Peanut Butter Tree not fruiting

Firefly says...
Mark: http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/peanut.htm
I assume you can google your way around the net to find more info.

Tanya, can't help you, sorry. Mine has been in the ground two years and hasn't got around to flowering at all.

Jantina says...
Hi Tanya and Firefly, I have a peanut butter tree still in a pot that flowered in January but dropped all it's flowers after it got a bit dry one very hot day. Since then I've been very careful to keep it damp and it has flowered again and this time appears to be growing small fruits . The only thing I have given it is Seasol I will be very pleased indeed if the fruit matures.

Firefly says...
trikus, how would you describe the flavour?

I've never tasted one and my tree's only about four feet tall, so it would seem I've got some time to wait before I do.

karry says...
After only 6 months from purchasing our peanut butter tree, WOW, we have our very first fruit. Picture tells the story. Yes we have had 1,000's of flowers with the little fruit appearing and then suddenly they fall off. However the flowers have all gone now and we are left with in total 4 little fruits, which are in various stages of development. Our tree has sunlight from around 9.30am (REAL WA TIME) to around 2.00 pm (real WA time) only. My friend who bought hers at the same time has had no flowers what so ever. Then she has a dense canopy, which she grows hers under. I found that when I put a mound of broken up branches and then put some sheep poo and leaf mulch the tree grew so quickly. It loves water, and nitrogen based foods. We also give it some seaweed and fish emulsion once a month. Now it is cooler we have stopped this practice but will begin again in September, or maybe even in August. In its first 6 months it grew a 1.3 metres and every single branch had at least 20 long flower stems. Hope the picture gives you some hope :o)

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karry says...
Hi Kath, yes we bought ours via Joe who bought it from Daley's. My husband and I are very fond of the tree. We planted it in honour of our little dog we lost 6 months back now. It is like she is part of the tree. Joe's plants are at Tassonetrees in Swan View I think the suburb is, or out that way anyway.

Let us know how you go with yours if you buy one. They are a really beautiful tree to watch grow. I am sure it will be a lovely small shade tree giving a good canopy and keeping the soil cool around its trunk area.