Health101orgarticles1's Edible Backyard

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Location: STRATHFIELD

About My Edible Backyard

Why Health101orgarticles1 Love's Edible Plants

Correction: Why do you Love Edible sweet Fruits.

That's what Man is best suited for:

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palmdalekay says... [1581 days 7hrs ago]

How big is your white sapote -Pike? thanks

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Yellowing macadamia leaves - What happened to your pics? I can see there is a pic in your post in the forum page list of all posts, but when I click on your post, there is no pic. ..1679 days 20hrs
Orange valencia tree trunk vertical splits - I wish I knew what caused so very many. That was about 4 years ago. Completely healed. Nothing done to help heal. If I remember right, it happened in Winter. Maybe a humidity problem. I made a mistake of not photographing it. ..1679 days 20hrs
Jelly palm never flowered - Why none? I think it is about 15 years old. These are self pollinating. Another 10 metres away has great flowering and fruiting. ..1679 days 21hrs
Daleys propagation fertiliser - What's "e;15:15:15"e;? The NPK fertilizers are relatively new and artificial/synthetic and which only have three minerals. Plants need way more than just 3 minerals. That makes them a very unbalanced fertilizer. I think that certified orga..3510 days 20hrs
Problems with white sapotes pics included - To J from Upwey, which 'organic' fertilizers do you use? Are they not certified organic? How would netting harm a tree? My guess is that it doesn't. How do you protect from possums? Trunk collars? I have no possum problems. I have seen only o..3510 days 21hrs

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Suitable fruit trees for public streets - I would like to get anyone's suggestion on which fruit trees are suitable to grow alongside your local streets. A few helpful characteristics would be: 1. Not easy to pick by people walking by. 2. Drought tolerant and able to deal with smog. 3. N..Liked Question 4443 days 21hrs

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^7/10

Health101orgarticles1's Edible Fruits
Update: 1465 days 4hrs

Fruiting Months September and October

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

After Fruiting

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Will pruning reduce fruiting?

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White Sapote - Pike (Grafted) ^10/10

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This must be the best fruit for taste and climate range and low fruit fly problem for some unknown reason.

Good near a public area because its skin stays green when ripe, and so does not attract as much attention from people who don't know the fruit.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2003

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Sulfur crested cockatoos are a big problem many years after planting, they just practice their bite and drop the fruit uneaten but bitten.

Bats eventually find the fruit tree years after planting.

Then they harvest every year.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Why a very low fruit fly problem?

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palmdalekay says... [1581 days 7hrs ago]

How big is your tree grows?

Carob ^1/10

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Seedling: Lusciously beautifully strong sweet scent in the air, thanks to the flowers, during Summer, up to maybe late March.

Rare edible small pods.

Maybe mainly a male, but is rarely changing to a bisexual/hermaphrodite tree producing very sparse small pods.

Planted: 2005

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.01 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

After Fruiting

Pollination: Cross Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

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Macadamia - 816 (Cutting) ^9/10

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December 2007: Erect ("upright"), at least in my situation anyway. Or ie has a central leader / just one main vertical trunk, without any big side branches. I want minor side branches to branch out at right angles / 90° for at least enough room for a comfortable and unbreakable foothold for climbing, to avoid the branch peeling off and breaking at a weaker 45° etc angle. I can do that by putting a clothes peg etc on the young trunk and also against the new young branch, so that it grows out at a 90° angle instead of about 45°. West facing, and against very busy 4 lane asphalt / blacktop road, and concrete footpath. Full sun now, but for some of the first 11 years was totally or slmost fully shaded by my local council's free donated Acacia decurrens, originally a tubestock seedling. My great and maybe first and successful experiment in companion planting, and also nitrogen-fixing. I also put a large swale or berm, from a Vietnamese next door neighbour's new house excavation, although including some very big and small concrete blocks that I said that I did not want, some of which were put back at their partly built front entrance. First young nuts noticed after 12 years, in Dec 2019. It might have fruited before, among the acacia's branches, in its full or almost full shade.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2007

Height 4.85 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

After Fruiting

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: A268 alongside, then A4, A16 and seedling.

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Rat bait and traps. Early enough harvest.

Organic Status:Organic

Question: Why named '816'?

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Macadamia - A268 (Cutting) ^5/10

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I prefer soft sweet fruit instead of nuts, now. The biggest husked nut in the photo was about 10 grams with an edible about 3 grams inside.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2007

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

After Fruiting

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: 816 alongside, then A4, A16 and seedling on naturestrip.

Pest Control:

Rat bait and traps.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Why the name 'A268'?

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Palm - Jelly or Wine Palm (Seedling) ^7/10

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Sweet. Organic. No fruit fly problem. No bird problem.No rat problem...until years later when they find it on the plant, and then they harvest every year. No fruit bat problem. Maybe that's because the harvest period is only two or three weeks, which might be too short to attract the attention of pests, or the palm thorns and fronds are too difficult for them to climb. Tropical appearance of palm. Less theft due to ignorance from passers-by, and / or because it is behind a fence. Is my palm sweeter than yours because of my better soil due to my mulching and fish waste 'sumps'?

Con's: 1. Acidity. Almost always after eating a lot, eg about 50-100, there are sore bleeding gums and tongue.

2. Not naturally a tropical fruit, ie not containing a slightly higher fat level.

2008/2009 season:

Bract/spathe;

2008 Nov 23 First appears!

2008 Dec 3 Second appears.

2008 Dec 12 Third appears.

2009:

Fruit bunches/ Infructescences;

2009 Feb 18: First fruit!

2009 Mar 1 Last fruit (12 days only).

2009/2010 season:

Bract/spathe: ?

Flowers/Inflorescences:

1.Nov 23 2.Dec 3 3.Dec 12

Fruit bunches/Infructescences:

Feb 22 start Feb 25-peak? Mar 18 finish (25 days)

.2011: No fruit, as no flowers. Why? Rain at wrong times and too heavy?

2011/2012 season:

Bracts: 1.Nov 15

Flowers/Inflorescences: 1. Dec 31 2. Jan 11

Fruit: April 16 start to April 21 finish?

2012/2013 season:

Bract/spathes: 1. Sep 20< 2. ? 3. Nov 1 ?. 4. Dec 1?

Flower/Inflorescences: 1. Nov 23? 2. Dec 9 3. Dec 17 4. Jan 7

Fruit: Feb?

2013/2014:

Bracts/spathes/sheathes/fruit bunch covers:

2013 October 26 First bract appears from fronds.

2013 November 25 Second bract

Flowers/Spadixes/Inflorescences:

2013 December 10 (45 days later) First flower appears from within now bulbous bract.

2014 January 6 (41 days later) Second flower

Fruit bunches/infructescences:

The yield/harvest/production below is from just one palm, as the other palm isn't bearing.

2014 March 13 (20 weeks from go to whoa) Thursday, Day 1: 16 fruit- Lucky day for the start of this years harvest.

2014 March 14 Friday: 25 fruit. Total 41. Mmmm.

2014 March 15 Saturday: 125 fruit. Total 166. MMmmm.

2014 March 16 Sunday: 73 Total 239 . MMMmmm.

2014 March 17 Monday: 172 Total 411 MMMMm.

2014 March 18 Tuesday: 159 Total 570 MMMMMm.

2014 March 19 Wednesday 149 Total 719 MMMMMM.

2014 March 20 Thursday 58 Total 777!

2014 March 21 Friday 149 Total 926

2014 March 22 Saturday, Day 10: 65 Total 991 First bat attack. Minor.

2014 March 23 Sunday 68 Total 1059

2014 March 24 Monday 22 Total 1081

2014 March 25 Tuesday, Day 13: 10 Total 1091

2014 March 26 Wednesday, Day 14: 2? Total 1093

2014 March: Inedible unripe fruit; 20 Total 1113

Total for first bunch=1113

Second fruit bunch/infructescence:

2014 April 4 (18 weeks and 4 days from go to whoa [bract to fruit] ) Friday, Day 1: 39 fruit.

2014 April 5 Saturday Day 2: 31 fruit.

2014 April 6 Sunday 50 fruit.

2014 April 7 Monday 125 fruit.

2014 April 8 Tuesday 41 fruit.

2014 April 9 Wednesday 55 fruit (16 gram record size fruit piece [normal is 12.5g] ).

2014 April 10 Thursday 39 fruit.

2014 April 11 Friday 9 fruit.

2014 April 12 Saturday 4 fruit.

Total for second bunch/infructescence= 393 fruit.

2014 Grand total: 1506 fruit.

1506 fruit X 10.7 grams net = 16 kg (16.11 kg) of fruit.

But why has one of my palms not ever had even any sign of flowers? Lack of natural fertiliser?

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2003

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 11 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None.

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Is this a seedling of a certain type or variety? Why does mine taste so much better than the palms on the naturestrip in Summer Hill, Sydney, is it because of my better growing conditions, eg compost, mulch, and watering?

Why has the second palm I planted not ever had even any sign of flowers? Lack of as good growing conditions, eg compost, water, natural fertiliser etc?

2011: Why no flowers and fruit? Rain too heavy and at wrong time?

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