My Edible Fruit Trees: Gol NSW

Kiwifruit Gold Seedling (Seedling)

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Fruit is sweeter than the green kiwifruit so decided to grow a seedling (grafted and cuttings not available). First flowers in 2018 turned out to be female.

Also growing additional seedlings raised at home which flowered in 2019 - one with female and one with male flowers. Got some fruit in 2020 but lost to bush rats in spite of netting.

As a matter of interest, flowering in golden kiwifruit is a few weeks earlier than for the greeen kiwifruit, so can't get cross pollination between these two varieties. Also, the seedling from Daleys flowered earlier than my seedlings and so failed to get pollinated.

Planted: 2013

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 5

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 40% in Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Must protect from possums , bush rats and birds with netting. This is not working very well - the netting gets torn open, and I suspect the culprit is the bush rat.

Carambola Starfruit - Daleys Sweet Gold (Grafted)

Planted: 2021

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Was flowering in December which I never experienced with my Kary I had. Had a small issue with scale but cleared that up. Growing fine

Mango - Honeygold (Seedling) ^10/10

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Growing it from seed which is polyembryonic so expect it to come true. Got 2 mangoes in 2017 - thin skin, beautiful colour, excellent taste.

Has suffered leaf burn in heat wave conditions in Sydney over 40 degrees.

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Plastic milk bottles over fruit to protect from fruit bats and possums.

Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G) (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Looking for some nice fruit

Height 2 Feet

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Growing great. Very Vigorous and Vase shaped. Produced few peaches in first year but i thinned them all. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture.

Looking good and flowing Good too, only worry is its Mid july ( 17 july 15) and we has frost every 2nd day.

Dead in 2016

Bought new same peach in Autumn 2017, hopefully it will live longer

Never disappoints me,,, Lovely small tree plethora of flower and fruits

SEASON 2019-20 BUMPER CROP. NEVER DISAPPOINTS ME GRAFTED GULF RUBY ON IT AS WELL

01/01/21 - SEASON 2020-21 BUMPER CROP. NEVER DISAPPOINTS ME. GRAFTED October pride seedling scion in sept 2020

Coe's Golden Drop - Plum

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Just planted - brought from local nursery

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Pivot Multigro

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Comments

Has Green gage been successfully fruited every recent year in your place?

Sweet Potato - Sweet and Gold (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - I love eating the young tender leaves and shoots of the sweet potato vine. I usually steam it and dip it in combo of fish sauce , calamansi juice and hot chilli pepper. Can be sauteed and mixed with soup either fish or meat.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, powefeed, dyna lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Nada

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Kiwifruit Gold Seedling (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: - Grown from supermarket fruit seed. Best kiwi fruit I've tasted, with red flesh around the seeds. No idea if it will grow true.

Height 1 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: No

Question: Any way to tell seedling gender, or must I wait for it to flower in a few years?

Comments

You have to wait for the flowers. I grew several golden kiwi seedlings from supermarket seeds. Of these two turned out to be female and one male. They pollinate successfully.

White Sapote - Lemon Gold

Comments: - Another find at a local fruit stall, this plant was so pot bound it was growing through the plastic into the ground below. Seemed to have transplanted ok, have bought it as a pollinator for "Vista".

Comments

Is it iron deficient? Phil - your plants are beautiful! The colour of them says it all..

Grew so fast the wind snapped off the sappy new growth - it was a little top heavy anyway

Now a sturdy productive tree, the skin thicker and less likely to split than other cultivars, more shell-like. I find the flavour exceptional, very rich although the fruit are never quite large enough!