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| About the Author kim7 sydney 30th May 2009 7:07pm #UserID: 2402 Posts: 2 View All kim7's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Michael says... Hi Kim, Star apple is my favourite fruit and at the moment I have 2 growing in the ground for almost a year now.It's about 1.5 metres tall and currently covered in flowers as it was a grafted variety from Daley's. It's heading towards winter and so each night I cover it with a frost protection frabric to give it a better chance of survival.My trees are too small to say whether they are successfully grown in Sydney. However I was told by a friend that there is a fruiting star apple grown in the Guildford area but I can't verify it without seeing it myself. | About the Author Michael Wakeley 30th May 2009 9:10pm #UserID: 1746 Posts: 178 View All Michael's Edible Fruit Trees |
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doubtful says... Hi Kim - by all accounts the star apple is tropical in it's requirements - thus Michael is probably right - forewarned is forearmed! By many accounts (my own included) the taste is insipid compared with the other nice things you could grow - it is less cold tolerant than than the sapodilla (which is much tastier(but they are very good looking fruit) | About the Author doubtful 31st May 2009 12:22am #UserID: 2405 Posts: 1 View All doubtful's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author Trikus Tully 31st May 2009 6:20am #UserID: 930 Posts: 749 View All Trikus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author kim7 sydney 31st May 2009 5:11pm #UserID: 2402 Posts: 2 View All kim7's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Michael says... Hi All, I tried growing three plants and all died on me ( 2 Grimmel + 1 Phillipines Gold ). I'm thinkiing of trying again this spring but would love to hear from anyone who has grown this tree anywhere in Australia and especially in the Sydney area. It was my favourite fruit when I visited Vietnam especially the green skin one which we don't seem to have in Australia to grow. | About the Author Michael Wakeley 9th May 2010 8:04pm #UserID: 1746 Posts: 178 View All Michael's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 10th May 2010 5:16am #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Michael says... Hi Phil, That picture looks delicious . You are right they have it in production but I've never seen it for sale yet . I will register to get email notification but not sure if I will buy it though. After three attempts at $34 a plant + delivery and setup costs it's getting quite expensive for me to try again. | About the Author Michael Wakeley 10th May 2010 12:54pm #UserID: 1746 Posts: 178 View All Michael's Edible Fruit Trees |
Phil@Tyalgum says... Hope it does well for you. I found a quite advanced tree at a small roadside fruit stall near here, very lush top growth and growing through the pot into the ground. Just the regular purple tho I would imagine. At $22 I couldn't resist. Seems to need more water than my other fruit trees, or maybe was a little stressed at being uprooted. Originally came from Forbidden Fruits at Mullimbimby who have a good selection of trees. | About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 10th May 2010 4:22pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
