Daisy5's Edible Backyard

Joined:00/00/00 Updated:09/11/25 Frost:
Location: DEER PARK

About My Edible Backyard

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Love to grow beautiful and edible plants that suitable in melbourne climate as well as pushing the boundary to grow delicious and exotic tropical edible plants

My garden is exposed to north and west sun.

Temp range -2.8c(july) to 45.6c(jan)

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Daisy5's WISH LIST

Nectarine

Why Daisy5 wants it: -

White flesh, early season - diamond pearl, white satin

Sapodilla - Ponderosa ^7/10

Sapote

Why Daisy5 wants it: - Green sapote - p viridis

Canistel ^9/10

Why Daisy5 wants it: - Lyndall, aurea, emma

Avocado - wurtz (A) ^8/10

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F: mid789 B:O

P: ND12 sunrayasia 

H 4x6m - Growth med, sprawling

Jan14- planted 2 in the same raised mound. Wurtz1 is 40cm,W2 is 80 cm. W2"leaves and branches were burnt badly in above 40c sun

Winter14- protected by frost cloth over winter. 

Jan15 - it seemed as the tree grows and well watered, it copes with the sun and high temp much better. No leaves were burnt on 40 and 41c on 2 and 3 of jan

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Susceptible to anthracnose

W2 flower buds formed in mid July same time with bacon

Mexican cultivars will mature six to eight months after the flowers first bloom

Guatemalan will take 12-18m. Wurtz is a hybrid.

Kumquat - meiwa

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Aug14, filled with a lot of small green fruit. No watering required in winter

Kumquat - Nagami

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Aug14, fertilizer applied in spring at the same time with meiwa, however no flowers and fruits this year!?

Young leaves showed signed of manganese deficiency. (pale green leaves with interveinal yellowIng

Causes of manganese deficiency: over fertilise of P, K; high pH soil; compact clay soil;

Orange - Valencia Seedless ^8/10

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Citrus is best grown in 50cm deep, well drained, sandy loam soil, 6-7pH, max sunlight

Valencia oranges take 12 to 15 months after blooming before they are ready for harvest

Mandarin - japanese seedless

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Sum14- planted in full sun(north and west), 1m away from the bacon avocado. Even though bacon leaves burnt to ashes (literally) , mandarin leaves did not burn in 40c+ temp. While avocado tree recovered quickly with new leaves and branches, the mandarin leaves all curled up a bit, no growth for the whole summer and autumn.

Aug14-the mandarin was dug up and repotted, awaiting to plant on a less sunny spot. Or is it a root bound problem as I didnot check its roots when I planted it in ground.

Avocado - Lamb Hass (A) ^8/10

Comments: - 2014-12 H 1m

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Hi daisy, do you sell or swap cuttings of your trees? I am looking to buy some avo scions off you if that’s ok? I am having so much trouble finding some where to buy them in Australia. I have feurte and bacon from nursery but I’m wanting as many varieties as I can grow lol. I’m addicted to gardening I think and I love avocados and I am doing this as an experiment too. I live in Ballarat so I know I’m pushing my luck here with growing them. I am going to protect them in winter if they are not good in colder weather. Also want to see how I go about growing them in pots and then I can put them in greenhouse in winter too. I have severe health issues so I can’t really afford to buy heaps of trees and I don’t want them to just die on me. So I thought I will multi graft I don’t have room for heaps of trees) to save room too. Anyway I saw you have some varieties I don’t have. I can’t find any lamb hass, wurtz etc anywhere else atm too so I can’t even buy the trees atm. I’m happy to send you some cuttings too if there is anything you would like? I am going to make a list on my edibles soon so you can see what I have. Anyway hope you are well and look forward to hearing from you.

Also I am going to try and buy some varieties that are very cold hardy and rare in Australia from USA if I can. So I can definitely return the favour once I get them. Also I noticed you have pomegranates. I am growing mine from seed and hoping I get some nice fruit but if I don’t I may purchase some cuttings off you too? I know they are super easy to grow from cuttings apparently. I have pink lady and Granny Smith apples so far(young trees), olive tree the variety you use for olive leaf extract which is amazing for your health, it can grow in tubs too it’s super easy to grow from cuttings, I have eureka lemon, several herbs, blue berries, raspberry, bay leaf tree, fig etc so I’m happy to send you some and do some swaps in the near future? I also love to push the boundaries with our zones lol I wish I wasn’t sick cos if I was well again I would love to move to a warmer climate so I can grow all types of avocados. But it’s ok I will stick with growing the ones that are not frost tolerant in pots for now 😊

Orange - Washington Navel

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Citrus sinensis

Root: troyer citrange 

H3-5m

F: O

M: may, June ? M6789ON Can keep on tree for several month. 

Water: 2.5 or 900-1400mm annual

2013- 0.8m, planted in ground. First flowered in 2013, no fruit set

2014-10- exposed to too much of harsh western sun for the young tree, it was dug up and move to medium sun spot. Flowers buds appeared in octorber

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Navel oranges take 9 to 12 months after blooming before they can be picked

Longan - Biew Kiew ^8/10

Comments: - Water: 3d

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Longans appear to need a short dry season for best flowering, although not as pronounced as for lychees. They are fairly wind resistant and do better in a humid environment.

Like full sun, hot temp (20-35c), well drained soil

Mango-ndm (Seedling) ^6/10

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Water: 2 Or 600-900 mm annual

Sep13- in 6L bag

Aug14- no problem going thru 1st winter

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Susceptible to anthracnose

Like hot dry spring, summer. Night temp of 14c for flowers to set fruits. Cut all flowers off, if you want your tree to flower later. It takes 100-150d from flowers to harvest depending on mango cv

Like full sun (up to 45c), sandy loam soil, med-low wind resistant

Jakfruit - Seedling ^7/10

Comments: - Water 3

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Sep14late- planted out seedling (yellow flesh) 10cm height in shaded spot.

Mango - R2E2 (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: - Love the big size of the fruit

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Boron deficiency cause young leaves to bent with ragged edges and small holes