Daniuel's Edible Backyard

Joined:26/11/08 Updated:12/11/10 Frost:
Location: St Ives Chase

About My Edible Backyard

Why Daniuel Love's Edible Plants

I found the sunniest section of my property, ripped up the lawn and put in raised beds. I surrounded the beds with fruit trees and have planted others all over the property. I just wish I had more space! I also keep bees and chickens. As the garden had been badly neglected, I have spread about 250 bags of various manures through the garden beds. After a year, I have started to see worms when I dig. I have just put about 20 cu m of chipped trees through my garden as mulch. It came from some trees next door. About a third of it was palm trees, and they ended up in the chook pen. I have also installed a 12 sector automatic watering system and a fertigator (fertiliser injector) through which I regularly inject a very dilute mixture of worm juice from my worm farm, seaweed extract, fish emulsion, humic acid and plant growth stimulants. I hope to see my plants benefit greatly from this. Several bandicoots and a blue-tongue lizard live on the property. I now also have lots of birds visiting every day, but it has taken over a year for that to happen as they all seemed terrified when we first moved in.

Comments

msjekyll says... [5799 days 19hrs ago]

What type of chooks - I've got some silkies and belgiums, wouldn't be without them.

Daniuel says... [5755 days 7hrs ago]

I have 5 Isa Browns - friendly, easy-going and very good layers. They have a nice yard about 8m x 8m with lots of bushes and newly planted fruit trees, and now a deep mulch of chipped palms which they just love to scratch in and turn over.

Fruit Tree Forum Contributions

Daniuel Forum Contributions
My edible backyard pages - I find it unbelievably frustrating when looking at My Edible Backyard pages to have absolutely no idea of the location of the Backyard that I am looking at. As I live in Sydney, people's notes and experiences in Broome or Alice Springs or Hobart are reall..3898 days 9hrs
Choko - Hi madcatlady. Email me at [email protected] and I'll try to help. Daniel..4618 days 11hrs
White choko1 - Wondering if anybody has white chokos at present. Happy to pay for postage. Regards, Daniel..4622 days 9hrs
Persimmon tree2 - Consider a Hachiya, an astringent variety which is considered a very good backyard variety that produces excellent quality fruit. Daley's has a video about it. Just search for Hachiya. Daniel..5772 days 13hrs
Asimina tribolaamerican pawpaw temperate custard apple - You're absolutely right of course Kert. But at least if you buy a grafted tree you know that you'll get quality fruit, and it should take considerably less than the 5 year minimum from seed to be munching on your first fruit. To me, that's wort..5876 days 15hrs

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: - Growing vigorously. Flowered but lost them in storms.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Dwarf Apricot - Fireball TM

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Raspberry

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing well. Looking forward to fruit.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Gooseberry - English

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing well. Looking forward to fruit.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Currant - White

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing well. Looking forward to fruit.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Currant - Black

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing well. Looking forward to fruit.

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Currant - Red (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing very well. Looking forward to fruit.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Panama Berry

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Had a few flowers on it when it arrived, but quickly lost them, then its leaves, then died as weather got colder in Autumn and Winter. Replaced the plant with a new one in Spring. Not looking too happy either, but hoping it will pick up and survive in the warm weather..

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Persimmon - Hachiya (A) (Grafted)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Looks healthy, but little growth during first season in the ground. Spring arrived and it is growing well. Looks like it may have a couple of flowers.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Papayuelo (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing strongly from the time it was planted. Started to flower a few weeks ago, about 4 months after planting. Didn't set any fruit. 2 nights of frost set it back as it lost all of its leaves, but is now growing well at the start of spring. Have read that I might need both a male and a female plant for fruit. Daley's should have made this clear in their description. Have had to buy a second tree. Second tree growing well.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 0.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Orange - Arnold Blood

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Tangelo - Minneola (Grafted)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing strongly from the time it was planted. Should see first fruit next season. Set 2 fruit which are growing well, and has now flowered and set fruit again.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 0.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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Naranjilla (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: - Grew very quickly. Very spiky leaves and multiple stems. Flowering since mid-summer but has not set fruit yet. Daleys told me it can flower for months before it actually sets fruit. I look at it every day to see if the first fruit has arrived. 6 months llater it is still flowering like crazy but still not one fruit has set. Plant is vigorous and healthy - looks very happy where it is.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control: None, and something is eating the leaves.

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Pomegranate - Rosavaya (Grafted)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Had it in a pot and it didn't really get enough food and water to keep it happy. Now it's in the ground and is growing well. Lightly pruning it to keep it compact and bushy.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Organic

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Babaco Cutting (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

A bit slow to get going but has been growing steadily. Will get more direct sun as it grows and clears the partial shade of the nearby garden shed and a palm tree. Just noticed that a number of flowers have formed. Windy conditions caused loss of all but one fruit. Plant growing well, still holding on to its one growing fruit an now flowering again.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

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Yacon - Apple of the Earth (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Planted in new raised beds of organic soil with loads of manure and blood & bone, trace elements, potash etc. Watered every day by watering system, but still wilts a little on very hot days. My new soil has too much nitrogen, so I'm concerned that I'll get vegetative growth but few roots, as has happened to most of my other root veges. The plants grew rapidly and well, and are now flowering. Might need to wait for good roots next season when the soil has settled down and improved. Roots grew fast and well at end of season. Harvested around 16kg of roots from 6 plants. Will do much better next year as sol has matured and now chock full of worms.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

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Comments

msjekyll says... [5799 days 19hrs ago]

I grew them in St Ives in very ordinary soil - and they produced tubers.

AgnesK says... [3874 days 3hrs ago]

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling)

Daniuel's Edible Fruits
Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Growing well in pot. About 1 dozen good sized fruit ripening - very sweet and tasty but possum got the last few. Planning to move it out of the pot into the ground. Moved to fruit garden. Waiting for it to shoot again.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control:

Growing well. About 1 dozen fruit ripening at present. Plan to move it out of the pot into the ground.

Organic Status:Organic

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Tangelo - Minneola

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2010 Years from purchase in pot

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Citron - Buddhas Hand (Grafted)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Had a slow start. First flowers were chewed off by cockatoos. Has started to grow properly now and has a dozen or so flowers on it. Waiting to see the fruit set. Lost all its flowers. No sign of any further growth, but not looking sick either. Will cut off top to try to stimulate futher growth.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control:

White oil.

Organic Status:Organic

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Cedar Bay Cherry (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Was very slow to get established, althought it looked fine, but after about 4 months it has now begun to grow well.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

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Wampee - Yeem Pay (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Had it in a pot, which might have been too small for it. Got a couple of very small crops of fruit, but it wasn't doing well. Transplanted into the ground, fed and watered it well, and now it is growing vigorously. Looking forward to a much better crop next season.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Organic Status:Organic

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Papaya - Southern Red (Seedling)

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs

Comments: -

Planted them in a very sunny and protected position. Grew very quickly and now, at about 1.5m are flowering for the first time about 6 months after planting. Was worried that it might not be warm enough here in Sydney for bisexual reds, but so far so good. 2 nights of frost - lost all leaves - then months to recover.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

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Comments

msjekyll says... [5799 days 19hrs ago]

They fruit from seed in Lindfield so I'm sure you'll get fruits - hopefully before the wildlife do!

Yam - Oca - New Season

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Update: 5664 days 16hrs
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