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| About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 16th September 2011 3:38pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rowan says... Passionfruit is the 'traditional' edible climber to grow around water tanks. The water keeps them fron freezing but it need sun. Understory vines that will take some frost and shade are hardy kiwifruits (Actinidia arguta and A. kolomikta) and one of the chocolate vines (Akebia sp.). If you grow a chocolate vine you will need to keep it under control as it can be a weed if the conditions are right. If you want something that is not a climber try alpine strawberries or chilean guava, they both will grow and fruit in shade. | About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 16th September 2011 4:52pm #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Wazzbat Vic Park WA 16th September 2011 9:23pm #UserID: 5526 Posts: 166 View All Wazzbat's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 17th September 2011 5:25am #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Won't a vine/creeper just try to grow up towards the sun though? (and then flop over at the top of the wires?...) I always though a UV resistant net thrown over water tanks would be the way to go...(like fishing nets..) Maybe it would be a good spot for berry canes ringlestrumpf? How big is the tank? (Some are 100,000L and monsters!...) | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mide West WA. 17th September 2011 11:38am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ringelstrumpf says... For me yet 20.000 liters are big. Hardy kiwi sounds good,does it need a pollinator? I never tried growing or eating Akebia, but my fruit book says they don't taste and yield incredibly good. Not all the parts of the tank are always in shade, and I think it is goo planting there because it keeps the water cool and is better for the plastic too. | About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 19th September 2011 2:06pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rowan says... I have two varieties of akebia growing but they haven't fruited yet. One of them is a hybrid that is supposed to be very good tasting and the other is another variety just to cross pollinate it. They should fruit next year. Hardy kiwi is great, I have four species of kiwifruit growing and I love the A.arguta. It does need a pollinator but there is a self pollinating variety - 'Issai' | About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 19th September 2011 4:01pm #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 19th September 2011 6:01pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 19th September 2011 6:19pm #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 19th September 2011 6:24pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rowan says... I think their red one is a chance seedling. I am growing A. melandra - a purple fruited variety. Mine should fruit next year. A. kolomitka - a very hardy kiwifruit with the male having variegated foliage. My seeds haven't germinated yeat. A. arguta - the 'normal' hardy kiwifruit. Seedlings at the moment but they are supposed to fruit within 3 years from seed. Unfortunatley everything seems to eat them so I mightn't get that far. A. deliciosa - 'common' kiwifruit. first year fruiting. | About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 19th September 2011 7:30pm #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author ringelstrumpf Mountains 20th September 2011 6:55pm #UserID: 5542 Posts: 160 View All ringelstrumpf's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author au0rey melbourne 21st September 2011 8:17am #UserID: 1600 Posts: 165 View All au0rey's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author VioletCactus1 21st September 2011 12:33pm #UserID: 516 Posts: 349 View All VioletCactus1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rowan says... You can get the seeds on many US sites. I just made an order for more A. melandra seeds from Summer Hill seeds http://www.summerhillseeds.com It is listed on some sites as A.melandra, and on others as A. melanandra so it might be worth searching for both names. The seeds for the vines I have growing came from rareseeds.com but they are out at the moment. I can't wait till next year when they fruit. | About the Author Rowan Casterton Vic 21st September 2011 1:16pm #UserID: 4558 Posts: 97 View All Rowan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Tommoz Dural 14th January 2014 9:35pm #UserID: 7219 Posts: 340 View All Tommoz's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... Chocolate Vine flowering now! One of my Akebias has quite a few flowers for the first time and I would like to know if they are self fertile or not. I have another Akebia variety next to it which I have had for a long time. But it has never flowered and doesn't grow much so there is nothing else to pollinate the flowering one. Please let me know if they need another plant for pollination and in the mean time I will wait and see if it sets fruit. Thanks.
| About the Author Linton NOBLE PARK,3174,VIC 8th November 2016 2:10pm #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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