My Edible Fruit Trees: Nut Trees NSW

Peanut Butter Tree (Seedling)

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Peanut Butter Tree (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2020

Height 31 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Coconut Green (Seedling)

Comments: -

Planted the tree in a sheltered position. Grew very well in summer, but leaves went brown in winter due to lack of sun and low temperatures in Sydney. Did not recover.

Planted: 2012

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Chestnut - seedling (Seedling)

Comments: - We like roast chestnuts so decided to grow some seedlings to see what we would get.

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 3

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^10/10

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.

Chinese Water Chestnut (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Set up a chub for these , looking forward to eat g fresh .looking for a solar pump to keep them fresh .

Planted: 2019

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Macadamia - Bush Nut ^9/10

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

Peanut Butter Tree (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Bunchosia.  Bought at Flower Power, Daley's Tree Nursery.  Tip - Doesn't like wet feet. 

Planted: 2002

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Walnut - English (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

var. Chandler.  While I got walnuts from this plant, I never really got it to grow well.  It ended up with a root rot fungus which I successfully eliminated but it never was happy in a pot.  My recommendation is that although you can grow them in Sydney, its best to plant these trees in the ground.  I ended up giving this plant to someone who has the room to let it grow. The closely related pecans, though, are doing well in their pots.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Andean Walnut (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Juglans neotropica.  Bought from Diggers. 

Planted: 2006

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - Bush Nut ^9/10

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?

Chinese Water Chestnut

dwarf coconut-unknown var (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

I know  I'm having myself on with these dwaft coconuts but the foliage is nice and besides, I like palms anyway. They got through last winter easily and have doubled in growth over the last year. I'm not expecting them to fruit anytime soon but they're a good show off to my visitors. At the moment they're in 25lit bonzai bags,and will have to be potted up into something bigger next year if the growth keeps happening.

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Comments

hi, how have the coconut trees gone? i live in sydney and want to give coconuts a try

Coconut - Wonga Beach (Seedling)

Comments: -

Now growing coconut number 2, Cardwell.  I added a wheel barrow of sand to the site and planted into a big mound to improve the drainage.

Coconuts don't like subtropical winters. Died winter 2011

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Donut (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

The Donut peach has an exceptionally sweet taste but the fruit is only about 50mm dia and donut shaped.  This is the first year that we have had a significant amount of fruit (30 px). Tree has been attacked by cows, cockatoos and kangaroos so we have had to fence the orchard.  This is an ideal fruit for kids going to school.

It gets watered once per week by irrigation which is  a poly ring 600 mm dia and under the mulch.  This keeps the ground moist but not wet.  long tap rooted weeds such as wild radish and scotch thistle are encouraged then chopped and mulched just before flowers go to seed.  This breaks up the clay pan and provides nutrients to the tree.  Dead roots provide water chanels top deep layers and encourage worms.  Home made manure is from nettles, dead chooks, urine and fire ash soaked in water.  This is diluted 1: 25 and watered over mulch in late February.

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: home mixed manure

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

We hang dock weed in three or four forks of the tree to control pink curl.  The tree is free from the virus in 2 seasons.  Around the base of the tree is a layer of lucern mulch. which suppresses weeds.  Keep mulch about 150mm back from

Organic Status:Organic

Hazelnut - Halls Giant

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Organic Status:Organic

Bunya Nut

Qty: 3

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pine Nut ^6/10

Planted: 2012

Height 2.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Macadamia - Bush Nut

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Black Walnut Australian Native

Planted: 2014

Height 0.75 metres

Qty: 3

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Malabar Chestnut ^3/10

Comments: -

Struggling a bit.

Still growing slowly - likes lots of water

This plant is really struggling after 4 years, have moved to a new location with more sun.

Move didn't work it is now deceased.

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Home compost

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - Bush Nut

Hazelnut - Ennis

Hazelnut - Halls Giant

Hazelnut - Lambert

Peanut Tree (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Had it growing in the ground, but took it out because it didn't appear to be doing well. growing in a pot now, and has had lots of growth, but is already fully deciduous. bugs like the leaves.

Pine Nut ^6/10

Comments: - didn't survive oct13 fires

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Bunya Nut

Comments: -

in large pot as feature decoration in front yard need to knock down a cyprus then can plant it in back yard

Planted: 2008

Growing: In a Pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Really not sure yet but probably the far back corner....

Macadamia - Bush Nut

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

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