Liz's Edible Backyard

Joined: 13/07/09 Updated: 14/03/12 Frost:
Location: Thornlie

About My Edible Backyard

Why Liz Love's Edible Plants

First tip - buy a house previously owned by Italians!

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Fruit Tree Forum Contributions

Liz Forum Contributions
Tropical exotic fruits in perth - update - here's the lists of what the members of the Rare Fruit Club of WA are growing: http://www.rarefruitclub.org.au/Level2/Inter.htm From memory, people are successfully growing quite a few things that the Ag Dept says aren't worth bothering wit..3316 days 12hrs
Cherry substitute for perth - blossom - you get significantly more winter chill hours in the hills than on the Perth Coastal plain (aka "the flats" for hills people). (Do you get reliable annual crops like that? I've heard that some people in Roleystone get good cherry crops in some y..3316 days 12hrs
Gardening in perth sands - Shelley - Re. Terracotta worm farms, Kim Lyons http://www.kimlyonspottery.com.au/ or another potter might make one for you. Kim makes a lot of the terracotta bird baths etc available at Dawsons, Zanthorea etc. I contacted him a while back about gettin..3727 days 12hrs
Kaffir lime2 - Hi All, Bunnings have some in in Perth if anyone's still looking for trees - think tthey're just getting their autumn fruit tree stock in... Cheers, Liz..4688 days 0hrs
Jaboticaba5 - Called Tass1 this morning - Joe has some grumichamas, and a few advanced ($100) jaboticabas - and then went back to Wandilla for a pair of kiwifruit, and it turned out they did have a couple of jaboticabas tucked away somewhere. (...and now they've only ..4688 days 0hrs

Liz's WISH LIST

Nectarine - Sunblaze

Why Liz wants it: -

From reviews, this one sounds like a tasty yellow-fleshed nectarine that will complement the harvest period of the Sunwright that I already have (and will fruit in Perth).

Peach - Newbell

Why Liz wants it: -

From the reviews I\'ve read, it\'s a tasty, late-fruiting (I\'ve already got an early one) yellow-fleshed peach that will fruit here. Just haven\'t managed to find one yet!

Nashi - Tsu Li ^9/10

Why Liz wants it: -

It\'s a pollination partner for Ya Li (...Corella pear seems to be the other option, but I\'ve already got 2 European pears, and I\'d prefer to have a second nashi than a third \"normal\" pear.)

Raspberry - Williamette

Liz's Edible Fruits
Update: 5611 days 16hrs

Comments: -

 

still in little pots - I have tried growing these before, and haven't managed to nurse them through the Perth summer, but I LOVE fresh raspberries, and they cost a ridiculous amount in the shops - I got a frame up for them last time, but didn't get the shadecloth and retic on in time...

Planted: 2009

Pollination: No

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Blueberry - Nelly Kelly

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

In 580mm dia pots, planted in a mixture of 40% peat moss, 40% coir and 20% vermiculite (per best fruiting results in planting trials by a US university... found the details on the internet) - planted late 2008. (Using Ozmocote azalea fertiliser.)

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Pollination: No

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Blueberry - Sharpblue

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

In a 580mm dia pot, planted in a mixture of 40% peat moss, 40% coir and 20% vermiculite (per best fruiting results in planting trials by a US university... found the details on the internet) - planted late 2008.

Planted: 2008

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

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Blueberry - Misty

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

In a 580mm dia pot, planted in a mixture of 40% peat moss, 40% coir and 20% vermiculite (per best fruiting results in planting trials by a US university... found the details on the internet) - planted late 2008.

Height 0.25 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

 

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Dragon Fruit - Yellow

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

new purchase

Height 0.5 metres

Pollination: No

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Dragon Fruit - Red

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

new purchase

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: No

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Raspberry - Heritage

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

still in little pots - I have tried growing these before, and haven't managed to nurse them through the Perth summer, but I LOVE fresh raspberries, and they cost a ridiculous amount in the shops - I got a frame up for them last time, but didn't get the shadecloth and retic on in time...

Pollination: No

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Nashi Pear - Ya Li (Grafted)

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

newly planted

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Pear - Hood (Grafted)

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

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Pear - Flordahome

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

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Apple - Dorsett Golden

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

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Apple - Tropical Anna

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

newly planted

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Apple - Granny Smith

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

newly planted, again on the south side of the house in the hope that this will help make sure it gets enough chill. (Stats suggest Perth coastal plan is rather marginal for Granny Smiths.)

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Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle PBR (Grafted)

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

newly planted - hopefully it gets enough chill! I have planted my apples and pears on the south side of the house in the hope that that will help!

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

 

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apricot - unknown variety

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

planted by previous owners

Pollination: No

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plum - unknown red-fleshed

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

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Again, planted by previous owners - very nice red-fleshed variety, doing quite nicely without very much care at all!

Planted: 2002

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

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olive - unknown variety

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

Another blessing from past owners... fairly small fruit. This one is also very close to the power lines and so gets a pretty vicious pruning every few years.

Pollination: No

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Lime - Kaffir

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

On Flying Dragon rootstock - planted several years ago.

Pollination: No

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Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) ^3/10

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

Planted several years ago - hasn't done particularly well. (I've never had any fruit off it.) The mandarin and kaffir lime planted at the same time have done much better with equal levels of neglect.

Pollination: No

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lemon - unknown variety

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

...yet another blessing from past owners!

Height 3 metres

Pollination: No

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Peach - Tropic Beauty

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

new purchase - not in the ground yet!

Pollination: No

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Nectarine - Sunwright

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Update: 5613 days 9hrs

Comments: -

new purchase - not in the ground yet!

Planted: 2009

Pollination: No

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fig

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Update: 5613 days 10hrs

Comments: -

Another legacy from past owners - it's a white fig of some sort, and very nice! (It would be taller, but it's near power lines and I have to give it a fairly vicious pruning every few years... which also helps to keep the fruit in reach.)

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: No

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passionfruit - nelly kelly (Grafted) ^4/10

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Update: 5613 days 10hrs

Comments: -

This has not been a great success story to date - I have hardly had any fruit off it, and bought a new passionfruit this year to replace it... and now the original one is loaded with fruit! (My grandfather maintained that "Sunnypash" was better than Nelly Kelly, but I haven't been able to find a Sunnypash.)

Planted: 2001

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

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prickly pear

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Update: 5613 days 10hrs

Comments: -

Part of the legacy of past owners - planted sometime between 1973 and 2000! I don't think I have ever watered it...

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

 

Question:

 

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