Han's Edible Backyard
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18/09/10 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy Han Love's Edible Plants I Have been longing for a productive garden for quite some time now. Last Summer hubbie and I bought our first home, an old brick house on a 620 squre metre block in the South of Adelaide. The garden was fairly bare with only two large gum trees in the front yard, a old seeding pear tree on the back, and a tall apricot in the side garden. There is a lot of potential for a home orchard, but the soil is terrible - water repallent dust over thick clay. Some section of the garden grows nothing but a few weeds. We've been improving the soil since we moved in and have seen some result. Hope the garden will thrive and we can become self sustainable in the near future. Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsHan Forum ContributionsGrafted pink lady snapped from rootstock - Please help! I bought a double grafted apple (Granny Smith & Pink Lady)on MM 106 root stock. I attempted to train it into a fan against a fence, but the pink lady scion snapped completely from the rootstock. What should I do now? Do I need to disinfect..5276 days 6hrs Dwarf apples on m rootstock in adelaide - Hi guys, Still on the topic of woolly aphids, I bought a barerooted Elberta peach from local hardware store and noticed a few white fluffy sticky spots attached to the roots. I thought they could be woolly aphids. I rubbed them off and gave the roots a..5276 days 7hrs Pinkabelle apple tree - Hi Peter Allan, I couldn't decided to grow my apples on M9 or MM102. The sise of M9 is perfect, but I heard that this rootstock is susceptible to woolly aphids and must be grown on good fertile soil. You mentioned you had good yield from the tree on M..5282 days 4hrs Dwarf apples on m rootstock in adelaide - Hi Pauline, Thanks for your reply. Do you grow any apples on MM102 and M9? I struggle a bit to make a decision on between the two. I like the size of M9, but heard that it is sesceptable to woolly aphids and have to be grown on good rich soil. ..5282 days 6hrs Plum yarrahapinni blood - Has anyone tasted the fruit of Yarrahapinni yet? How does the flavour compare with Mariposa?..5338 days 11hrs |
Orange - Valencia (Grafted) 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - leaves start to drop. there is not discolouration of leaves or any sign of pests. I have improved the soil thoroughly before planting. Don't know why, hopefully it is not serious. Planted: 2010 Height 1 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, fish guts Pest Control: not yet Organic Status:Organic Question:
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Ugni ( Tazziberry ) (Cutting) 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - establised really well. Lots of new growth happening. Height 40 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Yearly Pest Control: none so far Organic Status:Organic Question:
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Goji Berry - Shrub 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - Given it a light pruning and new leaves have appeared now. Planted: 2010 Height 60 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Pollination: No Pest Control: none Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Muntries 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - lovely little ground cover. extremely drought tolarent. don't know when it'll fruit though. July 2009: I Dug it out of the ground and put it back to the pot. Seems it really doesn't like the soggy clay. Planted: 2010 Height 20 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Summer Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: pest free Question: Has anyone try muntries fruit yet? How does it taste like? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 5 people found this review useful CommentsDebd671 says... [2424 days 13hrs ago]how is it going in a pot as i had one but it died and i had it in the ground, it appeas to not like water much, so wondering if i actually killed it by too much watering* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Plum - Mariposa 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - It has quite a few white flowers at the moment. sprayed with copper fungicide and has grown out of leaf rust. New leaves appear fresh and healthy. Planted: 2010 Height 50 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Water Given in: Spring Autumn and WinterPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: satsuma Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, fish guts When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring Pest Control: none Organic Status:Organic Question:
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Pomegranate - Wonderful Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - new shoots appear Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Apricot - Glengarry 8/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - Full of flowers now, hope the birds will leave some fruits for us this year. A graceful tree and extremely healthy. The tree is quite tall so no fruit has been picked. The birds dropped some fruits with some of them barely touched. I couldn't resist to pick it up and have a task. Oh, it was so sweet and tasty. Wish I were a bird. But, considering it provides nice afternoon shade in summer and beautiful blossoms in spring, I am not going to prune it back. Fruiting Months January, February, December Height 6 metres Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Low Sun Water Given in: Summer Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: pest free 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 |
Grumichama - Black (Seedling) 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - sprayed with copper fungicide, but leave spot still lingering. Maybe doesn't like the colder winter we just had in Adelaide. Planted: 2010 Height 35 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Yearly Pest Control: none Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mulberry - Black (Cutting) 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5189 days 15hrs Comments: - It was purchased in autuman and already has many little fruits forming. Unfortunately the leaves and fruits at lower part of the tree has been chewed by my pet bunny. Height 80 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, fish guts When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring Pest Control: none Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5320 days 14hrs Height 1 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, fish guts When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring Pest Control: none. Organic Status:Organic Question:
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Lilly Pilly - Springbrook 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5326 days 19hrs Comments: - A very exotic plant for a person grown up overseas. I have never seen edible berries with such striking blue and pink colours, so extraordinary and almost deadly. It should have been poisonous judging by the colour but so unexpectedly kunchy, refreshing and tasty. Height 40 Centimetres Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Winter Pest Control: none Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pear - Williams 3/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5326 days 19hrs Comments: - This is actually an old seeding tree, similar shape fruit to that of williams. Definitely a decendent of a European pear.The tree is about 6m tall and slightly infested with pear slug worm. It bears heavily, but the biggest fruits are all on the top of the tree, making it impossible to pick and the birds always get them first. I covered some fruits with newspaper on the lower branches. But very disappointing, the fruit is very very sweet, almost too stweet, and the texture is very dry and hard, not very pleasant to eat. I don't know if it has anything to do with watering because I didn't give it any water even during the harsh Adelaide summer. Anyway, I am going to cut it back to waist high in winter and multi-graft it with nashi Nijiseiki and Kosui. Height 6 metres Growing: In the Ground Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: none Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Mandarin - Okitsu wase (Satsuma) (Grafted) 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5326 days 19hrs Height 1 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, composted fish guts When I Fertilise: Yearly Pest Control: none so far Organic Status:Organic Question: Looks healthy but no new growth yet. Been in the ground for about a month Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 4 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Guava - Strawberry 5/10 Han's Edible FruitsUpdate: 5327 days 2hrs Planted: 2010 Height 25 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Low Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow manure, fish guts liquid When I Fertilise: Yearly, Winter, Spring Pest Control: none Organic Status:Organic Question: Bunnings has two varieties both named strawberry guava. The one I bought has light green leaves. The other variety has obvious darker colour and the leaves are much softer. I was wondering which one is the real deal? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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