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| About the Author CasONeill1 Melbourne 12th August 2009 3:08pm #UserID: 2652 Posts: 6 View All CasONeill1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Tyalgum Creek 13th August 2009 3:27pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... You could always try some from Daleys :) http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/search.php?q=quandong&SType= | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba 13th August 2009 4:47pm #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author CasONeill1 Melbourne 13th August 2009 9:18pm #UserID: 2652 Posts: 6 View All CasONeill1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Tyalgum Creek 13th August 2009 9:34pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Speedy says... Quandong is a bit of a confusing name as it applies to unrelated plants with simmilar looking seeds. Maybe we should call Elaeocarpus spp. 'Eastern Quandongs' and Santalum acuminatum 'Western Quandongs' separated by Gr Dividing Range. I think you mean this one? Quandong (Inland) = Santalum acuminatum . Belongs to Sandalwood genus and grows in well in central Aust. Its a hemi-parasite on roots of many species ot plants and notoriously tricky, but not impossible to grow. Red, sometimes yellow or orange fruit is tart and delicious, IMO much better than 'Blue quandong'. It also dries and stores very well. There were a few selections made during late'80s and early '90s from superior wild trees. It's an excellent little tree that should be more widely grown in gardens of inland Aust. But no reason it shouldnt do well, maybe even better, east of the divide or in higher rainfall areas. eg.along coastal heath lands of Sth. NSW to Cent.Qld it should do quite well. Cas, someone from Aust. Quandong Industry Association (AQIA) may be able to help, otherwise I could get you some seed to try growing them yourself. http://www.users.centralonline.com.au/aqia/ | About the Author Nth Vic 14th August 2009 9:18am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 16th August 2009 12:28pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author CasONeill1 Melbourne 17th August 2009 9:52pm #UserID: 2652 Posts: 6 View All CasONeill1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Cas says... Thanks Jantina I'd love to try them - how do we organise that? I have a suburban Melb garden but could plant 2-3 together and then select one later ... do you know how long they take to fruit on average? (The website suggested by Speedy - aqia etc - doesn't allow access to the links, so can't find out much more)... | About the Author CasONeill1 Melbourne 17th August 2009 9:57pm #UserID: 2652 Posts: 6 View All CasONeill1's Edible Fruit Trees |
Jantina says... HI Cas, I can send the seeds to you. Here is my email (where I put at just put a @)I write it like that on this forum because every time I put my email address on here properly I get swamped with spam. Anyway email me your address and I will post you some seed and directions for sowing.Don't actually have them growing myself yet, got the seeds from some friends who have plants put in by the CSIRO. jantinarohde at activ8 dot net dot au | About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 17th August 2009 10:51pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author CasONeill1 Melbourne 23rd August 2009 10:08pm #UserID: 2652 Posts: 6 View All CasONeill1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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quandong says... I got a seedling from Perry's Fruit Nursery in McLaren Flat in SA. See http://www.perrysfruitnursery.com.au/ Time will tell whether it's a good fruiter or not, as it's still very young. I'm just amazed it's still alive, since I'm in the ACT and I've offered it some pretty odd species as hosts. The one in our backyard when I was a kid in SA used to live off the Kikuya grass, so I guess they are a bit promiscuous. | About the Author Canberra 22nd September 2009 2:57am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 26th September 2009 10:26pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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