Figbarron's Edible Backyard

Cape Gooseberry (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Purchased as a small plant about 12cm by 12cm tall and wide from bunnings (Nellie Kelly Brand). Within 2 weeks it doubled in size and is flowering. It is currently growing in a 300mm pot (19L). Potting mix is 30% coir peat, 30% compost and 30% potting mix with dynamic lifter and blood and bone mixed in. It is fed with charlie carp organic.

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, charlie carp organic

Organic Status:Certified

Raspberry - Heritage (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Got this raspberry (Heritage) from bunnings this spring. Since its an Autumn variety it fruits on current season shoots. 2 weeks after i purchased it in spring it opened up flower buds and same time as my blackberry. I might get 2 crops from this one, the main one being in autumn. This one is planted in a 430mm pot. 

Fruiting Months March, April, May, October, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Charlie Carp

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Certified

Plum - Sugar (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Purchased from bunnings through Flemings Nursery as a 2yr  bare root tree. Just like my Deana Fig, its growing in a modified self watering planter barrle with holes lined with shadecloth for air pruining. i have received great results with other plants so i hope this will work well with trees. Potting media is 30% potting mix, 30% coconut coir and 30%compost. So far its growing really well. I cant wait for the sugary sweet fruit in summer!

Planted: 2016

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifer, Blood and bone, Nitrosol

Organic Status:Organic

Pepino - Kendall Gold (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

Got a pack of 10 cuttings from an eBay seller.I gave some away and rooted 6. 1 did not take and i kept 3 that rooted and gave 2 plants away to  a friend. The 3 plants are growing well in a cut barrel. This top 1/3 with the pepinos is also self watering. I had trouble with fruit set during winter as they like warm temperatures to set fruit. They have started flowering again now and im hoping for fruit set as its Spring and getting warmer. 

Update: I have removed the other 2 from the barrel and planted them in the ground. The remaining one has about 9 little fruitlets and one small developing fruit. The warmer nights definitely have helped. The plant was given sulphate of potash to assist in fruiting.

Height 0.9 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Blood and bone, Nitrosol

Organic Status:Organic

Blackberry - Thornless Chester (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

First attempt at growing a blackberry bush. I received it as a dormant plant in winter from bunnings. Since waking up from dormancy it'd covered in leaves and growing vigorously! Its fed weekly with 1/2 dose of blood and bone liquid plant food. Diy potting mix consists of 30& coconut coir, 30% compost and 30% potting mix all mixed in with blood and bone and chook pellets.  Its doing well in a 300mm pot.

Update: 12/10/16
Plant is growing rapidly and responded well to charlie carp organic. 

Update 6/11/16
The blackberry plant has started flowering i counted about 20 flowers. Hopefully all pollinate :)

Planted: 2016

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, Nitrosol, Chook pellets

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Fig White Adriatic (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - This was my 3rd addition to my small fig collection.  Bought from diggers it arrived just as it was going into dormancy. It has now come back with vigour and i can not wait to taste the fruit. Its currently growing in a 300mm pot and and fertilized with dynamic lifter plant food. I will change to the Dynamic lifter fertilizer higher in potash when its starts to fruit. 

Planted: 2016

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter, Nitrosol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Jostaberry (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - As i am a fan of berries i picked this up from bunnings. Its a dedicuous, self pollinating  thornless berry and a cross betweeen a gooseberry and a black currant. It lost all its leaves in winter and has since come back well. Its currently growing in a potting media of 30:30:30 compost, coir peat and potting mix mixed in with blood and bone and dynamic lifter it loves a full sun position as well. Its a summer bearing fruit plant like most of my plants so i will update on plant growth habbit and plant yield. 

Planted: 2016

Height 0.35 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and Bone, Dynamic lifter

Organic Status:Organic

Fig Deanna (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - There were only two fig types at bunnings, brown turkey and black genoa and wanted a bit more variety. I purchased this 2 year old bare-root fig tree from an online eBay nursery. Its supposed to have light greenish-yellow flesh and a tasty pulp. Its currently growing in a cut 200L drum. The cut drum is self watering and promotes healthier root system through air pruining. The fig has just started to produce some foilage. Potting mix is the same as my other figs. 1:1:1 coconut coir, potting mix and compost mixed in with dynamic lifter.

Planted: 2016

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, blood and bone, nitrosol

Organic Status:Organic

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Just received it today and counted about 20 fruit currently on it. The tree has just come out of dormancy and i can't belive i will be having fruit in a few weeks. I will be potting it up in a 510mm pot (52L) and that would be its home for a while before i transfer it to a self watering barrel (100L)  permanently in a year or 2. I will regularly update on plant growth and taste of the fruit as it will mature in a few weeks time. 

Planted: 2016

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter Plus Fruit Food, Nitrosol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Feijoa (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Got this unknown specimen on eBay. I originally had 2 but one died as it was rootbound although planting in a larger container did not seem to help. The other one is happily growing in Osmocote premium potting mix i have since added some, chicken pellets and some blood and bone as the pre-added fertilizer is about to run out. It has growin really well even during the winter. I am hoping for some fruit next year and will continually update on its progress

Planted: 2016

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, blood and bone, nitrosol

Organic Status:Organic

Fig Black Genoa (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Just like my Brown turkey fig, this was also purchased from bunnings. It was badly affected by rust in late autumn due to wet and humid weather. It has come back with great vigour and was the first to break dormancy out of all my figs. Potting mix is the same as the brown turkey. I can't wait for it to start bearing.

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Nitrosol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Blueberry - Blue Rose (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - I already had an early season blueberry bush so why not a mid season one? The blue rose has been repotted into an Azalea mix and has begun to flower right after breaking dormancy. It seems to produce flowers first before leaves?  It has since produced clusters and clusters of white bell shaped flowers. I am currently hand pollinating with a narrow hobbyist painter's brush and this technique worked really well with the sunshine blues. Its supposed to grow up to 1.5m high and wide and is currently in a 300mm pot. I till be up potted to a half wine barrel next winter when its dormant. I'll update of growth progress and fruit quality.

Planted: 2016

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, nitrosol

Blueberry - Sunshine Blue (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

I purchased 2 bushes from 2 different nurseries, Nelly kelly and Humphries. Both are fruiting. The Nelly Kelly already has about 30 berries and its a small bush. The Humphries ones has hundreds of flowers and about 1/2 as much berries (currently) as it started flowering later than the nelly kelly. I am feeding them with blood and bone organic fertilizer which is safe for them. Due to lack of pollinators int he winter season,  i highly suggest pollinating with a small narrow paint brush or shake the bush a bit. 

 They are still in their original pots and i will repot into an Azalea Mix once they finish cropping. They need cool winter nights to promote flowers and are evergreen blueberry plants and are supposed to grow to about 1m high and wide. Perfect for tubs and pots. I will update on how much i have harvested later.

Fruiting Months July, August, September, October

Planted: 2016

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: blood and bone

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Lemon Gold (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

Before i moved to Australia i used to have this fruit back home a lot as a young child. I loved it. The instant i discovered them for sale on Daleys I immediately bought one for nolstalgia's sake and the awesome taste. The tree was a bit quiet during winter when i got it and has since pushed some new lateral buds that will hopefully branch out as the weather gets warmer. It has been re-potted into a 300mm pot with holes lined with shade cloth for air pruning. This promotes more firous roots that are good at taking up nutrients and moisture. 

I will get a budwood to graft  a different variety onto it when its a bit stronger. 

Planted: 2016

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter and Blood and Bone

Organic Status:Certified

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