Dekka's Edible Backyard
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29/09/09 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy Dekka Love's Edible Plants We have a suburban block <800msq. When we moved here six years ago the back yard was mainly planted with an assortment of declared weeds dominated by a Camphor Laurel and a Coral Tree. After their removal I mapped the shade that was cast by neighbouring trees on our back yard at morning, midday and afternoon for each season. Our concept was to create an edible mini-forest with Australian bush tucker plants but we have also included exotic fruits and plants of interest into the design. The block is sloping and faces South West. The sub-soil is mainly shale/clay with sandy loam on top. pH is slightly alkaline due to the amount of concrete that was scattered throughout the property (I removed more than 19 tonnes). We're not really trying to create an orchard but more of a tranquil room where the kids can play and have a nibble. Photo was shot from our back deck. Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsDekka Forum ContributionsNative hibiscus - Be very careful consuming native hibiscus. Hibiscus tileaceous can cause damage to internal organs. ..5559 days 6hrs Earwig control - An old way of dealing with earwigs is to trap them. You loosely roll up a newspaper, tie it and leave it out in the garden for a time in the elements. place several of these out. The earwigs move in and then you pick up the paper in the morning and dispos..5567 days 3hrs Passionfruit - There's an awful lot of evidence that Banana Passionfruit is very nasty given the right conditions. http://www.weeds.org.au/cgi-bin/weedident.cgi?tpl=plant.tpl&state=&s=&ibra=all&card=E04 http://www.weeds.asn.au/weeds/txts/psnfruit.html http://..5568 days 11hrs Can anyone identify this bug - I think it might be an assassin bug, possibly 'Night Killer' assassin bug. Feeds on other insects...5571 days 4hrs Peach tree disease1 - Hey guys, you leave my wife TREVOR out of it!!!..5577 days 23hrs |
Sterculia quadrifida - Peanut Tree![]() Update: 5613 days 24hrs Comments: - This tree and a nearby cousin Flame Tree are attacked every year by Bag moth but I leave them alone and the following season the infestation is less severe. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 9 people found this review useful CommentsTyalgumPhil says... [5554 days 5hrs ago]Have seen this tree growing wild in the Murwillumbah area - is it worth growing? Phil.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Eugenia reinwardtianaDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5658 days 2hrs Comments: - I've had one fruit from this Cedar Bay Cherry and was a little disappointed. I think I have a poor variety; football shaped and very lean. Not like the plump fruit in Cath from Cowongla's picture. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Custard Apple - Seedling![]() Update: 5665 days 4hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Rose Myrtle![]() Update: 5665 days 11hrs Comments: - Not growing very well. i think the rd leaf margins might be a deficiency. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cherimoya - Seedling![]() Update: 5666 days 7hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith![]() Update: 5668 days 23hrs Comments: - In same hole as Pinkabelle for pollination.(GS on the right) Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
White Sapote - Hawaiian Supreme![]() Update: 5670 days 2hrs Comments: - Sharing hole with 'Lemon Gold for pollination. Hawaiian is heavily infested with brown scale while Lemon Gold is untouched. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Riberry![]() Update: 5670 days 2hrs Comments: - Beautiful new growth. Thriving in fairly heavy shade. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 14 of 22 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mulberry - White Shahtoot![]() Update: 5670 days 2hrs Comments: - In two years it has not retained one fruit to ripeness. They all fall off in the wind. However, vegetative growth is amazingly rapid. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Davidson Plum NSW![]() Update: 5670 days 19hrs Comments: - I have two. One is in fairly heavy shade and still grows well. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 12 of 21 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dianella revolutaDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5670 days 19hrs Comments: - Not as tasty as Dianella caerula. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava - Strawberry![]() Update: 5670 days 19hrs Comments: - Many flowers but no fruit as yet. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
BolwarraDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5670 days 20hrs Comments: - Does not enjoy full sun. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 9 of 15 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Papaya - Southern Red![]() Update: 5670 days 20hrs Comments: - Grows and flowers very quickly. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 13 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Palm - Walking Stick![]() Update: 5670 days 20hrs Comments: - Very happy growing around Bangalow palms. Slow for a palm but look great. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Grape - Golden Muscat![]() Update: 5670 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Grape - Pink Iona![]() Update: 5670 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cordyline - Broad leaved palm lily![]() Update: 5670 days 20hrs Comments: - Very attractive, sculptural plants. No fruit as yet. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cedar Bay Cherry![]() Update: 5670 days 23hrs Comments: - See Eugenia reinwardtiana Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 24 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Blue![]() Update: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - Brown Scale and ants won't leave this plant alone. -Suffering. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Austromyrtus tenuifoliusDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - Cousin to A. dulcis. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lemon Myrtle![]() Update: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - A great native plant! Great for cooking, fabulous flowers too. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
White Sapote - Lemon Gold![]() Update: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - Sharing hole with 'Hawaiian Supreme'. Seems quite hardy. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Native Tamarind![]() Update: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - Great leaves but slow to take off. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Small leaf tamarind![]() Update: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: - Seems to grow as well in shade as in full sun. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lots a LemonDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5671 days 6hrs Comments: -
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Koda![]() Update: 5671 days 10hrs Comments: - Regularly defoliates and regrows leaves. Absolutely sprints off in spring. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 15 of 22 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Banana - Cavendish![]() Update: 5671 days 10hrs Comments: - I learned that lots of rain when it's close to harvest-time will split almost all of the bananas. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cherry - Stella![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Poorly shaped graft that I naively bought from the hardware shop that starts with a B. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 10 of 18 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mango R2E2 SeedlingDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - I have three mangoes in one hole (K.P, R2E2 & ?) to reduce their eventual size. All were grown from seed because of their particularly excellent flavour... I'll see what happens. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Native Ginger![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - In culinary terms the rhysome is not a patch on Chinese ginger but an attractive native plant all the same. Looking forward to tasting the fruit. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 12 of 21 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pomegranate - Wonderful![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Seedling grown from Wonderful seed. Who knows what I'll get.??? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cape Gooseberry![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Potato beetles decimate these so I get very few fruit but each year another plant appears somewhere in the garden. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Sapodilla - Seedling![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - I have seen artificial flowers that grow faster than this. I think it's dead but it doesn't know it. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Jaboticaba - Yellow![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Slow Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 13 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pineapple - F180![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Believe it or not, these are growing beside two Apple trees. -Crazy experiment. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - In same hole as Dwarf Granny Smith for pollination. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Blue flax-lily![]() Update: 5671 days 11hrs Comments: - Much sweeter than I expected. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig - Sandpaper![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Great sweet fruit all year round. Beetles skeletise some leaves but if they want to help with pruning that's OK. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Passionfruit - Panama Red![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - This plant was a recent gift grown from seed. Owner said the fruit are as big as cricket balls....Wait and see. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Native Gardenia![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Attractive looking plants. I'm told fruit is not very nice but will wait and see. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 9 of 22 people found this review useful Commentsbrentvanstaden1 says... [2472 days 8hrs ago]branny1 says... [2428 days 20hrs ago] Did you ever get fruit off this? I've heard that it tastes very much like mangosteen, but cannot find much info. Insights?* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Midyim Berry![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Native lolly bush. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 16 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Warrigal Greens - Native Spinach![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Can't speak highly enough of this plant. It smothers unwanted Wandering Jew, acts as a living mulch and tastes fantastic! Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 13 of 17 people found this review useful CommentsBerisM1 says... [3566 days 10hrs ago]tastes like spinach when cooked. great in spinach pies. hard to get rid of once you have it.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Grapefruit - Marshs Seedless![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Beaut fruit! Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
White Sapote - Hawaiian Supreme![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - In same hole as Lemon Gold. Hawaiian has problems with brown scale whereas Lemon Gold is untouched. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Jaboticaba![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Grows well, left alone. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 11 of 18 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mango - Bowen Seedling![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - I have three mangoes in one hole (K.P, R2E2 & ?) to reduce their eventual size. All were grown from seed because of their particularly excellent flavour... I'll see what happens. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 18 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Giant Lau Lau![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Attractive long leaves. Grows well in shade with little care. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Handling full sun after removal of large tree. Produces many delicious fruit that leave the mouth a little 'itchy'. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 13 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Kumquat - Nagami![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Fruit taste like grapefruit/lemon inside with very sweet skin. More seeds than I was expecting. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Finger lime - Rainforest pearlDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - Many flowers, no fruit. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Rose Apple![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - I have two trees 3metres apart. One grows really well and the other is 1/4 the size of it's brother. One solitary flower last year. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lilly Pilly - Magenta Cherry![]() Update: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - I'm growing the Lilly pillys for their fruit but I think maybe this one is an 'Astrale' in sheeps clothing. My other Paniculatum is a cutting from a known local tree that has delicious fruit best described as 'cherry-like'. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Black SapoteDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5671 days 12hrs Comments: - I have Bernicker and an unknown seedling. The seedling produced one fruit last season (at three years of age) It grew to golf ball size then dropped. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Aspen - Hairy acronychia![]() Update: 5673 days 18hrs Comments: - This plant appears to show constant symptoms of iron deficiency but still sends out new growth. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Ceylon Hill Gooseberry![]() Update: 5673 days 18hrs Comments: - This small plant had been growing well for a bit less than a year when it was trampled and snapped. I rejoined it and secured with masking tape and now it has fully recovered and should bear this year. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 10 people found this review useful CommentsKathy2 says... [5159 days 20hrs ago]Heya Dekka, I'm from Newcastle too and was wondering if you got this plant locally? Thanks, Kath* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fig White Adriatic![]() Update: 5674 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pepino - Kendall Gold![]() Update: 5674 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia- Home BeautyDekka's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5674 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Brazilian Cherry![]() Update: 5674 days 20hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Panama Berry![]() Update: Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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