Pademelon1's Edible Backyard
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31/10/16 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy Pademelon1 Love's Edible Plants
CommentsPademelon1 says... [2901 days 20hrs ago]I am very interested in Bush Tucker plants. Their history intertwined with Indigenous culture, Their adaptability and exoticness, but also the opportunity to experiment and grow plants that are highly variable in nature. The house I live in only has a tiny court-yard garden, so I keep many plants in pots until I can find suitable, permanent homes for them. I have both failures and successes, but both are rewarding as they help me become better at growing more plants in more ways, with the plants I try becoming increasingly difficult or obscure.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsPademelon1 Forum ContributionsToo many buds on finger lime - Hi, While careful removal flower buds won't go amiss, usually citrus (including the finger lime) regulate their fruit production with regards to water and/or nutrients, so it should drop a fair proportion of the flowers and fruit naturally. You can ..2257 days 20hrs Unknown chocolate fruit2 - They are Atractocarpus fitzalanii, an edible native. (Those fruit are probably a tad overripe)..2263 days 3hrs Identify planttree1 - Need a photo!..2277 days 21hrs Pink flowering lilly pilly - Yep should be fine..2281 days 14hrs Lemon tree losing leaves no flowers - Hi Mark, Kind of a curious case you have - usually dropping leaves is accompanied by some other symptoms, but as far as I can see from the pictures there's no problem on that front. The only thing I can think of is the watering - once a week with is g..2281 days 14hrs |
Fruit Tree Forum LikesPademelon1 has LIKED the following:Krasuey sapodilla - Unfortunately seedling often take well over a decade to fruit and sometimes never fruit at all.I suspect seeds don't grow true but will resemble parents. South Australia might be a stretch but they do grow ok in central coastal California...Liked Question 2430 days 18hrs |
Lemon Myrtle (Seedling) 8/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2901 days 21hrs Comments: - Looks very promising, but a lack of sun, watering and attention has caused it to grow slowly. Very beautiful even when so small, the leaves turning from almost furry to very glossy over time. Planted: 2015 Height 30 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Shade Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 24 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pineapple - Red (Cutting) 7/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2901 days 21hrs Comments: - Growing fast and beautifully in the front. Very sunny and generally quite dry position. Much less red than I expected, but that might be because of too much sun or too little watering. It is also very spiky, more so than normal pineapples. Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 9 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Kumquat - Meiwa (Grafted) 9/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 15hrs Comments: - I think it's a Meiwa, but It could be a calamondin (or something else completely). I'm only going off the round shape of the fruit. Gets attacked by caterpillers every season, which does a bit of damage. Plenty of flowers and small green fruit, but most are eaten by birds or blown off (the wind really is this plant's nemesis) leaving a harvest of generally between 15-60 fruit. fruit are decent size, varying between slightly smaller than a Nagami to double/triple the size. the rind/pith is quite bitter, but the fruits are great in marmalade or stored in alcohol. They do contain viable seeds, and they ripen throughout the year (which is strange because they only flower once a season). I rarely trim the plant, but when I do, it quickly regrows to its former size where it then stays. Planted: 1995 Height 1.5 metres Growing: In a Pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Wild Strawberry (Cutting) 9/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 15hrs Comments: - Not sure what cultivar of strawberry this is. Small leaves are a much lighter green than most of the varieties I usually see. Also much hardier than others; being the only variety out of about 7 that has thrived at home. Been growing it for a couple of seasons now and have had enough runners to propagate more plants, but have yet to do so. Strawberries are small (1-2cm max) but are the most flavoursome strawberries I have ever tasted. berries can be coloured from orange to crimson and are very soft. Fruit spoil quickly, so best eaten straight from the plant. Likes water, but can go dry for a while. Flowers are white, never pink. Height 10 Centimetres Growing: In a Pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Coolamon Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Peanut Tree (Seedling) 8/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - Had it growing in the ground, but took it out because it didn't appear to be doing well. growing in a pot now, and has had lots of growth, but is already fully deciduous. bugs like the leaves. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Finger Lime (Seedling) 6/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - This finger lime is called red champagne. I could've gone for grafting, but seedling was much cheaper. Small spiky bush on the sidewalk, survives the dogs, which is always good. growing with two trunks currently, which is annoying and drains it's energy. When I first planted, it put forth heaps of beautiful new growth, starting a dark purple turning a light green before the final darker green. It hasn't grown since then. Is in quite a dry location as well. Sun/Shade: Full Sun Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Small Leaf Tamarind (Seedling) 6/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - I originally bought a rare yellow fruited variety of Diploglottis campbellii, but unfortunately the possums ate it. Couldn't find another seller of the yellow variety who would ship or was nearby, so I settled with the more common red/orange one. This one is currently in the shade and isn't doing much. Tolerates transplanting very well. I think it would be better off in the sun with plenty of water, but I don't have a location for a large tree like it with those conditions. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Palm - Walking Stick (Seedling) 7/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - A nice little palm growing in the back garden, VERY slowly. Doesn't like the sun. Not one bit. thinking it would be a good indoor plant. Planted: 2014 Height 30 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Shade Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Burdekin Plum (Seedling) 6/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - When I planted it out, lost all its leaves and shrivelled up. thought it was dead, but somehow it put on some new growth a couple of months later! struggling now, but better than dead! Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Black Apple 7/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - This is quite an experiment. got four from Daleys, but they weren't in good condition (covered in aphids and none had vertical shoots). gave them a quick rub with white oil and have planted them in various different locations around the garden, bonsaiing one (although their leaves are a bit big for this purpose). Two are in very dark conditions, but are still managing to put forth new growth, and one is doing a bit better in a sunnier position. All are ok now, and no more aphids! Planted: 2015 Qty: 4 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig - Sandpaper (Seedling) 8/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - From Daleys! When initially planted out, lost all its leaves. Has recovered quickly though in the damp and dark position, hopefully will take off next year. Planted: 2015 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guioa (Seedling) 7/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - Small, but tough. growing in a dark but damp area, this is a favorite of the insects. Any new growth is eaten quicksmart, and because of this, it has had to grow a new bole in order to grow any taller. Sadly, although it grows plenty fast, i'm not sure it will ever grow enough to beat the insects Planted: 2014 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Bolwarra (Seedling) 8/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - Still small, but growing in the darkest and most inhospitable place fairly well, if a bit slow. Planted: 2015 Height 10 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Aspen - White (Seedling) 8/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - Growing happily and healthily in a dark, overcrowed corner of the backyard where everything else seems to die or get eaten by the bugs. Growing in a more bushy than erect form, and I dont expect it to fruit any time soon, but it's a nice little plant. Planted: 2014 Height 0.5 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Low Sun Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 12 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Davidson Plum NSW (Seedling) Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 16hrs Comments: - Has had a heck of a time surviving: Top eaten off by the dog (Twice!!!), Forgotten in a black pot in the sun without water for a month, lived in a construction site with regular breakages of branches and a number of other incidents. Because of this it is already coppicing, though it's only 30cm tall and stunted. recently moved it to a final, hopefully well-chosen position. Height 30 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Davidsons Plum - Smooth (Cutting)Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 17hrs Planted: 2015 Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Warrigal Greens - Native Spinach (Seedling) 8/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3357 days 21hrs Comments: - Fast grower. full sun or shade, but needs water. inconspicuous yellow flowers followed by small, woody seedpods. watch out you dont get them when collecting leaves for cooking. Planted: 2015 Height 10 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Musk Mallow (Seedling) 8/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3357 days 22hrs Comments: - Fabulous small bush with a plethora of lovely red flowers closely resembling hibiscus flowers followed by masses of furry, puffy seedpods which can build up and become unsightly once they turn brown, grows vigorously in summer, but is deciduous? during winter, and is quite hardy once established (needs lots of water early on); It's in a position that is dry & hot in summer and cold in winter. Has a bad problem with aphids though, and pruning regularly appears very beneficial. Have yet to try the tuber yet, and i've nibbled on the leaves only a little because of the aphid problem (and a little bitter) Still, overall a delightful bush. Planted: 2014 Height 0.7 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer Pruned By: 40% in Summer Pollination: Self Pollination Pest Control: Generally pruning, but White Oil if problem becomes out of control. Organic Status:Partially Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Midyim Berry (Seedling) 8/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3357 days 22hrs Comments: - Growing fast and happily on the street verge, in a harsh position. Watered only to give it a foundation. tasty semi-inconspicuous berries are soft, so best eaten straight from the bush. They seem to push out first, becoming bushy later. Once they get a bit bigger, an occasional light prune seems like a good idea. Fruiting Months January, February, March, April Planted: 2014 Height 30 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 4 First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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Mountain Pepper- Female (Cutting) 8/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2901 days 21hrs Comments: - Leaves are very spicy, great for cooking. Growing rather vertically at the moment. Brilliant red stems contrast with the dark green leaves. tolerates full sun to full shade (though it prefers full sun, and mines growing in the sun). Also tolerates both heat and cold very well. Does get a bad problem with scale and aphids, and does a bit of coppicing. appears to be drought tolerant, but may need water while it first develops. Needs both male and female plants to produce berries. Don't know which mine is (haven't seen any flowers yet). But leaves are fanatastic anyway. It died after a fungal problem combined with an extended period without water. I will try again as it was doing very well before this. Height 1 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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Vanilla Vine (Cutting) 5/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2901 days 21hrs Comments: - Was an experiment growing outside. Grew amazingly the first year, tripling its height! Unfortunately it rotted extensively the following winter. It surived, but never recovered, so eventually we removed it. We tried to grow its cutting inside, and it started off well, but again it rotted. Not entirely sure what the cause of the rot was however. I will try again in the future, as it is a beautiful vine. Planted: 2014 Height 2 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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Passionfruit - Nellie Kelly (Grafted) 9/10Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2901 days 21hrs Comments: - Grown a couple of these plants, often with a couple of fruiting seasons, but eventually they become daggy, so I remove them, but the rootstock is difficult to remove. Can be really prolific or not at all depending on amount of light and water. I Had one really prolific one a while back, for maybe 4-5 years, in which time it easily produced over 1000 fruit. it was on a sandstone wall in direct sun, occupying a space of approx 6x4m squared. Fruits taste great as well. Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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Loquat - Seedling (Seedling) 9/10 Pademelon1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3355 days 15hrs Comments: - Grew from seed I got from a tree at the local park. Planted in a recycling bin, took off, fruiting in just over two years from seed!!! tough bugger, had three seasons of delicious fruit with it, but I had to lop it when we renovated the house. Height at death (5yo) approx 3-3.5 metres. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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