Lissa's Edible Backyard
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18/12/12 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy Lissa Love's Edible Plants I can't remember a time in my life when I wasn't interested in plants. I can remember as a young child asking neighbours what their plants were and I can still picture those gardens and remember the plants. I've tried growing most things that will thrive around Brisbane, but never had much luck with vege growing in the past. Now help is quickly available online with all the forums and I can order wonderul plants and seeds while sitting at the computer, it's changed everything. I just love going into my now lush (after the years of drought it makes my heart sing) backyard, nibbling here and there, trying new plants from seed and cuttings given by gardening friends. I can share my triumps and failures and learn constantly. Few things make me happier than actually cropping something organic and delicious that my family and I can eat. I wish I had the money to buy out my neighbours yards so I can plant ALL the things I want ;) as I keep finding new things I just have to try and then have to squeeze them in somewhere (will be a proper jungle one day).  Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsLissa Forum ContributionsTaste fruit before growing - Hi Nigel. Finding gardeners within driving distance of you who just happen to have ripe fruit on offer is perhaps a big ask though I know where you are coming from. Always disappointing to wait years for a tree to fruit only to find you don't like it. ..2273 days 11hrs Avocado noela - Not sure if anyone at Daleys monitors this public Forum. Might be a direct email somewhere on their site...2337 days 6hrs Unknown fruit tree4 - Jerry C-W always tries to help identify these unusual plants. He thinks it might be https://www.google.com.au/search?q=Barringtonia+racemosa&oq=Barringtonia+racemosa&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.8211j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Let me know what you think..2347 days 1hrs Unknown fruit tree4 - I can't find it either with a search. Asking Jerry :)..2348 days 1hrs Beijing grass murdannia loriformis - Hi John. A quick search turned up with seed available at Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/au/market/beijing_grass_plant They're also available on eBay but come from US. Might not get them through customs. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Beijing-Grass-Murdanni..2349 days 8hrs |
Fruit Tree Forum LikesLissa has LIKED the following:Can you purchase olosapo seedstree in australia - To answer your question, yes there are Olosapos being grown here but I'm pretty sure that there is nowhere in Australia that you can buy the seeds or trees. Someone in Queensland gave me a few seeds late last year and I was told that there are people u..Liked Answer 2292 days 3hrs Avocado noela - Thanks Lissa, Yep, I did reach out to Daleys directly, and sadly they said it could well be years before they have stock of the Noela Avocado again. While we wait... Anyone here have a Noela avocado tree or pictures of the fruit? Would be awesome to..Liked Question 2335 days 0hrs Drumstick tree - Hi John, If you send seeds in an envelope they will go through the australia post postcode scanner which will bend and crush an aluminium scopemount bar for a rifle! So imagine what it will do to large seeds such as a drumstick tree! It costs $5 or so f..Liked Answer 2622 days 0hrs Dwarf banana pups for sale - Namwa is a dwarf banana, it's not the kind I'm selling. You're crazy close to me if you live at strathpine btw...Liked Answer 3342 days 4hrs Acha cha fruit seeds - For all you achacha devotees: http://www.northqueenslandregister.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/bruces-bolivian-trek-bears-fruit/2723748.aspx..Liked Answer 3342 days 4hrs |
Lissa's WISH LISTBabaco Cutting (Cutting) 6/10 Why Lissa wants it: - Highly recommended for our Brisbane region. Managed to obtain some cuttings (for myself and gardening friends). Have tried one fruit and liked it very much - nothing like pawpaw to which it is related. Sort of sorbet-y and bitter/sweet juicy. Likes dry feet, can\'t stand the wet. Nearly everyones plants died from these cuttings. Quite common with this plant apparently. LOOKING FOR MORE CUTTINGS PLEASE. Mangosteen Purple 5/10Why Lissa wants it: - Would love to grow any Mangosteen - problem now is lack of space. Have never tried the fruit either. Peach - Tropic Beauty 5/10 Why Lissa wants it: - Any tropic peach would do. Lack of space is now an issue and I need to focus on plants that will actually provide more crop for the space they take. Achacha 5/10 Why Lissa wants it: - Such an attractive prolific tree and very pleasant fruit. Thick skinned so not a problem with fruit fly. Trouble is you need two and they grow quite tall for a small backyard garden. I could always keep them trimmed to size :) |
caperberry 5/10Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4148 days 2hrs Comments: - My two plants have finally arrived after being on back order for months. Must prepare the right spot now and try to keep these expensive little darlings alive. NOTE 19.12.12: Both became very sick and one died. The other has recovered and seems to be growing well. Planted: 2011 Growing: In the Ground Qty: 2 Pollination: Self Pollination 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 |
Cape Gooseberry 8/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4148 days 3hrs Comments: - These used to grow wild on the island where I grew up. Finally suceeded in growing these during the last winter season. 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 |
Jakfruit - Seedling (Seedling) 5/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4431 days 10hrs Comments: - I have grown a few seedlings and kept one for myself, from a truly delicious fruit we came across in an abandoned orchard while learning to prune. Not sure if I'm game to plant it as it's supposed to grow quite tall and my garden is already full lol. Note: Have given this plant to a friend with acreage who swears she will share the fruit with me! Planted: 2010 Height 0.25 metres Growing: In a Pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Organic Status:Organic 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 |
Dragon Fruit - Red (Cutting) 9/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 8hrs Comments: - Yum yum yum. I have red, white and yellow growing but they are all still young so still waiting for my own fruit, and satisfying my hunger for them from the fruit shops (red only). Planted: 2010 Height 2 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic 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 |
Raspberry - Williamette 8/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Who would have thought raspberry would grow in the Brisbane area! Ended up with the Williamette by default when another order placed could not be provided. The canes provided fruit each day in the first year of planting. So glad I've got it. Also growing Bicentennial from a gardening friend, but still waiting for this provide any crop. Planted: 2010 Height 1.5 metres Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Pest Control: No problems. Question: Really have little idea how to look after this plant. It's putting out lots of canes which I think I'm supposed to do something with! 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 (Grafted) 7/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - No idea which variety as have lost the ticket, but it's a pretty little tree and gives me some fruit each year. I have to remember to thin it out each year to promote new growth for fruit. Planted: 2005 Height 2 metres Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) 9/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - What a wonderful small tree to grow in the Brisbane area. Prolific cropper with delicious fruit. More can be grown from seed (which I have had success with) and cuttings (which I have not). Fits in a small space and gives heaps of fruit. Planted: 2010 Height 2 metres Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Shade Water Given in: Autumn After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: No problems. Skin is so thick the fruit fly can't get in! Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy  |
Carambola Starfruit - Kary Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Such a pretty tree and so prolific in it's fruit production. I have no idea which variety I have as I can't find the ticket. Planted: 2007 Height 4 metres Growing: In the Ground Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring Pest Control: Fruit fly are a big problem - I make sure i remove all fallen fruit quickly. Made a big mistake a couple of years back and composted these under the tree - had a huge infestation of fruit fly the next two crops. Organic Status:Organic Question: I have had a lot of problems with fruit fly. 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 |
Soursop - Kyogle (Grafted) 8/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - What a pretty little tree this one is with a lovely cone shape. Prolific cropper all throughout the year. Have used the fruit in icecream and milk drink..delish. The fruit keep for ages in the fridge too. You need to learn when the fruit are ripening to avoid them dropping and ruining themselves with the impact. Fruit often sets quite high in the tree and is hard to reach...I really should cut the top off the tree but I like it the way it is. Height 4 metres Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: Bit of a problem with wooly aphids and the ants that accompany them, but this isn't a big issue (I hose them off regularly). Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 29 of 35 people found this review useful Commentsmims says... [2766 days 23hrs ago]This tree will get to 10 meters... I hope your neighbour likes it as much as you do.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy  |
Wampee (Seedling) Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Ate some fruit years ago at the markets and loved it. Have grown at a previous property but left before the trees grew any crop. Didn't realise at the time they are related to citrus, thought they were more like a lychee. Great problem with the flying foxes stealing my entire crop. Planted: 2007 Height 3.5 metres First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: Flying foxes!! Organic Status:Organic Question: How do I deter the flying foxes from eating my entire crop? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 9 of 16 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Pomegranate - Wonderful (Seedling) 6/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Pomegranate..yum! Love that juice. I have a Wonderful and a seedling I grew myself, both doing very well. The seedling has almost caught up with the Wonderful, just loved the flood rains. Height 0.5 metres Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic 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 |
Jaboticaba (Grafted) 5/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Another delicious fruit which does so well in the Bribane region. Really looking forward to my first crop...still a few years away unfortunately. Planted: 2009 Height 1 metres Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic 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 |
Persimmon Jiro (Grafted) 4/10Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Persimmons are one of my favourite fruits (along with Lychees) but this plant has stayed quite small. I really liked the old fashioned soft variety of Persimmon. The plant set 10 fruit this year and all but one fell off. Still waiting for it to ripen so I can enjoy it. The plant has been outgrown by the Wampi and Lychee either side which are now cutting some of it's sun. Planted: 2004 Height 1.5 metres First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Pest Control: A bit of wooly aphid but they don't seem to do much harm. Organic Status:Organic Question: How to get more fruit to stay set? 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 |
Ceylon Hill Gooseberry (Grafted) 5/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 9hrs Comments: - Really looking forward to trying the fruit from this one. Growing well and I've already taken cuttings that have struck so I can have MORE lol. Watched the Daleys video on these and the flowers are very attractive. The asparagus are growing up all around the plant which is cutting out some sunlight. Height 1 metres Sun/Shade: Low Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: No problems as yet. Organic Status:Organic Question: How long before it fruits? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 5 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) 8/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 10hrs Comments: - What's not to love about Mulberries :) Lots of lovely childhood memories. Bought this dwarf variety as I have a small backyard already chockas with plants. Height 1 metres Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: No problems so far. Organic Status:Organic 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 Macadamia (Grafted) Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 10hrs Comments: - Recommended for a small backyard, but extremely slow growing. Overhung by other plants now so probably not getting as much sun as it needs. Little worried about the dogs swallowing the kernels and causing an obstruction. At the rate that this one is growing the dogs will be long dead and fertilising underneath it before it gets any kernals. Planted: 2010 Height 0.25 metres Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Question: Are they always this slow to grow? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 8 of 14 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Canistel - TFW (Seedling) 4/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 10hrs Comments: - No idea which variety. Bought from the Caboolture Markets as a seedling. Very keen to try the fruit. Planted: 2011 Height 0.5 metres Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic Question: How long before a seedling fruits? 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 |
Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted) 6/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 10hrs Comments: - I (and my dogs) just love avocado. This dwarf variety was the one recommended for a small yard. Doing very well with lots of new growth. Must take a more recent pic. Planted: 2010 Height 1 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring Pest Control: No problems so far. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 12 of 22 people found this review useful Commentsandy11 says... [2566 days 23hrs ago]I know this is quite a few years later lol. But i hope u cut that water shoot off from beneath the graft! ;)* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lychee - Wai Chee (Grafted) 5/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4793 days 10hrs Comments: - When the tree was still quite small I cropped around 2kg of fruit, but have never repeated that success. Flowers form, fruit sets but often falls off. Then the flying foxes come and steal my crop. I'm lucky to get a handfull. Planted: 2005 Height 3 metres Growing: In the Ground First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting Pest Control: No problems with fruit fly, just the flying foxes. Organic Status:Organic Question: How to deter the flying foxes from stealing all of my crop. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 13 of 18 people found this review useful CommentsJeff7 says... [2002 days 11hrs ago]Use some bird netting, you can get them from Bunnings. Don't skimp on size, I've found even small looking trees need a large net.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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Jaboticaba - Yellow (Grafted) 5/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4148 days 2hrs Comments: - Bought this plant from the BOGI fair with high hopes for some delicious fruit not too far down the track (3yrs apparently compared to 7 for the black). NOTE 19.12.12: This sat looking the same without new growth for about 2yrs and then up and died. Planted: 2010 Height 0.25 metres Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic 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 |
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Blueberry - Sharpblue (Grafted) 4/10 Lissa's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4148 days 2hrs Comments: - I would so love to think these little plants would one day provide me with more than two delicious berries :S Who knows...they're very healthy and growing well if slowly. Eventually keeled over. Planted: 2009 Height 0.25 metres First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter After FruitingPollination: Self Pollination Pest Control: No pest problems experienced. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 15 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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