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| About the Author Nick Sydney metro 23rd October 2008 1:05pm #UserID: 1546 Posts: 11 View All Nick's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Elizabeth says... Around here it seems that people are game to try almost anything in a pot or bonsai bag! Check out Correy's posts on in the blog. I have lots of plants in Sydney in pots including many citrus and apples. As Pauline said above, its best to try to find trees on dwarfing rootstock, but it is possible to keep larger trees in a pot if you are willing to water regularly, fertilise with slow release mixtures and re-pot every one to two years, trimming the roots to keep the trees healthy. Is there anything specific you were interested in growing? | About the Author Sydney 23rd October 2008 6:50pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Nick says... Hi Thanks for your responses. To be honest, its the more exotic stuff (as opposed to citrus) that I'm interested in. I am in Frenchs Forest which doesn't get much in the way of chilling hours. I am keen to grow some of the more unusual stuff, but I will be restricted to pots (albeit large ones!) | About the Author Nick Sydney 24th October 2008 11:01am #UserID: 1546 Posts: 11 View All Nick's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Pauline Adelaide 24th October 2008 9:14pm #UserID: 1532 Posts: 293 View All Pauline's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... I have heaps of things whcih are or have fruited in pots including two white shahtoots (both fruiting now - yummy!), acerola, brazillian cherry, dwarf peach (flowered but not fruited as yet), dwarf apples - Ballerinas, pinkabelle, dorsett and anna (all fruiting or flowering now), dwarf washington navel (currently flowering), dwarf Tahitian lime (currently flowering), lemonade tree (currently flowering), lotsa'lemons (currently flowering), white sapotes (currently flowering), lychee (curretnly flowering), semi-dwarf pomegranate (now flowering), pepino and strawberries(not trees but still fruit and currently flowering and fruiting), cumquats (now flowering), loquat (now fruiting), cherry guavas (now flowering), tamarillo (fruit dropped early), indidan loquat (formerly fruited)...my other fruit trees, I am still awaiting them to flower or fruit. All these ones I have mentioned are in pots. Good luck with it!!! | About the Author 24th October 2008 9:49pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Nick says... To be honest, there is such a huge range in the Daley's catalogue, I really don't know where to start! I'm thinking a Sapote, a dwarf mango and potentially some of the apple varieties that would cope with Sydney climate. I intend to use fairly large pots (500mm diameter) or potentially root control bags. | About the Author Nick Sydney 25th October 2008 1:59pm #UserID: 1546 Posts: 11 View All Nick's Edible Fruit Trees |
Elizabeth says... I have a lot of fruit trees in pots, although I intend to plant some of them in the ground in time (I have very bad clay/rocky soil that takes a lot of work to prepare!) I am particularly crazy for dwarf apples. I took the plunge to see if I they would succeed in the Sydney climate and, with some care as to the varieties chosen, I have found to be very successful thus far. I am not even in an inland part of Sydney, though I think the recent colder winters have helped. It isn't necessary to limit yourself to the low chill varieties. I have Anna and Dorsett Golden (both flowered in their first year), but my two and three year old Pinkabelle, Granny Smith and Gala trees and my Golden Hornett crab all have recently flowered well and are setting fruit. I also have others 6-12 months old, which were too yound to flower, but I think from research have a good chance of success in this climate - Fuji, Pink Lady, Gravenstein and Snow. Basically I think anything 600 hours chill or under will be ok for Sydney. I also have other things in pots, but are yet to fruit as they are too young: dwarf peaches, tamarillo, carambola, many citrus, some Japanese and European plums (which probably will be planted next year), a Fuyu persimmon and quince (both to be planted next year) and two olives. | About the Author Sydney 25th October 2008 5:16pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Elizabeth says... Just to add to the above, make sure to do research as to suitable varieties. For tropicals, check whether they will cope with the winters and fruit in a warm temperate climate. With pome and stone fruit), choose either lower chill varieties or do some research as it which varieties are only medium chill. Some good sites to consult are: Dave Wilson at http://davewilson.com/homegrown/homeindex1.html; Kuffel Creek for warm climate apple growing at http://www.kuffelcreek.com/index.html and California Rare Fruit Growers at http://www.crfg.org/pubs/frtfacts.html | About the Author Sydney 25th October 2008 5:23pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
Nick says... Elizabeth - wow! This gives me a lot of hope. As mentioned, I am yet to start, but have been inspired by the number of people in this forum who are growing in pots. I ordered a couple of Tamarillos from Digger's Garden Club (before I discovered this site!) and am expectantly waiting for them to be delivered. Once I am off the mark, I will upload photos. Any chance you could do this for your apples? | About the Author Nick Sydney 25th October 2008 5:25pm #UserID: 1546 Posts: 11 View All Nick's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Elizabeth says... Hope I helped Nick. I find it frustrating when there is so much info saying you can't grow this or that in Sydney because there is not enough chill. Really, the best way to know is research and trial and error. I'll try to upload some pictures of the apples. I should have taken photos when they were in flower though. I'll take some of the setting fruitlets. I forgot to mention I have a All-In-One Almond in a pot. It tries out fast and will probably do better once planted, but the flowers were very pretty in winter and it set nuts in its first year too. | About the Author Sydney 25th October 2008 9:31pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charles cant spell says... I have yet to understand it as well hayden, the only time I can see it being useful is for those fruit trees that fruit on old wood, rather than new wood, i.e. if the tree need to be pruned back so heavily each year that you cut off most of next years fruiting wood then I guess a dwarf would help with that. I am yet to understanding the dwarfing crazy, I thinks its a con like telling people seedlings are useless and you must have a graft to get decent fruit. Yes its a faster fruiting system, but lots of varieties are true to type or your seedling is just as likely to be as good as the crappy new varieties. There are vested interestes that make a lot out of free seedlings, or free root stock cuttings, with grafts from a few parent tree and selling them for $50 plus. Dwarfs are just another way to corner a market and charge more. But I am a happy to be convinced otherwise. | About the Author Charlesstillcantspell1 Perth Innaloo 17th December 2010 3:03pm #UserID: 2742 Posts: 411 View All Charlesstillcantspell1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... I must agree with both you Hayden and you Charles, why bother with dwarf trees when growing trees in pots will stunt their growth anyway. I am certainly not a fan of growing any sort of trees in pots. No doubt there is a reason why some do so such as climate or lack of room but a tree will never reach it's full potential confined in a pot. | About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 17th December 2010 5:21pm #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
Diana says... I agree. I reckon pots are too much trouble in general, because the tree is entirely reliant on you and can't find any of it's own water. I make an exception for my blueberries (Someone in a my edibles page mentioned that it's easier to control the Ph in a pot, and this seems to work with mine), and white adriatic fig (no space for invasive roots where it is otherwise), and a lime tree in the chook yard (it's easier to keep chooks from scratching up the roots in a pot). I used to worry that my trees are mostly pruned rather than being on dwarf rootstock, but I am happy with them so far. | About the Author Diana Brisbane 20th December 2010 4:27pm #UserID: 3004 Posts: 284 View All Diana's Edible Fruit Trees |