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Correy says... Daleys sells: yellow mangosteen Pummelo Carters Red - (Reddy pink Fleshed) I saw the Durian at Tropical Fruit World and I hear that the Rambutan is similar to a lychee perhaps you could tell me more about it. Here is a list of recommended retail nurseries Unfortunately no South Australia Fruit Tree Nurseries that I am aware of. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 12th December 2007 8:23pm #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Andrew says... Thank Correy, I was after purple Mangosteen (Very hard shell and very sweet), Durian tree I am after not durian jam, yes Pummelo red I am after, but none available at Daleys fruit at the moment. Rambutan look like Lychee, but with hairy skin and similar flesh. Search for Rambutan in Google as image and it will come up heap of pictures. Best Regards Andrew | About the Author Andy3 Adelaide 13th December 2007 8:06am #UserID: 490 Posts: 14 View All Andy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... I asked about the Durian and apparently they are too tropical for us. I have a contact for you in North QLD in Mossman. He is a fellow by the name of Don Gray. (07) 4094 1181 View Larger Map | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba, QLD 13th December 2007 8:53am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Scott G says... Has anyone noticed that the fruit trees in Bunnings have changed? Gone are the grafted trees in the tall bags. They have been replaced by round pots with seedling fruit trees. They look very young and aren't grafted. I pity the people who buy them unknowingly and have to wait many years to get fruit. They had a Loquat that looked to be 1 year old or less. It may be another 6 years before it fruits! I don't know if it is just the store nearest to me or all Bunnings stores. To all you people who can't tell the difference that I am talking about, BEWARE. | About the Author Scott G Gold Coast 13th December 2007 9:49am #UserID: 44 Posts: 117 View All Scott G's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... Yes I agree with Scott that BUNNINGS have fruit trees for sale but most of them are seedlings and when ask for advice they are not sure (one asked another if he or she knew about that tree, that is not good enough to me) so I don't buy from them. I think I would rather buy from a specific store where they personally give you lots of advice on how to look after your stuff. | About the Author Oakleigh 14th December 2007 7:18am #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Andrew I would be very surprised if you could grow some of those fruit trees down in Adelaide You must have a poly house. It is always good fun trying to grow something out of it's climatic range though. At Daleys the Staff are fruit tree fanatics. I am only new (about 3 years) but some of the others have huge orchids where they do a lot of experimenting with. Growing fruit trees and rainforest trees is a lifestyle choice for them. Having your own orchid to experiment with is the best way to learn along with reading and brushing shoulders with those in the know. | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba 14th December 2007 9:25am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Andrew says... That's right Correy, I would love to experimenting full tropical fruit tree, although I am new to fruit tree growing and planting. Because if I am successful I will have heaps in return from fruiting, I love those tree. Especially Durian, Rambutan, Mangosteen and many more rare fruit tree. I don't really like growing native tree cos I reckon is a waste of space. This is only a personal opinion. | About the Author Andy3 Adelaide 14th December 2007 10:31am #UserID: 490 Posts: 14 View All Andy3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Correy says... Might be worthwhile The Complete Book of Fruit Growing in Australia by Louis Glowinski | About the Author Correy Woolloongabba 14th December 2007 10:55am #UserID: 3 Posts: 493 View All Correy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... Hi Adrianna, Sorry to reply late. I was on holiday. I have found a supplier who can supply purple Mangosteen and other rare fruit tree. This is their business name and details as followed: " Sunshine Coast Gardeners Paradise " 1073 Browns Creek Road, Eewah Vale via Eumundi Qld, Australia 4562 Ph: (07) 5442 8492 Fax: (07) 5442 8088 Email: plants@gardenersparadise.com.au Hope that help. Good Luck! Andrew | About the Author 5th January 2008 4:22pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... Hay you can get all those and grow them here in from Q. That is except for duriums. They can grow to 350 ft and need 7 tones h2o a day when in flower, need tones of food and large amounts of space. As for 1. Mangosteen, Rambutan Pummelo's r easy to grow here. I have pawpaws,jaks,brazilian cust apple, choco fruit, bananas and mangoes. Know one can tell me thats not possible. | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 10th January 2008 8:28pm #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... Hay everyone, there is no such thing as "it carnt be done". Frost are manageble, using those reflectors for your car windows for protection. My Jasks have grown 3 ft in since i got them, and have lost all the original leaves, but grow constant new ones. Here in SA u need 20 litres water a day,for these trees but not so they have wet feet. U need to feed large amounts of organic F,minerals and trace elements and the monthly handfull of potash is esential. I have frosts to -2 for about 250+hours a year.My paws were about ten inch when delivered. They are now about 3 feet and thick. Thats 3 months, use the 3rd gen version for SA. This time next year I will be eating its fruit. Mangoes grow as well here as any tropical area. Guava's, I have 8 growing and they double their size every 3 months. Lady fingers, i have six off, again if you can get them over the frosts and winter you should get good hands of bananas in hte second summer. My star friut is very sensitive to frost, it has not grown much but is shooting new leaves daily. | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 11th January 2008 4:37pm #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Adrianna Cooper says... hay John sounds like you found the perfect place in SA well done! better than most of us here in Qld. My orchard is growing very well and i had my second crop of plums this year. 5 jars of jam, 6 jars of preserved fruit and heaps to eat fresh. but my plumcot hasnt fruited they say it isnt cold enough to set fruit any suggestions? | About the Author Adrianna Cooper Logan Village 12th January 2008 6:51am #UserID: 224 Posts: 17 View All Adrianna Cooper's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John says... hello adrianna, I have plenty of plums and apricots but no plumcots. I have problems with my jap plums in that they require over 300 hrs of frosts. The apricots when in flower, we get very strong winds that blow them of. I hand polinate both at that time of year for small rewards. There are hundreds of plumcots been planted around this area but I have never seen any fruit from them. Again I belive they require 350+ hours of frost and no winds when flowering.However if the trees are cell strong you may get away with it. eg give the tree extra fertilizers earlier so the tree is stronger just on flowering rather than fertilizing as flowering occurs. (with a little extra potash if you have a sandy dase). | About the Author John10 SB South Australia 12th January 2008 4:35pm #UserID: 549 Posts: 127 View All John10's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Kelly says... I am trying to find out what type of fruit this is and whether poisonous or edible. It is on my cacao farm and has a brownich green leathery skin. It opens naturally horizontally and exposes a large bright orange red seed cluster in the middle, half circle shape surrounded by fruit of rubbery greenish yellow texture. One of the Gnobe Bugle Indians that works on our farm called it cimarron and said it was not good to eat. But they have said that about many fruits we have found to be edible such as Hawaiian papaya:). It reminds me of the Jamaican Ackee the way it opens but the color and shape are wrong. Maybe it is some relative. It is the shape of a guava more or less. It has no smell that i can detect. Any help would be appreciated. | About the Author Kelly1 Shepherd Island, Bocas del toro, Panama 28th June 2008 2:24am #UserID: 1106 Posts: 1 View All Kelly1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Durian,mangosteen,rambutan and the longkong group are equatorial and even Townsville is an unlikely gig for them.In thailand 18 latitude is their extreme.Good varieties are never in commercial nurseries but with growers and private propagators around Daintree and Innisfail to Mission Beach. | About the Author Cairns 12th June 2011 1:26pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... I should have clarified with Lansium domesticum.It is a composite species with hundreds od forms, Duku and Kokason being equatorial.Duku-langsat is near equatorial,Longkong is tropical with langsat extending further into higher latitudes.Plantations in Utteradit(langsat) would experience winters like those in Townsville. | About the Author Cairns 12th June 2011 10:58pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Durian and mangosteen in particular are really unlikely even in the south of Florida but Hawai is a special maritime example.It would be interesting to see the farthest south they,rambutans and langsat have fruited in Australia.They don't last long on even the warmest parts of the Atherton tableland.Equatorials are not cyclone adapted like tropicals and some sub-tropicals and get trashed. | About the Author Cairns 13th June 2011 7:04pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... Eat your hat out! Bill Whitman had a few fruit bearing Mangosteen trees in his property in Florida. If you doubt the following web pages, ask David Chandlee first. I think he has been to Bill's place before as David is from Florida too. If not, David can tell you another person in FNQ who has been to the property and seen the famous Mangosteen. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/04/us/04whitman.html http://www.quisqualis.com/whitman_tribute.html http://www.skyfieldtropical.com/encyclopedia/mangosteen/ I won't try to get the coordinates of the trees. | About the Author 14th June 2011 6:28pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... http://www.quisqualis.com/whitman_tribute.html All those who wrote the condolence messages have corresponded with me and most have swapped seeds with me. Bill is sadly missed. What a pioneer and experimenter of growing rare fruits. | About the Author 14th June 2011 6:37pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Will had langsat but no fruit I believe and I thought his mangosteens were always casualties.It would be around 25 and they take some 'robust interventionist action' to keep out the cold.I have read a fair bit about homestead and whitman but that success evaded my attention. Fair enough but I might hold back on the eating of my hat. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 7:12pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... I believe it but the duku must be on life support.Longkong/dokong has a shot at cold tolerance as does langsat.Duku-langsat (not a cross),kokasan and Duku are hard core equatorial and would be more challenging. Rambutan as well? It is a stretch and next you'll say durian also. I have the reverse problem of being too warm for many fruit trees I have tried. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 7:41pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... All my trees are planted 1 foot below soil level. That is, the top of the planter bag is 1 foot below ground. Both Duku, LongDong, Durian are growing robustly in the open in shady colder part of the garden. In fact, the Durian is the most robust. One seedling was 4 ft tall after 12 months. Unfortunately I pruned hard down that seedling just before Winter and it hasn't recovered for the last 4 years due to being in a cold and shady spot. I also had 2 Rambutans growing well beofre I gave them away in August last year. I still have some Duku and Longdong in planter bags in cold shady area. | About the Author 14th June 2011 7:50pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Well I am surprised but fruiting is another matter especially for seedlings.Lansium and D.zibethinus could take 20 years even if they throw off the shackles and boom. People in Cooktown have lost durians to the cold when they plant the wrong variety.Red Prawn is a more cold tolerant variety and seedlings are more hardy. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 7:59pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... Sorry, I dug up my file. It is Sepangu not Pekapoo. Was reading too many "poo" posts. There are many cultivars in Malaysia and Thailand, such as D24, Sultan, Musan King (aka durian Kunyit in Malay, Cat Mountain King in Mandarin and Mao Shan Won in Cantonese. Durian Kunyit is believed to have originated from Gua Musang in the Malaysian state of Kelantan. Its yellowish flesh resembles Kunyit, Malay word for Turmeric), Golden Phoenix (aka Kim Hong), Xo, Taiyuan (aka Two Circle) | About the Author 14th June 2011 8:21pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... I have sampled some of them... Xo – Strong bitter taste. Very soft texture. Slight turpentine smell. 太原/Taiyuan/Too Circle – Taiyan has white pulp. Dry taste. Strong fragrance, you can smell it from a distance. Its main characteristic is it has many arils. D175 (UdangMerah or RedPrawn) - From Penang, more cool hardy than other clones. Probably grown in high elevation on hill slopes. The fruit is fairly large (1.5-3kg) elongate-ellipsoid with brown green rind and small spines. The flesh is creamy sweet, thick, soft, fine and yellow. Oh, I have a large Engkala tree growing too, about 15 ft tall. Also Kepple Apple. There are equatorial too. 金凤/Golden Phoenix/Kim Hong - a very special durian. It has a small body and different taste with other durian type. When you eat the pulp, you will get its refreshing and delicious feel. | About the Author 14th June 2011 8:28pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... That bunches of Durian is called Rian Isu or or Buah Isu or Isu in short. Buah means fruit in Malay. I believe the botanical name is Durio isu or D. oblingus. It has supposed only 4 lobes compared to all other species which have 5 lobes. But the fruits I had had 5 lobes. Incidentally there is another durian called Isa locally, its botanical name is Durio graveolens. | About the Author 14th June 2011 8:43pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... Thailand has 300, Malaysia 100 of their own.D175 is an anomaly coming from Penang lowlands and being cold tolerant, I also have a small Penang 88. There is a world of variations and flesh colours.D24 doesn't go well here and is overated. Kunyit may be exceptional D197.Anyway beside the unexpected tolerance of D175,kradum thong is grown in cool areas and Laplaes are reputed to handle the lowest temperatures.D.macrantha that is really another wild red fleshed zibethinus is very cold tolerant also. Kepples are Javanese but I would expect them to be tough.I was disappointed with their fruit and they went to the orchard in the sky.Enkala growing well is impressive. You certainly pushing back the frontiers. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 8:47pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... D24 Durian.... D24 – This is the most important commercial variety in Malaysia, originated from Bukit Merah, Perak. It was registered in 1937. The tree is large (20m) with a broad, pyramidal canopy. Close branching. It flowers regularly and bears 100-150 fruits per tree per year. Each fruit is about 1-2 kg, ellipsoid to oval shape with thick, light green rind and 1-4 arils per locule. The flesh is yellow, thick, firm, smooth, sweet and nutty with a slightly bitter taste. Unfortunately it is extremely susceptible to Phytophthora and also exhibits physiological uneven pulp ripening. (Not confirmed: The base of D24 has a flat round spot about the size of a 10 cent coin with seams radiating out.)
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Mike says... You must be looking at the MARDI site,Zappallas report or Lims overview.It is also the parent of about 10 other D's especially when crossed with D10.It still is not all that good but lives on an old reputation.It is good for a Malaysian but Thais would laugh if you tried to compare it to a Gaan yeow,montong or gumpun even picked green.Chanthaburi is the world centre of durian quality and development. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 9:01pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... I thought I'd be alright so far away but wind funnelled a gap in the hills and through my backyard.Still only about 120km/hr but that was enough and it was nothing compared with 280+km/hr at Mission Beach. I planted some and even mangosteen in Kemmerat in Ubon province near the mekong and they all died in Winter. In nearby basalt soil Chanterak they have mixed farms with them in places that get 3c in winter.Maybe you are right about pushing their limits.Asian wisdom says 15 latitude is marginal and 18 is the absolute limit for these two species. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 9:31pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... No wonder you know Thailand quite well.... Have your thought of using Ombu as a wind barrier. May be it si too wet in FNQ for it.. See decription below... Ombu - (Phytolacca dioica). Large evergreen tree of the pampas of Argentina and Uruguay. The Ombu is a large evergreen with an umbrella like canopy. It can have a girth of 40 to 50 feet and its height can reach 40 to 60 feet. It grows rapidly. Its wood is soft and spongy, soft enough to be cut with a regular pocket knife. The Ombu often has multiple trunks and is the only tree-like species for miles in the pampas. Its sap is poisonous, therefore the bush is not browsed by cattle. It is also immune to locusts and other pests. The bush is covered with dark, glossy, green leaves. It has greenish-white flowers in long clusters. These clusters droop from the weight of the crimson ripe berries. The mature fruits can be sun dried and have the taste of a grape raisin. The fruits can also be used to make liquor of exotic taste. The leaves are sometimes used locally for a brew. The Ombu's massive, fire resistant trunks contain water storage tissue, an excellent adaptation for intense grassland fires which are common in this region. Some trees have hollowed out trunks which can accommodate 13 people inside. The plant is plentiful in the pampas regions. The Ombu is also known as the "Lighthouses" of the pampas, since the "tree" provides shade for gauchos (South American cowboys) and other people that are traveling through the grassland. The wood smells like a onion and can be used as a substitute. The Ombú is of the same genus as the North American pokeweed. It is also planted in places like Southern California as a shade tree. Ombú is classified in the division Magnoliophyta, class Magnoliopsida, order Caryophyllales, family Phytolaccaceae. The seeds are viable up to 2 years and germinate within 3 weeks. The tree can bear in 5 to 7 years. The branches are fragile to strong winds. Seedlings can die in wet soil. | About the Author 14th June 2011 9:37pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... It is not too wet I get about 2500mm/yr but only have 1200m2 yard plus adjacent 400m2 or so. I have about 60 trees.I like to propagate and pass trees on.The existing 30m rainforest trees near the creek behind me were shattered with 90km gusts so cover was lost.I have no room for an Ombu and it might not do better than the existing trees. | About the Author Cairns 14th June 2011 9:54pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... BJ, where can you get the Cheena seeds? What do you mena by "wary of growing jak seeds"? Are you saying that the seeds may turn out to be Jakefruit's? The hybrid has only a few arils in a fruit and most of the arils have mal-formed seeds. I ate about 10 arils with muy lunch at a top hotel restaurant in Borneo. Should have asked for some seeds in the kitchen that served the arils. See the picture. At the time, I was thinking it was not worth growing the tree as the arils are too few in a fruit, hence I didn't ask for the seeds
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Mike says... I have heard they are variable with some having good yield.Seedling jackfruit are often not true to type and seedling get big.Their roots are invasive like a fig.Brian Watson near my place has productive durian trees and gave me fruits of two good quality chempadaks.He says they are good and usually true from seeds. | About the Author Cairns 17th June 2011 10:54pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... he used to run the trop fruit veriety import program at Kamerunga and is a crusty character at 5km away.The two varieties were good ones with lots of flesh.I buy durian fruit off him (luang,gumpun,D99,D101 are some) and I would want to drop in unless getting durian.I can get seeds to you when durians are on.I wait for a phone call invitation.I gave 2 seedling of the best one to a friend a few eeks ago and have none left. | About the Author Cairns 18th June 2011 11:04am #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... A more upright Engkala tree. On its right is the purple skin Starapple which I want to put my karate chop + a flying kick to it. On its extreme left is a Rumberry (Myrciaria floribunda or Myrciaria protracta or Eugenia floribunda) and next to it (about 1.5cm from right edge) is a Kepple Apple.
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Mike says... Fruitist, I have a dwarf ambarella that is continuously fruits but has a rest sometimes.I was told the fruit I grew it from was from an ultra dwarf by the fellow who have the original fruit to me. It is 1.5m mltibranched and has a 9cm diameter trunk after 4 years and is as thick as Its progeny can flower when only months old and 25cm in the pot and have fruit straight away. Is this normal for them and any such thing as an ultradwarf? | About the Author Cairns 18th June 2011 1:14pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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fruitist says... What you described for your dwarf Ambarella is my experience. They bear fruits in its second year. My tree is only 4ft tall and this cluster of fruits is its 3rd one on the tree. I have seen some in some tiny balconies in Singapore high rise. The normal tree is massive about 40 ft tall. My uncle used to grow one in Borneo. I am aware of the long growing up period for Lansiums. Another 10 years for my trees to bear fruits. | About the Author 18th June 2011 1:32pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... My original one is much more branched than that.Its progeny is 2 years old and 2 feet tall like yours but multibranched,heavier and much wider than it is tall.It had fruit only a few months after planting and under 30cm. I had the big kind but chopped it down when 6m tall in its 4th year and it had only on e fruit. | About the Author Cairns 19th June 2011 7:37pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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MangosteenFarm.com says... I have Mangosteen, Durian, Rambutan Lychee and Jack Fruit trees. http://www.mangosteenfarm.com/ | About the Author MangosteenFarmcom1 Costa Rica 21st September 2011 6:02am #UserID: 5862 Posts: 1 View All MangosteenFarmcom1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Scotchmist Leongatha 18th June 2013 3:25pm #UserID: 5951 Posts: 16 View All Scotchmist's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Linton says... Hi Scotchmist I don't think there are any Dwarf Ambarellas available commercially in Australia. You need to find someone with a plant that's fruiting to get some seeds. Anyway, I've tried growing them in Melbourne but they are very cold sensitive and can't survive outdoors here at this time of the year. The fruit shops in Springvale have normal Ambarella fruits for sale at the moment but it wouldn't be worth trying to grow them. Cheers. | About the Author Linton Springvale, Vic 19th June 2013 3:51pm #UserID: 2286 Posts: 994 View All Linton's Edible Fruit Trees |
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About the Author Scotchmist LEONGATHA,3953,VIC 5th February 2014 11:31am #UserID: 5951 Posts: 16 View All Scotchmist's Edible Fruit Trees |
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