My Edible Fruit Trees: Macadamia Trees NSW

Macadamia - 816 (Cutting) ^9/10

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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

Pollination: 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'?

Macadamia - A268 (Cutting) ^5/10

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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

Pollination: 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'?

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^10/10

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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.

Dwarf Macadamia - A16 (Cutting) ^5/10

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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

Pollination: 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

Macadamia - A38

Macadamia - H2

Macadamia - A4 (Cutting) ^5/10

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No watering, at least apart from in the beginning.

Planted: 2007

Height 5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Next to A16, then seedling, 816, and A268.

Dwarf Macadamia

Macadamia - Bush Nut ^9/10

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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

Macadamia - H2 (Grafted) ^7/10

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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

Dwarf Macadamia - A16

Dwarf Macadamia ^7/10

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

Macadamia - Bush Nut ^9/10

Dwarf Macadamia - A16 ^9/10

Dwarf Macadamia

Macadamia - Bush Nut

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?

Macadamia - Bush Nut

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - Bush Nut

Dwarf Macadamia (Cutting)

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

Macadamia - H2 (Seedling) ^5/10

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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

Macadamia - Bush Nut

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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

Comments

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

Macadamia - A268 (Seedling) ^10/10

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

Comments

How can the A268 cultivar be a "seedling"?

Dwarf Macadamia

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling)

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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

Comments

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.

Dwarf Macadamia

Dwarf Macadamia (Seedling) ^10/10

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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

Dwarf Macadamia

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^3/10

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

Dwarf Macadamia - A16

Pest Control:  

Question:  

Macadamia - A4