My Edible Fruit Trees: Berry Vines NSW

Dragon Fruit - Red (Calloused Cuttings) (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Easy to Grow and the fruit tastes amazing

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Planted: 2020

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Kampong (Grafted) ^9/10

Planted: 2016

Height 175 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

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Fast grower, the only problem I've had is with scale.

Hi mate - if you have spare scion woods, can you pls let me know so I can try grafting to my white sapote seedling tree? I am happy to pay for them and perhaps go for a drive down to the South Coast one weekend to collect

Sorry I just saw your comment. If you still need some let me know and forget about paying

Hi Chad1, sorry I don't use this Daley forum website often and just came across your response. Thanks mate for the offer, but it is not urgent and I will try to source some other varieties white sapote scions to graft onto my seedling tree project sometime in the near future. Same, we are based in the same state NSW and so if you are after a particular scion(s) I may have spare, let me know and I can try to assist

Small Leaf Tamarind ^8/10

Comments: - Attractive endangered native fruiting tree.  Took a few years to become established with frost protection and regular watering.  Survived years of harsh drought with minimal watering.  First time it has fruited since planting about 7 years ago. Appears to be a substantial amount of fruit on the tree.  Fruit is attractive but very tart, consisting mostly of a large seed and thin flesh.

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2015

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 7 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chicken droppings couple of times a year

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon Myrtle (Seedling) ^6/10

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

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Keep it up

Mango - Alphonso (Grafted)

Comments: -

Just bought this grafted plant from daleys nursery on the 25th May 2018. Havent planted in the ground yet.

Planted in the ground, started growing really well then the 2018 winter killed it. I should have waited till winter passed before planting it in the ground :-( .

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Question: Just noticed one of the leaves drying out. Why is this happening?

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Mango grow really slow in cold and frosty condition.. it needs full sun and lots of water in summer, it would grow well in summer, sometimes leaves drying out from bottom of plant but not top of the tree where new growth is shooting.. It might need big pot or permanent soil...

Thank you Anand. yeah it was only those couple of leaves that dried out, rest were okay and I have planted them in the garden in their permanent place last week. Fingers crossed they survive the winter.

i bought at same time as you, but i am going to wait till oct as its when the soil temp will start to rise, also winter where i live in west syd is quite frosty. I am preparing ahole 2 feet waide by 2 feet deep for it and adding lot of organic matter.

My Alphonso has been in ground for about 3 years and has survived Sydney winters. Got 2 fruits second year but the possums got to them before I could. No flowers last summer.

Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^10/10

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I'm looking forward to testing the fruits reputed sweetness in lemon cheesecakes, a few salad dressings and maybe trying my hand at home made lemon butter.

It's a beautiful looking little tree with bright green shiny leaves. As soon as I received from Daleys I transplanted into a 35 litre self watering planter with citrus potting mix. Once the weather got cold I kept the tree inside but estimate it was only getting 4.5-5 hours of filtered sunlight. It didn't grow a single bit, but it didn't die either. Temperature was consistently above 12 degrees Celsius.

Once the weather warmed, I popped the tree onto the balcony where it receives about 6 hours of sunlight a day and remains sheltered from wind and frost. Watered with banana peel water and placed some coir on top, got lots of new light green baby leaves.

It then had pink and white buds that burst open into lovely smelling flowers. Pollinated by hand using a cotton bud. 23 little baby lemons have now appeared as the flowers wilted away. I will likely need to remove quite a few as the tree is very young and only measuring 44cm to the top of the trunk and 92cm to the highest branch. It's unlikely to be able to hold more than 2-3 lemons per branch right now.

After 7 months I repotted into the same pot adding more well draining soil and giving it a root trim. Very pleased with this tree so far.

Pruning hasn't been attempted yet, but probably after fruiting.

Planted: 2020

Height 44 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Coir, macadamia shells, banana peel water

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Vinegar  soap traps, Hortico insect killer for citrus (no good) Multicrop Eco Pest Oil (no good) chilli powder on the soil - weirdly super efficient - never seen anything like it.

Orange - Bergamot

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