My Edible Fruit Trees: Macadamia Trees NSW
Macadamia - 816 (Cutting) 9/10Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 689 days 22hrs Comments: - December 2007: Erect ("upright"), at least in my situation anyway. Or ie has a central leader / just one main vertical trunk, without any big side branches. I want minor side branches to branch out at right angles / 90° for at least enough room for a comfortable and unbreakable foothold for climbing, to avoid the branch peeling off and breaking at a weaker 45° etc angle. I can do that by putting a clothes peg etc on the young trunk and also against the new young branch, so that it grows out at a 90° angle instead of about 45°. West facing, and against very busy 4 lane asphalt / blacktop road, and concrete footpath. Full sun now, but for some of the first 11 years was totally or slmost fully shaded by my local council's free donated Acacia decurrens, originally a tubestock seedling. My great and maybe first and successful experiment in companion planting, and also nitrogen-fixing. I also put a large swale or berm, from a Vietnamese next door neighbour's new house excavation, although including some very big and small concrete blocks that I said that I did not want, some of which were put back at their partly built front entrance. First young nuts noticed after 12 years, in Dec 2019. It might have fruited before, among the acacia's branches, in its full or almost full shade. Fruiting Months April and May Planted: 2007 Height 4.85 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer After FruitingPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: A268 alongside, then A4, A16 and seedling. When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: Rat bait and traps. Early enough harvest. Organic Status:Organic Question: Why named '816'? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 10 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - A268 (Cutting) 5/10Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 689 days 22hrs Comments: - I prefer soft sweet fruit instead of nuts, now. The biggest husked nut in the photo was about 10 grams with an edible about 3 grams inside. Fruiting Months April and May Planted: 2007 Height 2.5 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer After FruitingPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: 816 alongside, then A4, A16 and seedling on naturestrip. Pest Control: Rat bait and traps. Organic Status:Organic Question: Why the name 'A268'? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) 10/10Edward3's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1517 days 16hrs Comments: - Produces good crop of nuts each year. Handsome tree with beautiful pink flower racemes. Top pruned the tree to half size so as to be able to reach nuts. This resulted in a much denser lower tree. Fruiting Months April Planted: 2004 Height 5 metres Growing: In the Ground Fruit Harvest: 100 Fruit Per Year First Fruited: 4 Years from Seed Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: Main problem are Rozellas and cockatoos - when young nuts are forming, they destroy every single one of the large crop of nuts. Must put netting over nuts within reach so as to save some of the crop. Some nuts affected by macadamia nut borer. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 6 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia - A16 (Cutting) 5/10Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1559 days 16hrs Comments: - If against a driveway, eg against a car's paint, and passengers skin, it has too sharp leaves, at least if not pruned enough. Planted: 2007 Height 5 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer After FruitingPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: A4 When I Fertilise: Never Pest Control: Rat bait and traps. But as the photo shows, hungry rats in mid or early December will crawl high up the tree and eat immature small green nuts. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 7 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - A38Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1559 days 21hrs 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 |
Macadamia - H2Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1559 days 21hrs 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 |
Macadamia - A4 (Cutting) 5/10Health101orgarticles1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1559 days 21hrs Comments: - No watering, at least apart from in the beginning. Planted: 2007 Height 5 metres Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Summer After FruitingPollination: Cross Pollination Cross Pollinator Variety: Next to A16, then seedling, 816, and A268. Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 2 of 6 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf MacadamiaPotty Bob 1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1885 days 12hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush Nut 9/10Aaron Siemienow1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 1974 days 23hrs Comments: - Got 15 of these planted in a row 3m apart as a future wind break killed a few fertilising with fertiliser with phoshrous in it... wont do it again. Native fertiliser only. Planted: 2018 Height 0.4 metres Growing: In the Ground Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring SpringWas this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 4 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - H2 (Grafted) 7/10Tabs's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2058 days 10hrs Comments: - One is definitely an H2 seedling (unknown supplier) the other maybe H2 rootstock or H2 - not specified on tag. Bought from Flower Power. Supplier is Yarrahappani Nursery. Planted: 2003 Height 2.5 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 2 Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 15 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia - A16Gowie1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2277 days 16hrs 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 |
Dwarf Macadamia 7/10Slartibartfast1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2405 days 14hrs Height 0.8 metres Qty: 1 First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: B When I Fertilise: Yearly Pest Control: Macadamia Nut Girdler - remove by hand Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush Nut 9/10Kathleenknoke1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2569 days 14hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia - A16 9/10Kathleenknoke1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2569 days 14hrs 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 |
Dwarf MacadamiaEmily1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2678 days 11hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush NutSkybow1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 2724 days 11hrs Comments: - I am hoping to successfully incorporate bush foods in with my edible garden. Height 80 Centimetres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: worm juice When I Fertilise: Spring Organic Status:Organic Question: I planted my macadamia tree in winter, and come spring have started to get brown patches on some of the leaves. The plant otherwise looks healthy at this stage. I can't see any sign of pests or anything on the underside of the leaves except for the same brown patches. What could this be? Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush NutPerrumba1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3004 days 12hrs Height 0.5 metres Growing: In the Ground Qty: 2 Pollination: Self Pollination Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush NutTanialyn1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3078 days 15hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia (Cutting)Ajedi2k1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3295 days 11hrs Comments: - growing well in grow bag Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: native fertiliser When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - H2 (Seedling) 5/10Nelly1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3302 days 22hrs Comments: - Didn't survive the fires It has survived a number of heavy frosts & survived - not thrived. Probably needs more water, fertilizer & protection from the dry winds than it gets Planted: 2007 Height 2.5 metres Qty: 1 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Water Given in: Winter Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow, horse poo When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring Pest Control: No problems - except maybe having a good idea to tie the branches down so they would grow more horizontally & gale force winds snapped one. Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush NutDavidB's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3367 days 20hrs Comments: - Grew from seed fruits well but between possums and cockatoos I dont get much Planted: 2003 Growing: In the Ground Qty: 4 First Fruited: 8 Years from purchase in pot Pollination: Self Pollination Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report CommentsDavidB says... [5039 days 13hrs ago]The oldest one (about 20y) has been well established and nutting. Pruned it back to third its height about a year ago when most other trees were removed. Have 3 others grown from the seeds of this one. 1 in the ground, opposite side of yard and 2 in pots... for now* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - A268 (Seedling) 10/10FresserDavid1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 3512 days 7hrs Comments: - heaps of nuts Fruiting Months April, May, June Planted: 2007 Height 7 metres Qty: 2 Fruit Harvest: 30 kilograms per Year First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 10% in Spring Pollination: No Fertiliser or Organics Used: cow lucerne blood and bone Organic Status:Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report Commentshealth101orgarticles1 says... [1559 days 18hrs ago]How can the A268 cultivar be a "seedling"?* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf MacadamiaChris7's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4272 days 9hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 11 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling)Kathy2's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4435 days 14hrs Comments: - Autumn 2011: Who knows what variety this is? I was lucky enough to find some seedlings and saved them from being mowed by diligent council workers. Only little babies now but exciting! Planted: 2011 Height 20 Centimetres Growing: In a Pot Qty: 3 Sun/Shade: Medium Sun Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report CommentsTimbo says... [4109 days 3hrs ago]hey Kathy, M. integrifolia has whorls of 3 leaves whereas M.tetraphylla has whorls of 4. Once the true leaves come out you can confirm the species.* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf MacadamiaChocolatemimi's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4483 days 11hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 0 of 1 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia (Seedling) 10/10Sean1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4517 days 1hrs Comments: - My favourite nut. Not sure how this will go in Sydney but so far so good. has exceeded my expectations, warmer weather has given it a burst of life.Looks fantastic. In a bonsai bag. Some new leaves were a bit yellow (NOV 2011) so applied some iron sulphate Planted: 2011 Height 1 metres Growing: In a Pot Water Given in: Spring Pollination: Self Pollination Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, Dynamic Lifter When I Fertilise: When Fruiting Pest Control: none Organic Status:Partially Organic Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 7 of 8 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf MacadamiaPottedperennials1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4528 days 13hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) 3/10Allybanana's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4618 days 10hrs Comments: - The nuts taste great but but this tree has very poor fruit set i have tried mulching fertilizing and watering. I have planted another nearby as a pollinator as i have heard some are self-incompatible. Planted: 1988 Height 3 metres Fruit Harvest: 0.1 kilograms per Year Sun/Shade: Full Sun Water Given in: Spring Pruned By: 20% in Pollination: No Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Dwarf Macadamia - A16ANDY1's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4868 days 17hrs Pest Control: Question: Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report 3 of 12 people found this review useful* You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |
Macadamia - A4NyrieDR's Edible FruitsUpdate: 4918 days 13hrs Was this review helpful? Yes | No | Report * You need your own My Edibles Page to contribute Quick & Easy |