seeing no-one else is...the orange and the feijoa seem like fine choices, but I wonder about the olives, as they do grow into medium trees (6-8m). Pruning possible, but seeing they're such small fruit I think you'd lose too much potential fruit and make them not worthwhile.[Maybe someone can correct me.] Feijoa and orange trees can grow to be small trees, but these take to pruning well and can be kept to 2-3 meters if you wish (good harvest height), and you'll still get plenty of fruit. (Feijoa in particular responds well to pruning, and you sometimes see them as hedges. Pruned very low though obviously will decrease flowers/fruit.) I can't comment on grapes (have no experience), but just consider if where you've planted them will eventually put too much shade on the other plants. Oranges need full sun, partial shade ok for feijoa but better in full sun too. | About the Author VF Wongawallan 19th March 2013 8:13am #UserID: 6795 Posts: 736 View All VF's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Better off planting the olive on the footpath or somewhere else where it can be a bit neglected. Feijoa need lots of water to do really well. Unique is small, nazematze is a full sized feijoa, orange will grow larger still but all are easily managed. these three might be enough in that space. There is anotehr feijoa called white goose in some nurseries which is supposed to be anotehr good one... | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 19th March 2013 9:17am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
Brain says... I'll give my 2 cents on Navelina only. The dwarf Navelina I got from Daley is quite a compact bushy plant (when comapred to other dwarf citrus). It doesn't appear to like to grow higher than 1 m tall and 1m wide. Having said that, I've brought another dwarf Navelina from Bunnies (sourced from Birdwood) as a gift for a friend and that plant is much more vigorous and has a tall (but narrow branching) habbit. I'd say that plant will grow easily to 2-3m tall and 2m wide. Hope this info helps. | About the Author Brain Brisbane 19th March 2013 11:17am #UserID: 6289 Posts: 638 View All Brain's Edible Fruit Trees |
MJ says... Also not in your region, and not an expert at all, but I'll chime in! I went to a talk recently where they recommended planting dwarf fruit trees very close - about a metre apart. They said this would help keep the trees small. I'm doing this in my yard as soon as it cools down enough to plant - I'll be putting five dwarf citruses in a little grove about 5 metres long by 1-1.5 metres wide. I don't know what your climate/watering situation is, but if you had something that needed more water, could that tree get an extra couple of drippers, on top of whatever regular watering you have for that bed? I'm looking at planting some items in bonsai bags. Some will then be put into a pot (just for decorative reasons) and others will be sunk into the beds. This will enable me to plant things like blueberries in a bed, in an oasis of acidic soil, separated from my very alkaline soil. I was hoping to get feedback from others who are a little further down the track, but haven't got any responses to my thread yet. Anyway, something to think about. Best wishes MJ | About the Author 4 Perth 19th March 2013 11:22am #UserID: 6823 Posts: 132 View All 4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Best suburban garden I've seen is on YouTube somewhere all dwarf and espaliered trees, must be 100s of trees, its a work of art. Well worth finding the video. I've had to go for a more longer term prospect with full sized mostly seedling trees but I also has to wait 15 years to see much happen | About the Author Jason Portland 19th March 2013 7:00pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I had a look for it, I found this one but don't think it's the original one I saw but similar idea http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7voRKFUoE | About the Author Jason Portland 22nd March 2013 1:24pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Db says... Wow, that video truly demonstrates that lots of fruit trees can be grown in small backyards, really impressed... MaryT - Look at this very recently uploaded Daleys video about how to do Espalier - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ski63clVho | About the Author Db Brisbane 22nd March 2013 2:47pm #UserID: 6427 Posts: 470 View All Db's Edible Fruit Trees |
Jason says... The sad thing is that yard probably gives more fruit when it's all said and done than my garden which is more than an acre in size lol. I don't have the possibility to net all my trees from the parrots as most are just too big and they have to be that way to stop ground hopping animals from eating them :p. Small trees in a backyard is very productive per meter in comparison. I was looking at an old video of my garden today and the macadamia trees were just dots in the grass and seemed miles apart... I didn't imagine they would run out of room being 4-5 meters apart. Now they are all inter joined and one big line of trees. I also was stupid enough to plant them in front of other trees that need lots of sun.. | About the Author Jason Portland 22nd March 2013 7:08pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |