MiltonT's Edible Backyard
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15/02/12 Frost: About My Edible BackyardWhy MiltonT Love's Edible Plants Freashness, falavour, convenience Comments* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Fruit Tree Forum ContributionsMiltonT Forum ContributionsKaffir lime2 - Thanks..4811 days 10hrs Kaffir lime2 - MaryT, I don't know about yours but my fruits had no seeds so nothing got planted. Zest made a nice addition to Tom Yum soup though. Next time you take a fruit would you mind checking if it has seeds? If it does I would greatly appreciate some but ..4817 days 7hrs Kaffir lime2 - MaryT thanks heaps. I actually found a nursery with a tree with fruits on it yesterday for $35 so I am away. I will set up a string of pots next weekend and see what germinates. Much appreciate your offer. Warm regards, MiltonT p.s. Since you wer..4824 days 7hrs Kaffir lime2 - Wayne, love Thai and just getting keen on cooking a lot of dishes. From what I read about Kaffir Limes they are slow to grow and slower to fruit so one plant seems to maybe not be enough and grafted plants in Melb are around $40 for one about 80 cm tall. ..4826 days 4hrs |
Chilli - Mini Mama (Seedling) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 3hrs Comments: - This is a little bell capsicum that you buy stuffed with fetta at delis. Cute plane fruits very well if well fed Fruiting Months January, February, March, April Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 0.4 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Ginger QLD (Cutting) 8/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 3hrs Comments: - Fresh Ginger is great and it keeps well in any case idf you take the old stuff Planted: 2011 Growing: In a Pot Qty: 3 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic 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 |
Strawberry - Pink 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 3hrs Comments: - Prolific fruiterer and runs freely Fruiting Months February, March, April Planted: 2010 Height 0.25 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 3 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Strawberry - Temptation (Cutting) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Fruits heavily and for a long season Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, November, December Planted: 1985 Height 0.25 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 12 Fruit Harvest: 6 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli Inferno 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Cute, hot and flavoursome. Small (not tiny) pointed fruit is held upright and goes from yellow-sh green through almost black to red. Can be eaten at any stage but even in yellowish state is fairly warm. Fruiting Months February, March, April, May Height 0.5 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 0.4 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Strawberry - Lowanna (Cutting) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Beatiful fruit, good cropper Fruiting Months February, March, April Height 0.2 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting 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 |
Chilli Czech Black 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Very pretty, fruits well and is possibly the nicest flavoured chilli I have ever tasted when it goes red. Starts off black and will sunburn in the Melbourne summer sun if totally exposed. Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December Height 0.4 metres Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 0.25 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli Black Cuban (Seedling)MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Cute plant, small black fruits with nice taste and a bit of bite. Mine get much hotter than the nursery tag says they will. Fruiting Months January, February, March, April Planted: 2011 Height 0.3 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 0.1 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli - Bell 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Great addition to salads, excellent for stuffing and baking Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December Planted: 2009 Height 0.8 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 7 Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 11 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli - Yellow Habanero (Seedling) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Pretty, I have the yellow variety, hot and flavoursome. Great in cooking and in salsa Fruiting Months March, April, May Height 0.3 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli - Rocoto Tree (Seedling) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Unusual plant, pretty, very fruitful, nice flavour but fairly hot, around 60,000 - 120,000 Scoville Heat Units Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 90% in After Fruiting Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 16 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Chilli - Birds Eye (Seedling) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Cooking and eating raw. I have the tiny Birds Eye Thai, quite hot even when green and the commercial supermarket birds eye Fruiting Months February, March, April Planted: 2011 Height 0.2 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 80% in Spring Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Wild Strawberry (Cutting) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Decorative and unusual flavour useful in cooking Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, December Planted: 2005 Growing: In the Ground Qty: 30 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Lime - Kaffir 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 4hrs Comments: - Thai cooking, e.g. Tom Yum Goong. Both leaves and zest add nice flavours Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November Height 1.2 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 5% in After Fruiting Pollination: Self Pollination 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 |
Society Garlic 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 5hrs Comments: - Love garlic and fresh is much better. Grows in old wheelbarrow and around crops to protect from insects. Qty: 20 Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Galangal (Cutting) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 5hrs Planted: 2012 Growing: In a Pot Qty: 4 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 18 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Garlic Chives 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 5hrs Comments: - It comes up every year and adds nice flavoutrs to many dishes Planted: 2005 Growing: In a Pot Qty: 10 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 5hrs Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting and Spring Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Pest Control: contact spray when gall beetles are about to emerge Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 6hrs Comments: - Convenient, favourite orange variety, pretty and fruits well in pot. Fruiting Months May, June, July Planted: 2008 Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Plum - Mariposa 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 6hrs Comments: - Need it as cross-polinator and fruit is lovely, keesp well, makes great jam Fruiting Months January and December Planted: 2011 Height 2 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting and Summer Pollination: Cross Pollination 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 |
Pluot. Plum/Apricot cross 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 6hrs Comments: - Best tasting fruit ever and crops well Fruiting Months January and December Planted: 2009 Height 3 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 35% in After Fruiting and Summer Pollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: Mariposa Plum When I Fertilise: Never Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 3 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Cherry - Sunburst (Grafted) 7/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 6hrs Comments: - Fruits well with early and late varieties Fruiting Months November and December Planted: 2008 Height 3 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting and Summer Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Nectarine - Trixzie Nectazee 5/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 6hrs Comments: - Taste and convenience and a pretty dwarf tree Fruiting Months January, November, December Planted: 2007 Height 1 metres Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 5 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Olive - Kolossus Kalamata (Seedling) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 7hrs Comments: - Love Olives and pretty tree in front lawn Fruiting Months March and April Planted: 2009 Height 3 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Winter Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter Pollination: No When I Fertilise: Never Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 9 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Peach - Aztec Gold (Seedling) 10/10 MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 7hrs Comments: - Beautiful taste Planted: 2012 Height 0.3 metres Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Low Sun Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 1 of 2 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
(Grafted) 10/10MiltonT's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4817 days 7hrs Comments: - Available fruit for months, Pink Lady and Granny Smith on one stock Fruiting Months March, April, May Planted: 2006 Height 4 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Shade Water Given in: Summer Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting, Summer, Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: none Pest Control: Mancozeb for Black Spot and Carbyryl for Codlin Moth Organic Status:Pesticides Used Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
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