ACT Edible Fruit Trees

Berry - Elderberry

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I recently purchased an Elderberry Canadensis from Daleys, but was surprised to see it sprout golden leaves.  I had not expected the "Aurea" (Golden) variety as I did not even know that Daleys sold that.  However, the golden leaves look great. I just hope that the fruit is as good as that of the green leaved variety.  I initially thought that I might have a soil problem, such as a lack of nitrogen, but a gentle application of seasol based power feed made no difference to the colour of the foliage. Is Daleys actually propogating Sambucus Nigra ssp. Canadensis Aurea (Golden Elder) and intending to sell in due course?

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2021

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Yates Anti-Rot

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Is Daleys actually propogating Sambucus Canadensis Aurea (Golden Elder)?

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

Blueberry - Sunshine Blue (Cutting)

Planted: 2019

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Dwarf Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^10/10

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Bought in Feb 2019 about 1 meter tall, planted in pot with citrus potting mix, topped with sugarcane mulch. Growing vigorously and putting out lots of new shoots. Cold hardy, tolerated Canberra winter (-10 C). Pruned once in Sep which stimulated more growth. Sustained hail damage in Mar 2020, knocked off its first yet-to-ripe fruit. Many leaves and branches were injured however she has continued to put out more fruit. Fertilized in Apr 2020 - Looking forward to tasting its very first harvest soon!

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2019

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Richgro Plus Fruit And Citrus Fertiliser, powerfeed, cow manure, compost

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: hand picked off moth eggs

Loquat - Nagasakiwase (Grafted)

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Fruit tastes fantastic, fruited after less than 2 years (in Sydney).  It's in a pot for now but will eventually need to be planted out.  I feed it every month or 2, with something different from last time, eg. organic citrus fertiliser, blood & bone, rock dust, worm juice etc

Fruiting Months October

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Nothing needed so far

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Hi can I have scionwood cutting for grafting, I can buy/trade. I’m sending it to a friend. My email boomdat@hotmail.com

Guava - Thai White ^9/10

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I have one red small, I need big guava too in my greenhouse in Canberra

Yuzu - Grafted (Grafted) ^10/10

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Rare

Planted: 2014

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Plum - Yarrahapinni Blood ^9/10

Planted: 2011

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA) (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2016

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 15 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^9/10

Planted: 2015

Growing: In a Pot

Fig - Brown Turkey (Cutting)

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From Daleys.. Has been in pot for about 6 months but hasnt done much

Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara (Grafted)

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^10/10

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling) ^10/10

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Used to eat the red kind when I was little. Has grown very quickly and started fruiting almost immediately, although I've been removing the fruit and buds to encourage it to grow more (I hope this is the right thing to do to a guava). Next year I'll eat them all.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pest Control:

None

Lime - Kaffir ^8/10

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Can use the leaves for tea, to flavour dishes, blended in sauces, in sorbet, in salads.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Eco fungicide, neem sprays.

Organic Status:Organic

Mandarin - Emperor (Seedling) ^9/10

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Fruits every year really well and tastes awesome

Fruiting Months July, August, September

Planted: 2003

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Comments

Sounds like you have a very successful mandarin tree there. For some unknown reason my mandarin produced no fruit this year but every other year it has. I get fruit mainly in summer though.

Parsley Curly leaf ^10/10

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Love parsley to eat, for decoration of food for flavouring foods in salads, tabouli

Feijoa ^8/10

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I love to grow Feijoa in my backyard. Their fragrant flesh is just magic and with grafted plants I can produce lots to enjoy with my kids!

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2009

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer and Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Duffy, Apollo, Seedling

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Limited. Ocassionally a bit of pest oil if scale appear.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

I have grown feijoa for a long time but rarely seen them respond to fertiliser with more fruit. Do they have a more specific requirement, e.g potassium?

satsuma mandarin (Grafted) ^10/10

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Mandarin Silverhill (a satsuma selection) grafted onto a troyer citrange rootstock.

This is an almost pest free, small tree with fragrant flowers and delicious seedless fruit.  It's frost hardy and fruits early which makes it an excellent choice for Canberra.  The fruit is so good that I'm surprised i have never seen satsuma mandarins in the shops (or even one satsuma mandarin tree).  They look a lot like small tangelos.

Our tree has survived being almost ringbarked twice by our pet rabbit and drought.  However, last season i watered it regularly, and consequently had an excellent crop of good sized fruit.

I am looking forward to more vigorous growth once the bark has fully regrown. 

I'm not really sure when i planted it.  1999 is just a good guess, but probably earlier.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 1999

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: varies, compost, rabbit manure and urine, possum manure, cow manure, blood and bone with potash, proprietary organic fertilisers and i have used osmocote citrus food some years ago.

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

0ccasionally i have seen leaf miner and i simply removed the affected leaves.  I remove most orchard butterfly caterpillars, leaving one or two for interest.  Rabbit mesh kept the rabbit at bay.  Scale is removed by hand.

Question:

If I plant other varieties of satsuma mandarins or other citrus, will i get seeds in my mandarins? 

Mandarin - Clauselliana (Grafted) ^10/10

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Super juicer, great fresh segments, Lovely tea, superb tasty marmalade, loads of fruit, not too tall,

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 8 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Just squish the caterpillars.

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^9/10

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This tree is about two years old now and has been fruiting for the past 2 months--around 50 fruit altogether. During the first year I removed all of the flowers so the tree would put its energy into growth. There have already been more flowers so we should have another flush of fruit in a few months.

The fruit are large, not as bitter as traditional lemons but great for most purposes. My children like to suck on them (but then they also suck on trad. lemons).

The tree is very healthy, no discoloured leaves. We feed it with compost and it also gets a good share of urine during the warmer months! I might have put some trace element mix on it at some stage and would do so again.

it is growing in front of a cream-painted north facing wall, which suits it well. I will try a traditional lemon soon to see if that also goes well in the frosty Canberra climate.

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2008

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, urine

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Pest Control:

None needed so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Blueberry - Backyard Blue

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2009

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fertilizer for acid loving plants

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Pear - Packhams Triumph

Pear - Williams ^4/10

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Previous tennants planted these pear trees. Not sure how old they are but they look pretty well-established. We only had 3 edible fruits, the rest were all black and spotty or eaten by birds.

Fruiting Months January

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

None.

Blueberry (Grafted) ^6/10

Fruiting Months January

Planted: 2009

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Davidson Plum NSW

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Struggling a little, but still surviving.  Anything that survived last summer would have to be guaranteed to live forever!

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Tangelo - Minneola (Grafted) ^9/10

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My little Tangello is doing OK considering the climate in Canberra. It has survived its first winter here. Looking forward to flowers and fruit. In the meantime I am sending a photo of my Lemonade tree which is a great producer.

Planted: 2008

Height 75 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 10 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Cow and chicken manure

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Winter oil.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Lilly Pilly - Blue ^5/10

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strong frost

Pollination: No

Pomegranate - Wonderful (Grafted) ^5/10

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Dragon Fruit - Red ^5/10

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Frost