Allybanana's Edible Backyard

Joined:01/07/11 Updated:31/10/25 Frost:
Location: EDEN

About My Edible Backyard

Why Allybanana Love's Edible Plants

Comments

Linton says... [3495 days 24hrs ago]

Hi Ally About the FF Cherimoya, I am not very proficient at grafting and have been unsuccessful with olther species in the past. But I would be very interested in swapping for one of your small grafted ones onto seedlings when they are ready. Please email me at lintonius at hotmail.com so we can arrange further. Thanks.

TareqMelb1 says... [1981 days 20hrs ago]

Hi Ally, I am looking for a grafted carob plant or a scion. Please email me if you can help. I am happy to swap or pay. [email protected]

Fruit Tree Forum Contributions

Allybanana Forum Contributions
Low chill kiwifruit male - Hi Mark how are your kiwi's after growing sweetie female for many years and this year getting about 8 shopping bags full my conclusion is. Sweetie female is a great vine with incredible fruit. Sweetie Male is a poor selection and has wasted mine and many ..357 days 6hrs
Epiphyllum guatamalense monstrose - I visited an epiphyllum collector yesterday and there were lots of fruiting varieties. Some were loaded with delicious tasting fruit. There is a place for them in areas to cool for dragon fruit or with not enough room. Also some delicious aporocactus, an..803 days 4hrs
Dragonfruit3 - Your best bet may be to buy a newer pollinator variety with some self pollination ability as a partner to pollinat it. ..803 days 4hrs
Who wants grafted carob and budwood - I have two grafted carob trees if anyone wants to pick them up the are big ten cm plus diameter. I planted them about ten years ago and they fruit prolifically but the beans all go moldy or get a beetle in them. I think we are to humid here in Eden NSW. ..2453 days 22hrs
Edible ground cover for shady position in - I have found for a healthy vegetable in low light Dwarf stinging nettle(urtica urens) or the native nettle is the best grows the best. It also hosts a very pretty butterfly. Other edible shade tolerant plants include edible weeds, some may already be o..2453 days 22hrs

Fruit Tree Forum Likes

Allybanana} has LIKED the following:
Growing kiwi from seed - You now have the wait for a female? My Kiwis are in 4th summer and no sign of flowers on Females - my male is flowering but not many flowers - these will pollinate the Mt Tomah Red thats about to flower - should be tasty as I enjoyed the self fertile kiwi..Liked Answer 1686 days 9hrs
Asimina tribolaamerican pawpaw temperate custard apple - Thanks John I am flattered, however please please put louis on the tag as well, it came from Linton who bought it from Yamani in Melbourne, this clone is also called &quote;Melboune&quote; by Perry's in SA, there is already ample confusion caused by these..Liked Answer 2473 days 18hrs
Kiwi fruit planting - Keep them apart if you can so they arent competing each other. The male can be pruned smaller so there is more canopy area for the female. ..Liked Answer 2473 days 18hrs
Kiwiberry hardy kiwifruit - 26/10/2017 Noticed Mt Tomah kiwiberry fully open and receptive a week out from first opening but still no males starting to at least open but Hayward male still even with the Hayward Female (just to create a Timeline now for future comparisons?)..Liked Answer 3141 days 15hrs
Falling fruits as a source of local - Falling Fruit is a community driven website which maps free edibles. Most of these 'edibles' are fruit trees that are either on public land or overhang public land. I've used it as an occasional source of local fruit and added a few trees that I know ..Liked Answer 3146 days 2hrs
Citrus grafting expertshelp please - What you probably have is a sudachi budded onto Poncirus trifoliata. The bud is placed onto the stem and the stem is cut above the bud when the bud-graft takes. Fearlessly cut away everything above your sudachi. Use a sloping cut so water runs off..Liked Answer 3184 days 4hrs
Is this disease - Sounds like a type of mildew photo's please. ..Liked Answer 3462 days 15hrs
Growing kiwi from seed - That might just work, I will do that, Thanks Tommoz..Liked Question 3483 days 17hrs
Asimina tribolaamerican pawpaw temperate custard apple - Linton, I may be able to help you out with self fertile Asimina but not for a couple years. By the sounds of it there should be quite a few cultivars and good quality seedling varieties appearing over the next few years!..Liked Question 3519 days 14hrs
Low chill kiwifruit male - Thanks for the responses :) Will email you both. I had the same thing with one (sweetie i think). It set a couple of dozen fruit but they didn't develop well. Seedless, stayed small and were kind of a flattened donut shape. They didn't really rip..Liked Question 3551 days 18hrs
Nanking cherry prunus tomentosa - I had a search in the net too. Interesting cherry because it is so small and easy to net. I didn't find anything. Anything prunus is not allowed entry...Liked Question 3615 days 13hrs
Wrinkled olives on tree - Have you been watering the tree & then stopped? Try watering & see if the tree improves. Yes pick the unwrinkled fruit, suggest you wait to see how watering affects the wrinkled fruit...Liked Answer 3676 days 5hrs
Fruit trees for arncliffe nsw - Hi, I've been given $100 to spend on fruit trees for my school but I'm not a gardener! Any advice on what will grow well and bare fruit in my area?..Liked Question 3676 days 6hrs
Fruit trees for arncliffe nsw - The list could be a long one Joe. Off the top of my head some easy ones to grow would be the dwarf black mulberry, strawberry/cherry guava, a nectarine or peach (medium or low chill), blueberries (blueberry burst is a good one, follow the planting inst..Liked Answer 3676 days 6hrs
Fruit trees for arncliffe nsw - Lemons, Cumquats, Papaya, Fig, Loquat are all easy to grow. In Sydney's climate you are really only restricted from growing uber-tropical plants. ..Liked Answer 3676 days 6hrs
Fruit trees for arncliffe nsw - I agree completely with you allybanana, but I think that the extra layer isn't necessarily overly complicated, and can be worth it, especially when teaching children about growing plants, because it gets them more involved than just planting a tree and..Liked Answer 3676 days 6hrs

Bush Lemon Tree (Seedling) ^10/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 3039 days 15hrs

Comments: - It is tough, grown on its own rootstock this tree gets bigger than grafted varieties and has some drought tolerance, we get fruit all year, even during drought. The fruit is a good quality lemon for home use. I have seedlings for swap.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

Planted: 1970

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: weeeeee!!!

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
16 of 21 people found this review useful

Mandarin (Grafted) ^9/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 3039 days 15hrs

Comments: -

It gives tasty fruit in winter and looks good, I am not sure of the variety, grandma planted it in 1987, it gets runoff from the roof which no doubt helps it thrive. Interestingly this tree has a raised bed covering the graft, roots are growing from above the graft. I wonder if this increases the size and salinity tolerance of this tree.

Fruiting Months June, July, August, September

Planted: 1987

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pest Control: I suck up the stink bugs with the vac.

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
2 of 5 people found this review useful

Plum-Prune (Grafted) ^2/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 3039 days 15hrs

Comments: - This tree grows well but only gives a hand full of fruit, Im suspecting we do not get enough chill hours here on the coast for it to fruit properly. I've grafted a green gauge plum nearby and hope this helps with fruit set .

Planted: 1987

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
1 of 1 people found this review useful

Guava (Seedling) ^7/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 3039 days 15hrs

Comments: -

These trees are planted by Toby our neighbor and grow over the fence the fruit ripens in winter is palatable but not very sweet and a bit dry. Jesse my son makes great jam out of it though. The carawong birds eat a lot of fruit.

Planted: 1980

Height 4 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
3 of 6 people found this review useful

Kiwifruit - Female (Grafted) ^3/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5129 days 15hrs

Comments: - It grows over the guest house providing shade in summer and letting light through in winter. the male died years ago and fruit set has been minimal. Two years ago i planted another male and i have high hopes for good pollination and fruit set this year. 2012 the male flowered and buckets of fruit with amazing flavor.

Planted: 1990

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
3 of 5 people found this review useful

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^3/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5418 days 14hrs

Comments: - The nuts taste great but but this tree has very poor fruit set i have tried mulching fertilizing and watering. I have planted another nearby as a pollinator as i have heard some are self-incompatible.

Planted: 1988

Height 3 metres

Fruit Harvest: 0.1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^5/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5418 days 14hrs

Comments: - I have high hopes for this tree, Shannon and i planted it in the front yard so passers by can pick the fruit. This tree is from Daleys and is on sour orange rootstock, which hopefully will increase its ability to handle the salinity in grey water and the salt wind. Time will tell!

Planted: 2011

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report

Mulberry - Black English (Grafted) ^9/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5418 days 15hrs

Comments: - The fruit is divine, so rich and flavor full, the birds get most of the fruit besides one branch we net.

Planted: 1987

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Net for birds

Question: A recipe for blackbird, Pie?

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
1 of 1 people found this review useful

Davidson Plum NSW (Seedling) ^6/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5418 days 15hrs

Comments: - It looks good and appears to be growing well

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
2 of 2 people found this review useful

Papaya Mountain (Seedling) ^6/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5431 days 18hrs

Comments: - Its a great feature tree, the fruit taste is not brilliant though, we walk under the arch of it to get into the front door. The sex is hermaphrodite, we had a female that tasted better once.

Planted: 1987

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
1 of 2 people found this review useful

Plum-Seedling ^8/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5431 days 18hrs

Comments: - Its a big old, tough, yellow plum tree,with lots of little plums that ripen early.

Planted: 1955

Height 10 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 5% in

Pollination: Cross Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Natrlure in spring

Organic Status:Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report

Feijoa (Cutting) ^10/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5431 days 18hrs

Comments: - It gives us lots of fruit and is a good climbing tree, also it was lovely bark leaves and flowers.

Planted: 1987

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 60 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: Cross Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Pest Control: We get fruit fly in the warmer months, but we eat the fruit daily, we collect only what falls after we shake the tree, at this stage the larvae is only a small brown smudge. Any fruit that hits the ground gets cleaned up by Mr strong our giant &nbsp

Organic Status:Organic

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
10 of 15 people found this review useful

Monstera - Fruit Salad Tree ^8/10

Allybanana's Edible Fruits
Update: 5438 days 13hrs

Comments: - The fruit are tasty but tricky to eat, and they ripen mid winter, we have no problems with birds or fruit fly eating the fruit. This plant also fruits in partly shaded spots in the yard.

Planted: 1987

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Never

Question: How do you eat them with out getting a prickly mouth?

Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report
5 of 10 people found this review useful

Allybanana's Edible Backyard

About My Edible Backyard

Comments

Zoom out to see people near Allybanana