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| About the Author Andy3 Adelaide 7th December 2007 12:47pm #UserID: 490 Posts: 14 View All Andy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Picture 1: Male Papaya Flower Picture 2: Female Papaya Flower Picture 3: Bisexual Papaya Flower Here is a fantastic site for further reading. http://www.fao.org/inpho/content/compend/text/CH22_01.htm
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| About the Author Andy3 Adelaide 11th December 2007 8:11am #UserID: 490 Posts: 14 View All Andy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... Hay pete, I have a grafted bisexual from daleys, its about 2 months old now and grown a meter tall. Its only surposed to grow to six foot. I will be getting many more of these. They will grow well there. Also try mangoes, pitaya, star apples, choc custard fruit and jacks. All these will grow there. | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 19th January 2008 6:44pm #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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peter says... john, thanks for your reply. i have got lots of stuff from daleys already and will probably get some paw paws from them also. i have just been on their site but cannot see any grafted ones on their list. do you know what sort yours is. also have you tasted star apples before, if so what do you think. peter. | About the Author peter30001 athol park, adelaide 19th January 2008 7:14pm #UserID: 593 Posts: 293 View All peter30001's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Joel1 Adelaide 18th September 2008 4:51pm #UserID: 1381 Posts: 1 View All Joel1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 21st November 2008 9:37am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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vanl says... Hello Adelaideans, I have not yet seen paw paws fruit sucessfully in Adelaide, neither have I seen jackfruits. I have not been successful myself with these types either. Believe me I have tried everything, including the "more" exotics like star apple, canistel, green sapote, jackfruit, carambola, coconuts and many others. However be assured that mangos are tough as lemons here in Adelaide once they are established (this takes quite a while). A few huge samples can be found at the following locations: Goldrush Road, opposite the BP station near Payneham road. Days Road, near the Regency Hardware store. | About the Author SA 21st November 2008 9:39am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 21st November 2008 10:02am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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vanl says... Hi Jantina, I found that canistel could not handle the winter cold here in Adelaide even though it had proper shade cloth protection. I have not tried Lucmo so no comments sorry. However by reference of these two resources: lucmo http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/lucmo.html and canistel http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/canistel.html, it appears that lucmo is temperate tree so I think I would do fine in Mt Gambier. | About the Author 21st November 2008 10:24am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 21st November 2008 11:02am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Grant says... Mangoes are tough as lemons. I have planted them in mid winter and they don't suffer at all. The main thing in winter is not the cold but not to over water and have free draining soil. This is similar for a lot of the sub tropicals. Papaya and carambola for example will thrive and fruit if provided with a little protection (shadecloth shelter, close to the house or amongst other trees) as well as the free draining soil conditions. Pepino will become a weed in the garden depending on how much water you give it. | About the Author Whyalla SA 27th March 2009 6:45am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... Hi Grant, I have read a few times in various places that it is the wet feet more than the cold that knocks off the subtropicals so I am making sure that my pots are well draining and will let my plants dry out (not to the point of wilting) before watering as it gets colder, so far everything from pepino to rollinia is growing very well, I know that producing fruit might be another matter! | About the Author Jantina Mt. Gambier S.A. 27th March 2009 10:12pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise says... You can grow many plants better in containers if you add crushed charcoal to the mix-especially the lower 15cms. Also use no more than 15% of peat in the mix. It may also help to have a bony mix, some volcanic soils are suitable at about 5- 10% of the mix. Also if you can afford it-import seeds from many sources and try them all against each other. They may adapt to your specific microclimate better than mail order trees,You often get the odd shiner. although you should order the trees too for insurance. | About the Author denise4 auckland kiwiland 28th March 2009 11:51am #UserID: 1929 Posts: 73 View All denise4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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RONALD says... Hi, Juanita, I have made up an facial serum using papain from paw paw leaf extract, www.chrisomega.com.au first in Australia. | About the Author BRISBANE 20th April 2009 12:35pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Goretti Brisbane 6th July 2009 8:58am #UserID: 2523 Posts: 2 View All Goretti's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Wayne Mackay QLD 9th July 2009 9:41am #UserID: 338 Posts: 908 View All Wayne's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ronald says... Very funny Steve and Kert, if you find a seedling, and it has two roots it is female,one root is male. Don't even think of asking me about Bisexual trees. interested in your health my book comes ut next year. Meantime go to Natural Therapies page on web. Look at Day Spa on Hamilton. Thats a me. | About the Author Ronald1 Brisbane 15th October 2009 11:13pm #UserID: 2119 Posts: 6 View All Ronald1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Goretti says... I'm growing my paw paw from seed, it all started when I through paw paw seeds in the compost !!! By the way, in order to let them grow only to a certain height, every little while I remove 3 of the top new leaves. Is that a known practice for you too ? And I'm trying to find out why in Africa we drive a stick through its trunk .... oooooh sounds spooky doesn't it ? | About the Author Goretti Brisbane 16th October 2009 8:24am #UserID: 2523 Posts: 2 View All Goretti's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author jan12 2nd December 2009 10:26pm #UserID: 3065 Posts: 1 View All jan12's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ronald says... Hi Jan Happy New Year: Paw Paw Leaves and Stems,have been used to help with cancer patients. It is a Proteolytic Enzyme, thus cleaves to protein and helps disolve it Patients have used this in conlunction with other minerals and vitamins, go to www.chrisomega.com. Hope this is of help...Ps only use 2 gms ofsundried pawpaw leaves and stems with hot water 1/2 hour before breaky Papain very good from Female Paw Paw tree, sorry guys. | About the Author Ronald1 Brisbane 8th January 2010 9:27am #UserID: 2119 Posts: 6 View All Ronald1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 8th January 2010 11:21am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charles cant spell says... Goretti, Driving a stake/nail/hammering a brick into the cleft etc through a branch/tree causes trauma to the tree. This can shock it into fruiting as it thinks it might die and needs to sow it wild oats/procreate etc. I.e. you have a tree that just has never fruited (past its normal fruiting age) or you get low numbers of fruit etc, you might try that method. We used it for our Lemon trees back on the farm. Very little/speratic fruit 1 brick 1 hammer bashed it into the fork of the tree, now it fruits heavily all year round. It sound like bs but there is something in all those wives tales, you just need to think about it scentifically and do some trial and error. Dont do it with a tree that isnt pretty much a lost cause already though, else you might kill your young plant before its even meant to bear. | About the Author Charlesstillcantspell1 Perth - Innaloo 9th January 2010 12:17am #UserID: 2742 Posts: 411 View All Charlesstillcantspell1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ronald says... Hi Amanda thank you for your question, I have been working with patients, for decades, in this research I have found enzyme therapy very successful in the overall treatment for "C" Also, it is important to take enzymes on an empty stomach. A stack of research shows that enzymes, when taken in this manner, will go into the bloodstream and clean it up. And in the process digest and kill cancer cells. Take both a plant based digestive enzyme along with pancreatic enzymes high in Trypsin and Chymotrypsin for the best results. Take both with meals for improved digestion, and on an empty stomach to get into the body. Also use/ Citrus Pectin (assists in prevention of Mestasis) vIT C, SELENIUM, OLIVE LEAF EXTRACT, APRICOT KERNEL. I hope this helps u a little more | About the Author Ronald1 Brisbane 25th January 2010 8:17am #UserID: 2119 Posts: 6 View All Ronald1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author KathK Karnup W.A. 7th February 2010 11:21am #UserID: 1744 Posts: 187 View All KathK's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wayne says... From my experience Kath, yes, I have never had a failure but that's not to say it doesn't happen. I could be just lucky, so let's see what the others say. I threw some red pawpaw seeds in a bed the other week and look what I now have, it's a shame I can't send you some
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Kylie says... I have two new one metre high paw paw trees that were growing great but last week noticed that all the leaves were missing. Not fallen off on the ground - they are missing. The branches seem to have died now also, they were greenish on the end last week but are all brown now. The stem of the trees are still green and there are a few very small new leaves starting to grow off them. Can anyone help me? Is this normal? I have grown them from seed and would like to keep them for fruit. | About the Author Kylie5 Sunshine Coast 30th June 2010 7:47am #UserID: 3877 Posts: 1 View All Kylie5's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Ronald, did you know that babaco also tenderises meat & is reported to contain 4 times the papain of Papaya. Of course it is also a Carica,so one of its parents, mountain papaya also contains these wonderful enzymes that are so valuable to the function of the pancreas. Yes I also heard that the leaves of pawpaw( papaya)may destroy cancer cells as does mangosteen. Just login to www.pubmed.com & search "mangosteen, xanthones, papaya,turmeric,asparagus,etc. | About the Author snottiegobble bunbury 30th June 2010 9:10pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ronald says... Several issues the babaco is extremely difficult to get a hold of, without people having fertilisers on the leaves and fruit... Mangosteen, should be used with caution, and should not be used after chemo radiation therapy, due to the impact it has on liver enzymes...or damaged liver from chemo, I am not to sure of the % of fatalities with this, but just be warned.. | About the Author ronald brisbane 9th August 2010 1:59pm #UserID: 4041 Posts: 12 View All ronald's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ronald says... Several issues the babaco is extremely difficult to get a hold of, without people having fertilisers on the leaves and fruit... Mangosteen, should be used with caution, and should not be used after chemo radiation therapy, due to the impact it has on liver enzymes...or damaged liver from chemo, I am not to sure of the % of fatalities with this, but just be warned.. | About the Author ronald brisbane 9th August 2010 1:59pm #UserID: 4041 Posts: 12 View All ronald's Edible Fruit Trees |
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allybanana says... i have some shoots spare of a bisexual Carica pubescens if any one wants some allydalton.sculpture@gmail.com. You are right about its toughness babaco gets die back with the frost. C. pubescens sets fruit hear on the southcoast NSW in winter during frosty weather, the pith around the seeds is edible but the tast is not brilliant. | About the Author Eden 10th August 2010 8:27pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 11th August 2010 1:29am #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Sorry Ronald you are WRONG! It is the anti-inflammatory xanthones in the mangosteen that may help the liver recover after Chemo has done so much damage to it. In fact if taken 2 to 3 weeks before chemo & during the program a lot of the nasty side effects like nausea & hairloss may be greatly diminished. The apricot kernels are effective also because they contain a very tiny ammount of cyanide(1 molecule) along with 2 molecules of sugar,& one of Benzaldehide. This is called laetrile. or B17 . Enough to attack & destroy C cells only! we all need to remember that in the olden days fruit was so small ( crab apples for inst) people couldnt afford to throw the cores & kernels away like we do now with our lush developed strains of fruit. As a preventative even apple & pear seeds have the tiniest amount of B17 & should be eaten. I used to eat up to 8 apricot kernels per day for 2 years so dont tell me they are poisonous.There are people in an area of Afganistan that live well over 110 , yes they are poor peasants & grow apricots for a living. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 12th August 2010 7:02pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... That's interesting snotty - I would be more inclined to believe anti-inflammatories crossing into the blood stream. The idea of papain crossing into the blood stream is a big stretch, however - it is a proteolytic enzyme. I used to use it to LYSE and breakdown red blood cells and other blood proteins that gunked up the machines in the laboratory. I really don't want to 'have a go' here - but I believe people should be given the best chances thru intelligent observations - natural or otherwise... Ronald - is there a carrier molecule for the papain that exists in the human blood stream? All human proteolytic enzymes have a Binding Protein that they travel with - keeps them for digesting your body...?? Ok - off my soap box (oops - sorry everyone) but - u can always test a vial of whole blood mixed with some papain if u don't believe me. Get your local Lab to centrifuge it and see what u think then.... Also snotty - if apricot kernels were a so toxic then why have the oil on the shelf...!? (TGA will likely "see to that" in the future though....they are quite serious/scary folk....) PS Ronald - it's actually ok to prove that something works - even if we don't know why....modern science cannot explain many things...and that's fine. I wonder how long St Johns Wort has been taken throughout history - until it was actually "proven" to work...? For me - I think it's ok if something "works" - even anectodally - as long as someone is not pocketing a big profit from it..then they perhaps obliged produce evidence - just like pharmacology companies perhaps..? otherwise - it's a conflict of interest. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 12th August 2010 8:22pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... What a load of rubbish :)? can't you see that plants don't want you to eat their seeds?. They go to major major effort to produce a fruit thats highly nutritious with an inedible and toxin filled seed and you go and eat it?! :P. I'm sure you can eat plenty more than 8 apricot seeds a day for 2 years without killing yourself but if you were in high health you wouldn't be trying such silly things in the first place. Or just because you can eat limited amounts of rat poison every day for 2 years, that's not something you should do either. Apricot kernels, especially the commercial varieties we have here have ALOT of cyanide not "one molecule". Much better of slowly killing yourself on Almond seeds if that's what you are into. Any reasonably intelligent mammal with a good nose, like say... a rabbit knows not to eat seeds from fruit, they are born with that ability. It's pretty amazing some humans are silly enough to unlearn such a basic rule of nature :). Give anyone a good clean environment and a limited calorie diet and they will live to over 100. My grandmothers nearly 100 and lived on not much more than biscuits and plain slices of bread almost all her life. The key being... not many biscuits :), that's the same as everyone else at a high age in the retirement home, they are all non drinkers, non smokers, don't eat much at all and never have | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 12th August 2010 8:46pm #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Lol whats the boring life, my grandmother was a party animal back in the late 20s in Saint Kilda :). She just didn't eat much during her life, eating is not a leisure activity :). Hard to believe but the chef's in the oldies home have been instructed by her for the last two years to have one slice of bread with Vegemite on her plate for breakfast and one slice of white bread on the plate with tomato sauce for dinner. That's all she wants. She's old enough and knows herself well enough to do whatever she wants :). You can go visit her yourself and see the lone slice of bread on the plate yourself, I promise it's quite the sight to see :). Not that anyone else in there eats much more note: (she takes a multi vitamin or two also since there's nothing in bread) | About the Author Jason10 Portland, Vic 12th August 2010 8:59pm #UserID: 3853 Posts: 218 View All Jason10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... He he - yea if she's 100 now she was only a teenager back then?? I was a party animal at that age too... When I am 80yrs (fingers crossed) I am going to: 1) pig out 2) smoke 3) take illicit drugs and 4) drink lots of booze and 5) likely drive my family insane....I can't wait... Oh - and NO multi vitamins!! ;-) Infact - no tablets of any kind except panadol ....or maybe illicit one's.. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 12th August 2010 9:13pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Naw, keep it going, jason is digging a big hole for himself. Sunflowers kernels,almonds sesame, rice, quinoa,wheat,oats,nuts, coconuts,etc. etc are ALL seeds, Jason Take my word for it if you need to fight the big "C" along side prescribed methods then why not have a few strings to your bow using known natural 'C" cell destroyers & inhibitors? MANGOSTEEN JUICE ASPARAGUS CRANESBILL APRICOT & BITTER ALMOND & finally PAPAYA. ( PAWPAW) There, we`re back on track! | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 13th August 2010 1:10pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... yes of course Amanda, tomatoes specially for the guys, & I also forgot one of my favorite "C" fighters Turmeric. try replacing the salt on the table with turmeric & you`ll have a healthier, sunnier meal! Back to the subject: The papayas trees are quite plentiful in Darwin including the Botanic Gardens where they were part of an area called Community Food garden. They werent ripe but we grabbed some lemongrass & Thai basil to use later. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 14th August 2010 7:37pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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rev says... lol you people are funny Yes jason you are right, annona seeds are toxic usually used for killing intestinal worms and headlice so short duration usage. its the fruit and leaves that are allegedly cancer prevenetative and these dont have the toxins also plants tend to protect against seed predators so make things like poisons that are laxative or emetic to increase the passege through the gut or train avoidance. plants favour fruit eaters that pass seed whole, or as humans, orangutans and chimps do -spit out seeds, or form a 'wadge'(mass of seeds and pulp). some of the healthiest fruits contains compounds that are very good for fruit eating mammalian health for the often extinct megafauna that used to spread them - like avocado, annona, papaya, chocolate pulp but another factor is that humans are quite tough to poisons, you only have to look at how much alcohol we can put away and other pyschoactive drugs. No tooth or claw but one hell of a liver and brain! and anyway its all about the dose! a little is therapeutic , a lot is a poison - that idea is at least? 2000 years old one rule of thumb i heard is that you should only eat as many apple seeds as you find in the apples you eat - its self limiting that way. Papaya leaves can be eaten as a steamed of boiled bitter veg too, just the top bunch In jamu tradition it makes the blood 'bitter' and is said to prevent malaria. Not sure how, maybe like when eating neem leef it makes you less tasty!(neem is systemic) Its also used as a contraceptive. I was told in Indonesia by a female herbalist that to prevent conception a steamed and cooled to warm wad of young leaves is inserted as an emmenagogue. Very useful when you live in a place you cant get the pill on PBS! In general papaya should be avoided by pregnant women, unripe papaya is a well known abortive even consumed orally, as is unripe pineapple. I guess that makes green papaya salad and especially healthy food for Young women in Asia! stop you having 10 kids by the time you are 30! | About the Author Rev nq 17th August 2010 2:35pm #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... Not sure about the ancient wisdom of native peoples. Are there not 130 million odd people on Java ? Maybe eating green papaya leaves would work if it was eaten instead of having sex. I believe part of the problem is there are no really cold showers in Java. Just to prove the point ,think of India where there are more holy men , gurus and fakirs per square mile than just about anywhere else. And it is a pit of misery. | About the Author sydney 22nd August 2010 2:26pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... You speak a lot of sense Rev specially about the seeds with laxative effect. The extract of Cascara sacrada taken in my youth just about ruined my colon for life. You see we are not meant to take these things constantly & I did.There was no such thing as psyllium husks available then. Anyone tasted papaya seeds? They are quite peppery. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 27th August 2010 2:11am #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Hi John, We spent some time in Darwin & met a lady with a huge nursery & personal garden. Maybe if you contact her she will send down pawpaw leaves for you. Her name is Teena Sandford of Darwin Plant wholesalers. 08 8988 1888 meanwhile there are a host of cancer cell destroyers & preventers she can take. TURMERIC as a tea or in warm milk. HERB ROBERT leaves as a tea. ASPARAGUS raw or tinned every day APRICOT KERNELS ( B17) GINGER as a tea, pickled or confectionary ALOE VERA JUICE Buy the best. MANGOSTEEN JUICE We are distributors & can put you onto someone in melb area. Finally check out www.pubmed.com (public medical info) & search each of the above mentioned for research results on cancer. For instance Mangosteen/ xanthones ( anti inflammatory phytonutrients) properties have many positive test results from universities from around the world but particularly SE Asia where the mangosteen grows. Very technical stuff but the last couple of sentences in each paper indicate how active the fruit is in killing the cells in laboratory tests. Good luck! | About the Author Bunbury/ Busso ( smack in the middle) 30th September 2010 1:39pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mazelle says... If you still lookiong for pawpaw leaves for your wife there is a man in Childers in Q that sends pawpaw leaves all around Australia..His name is Noel Rauchie of 42 Redridge Cresent Childers Q 4660...Phone 07 4126 8268 between 6-30 and 6pm daily... if the wife has cancer she can have the leaves for free if you pick them up... he sends boxes of leaves out and he also sells the dried tea leaves... hope this helps. . . . Ruth | About the Author Mazelle Bundaberg Queensland 7th October 2010 11:13pm #UserID: 4365 Posts: 2 View All Mazelle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mazelle says... Hi John..... try this site..its all about cancer cures http://www.justlikesugariskosher.com/show/final/index.php | About the Author Mazelle Bundaberg Queensland 7th October 2010 11:20pm #UserID: 4365 Posts: 2 View All Mazelle's Edible Fruit Trees |
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sailingedward says... Hey John, just came back from Kosrae in Micronesia. The natives are boiling up SOURSOP leaves, 10 at a time and making a type of cold tea and drinking a glass a day to cure cancer and tumors. Google it and see what you find , very interesting, I just bought a tree on ebay, I am looking for someone who has a mature tree so I can buy leaves.
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kert says... Thanks , ronald . Now I know what is happeneing. The drug companies are suppressing "the cure" As for me I'll put my trust in Mother McIllop. Alas, soursop and all the Annoniacae have been implicated in neurological disturbance and outright malfunction . This has not stopped me eating cherimoyas but I would draw the line at daily consumption. | About the Author sydney 20th October 2010 10:00am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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BJ says... Cancer is not a single disease, with a single cause. There is certainly not a single cure. This means different treatments are required for different forms of what is a very broad spectrum of disease. Many medications (for loads of different ailments) are derived from plants. When you purchase a drug that is approved by AMA and relevant food and drug bodies then you are getting a carefully measured dose of the relevant active ingredient, that has been tested for many, many years so that the side-effects are also known. When you simply eat the source material (i.e. a bit of the plant) then you don't know the dose you are getting or what other chemicals may be there (it is a terroir thing). A classic example is foxglove - a good source of heart medication for very particular issues, but you'd not want to risk actually eating foxglove as the wrong dose will kill you. Extensive, and very expensive R&D testing is required over many, many years to determine the correct doses for particular illness profiles, race of the patient (yes, this makes a big difference), age of the patient and physiological make up (how fat, skinny etc you are). The patent then only has a limited life-span ... so 'new cures' are in the drug companies interest, not holding onto old ones and supressing any new development. If we're looking for peer reviewed studies before we put 'magic' fertiliser on our plants then please check the peer reviewed studies before you put 'magic' food in yourself. I sincerley hope that anyone suffering from cancer finds a cure of their ailment - but be careful and use someone qualified to legally provide such advice. | About the Author BJ11 WA 20th October 2010 11:31am #UserID: 3414 Posts: 215 View All BJ11's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I'm not so sure it would dwarf them but you should be able to take cuttings just as easily as all the other papaya species. You just chop up a branch into 20-30cm lengths and poke them deep in some dirt. Some people say to lay them in damp river sand for a while to heal first but just poking them in the ground or a big pot seems to work fine enough. Anytime it's warm enough for them to grow should work | About the Author Jason Portland 20th October 2010 10:22pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Eden S-East NSW 20th October 2010 10:26pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Diana says... Hi Jason and allybanana, Thanks very much, I will give it a try (or maybe wait a week or two if waterlogging is a problem- we have been having a bit of weather, as Wayne was saying). The dwarfing information comes from the Daley's shop site: 'Pawpaw - Cutting Grown Southern Red. A cutting grown Paw Paw is dwarfed in size and the fruit is produced low to the ground. Also suitable for growing in pots. It is possible to have fruit within 4 months rather then taking 18 months..' Diana.
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snottiegobble says... Remember Hippocrates said " LET FOOD BE YOUR MEDICINE" there is a more modern quotation " YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT. Those of us who choose to grow & eat organics, drink moderately & dont smoke generally have a longer expected lifespan with less illnesses. If we choose to supplement our diet with natural nutriental food as well it may help improve our lifespan with a better quality of life! | About the Author snottiegobble 1st November 2010 12:30pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... hey everyone, i just want to ask what people think of the Pawpaw - Southern Red here at daleys for 9.90 each. Does it make nice fruit? how long do they take until they fruit? how high do they grow? I want to put it in a greenhouse, but i was thinking of getting the cutting grown dwarf variety but its never in stock. Thanks Steven | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 23rd November 2010 7:28pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 29th December 2010 10:08am #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 29th December 2010 10:29am #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Julie Roleystone WA 29th December 2010 8:50pm #UserID: 154 Posts: 1842 View All Julie's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Amanda isnt leaving her property just yet.She has house sitters while she is away in Bali. just hope she & her family cover themselves in Deet cause my daughter was very sick from Bali with Dengue.Thankfully she recovered very quickly due to the anti inflammatories in mangosteen juice. Amanda will be posting again soon. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 31st December 2010 1:47pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Charlie says... Hi, someone asked at the beginning of this thread if fruiting paw-paw had been seen in Adelaide. I lived in Archer St North Adelaide 15 years back and my neighbours had excellent fruiting paw-paw in their front yard along with stone fruit and citrus. It wasn't sheltered, just planted in the row. Wish now that I had asked what type it was. Mango grows well here, as does avocado. A fun and fast growing tropical fruit tree that does exceptionally well is tamarillo. Easily grown from seed. | About the Author Charlie5 Adelaide 8th February 2011 3:42pm #UserID: 4912 Posts: 1 View All Charlie5's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Thanks Charlie, that means I have a chance of getting papaya fruit in Sth W WA. yep tamarillos are great little trees to grow, I just planted one out that I grew from seed this season,& is already over 40cm. Just remember to start new ones off every 3 years because they are short lived. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busselton ( smack in the middle) 8th February 2011 4:02pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... I planted me southern red paw paws a couple of months ago i bought from daleys. I cant believe how quickly they grow. they are alreay about 10x larger than when i bought them. They are a beautiful tree and give a nice tropical feel to the garden hopefully it will make some good quality fruit! | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 8th February 2011 10:25pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Steven, I had heaps of papaya seedlings growing out of compost (I spread for growing tomatoes) in my polyhouse Sth West Vic. In fact they were like weeds! Naturally I kept a few & potted them up, but come winter even under plastic they deterioted to just trunks which rotted away. I think you will need to protect them from not only the frost but the cold dampness. Maybe even inside by a window would help! My yellow papaya was down to 2 tiny leaves under plastic even here in WA & it started its spring flush of leaves with the dreaded mosiac virus. So its a cottonwool job Im afraid during the colder months. Good Luck! | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busselton ( smack in the middle) 13th February 2011 1:07pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Town Farm says... I have a male paw paw tree that is about 3 years old and last year it 'threw' lots of fruit. They are on really long stems. I read somewhere that they are really sweet. Can you tell me whether they ripen the same as other paw paws. They seem to be taking a long time to ripen if so. Would appreciate any advice on this. | About the Author Townfarm1 Mooloolaba 24th February 2011 7:55pm #UserID: 3226 Posts: 25 View All Townfarm1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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ron says... Francesca try any web site www.pawpawtea.com.au contact the seller and make sure it is the sundried leaf | About the Author 15th March 2011 2:46am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 15th March 2011 7:06pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smack in the middle) 15th March 2011 11:19pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Nick T Altona, VIC 16th March 2011 6:10pm #UserID: 2663 Posts: 727 View All Nick T's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Only very small amounts you, would have to eat alot of them to get sick. were only talking 6-12 kernels per day. ive got an apricot tree in the backyard and regularly eat the kernels, ive never even felt sick from eating them. In fact, amaretto is traditionally made from apricot kernels and is a very popular italian liquor. | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 16th March 2011 8:33pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Nick, apricot kernels are almost homeopathic, the cyanide content is so small it only attacks the cancer cells. If you like the taste of marzipan you will enjoy the kernels. Even apple & pear pips have tiny ammounts of cyanide & people once ate the cores, pips & all when the fruit were all crab apple size. very little cancer in those days! | About the Author Bunbury/Busso ( smack in the middle) 17th March 2011 4:30pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Kert relax! no lives are being put in danger! While i agree with your comment in regards to peoples false belief that natural in inherently better (marketing strategies have taken a strong liking to this) aside from that fact that snake venom 100% natural as is crude oil, bitumen and octane! It holds no merit here. There are toxins in many things we eat every day. Parsley can give you kidney and liver damage, potatos and other members of the nightshade family are also toxic as with many other foods, carrots i believe also contain toxins. But you have to remember toxic as a word doesnt mean anything. People die from whats know as water toxicity. As such water has a level of toxicity, as with any other chemical in the universe! whats important is the level of toxicity, i.e. the dosage required to case fatalities in most people. while many or even most of the foods we eat contain toxins they dont produce levels great enough to make us sick!! (unless they are eating in large quantities) A couple of days ago I ate 10 apricot kernels in one sitting! im still here arent i? I didnt even feel the slightest bit sick! in actual fact. my uncle once ate half a bowl of apricot kernels. At the time i was a little concerned and told him not to eat that many. but he is still here, he didnt get sick from it in even the slightest. I wouldnt recommend eating them in large amounts, or giving them to young children without closely monitoring them first. But they are fine to eat. | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 18th March 2011 11:54am #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... My granny smoked like a chimney and drank a litre of gin daily ;she lived to 90 . Is that evidence of the harmlessness of smoking or gin? This isn't a site for cancer cures or even a site for fruitcakes who believe they can cure cancer. What's more it is a criminal offence to hold out that you treat cancer if you are not medically qualified . People are uniquelly vulnerable when they have cancer. It is evil to exploit them. | About the Author sydney 18th March 2011 1:09pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 18th March 2011 1:57pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Steven says... Have a read of this for people who are interested: http://news.discovery.com/human/how-broccoli-fights-cancer-110310.html Plants are 'chemical factories' and most drugs are either extracted directly from or are synthetic copies of chemicals found within plants. To be quite honest if ive got something wrong with me ill go to the chemist before i go to the local fruit shop but a mixture of traditional and natural medicines is probably the best way to deal with problems (in my opinon anyway) | About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 18th March 2011 5:12pm #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Bunbury/Busso(smack in the middle) 19th March 2011 2:48am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... Look ,I repeat. This is not a cancer cure site or past lives or for crystal therapy. Doubtless there are such sites for you to reveal your stunning discoveries regarding cancer therapy- that have somehow eluded conventional medicine . And stay within the law - you cannot tout for patients/victims to "cure" cancer. Not here or anywhere. | About the Author sydney 19th March 2011 9:41am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Steven Eastern Melbourne 19th March 2011 9:56am #UserID: 704 Posts: 325 View All Steven's Edible Fruit Trees |
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kert says... I take your point about how precious your time is and that you will not "waste" it on me; which is exactly what I asked for. Do not use this site to propagate your bizarre theories .It is an abuse and ,further, you are indulging in criminality if you advertise for cancer patients . Got it? | About the Author sydney 19th March 2011 12:39pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... :S I can't believe you people are purposely eating Apricot kernels and other toxins in the hope of curing a disease caused by toxins and DNA damage in the first place. No one listens to me but you would be 1000 times better off in taking the toxicity stress off your body if you just stopped eating grains that contain gluten as early in life as possible | About the Author Jason Portland 19th March 2011 5:10pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Well I was going to stay out of this one ;-) but I would also point out that people doing research on the internet for natural plant therapies will likely find this site - as there is a wealth of knowledge on: 1) how to grow these plants and 2) where to locate them, etc. It is none of anybodies business (mine included) as to what people choose to put in their own bodies, for whatever reason. Nor is it my moral right to judge them, based on what they put in their bodies, for whatever reason. I can choose to agree or disagree and that's ok. Like Steven says - move on. There are con-people all over the world kert. Most of us are aware of this - but I don't see any forum regulars promoting anything for their own financial gain here. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. Mid West WA 19th March 2011 10:32pm #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Yes I agree Wayne. Back to pawpaws; Mine is in a large pot without much of a future because I wouldnt be able to get it back into the greenhouse for winter with all of its present foliage so if anyone would like some leaves let me know! It managed to get flower buds to the cream petal stage, but no developement since then. | About the Author snottiegobble 21st March 2011 12:39pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Miranda says... Back to my childhood in China, every front or back yard had one pawpaw tree fruiting all year round. I was told that trees might only flower with no fruit without cutting the taproot.(male plant?) 10 years ago, I bought a pawpaw from fruit shop and plant one seed with this old Chinese method. It fruited in the same year, but Sydney's winter was too cold to ripen. How to tell a male or female plant before the tree flowers? | About the Author 27th March 2011 7:44pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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emma says... hi i live on the gold coast and was wondering where abouts anyone in qld gets there paw paw leaves (female). the iridologist i saw said that some people that farm these plants could quite possibly just give them to you off there trees free of charge, but if not i would pay. just wondering as i am very new to this Emma Parr | About the Author emma4 27th April 2011 5:30pm #UserID: 5234 Posts: 1 View All emma4's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Jason Portland 27th April 2011 6:22pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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M Nash says... Maybe this? http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-world/papaya-leaf-extract-fights-cancer-20100310-pwd6.html | About the Author MNash1 Terranora Northern NSW 27th April 2011 6:59pm #UserID: 2892 Posts: 292 View All MNash1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Ron says... glenda female tree contains fruit as well as the bisexual tree they produce papain protyolytic enzyme, very useful with digestive complaints, the leaves and the stems should be sun dried, and made into tea, which should be golden colour, you should be able to get paw paw trees at your local nursery, if you live in Qld, hard in NSW they hate the frost.... | About the Author 13th August 2011 11:41pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... Hello Folks! Great forum and it is nice to read all the comments coming from Oz as I am a naturalized citizen. Every time I visit an Aussie website I have to squeeze back a tear as I haven't visited since '96. Now that you have read the thrilling introduction to this missive allow me to cyber probe you all in order to get clarification re; one of Daley's you tube videos on growing paw paw from root stock?, from part of the stem? The paw paw tree was very short and dripping with fruit at 5 months. But the video, though enjoyable, was not very instructional and lacked clarity in regards to which part of the tree is used and how to get "that" part to root. To be able to do this here in Bolgatanga, Ghana would be great to know as it gets very hot, windy and dry during the dry months. If we could grow paw paw as fast as possible on short trees behind our limited wind breaks then it would be like all of our Christmases coming at once. Thanks for your help. The first picture represents "before", the second picture almost four years later. Do any of you in the tropics or sub - tropics grow moringa? Amazing stuff! An easy to grow super food. Google it. Gregory
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Phil@Tyalgum says... We always imagine your roadsides are dripping with all sorts of exotic tropical fruit that we can't get here. Do you know of ackee? Tried and germinated a couple but too cold to get established. I guess a lot of cacao where you are as well, would love to grow one but no hope without a glasshouse setup here. | About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 22nd August 2011 9:00am #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... Hah! I have an ackee growing in my yard. I just pruned it back severely in order to let some light into the garden during the wet. It is a native of W. Africa. Seeds were taken to the Caribbean. "Ackee and Saltfish" is the national dish of Jamaica. I, myself, do not eat Ackee owing to the fact that it requires special preparation in order to remove the toxins from the flesh. I don't have time for that. I rent the compound that I'm in and my landlord had planted a few trees around the place and Ackee was one of them. In fact, you can view the seedling surrounded by concrete blocks in the "before" photo above. It is slightly obscuring the view of the ancient steamroller - that still sits there to this day. The roadsides in Ghana are not dripping with fruit, unfortunately. Rather, it is Australia that has an incredible cross - section of temperate, sub - tropical and tropical delights. When I lived in Oz -for a dozen years - it was Far North Queensland that had an incredible array of exotic goodies. But, as mentioned in my previous post, the gear that Daley's offers makes me weak at the knees. As far as I know, know one was growing blue berries or raspberries in N. NSW in the 80's and 90's let alone all the other gear from D's website. Phew! Where I live, in northern Ghana, it is difficult to grow fruit because of the erratic town water supply and the fact that it can get up to 50C before the rain hits. As I write this, it is raining like the Dickens and of course there are very few facilities set up to catch all of this water. Bummer. In my garden I have lime, grapes, guava, pineapple, papaya, plantain, moringa, bananas, mango. Just sprouting some passion fruit seeds from fruit bought at extortionate prices 850 k's south of here. Would love to get some decent avo seeds but all the avocados I had here are watery, bitter and fibrous. Probably too hot to grow them in my area anyway. Cheers Phil! | About the Author Gregory MacCarthy Bolgatanga, Ghana 22nd August 2011 6:07pm #UserID: 5700 Posts: 9 View All Gregory MacCarthy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Gregory we do have it lucky in FNQ with the diversity of fruits available to grow.In southern Africa and eastern africa there really isn't the range of fruits commonly grown on other continents from what I saw and from markets and visits to shops.It is basically the same species that you mentioned.SE Asia has a much greater variety of fruit and veg. than northern Australia and you could order the seeds of many.The WI hybrid avos from hawaii and florida would grow at 8N latitude in Ghana and we have none of those in Australia.Just avoid any with mexican blood (sap) or predominantly guatemalan.It would cost alot but they are delivered internationally by some on-line nurseries.I would also try central and sth american companies.Some of the annonas,sapodillas,sapotes,jackfruit and a host of others would thrive in your climate and have some drought resistance.Southern India has a similar climate and I would check what is grown there. | About the Author Cairns 22nd August 2011 6:32pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... Thanks Mike and Nick! Re; quarantine / customs, I always had the impression that one could smuggle a heard of cattle through the airport if need be. I just brought in a bag of paw paw seed and corriander from when I was yogically standing on me head in S. India. Yes, I saw sapotes and jackfruit there. I probably would have been strung up by Oz customs if caught. Thanks for the great info by the way. I will look into this. It is raining like mad, as I write this and the river, about 100 m behind me has over flown and has now covered my latest banana / plantain crop while also lapping at the foundation of the house. Quite often, when we get rains like this, they will open the floodgates on dams in Burkina Faso which exacerbates the problem. When I was travelling through Thailand in the early 80's, a whole new world, in terms of fruit and veg unfolded through a haze of dope smoke. Growing up in Vancouver, I had no idea of the fruits and veg that existed. Incredible! But still, Mike, one has to admit that FNQ has a pretty incredible offering. I can remember I stayed at a place up on the Tablelands called Mary River Farm - I think the closest town was called Mareeba(?) from memory. We grew a wide variety of fruits there. God, that place was beautiful! Anyway guys, I have to watch these water levels behind my house. Will look into all the offerings of seed and various seed companies after I make my landlord an offer on the land. Very grateful for all of your inputs!!!!! Still would like to find out how Daley's dwarfed that paw paw. Who knows, I might even ring them. Cheers. Greggo. | About the Author Gregory MacCarthy Bolgatanga, Ghana 22nd August 2011 8:02pm #UserID: 5700 Posts: 9 View All Gregory MacCarthy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... Hey BJ! Haven't come across jungle sop. Here is the link to the Daley's vid on papaya. This is the vid that led me to this sight!!!! http://youtu.be/StNNMrHLDTI | About the Author Gregory MacCarthy Bolgatanga, Ghana 22nd August 2011 8:23pm #UserID: 5700 Posts: 9 View All Gregory MacCarthy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Gregory, it sounds like you are talking about Maryfarms between Mt Carbine and Mount Molloy,maybe 70km NE of Mareeba.It is the Einasleigh Uplands rather than the Atherton Tablelands being lower and drier.Mary Creek comes off Mt Lewis which is about as good as rainforest gets in Australia. I presume you are near Tamate'.If you could get seeds of Thai dwarf paw paw or aussie red they would be a sensation over there. | About the Author Cairns 22nd August 2011 9:13pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... That sounds about right Mike. Mary Farms was a beautiful place. Highly disfunctional at the time, but the location was a gift. Mary creek - it seemed a lot more of a river - gave us beautiful water to drink and for irrigation. Close by was a joint where a guy made the best pies that I have ever had. Tamale is 150k to the south of me. They get more rain but we have ground water here. The only thing about our ground water is that in some areas there are very high levels of naturally occurring flouride. Many deep wells that have been drilled have had to be capped because of this. For the papaya that I grow now, it is from seed that I got from fruit in Accra -850k to the south- on the coast. The papaya from there is small with very sweet pink/ red flesh. As good as any that I have tasted. That is the source of my seed stock but the generation that grows here is usually bigger with a different shape - probably a result of the original fruit being a hybrid. From what I observed in South India, the fruit was quite large with gorgeous pink / red flesh. Thai dwarf sounds great Mike. Thanks heaps for the armloads of comments. Here is the link to the Daley you tube vid on papaya from cuttings. http://youtu.be/StNNMrHLDTI Cheers, Greggo | About the Author Gregory MacCarthy Bolgatanga, Ghana 22nd August 2011 10:00pm #UserID: 5700 Posts: 9 View All Gregory MacCarthy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Gregory MacCarthy says... Hello Phil! No I haven't tried growing any sapote. I checked all the stuff that you are growing - edible fruit trees - very impressive!!!! Are you in Tyalgum or Murwillumbah? I used to drive through that area when I was staying at Natural Bridge. Presently, we are getting a lot of flooding and are on flood watch. The power is out and my battery is low. Gotta' go! Be well! Greggo | About the Author Gregory MacCarthy Bolgatanga, Ghana 24th August 2011 7:23pm #UserID: 5700 Posts: 9 View All Gregory MacCarthy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Phil@Tyalgum says... Hey Greg yes am at Tyalgum, I use Murwillumbah as my location as I guess more forum users would be familiar with it. Natural Bridge is a stunning location eh? Nice little video of Tyalgum in the link below http://flutterbies.com.au
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john/ darwin says... I have grown from seed about 20 red paupau trees.they are 5 months old and already producing fruit.My problem is half are bisexual the other half are female.You can see my problem no males. I have two yellow paupaus that came up on their own, one is bisexual the other is a male with plenty of flowers.Can I polinate my reds from this yellow male. I would appreciate an opinion from your readers. | About the Author 3rd October 2011 1:33am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Rev says... Hi Gregory I'm living In indonesia at the moment I'm after some ghanaian medicinal plants sent as seed to indonesia I can send seed of other things back the other way, rambutan, durian, mangosteen, mangos, kweni etc If you are interested email me WalkaboutAsiA@gmail.com Here's a blog started of wierd stuff I find :) Www.bulelicious.blogspot.com Www.balikebun.bloodspot.com Www.tropicalfoodforest.blogspot.com | About the Author Rev Abroad 23rd January 2012 4:41am #UserID: 1806 Posts: 359 View All Rev 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Howdy Nick, green paw paw needs sweet,sour,spicy and savoury ingredients like lime juice,fish sauce,chili,sugar and something with body such as pdak or salted crabs.You can cook them hard green like a.....choko/squash or when they are yellowing inside and it is like sweet pumpkin.Green mangoes already have the sour tang and the ingredients are adjusted accordingly.Green fingers of it can be eaten with just a bit of salt like green guavas. | About the Author Cairns 24th February 2012 10:22pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Mike, my earliest fruit are maybe half grown & being where we are in Sw WA our continued warm weather should end about end of March. These fruit have short stalks, but above them are fruit with long stalks & then flowers. Are you saying that they will all be edible? We ate a green pawpaw dish in Darwin & have never forgotten how nice it was. | About the Author snottiegobble Bunno & Busso ( smack in the middle) 25th February 2012 12:07am #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... SG They are alright for paw paw salad from a bit over half size until a bit beyond the flesh colour yellowing.For roasting/baking from 2/3 to full size and even when flesh has yellowed is ok.Fresh ones are best when picked 1/3 yellow or more.The length of the stalks is not as important as how old they are. | About the Author Cairns 25th February 2012 12:39am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Alex Tessier says... Apricot kernel oil doesn't actually contain any vitamin B17 (amygdalin) http://apricot-kernels.blogspot.com.au/2010/12/apricot-kernels-myths-and-misconceptions.html | About the Author Alex Tessier Canada 11th August 2012 3:11pm #UserID: 7146 Posts: 1 View All Alex Tessier's Edible Fruit Trees |
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snottiegobble says... Phil the recipe is as follows:- Shred a small to medium unripe pawpaw, flesh should be white to light pink/orange. Add a cupful of beansprouts, fine sliced tomato, chilli, & 3 spring onions! half cup of fresh chopped Basil,( I used Thai basil this time) lightly grind a cup of peanuts or cashews & mix all altogether. DRESSING Also in a cup mix thoroughly half teasp of shrimp paste, 3 tablsp lime juice, 2 tablesp tasty oil like olive or coconut! 2tablesp of fish sauce, 1 tablesp of honey. ( Vegetarians can subst. fish & shrimp with soy sauce) Add to salad & mix in well, then serve with fresh coriander leaves! ENJOY!! | About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso 13th August 2012 12:50am #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says... Hi Peter, I am very sorry to hear about your condition. I have about 50 leaves from my trees, no spray, I can chop them down and you can have them for free please email me jujubeforsale@yahoo.com.au If you need weekly supply I know a paw paw farmer in QLD who sells paw paw leaves to anyone who needs them. Here is her contact number: irene38@y7mail.com Take care and good luck. | About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE 20th September 2012 6:26pm #UserID: 2706 Posts: 715 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... Soursop leaves are said to fight cancer cells only, not healthy body cells. It also kills treatment resistant cancer cells. I am only repeating findings of a study on a website. You can import dried soursop leaves from tropilab. 2 pounds of dried leaves cost me around $100. I suppose fresh leaves would work better. Soursop juice is said to be good too,I wonder if the canned diluted drink is good enough. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 22nd September 2012 7:00am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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JUJUBE FOR SALE IN MELBOURNE says... Hi Mary, Try this place. All the best. http://www.papayaseed.com.au/papayaleaf.htm | About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE 28th October 2012 10:15pm #UserID: 2706 Posts: 715 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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starling says... What part of "I have seen fruit on an all-male flower producing tree" don't you understand, IFECO? Yes, male pawpaws can bear fruit. Its better to have a bisexual variety. Otherwise, you need both a male and female tree for fruit to come to...fruition. It can be very difficult to identify papaw sex. | About the Author 13th September 2013 7:18pm #UserID: 8102 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Hey I've been wondering for a while about a Mountain Papaya I have. For a few years it only made male flowers then one day it decided to make female flowers then it cycled back to male. It's been continuing this cycle ever since. There is some overlap so you get fruit on either end of the female cycle... Pretty strange. Is that normal behaviour for C. Papaya too ? | About the Author Jason Portland 14th September 2013 3:38pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Brendan says... Long time ago, I had a male pawpaw tree, and I tried the old-wives-trick of driving a 6" nail through the trunk, to make it bear fruit. Guess what, it worked! Yeah I know it sounds hard to believe! The fruit was a lot sweeter than it's female cousins (most males are! LOL). I remember there was hardly any seeds inside his fruits too? | About the Author Brendan Mackay, Q 15th September 2013 7:44am #UserID: 1947 Posts: 1722 View All Brendan's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MJ says... I can imagine that wounding a plant could encourage it to fruit because it might have some kind of in-built "times are tough, I'm going to die soon, gotta quickly reproduce" thing. I had mulberry cuttings that refused to grow roots, but which produced a single fruit each! Hard to get more "abuse" than having no root system. | About the Author 76 16th September 2013 12:22pm #UserID: 7121 Posts: 76 View All 76's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... Generally plants that come out of a greenhouse should be given semishade to harden, or just put out in cloudy weather. If planting out straight from the greenhouse just make a shadecloth around them. Plants such as mango and Eugenia jambos that have red new leaves adapt faster. At certain times most plants adapt immediately and at other times they will frazzle up quickly. It may be due to dryness of air, stage of the moon, or sunspots causing harmful rays I dunno. With valuable plants full care should be given anyway. I had ho trouble with putting big papaya outdoors with frostcloth draped over for a few days. I left one leaf uncovered to see the difference and it was all good that time. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 4th January 2015 6:06am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kazino says... Hello, I have been searching to find someone who has some Mountain pawpaw seeds or plants. I live in an area with cold winters/frost. I do not mind covering trees over winter and protecting them from frost, but I have tried growing normal pawpaws serveral times without any success. My children have severe enzyme problems and it would be nice to grow pawpaws of various kinds. I do have babaco and this is doing really well. It is full of fruit at the moment but am yet to try it. Varieties I'm looking out for are: Carica candamarcensis, oak leaved papaya carica quercifolia, North American pawpaw asimina triloba or any others for cooler climates. I have been searching for years - so if anyone can help it would be very much appreciated! Thanks! | About the Author Kazino Meringandan West 3rd June 2016 1:09pm #UserID: 12772 Posts: 14 View All Kazino's Edible Fruit Trees |
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phil@tyalgum says... Mark they fall when still hard - my first impression was that they were tasteless, however I happened to leave some in the fruit bowl in the kitchen and after a few days noticed a wonderful aroma. When properly ripened they have an intense green apple flavour, and though there is a fairly large seed cavity the remaining pulp is very refreshing. Treat them as you would an avocado, hard and inedible when first picked but when slightly soft to touch and fragrant they are ready to eat.
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Auhcj says... Hi everyone, i grew my papaya from seeds leftover when I ate the fruits just becore winter. The plant is about 1metre tall but the leaves have all shrivelled and only a few stems left. The rest broke off so easily when i pushed it gently. I wonder what can i do to help the plant grow better. Maybe the Adelaide winter cold got to it. | About the Author Auhcj Blair athol 23rd November 2016 12:46pm #UserID: 15017 Posts: 1 View All Auhcj's Edible Fruit Trees |
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allybanana says... For those above after Papayuelo seeds or plants I noticed some of these plants fruiting today at Coffs Habour community garden, labeled as mountain paw paw, and incorrectly as Vasconcellea pubescens. The new garden coordinator was very welcoming when we visited and willing to share and sell plants | About the Author allybanana EDEN, NSW 13th July 2017 10:38pm #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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