MelbFruit's Edible Backyard

Joined:15/08/21 Updated:29/06/25 Frost:
Location: NEWPORT

About My Edible Backyard

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..379 days 19hrs
Asimina triloba seeds - Try Linton. I got my trees from him...559 days 20hrs
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..609 days 19hrs
Help with extreme root bound loquat - Agreed. Sometimes you just have to cut through roots to save the plant...951 days 2hrs
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..951 days 6hrs

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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 609 days 19hrs
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 783 days 15hrs
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 1219 days 23hrs
Soursop tree for sydney region - No they succumbed to being outdoors over winter. They should do alright in a greenhouse tho...Liked Answer 1300 days 7hrs
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 1351 days 6hrs
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 1386 days 2hrs
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 1426 days 18hrs
Mangos grown in melbourne - Yes its an edible Mango and tastes great!..Liked Answer 1713 days 6hrs
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 1714 days 5hrs
Longans in melbourne - Heres another pic of Balwyn Longan tree in fruit..Liked Answer 1714 days 5hrs

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 Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid

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Malay Apple

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Lychee - Bosworth 3

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Guava - Strawberry

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North American Paw Paw

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