Malanda231's Edible Backyard

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Location: BRAY PARK

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Why Malanda231 Love's Edible Plants

 Brisbane north, QLD

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Trees in one hole - Chelle, I have lots of duos and trios in my garden, as well as multigrafts. The duos and trios are planted about 20-30cm apart in the same hole. They are easier to manage than multigrafts and are slightly dwarfed by competition. Plant varieties with diffe..Liked Answer 2506 days 24hrs

Nashi Pear - Tropical Sunshu (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

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Espaliered. 4th year and no fruit but think that was because I moved the plant earlier this year. Will bag fruit to protect from fruit fly. Apparently this fruit stores well, one reason why I picked it.

Finally, 6 fruit due to be harvested mid 2019!

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Dragon Fruit - Red (Cutting)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Too early to tell, in pot waiting until ready to move to a structure it can grow against ( galvanised fence)

Fruiting Months February and July

Planted: 2015

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Spicezee - Nectarine x Plum (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Peach - Angel Subtropical PBR

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

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Dwarf Apple - Tropical Anna

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Similar to red delicious

Planted: 2018

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

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Dragon Fruit - Aussie Gold (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - No thorns, yellow is apparently the best tasting one

Planted: 2019

Water Given in: Summer

After Fruiting

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Pitaya Pearl

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Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G) (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Wait and see. Growing this summer.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Dwarf

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

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Dwarf Kumquat - Nagami (Grafted) ^9/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Nice fruit to eat off tree if you can tolerate the tanginess (50/50 with my visitors). I puree and freeze to use later in citrus desserts. Useful tree, colleague made me a jam from my fruit - I liked it!

Planted: 2013

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Dwarf Mulberry - Black (Grafted) ^9/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Moved from pot to soil. Can keep to a medium bush size with a good prune.

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Dwarf Mandarin - Emperor

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Wait and see, still not grown a lot when plums are fine.

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Dwarf Tangelo - Minneola

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Wait and see, not sure if clay soil has slowed growth as plums growing well

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Mandarin - Hickson (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Wait and see, clay soil may have slowed down growth, however the plums are liking it.

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Plum - Gulf Ruby

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Wait and see as growing this summer.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulf gold

Organic Status:Certified

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Blueberry - Burst (PBR) ^8/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Picked for long harvest period and no scarring. Fruit tastes good. Cypress pine bark used for mulch. Water saving crystals in soil to save watering eveyday.

Fruiting Months August, September, October

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass A (Grafted)

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

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Too early to comment as only planted a few months ago. Facing north-east with house shading tree from hot western sun in summer. Planted half in the ground and on half mound, built up soil bed to increase drainage as have clay soil.

I want to get pinkerton and wurtz to extend the harvest period further. Dwarf/semi dwarf was a must for me.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Apple - Dorsett Golden (Grafted) ^8/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered with tropic sweet. Have not tasted the fruit yet. Seems to ripen later than tropic sweet. Bag the fruit to protect from fruit fly.

Fruiting Months November and December

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Tropic sweet

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^8/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

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Espaliered, pretty flowers at front entrance with dwarf golden dorsett and nashi pear. Good snack sized fruit within six months of purchase. Must bag/net to protect from fruit fly... best time to harvest is when fruit drops into bag. I bag fruit when slightly larger than my thumb as some fruit drops before then, as prior to that it is too easy to damage tieing the bag on and you need to do your thinning. Won mother-in-law over so got her a tree for christmas. So much nicer tasting than store-bought fruit. I want an Anna tree one day too.

Most interested in seeing the multiple crops happen throughout the year...

Fruiting Months October, November, December

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Peachcot Ora A (Grafted) ^8/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered, not sure if that or vase shape will work best yet as planted 6 months ago. Awarded with two fruit for taste test in first year - sweeter than apricot but not as strong as some peaches and doesn't go sour on multiple chews. The stone was small compared to the fruit - a winner in my eyes. Must bag fruit to protect from fruit fruit fly - I knew this before I purchased the plant. Grows quickly. 

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^10/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered, looks awesome - took well to this and friends have commented. Love the fruit, not gritty/grainy like some other custard apples and small seeds too. No need to hand pollinate. Downside is that all of the fruit comes at once, quickly over a month from mid-feb to march in Brisbane. Must bag/net to protect from fruit fly - unripe fruit drops leading up to harvest as a natural thinning method so I bag by Feb and find fruit only start to get stung two weeks after the very first fruit drops. I harvest fruit to freeze the pulp to use later. Amazing with vanilla ice cream. I took a gamble with limited info online when I got this tree - it is a winner!!! I don't know why someone could not like the taste.

Fruiting Months March

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Black Sapote - Chocolate (Grafted) ^6/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered. Takes a few years of growth before trunk is thick enough for tree to hold fruit. Only one fruit last summer at 4y mark. I see both male and female flowers, female come out later (early november when I spotted this). Rainforest tree, roots do spread in yard in cool/wet/mulched spots so I would be careful to not plant too close to a structure as not sure if roots would expand and damage. Must trim regularly in summer to keep it small. Was told grafted versions grew shorter and less aggressively than seedlings. Hope I get more fruit this year, a pretty waxy leaved plant.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Summer, Autumn, Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^9/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered. I like this more than the meyer as more like your tradional lemon. Not as bushy as other citrus (more strangly). Fruits throughout the year with a break in hottest part of summer.

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Mandarin - Imperial ^9/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered. Did not fruit until 3rd year of planting (I assume it was establishing itself). One dwarf is not enough in long run if there are two or more people in household who like mandarins. Have heard it can produce lower harvest bi-yearly but not seen that happen yet.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Height 3 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Orange - Valencia Seedless (Grafted) ^9/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Espaliered, holds fruit for long period

Fruiting Months September, October, November, December

Planted: 2013

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Lime - West Indian Seedling (Seedling) ^8/10

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Update: 2232 days 11hrs

Comments: - Taste is tangy and smaller than tahitian. First couple of years it focused on establishing itself (bushiness) then by 4th year height has taken effect and getting only a small amount of crop and flowering. There are thorns. Espaliered, but not as easy to compared to my other citrus as branches are stiffer.

Planted: 2013

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^9/10

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Update: 2692 days 2hrs

Comments: - First fruited within a year, now 4 years young. Keeping it trimmed to 2.5m. Trim lightly a couple of times in summer for a smaller second harvest. Espaliers well. Saw a small harvest in Feb/Mar after light trim in January.

Fruiting Months February, September, October

Planted: 2013

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

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