Frankenmango1's Edible Backyard

Joined: 00/00/00 Updated: 06/09/22 Frost:
Location: BRINSMEAD

About My Edible Backyard

 Nothing tastes sweeter than fruits picked from your own trees! I'm a late blooming gardener with an interest in the exotic and the art of grafting

Comments

Muscadine Grape - Noble (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: - Disease resistant grape for the coast. But will a Cairns winter be cool enough for fruit set? 

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: none

Comments

Vine lost its leaves in April , before any real cool weather. After a record Cairns winter with several nights down to 7c bud burst was slow, no sign of life till early October. Mid November, vine is growing vigorously and there are tiny flower clusters on 1/2 a dozen lateral shoots. Will it fruit in Cairns? watch this space!

Vine lost its leaves in April , before any real cool weather. After a record Cairns winter with several nights down to 7c bud burst was slow, no sign of life till early October. Mid November, vine is growing vigorously and there are tiny flower clusters on 1/2 a dozen lateral shoots. Will it fruit in Cairns? watch this space!

All the flowers have fallen off now. Was it the 42c heatwave in late Nov or just that the vine is still too small ? Cordons are growing vigorously but only a handful of lateral buds have sprouted. Maybe next year?

Fig - Sandpaper (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Fruited immediately after arrival, purchased from Daleys. First couple of fruit dropped off, placed it next to my fruiting local Ficus opposita for cross pollination. Resulting handful of fruit large (grape sized) and lovely tangy strawberry flavour. No splitting even during a near record Cairns Wet Season. I pinched out the top and it is shooting and setting fruit again.

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2018

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: F.opposita

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: none

Fig Black Genoa (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Grafted to Sandpaper Fig. Fruits almost continually in Cairns with progressive leaf fall & fruit set; short dormant period in june/july/august. Fruits are large and tasty with minimal fruit splitting in extreme wet weather

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November, December

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 0.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: neem spray on bugs

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Banana Dwarf Cavendish (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Compact and easy to maintain with full sized delicious fruit. Home grown and ripened bananas are SO much tastier!

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

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: none

Malabar Chestnut (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Beautiful flowers - supposedly delicious nuts

Planted: 2016

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Never

Comments

Has started flowering, no fruit set yet. I have started brush pollinating

Sugar Apple (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - I love custard apples, the tropical sugar apple does best up here. This seedling grew fast and had a good first crop, nice fist sized fruit and very sweet.

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Passionfruit - Panama Gold (Seedling)

Comments: - Yellow Passionfruit does better in our wet, tropical climate. Will see how this one goes

Planted: 2018

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Spring

Dragon Fruit - Yellow (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - the most delicious dragonfruit by far; I tasted one and I had to plant the seeds. Will keep you posted!

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: none

Mango - Keitt (Grafted)

Comments: - Who doesn't like Mangos? I have a huge old Common tree in my yard, I am in the process of Topworking it with Brooks, Keitt, KP, R2E2 and NamDocMai, that's where the Frankenmango name comes from. Plan is to have Mangos early thru late on the same large tree; with the odd off season fruit that the remnant Common branches tend to produce up here I should have mangos 6 or 8 months of the year!

Fruiting Months January, February, March, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: neem spray

Jack Fruit (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Parent tree was a heavy bearer of small (2kg) sweet fruit. I like Jackfruit fresh , dry and in Asian cooking. Will girdle this tree soon for early flowering

Planted: 2016

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Dragon Fruit - Pearl ^10/10

Comments: - White pulp doesnt stain like red dragonfruit; not as sweet but a stronger more tangy flavour; 2 crops a year in Cairns

Fruiting Months January, February, March, November, December

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: flyspray used on bug infestation

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Dragon Fruit - Red (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Mild sweet flavour, attractive red pulp. 

Fruiting Months March

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: nil

cocoa tree (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Who doesnt like chocolate? I actually like to eat the fruity pulp that holds the seeds in the cocoa pods, it's a bit like Passionfruit

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Winter

Achacha (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Poor man's mangosteen; almost as tasty and easier to open

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Avocado - Edranol (B) (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - large tasty fruit, high oil content. Shy bearer so far but only 3 years old

Fruiting Months April

Planted: 2015

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: nil