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MelbFruit's Edible Backyard

Joined: 15/08/21 Updated: 10/04/25 Frost:
Location: NEWPORT

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Why MelbFruit Love's Edible Plants

 There is nothing more delicious and rewarding than picking and eating your own produce.

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Mango tree id - Hello, I was away on holiday with the automatic watering going. When I returned, I found that one of my trees had grown a lot and has these huge leaves! I think this is the Coconut Cream variety, but lost the tag for this tree. Does anybody know if the..67 days 1hrs
Asimina triloba seeds - Try Linton. I got my trees from him...247 days 2hrs
What plantfruit is this - They sell the purple guava at Daleys now. I had one for a couple of years. It fruited (never ripened) and then died this winter. I have both red and yellow growing next to it (I live in Melbourne). How do the flavors of the three compare (especially the p..297 days 2hrs
Help with extreme root bound loquat - Agreed. Sometimes you just have to cut through roots to save the plant...638 days 9hrs
Double grafted cherry pruning and grafting - For anybody who is curious, I ended up cutting the 2 branches, and now have 2 Rainier and 2 Stella left. I bud grafted 3 varieties onto the tips of the branches. The buds aren't looking half bad. Maybe that means I have space for one more variety? :D..638 days 13hrs

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Critical malay apple and longan2 - Doesnt look like suborbiculare, looks a little like Syz.forte, a White Apple. Smaller fruited Malay Apples can have different foliage to the large fruited types, maybe closer to the native Malay Apple. I think there are white fruited types too ?..Liked Answer 297 days 2hrs
Double grafted cherry pruning and grafting - I think the plant looks nicely balanced now. Good job. I am also playing with multigrafting. I have a morello cherry tree 14 years old, and I have just grafted 6 other varieties of sweet cherry onto it using whip and tongue. The morello cherry gives us..Liked Answer 470 days 22hrs
Mango planted from seed is producing seedless - Hi Inelli According to some mango gurus, continued low temperatures during flowering (15C and below) will hamper complete pollination, fertilization and fruit development which might cause the production of seedless underdeveloped fruit like yours. ..Liked Answer 907 days 6hrs
Soursop tree for sydney region - No they succumbed to being outdoors over winter. They should do alright in a greenhouse tho...Liked Answer 987 days 14hrs
Critical malay apple and longan2 - The Original pot mix seems to be causing the problem..The new mix sounds better. Hope it goes OK. Just keep an eye on it, it might shoot back from low down, and might take a while sometimes...Liked Answer 1038 days 12hrs
Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in melbourne - The Kentia is happy in shade - been there over twenty years - yes 12 hour cycle - you cant do 24h as they need night rest...Liked Answer 1073 days 8hrs
Lychee tree - It would help if you send a photo of the lychee tree and an average photo of the affected leaves. Lychees can decline quite easily and it is not uncommon and someone may recognise the symptoms in the photos ..Liked Question 1114 days 1hrs
Mangos grown in melbourne - Yes its an edible Mango and tastes great!..Liked Answer 1400 days 13hrs
Longans in melbourne - This is going to get you even more confused - ive recently met someone living in Balwyn that asked me to post these photos of their 15yo Kohala seedling fruiting for last 8 years. I think you guys are on the money - this is what he replied to me tonigh..Liked Answer 1401 days 11hrs
Longans in melbourne - Heres another pic of Balwyn Longan tree in fruit..Liked Answer 1401 days 11hrs

Mango - Bowen Seedling

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Dwarf Apricot - Storeys (Early Moorpark)

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Comments: - Fruited quickly.

Fruiting Months December

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Autumn, Winter, Spring


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Dwarf Nectarine - Trixzie® Nectazee

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Comments: - Extremely compact, very happy in a pot. Smaller than I expected.

Fruiting Months January

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Copper spray twice in winter for leaf curl.


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Passionfruit - Black (Grafted) 10/10

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Comments: - Prolific grower. Great flavorful and sweet fruit.

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2021

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun


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Pepino - Kendall Gold

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Comments: - Easy to fruit in Melbourne. Melon/cucumber-like taste to the fruit.

Planted: 2021

Qty: 1


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Longan - Seedling

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Question: I purchased this longan online and have no idea what variety it is. I was told it has seedless and that it is not a Kohala. Likely an Asian variety. Please let me know if you have any insights.


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Longan - Seedling

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Question: I purchased this longan online and have no idea what variety it is. I was told it has small seeds and that it is not a Kohala. Likely an Asian variety. Please let me know if you have any insights.


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Dwarf Avocado Wurtz

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Sugar Apple

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Soursop

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Dwarf Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid

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Loquat - Nagasakiwase

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Mandarin - Imperial

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Mandarin - Emperor

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Malay Apple

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Lychee - Bosworth 3

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Guava - Strawberry

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Banana - Lady Finger

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North American Paw Paw

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Mango - Carabao (Grafted)

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Comments: - It fruited the first year I had it!

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2022

Qty: 1

Fertiliser or Organics Used: slow release granules, Seasol


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Longan - Kohala (Marcot)

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Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Spring


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