My Edible Fruit Trees: Stone Fruit QLD

Mango - Bowen (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Vigorous and shady, produces mangos which we%u2019ve never beaten the flying foxes to but we%u2019ve been assured are delicious.

Planted: 1995

Water Given in: Spring

Spicezee - Nectarine x Plum (Grafted)

Pollination: Self Pollination

Peach - Angel Subtropical

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Peachcot Ora A (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Espaliered, not sure if that or vase shape will work best yet as planted 6 months ago. Awarded with two fruit for taste test in first year - sweeter than apricot but not as strong as some peaches and doesn't go sour on multiple chews. The stone was small compared to the fruit - a winner in my eyes. Must bag fruit to protect from fruit fruit fly - I knew this before I purchased the plant. Grows quickly. 

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G) (Grafted)

Comments: - Wait and see. Growing this summer.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Plum - Gulf Ruby

Comments: - Wait and see as growing this summer.

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Gulf gold

Organic Status:Certified

Mango - Royal Red (Grafted) ^7/10

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - R2E2 Seedling (Grafted)

Planted: 2018

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Update 09-Dec-2011: Got around 2-3 tiny fruits which dropped before they matured. Just one fruit remaining which is as big as a closed fist at the moment. New pic attached.

I love mangoes, my favourite being the Alphonse variety. But unfortunately we do not get it here in Australia. Daleys is seeking propogation material for the last 2 years :( The variety closest to alphonse i believe is the bowen variety. But I have planted the R2E2 variety which produce a larger fruit and is equally sweet.

This tree was in my apartment balcony in a pot for about a year before i planted it into the ground last year. And about a month later it flowered and produced 3 lovely fruits :)  

This year it has already started flowering profusely (pic). I might have to prematurely remove the fruits in december coz i dont think this little tree will be able to bear the weght of the fruits if it holds on to 3 or more.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring

Mango - Bowen Seedling (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

This tree is much too big for my garden, and needs constant cutting back.  May try to lop it or top work other varieties. Received it as a gift, rescued pot bound from a local nursery.  Have grafted two Nam Doc Mai to one limb with success. Only fruit every two or three years due to climate, will remove it.

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2001

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 25% in Summer

Pollination: No

Pest Control: cue-lure amulet and organic bait spray

Burdekin Plum (Seedling)

Comments: - Planted by previous owners. Fruit much less astringent once ripe, more flesh than quandong.

Planted: 2011

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none

Pest Control: None

Mango ^5/10

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Mango - Glenn (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - The first year I got this plant instead of taking off the flowers I let it fruit and although a possum took one there was still one left for me. The texture was by far the best I have ever had. It was almost like butter it was that amazing.

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2004

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: All Round Fertiliser

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: Defenitely need some fungal spray. Last season was bad and I lost all my very promising mangos.

It could have been a really bad season (2008) though for mangos because I notice a lot of other trees that fruited in previous years did

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

What brands of fungus spray would be good for this?

Mango - Florigon (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - I haven't tasted the fruit yet but I could get some this feb. I probably should cut them off because it is too young but I am keen to taste it.

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2007

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Maybe leave One on the tree....aye? Could have to be careful....looks pretty small. I have to take my lemons off (about 10 mths).

Maybe leave One on the tree....aye? Could have to be careful....looks pretty small. I have to take my lemons off (about 10 mths).

Davidsons Plum - Smooth ^7/10

Comments: - Looking good in 100litre pot, will put into ground later.  Not fruiting yet as still a bit young. 

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Organic Link

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Davidson Plum - NSW (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Looks beautiful, it's a native.

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

My four Davidson Plums were amongst a host of other fruiting trees received from Daleys, when all except for the Davidsons Plums survived, where all the rest are doing really good.. Planted out the DPlums on the full moon, in a deep hole(even though the DPlums were only 150mm high) prepared the soil with light dressing of dynamic lifter mixed in with auger, then mulched with dry grass/hay.. Maybe the DPlums don't like the treated water of our town, or the amount of water we gave them, every other tree planted on the same day is doing really well, the minature Yellow Guava already has fruit of 10 - 15 mm, the New Guinea Custard Apple has grown about 300mm. Any advice on the Davidson Plum problem would be good to receive.. They are planted in a sloping area with full sun from 10Am thru 2-3Pm, soil is rocky, with friable soil to 400mm, then clay for approx 600mm..

Governors Plum - Select

Planted: 2002

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Org Xtra

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None used.

Organic Status:Organic

Davidsons Plum - QLD

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Davidson Plum NSW

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Plum Pine (Seedling) ^4/10

Comments: - for its fruit

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Question: how long till it fruits, I have the dwarf variety

Davidsons Plum - QLD

Comments: - this is great for jams 

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mango - Keitt (Grafted)

Comments: - Who doesn't like Mangos? I have a huge old Common tree in my yard, I am in the process of Topworking it with Brooks, Keitt, KP, R2E2 and NamDocMai, that's where the Frankenmango name comes from. Plan is to have Mangos early thru late on the same large tree; with the odd off season fruit that the remnant Common branches tend to produce up here I should have mangos 6 or 8 months of the year!

Fruiting Months January, February, March, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2016

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: neem spray

Dragon Fruit - Pearl ^10/10

Comments: - White pulp doesnt stain like red dragonfruit; not as sweet but a stronger more tangy flavour; 2 crops a year in Cairns

Fruiting Months January, February, March, November, December

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: flyspray used on bug infestation

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Davidsons Plum - Smooth ^10/10

Comments: -

Davidsonia johnsonii 

Height 3 mts (31/01/2013)

Height 4 mts (29/11/2017)
I planted this because i wanted to taste the fruit . No sign of any fruit yet (31/01/2013) .

No fruit yet , I am beginning to think it might never fruit .  I am sure I planted it more than 10 years ago .

Planted: 2003

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn, Winter, Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: low phosphorous

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Winter, Spring

Davidsons Plum - QLD ^10/10

Comments: -

The tree has had fruit . It loves native fertiliser but bust be low phosphorus . I experimented with some well aged cow manure and some blood and bone . A lot of leaves are burned IE: phosphorus toxicity . Dont use anything with high phosphorus content on natives . 

Planted: 2010

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: low phosphorous

Peach - Angel Subtropical

Comments: - I love peaches and so do fruit flies , bats birds and possums . I am using Wild May male fruit fly lure and it has cut the male flies dramatically (no males for the females to mate and then sting fruit)(you have to use it all year for a few years at least to cut the population down) . I notice not as many stings as i had 5 years ago before using it .  In conjunction with this i will buy some fruit fly netting now that i have a peach tree .

Planted: 2016

Height 2.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting) ^7/10

Planted: 2016

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Dwarf Mango - Irwin (Grafted) ^5/10

Fruiting Months January, October, November, December

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: Mancozeb and Copper Sulphate

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Spicezee - Nectarine x Plum (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

   Heard about this fruit tree from one of Tom Spellman's excellent YouTube videos for Dave Wilson Nursery. He raves about it, and from what I've read, it's certainly worth raving about. Bought this as a potted tree rather than a bare root tree, and planted it in a garden bed in late October 2017 (Gold Coast). I prepared the bed with compost, chicken poop compost, and Dynamic Lifter, and watered the tree in with a healthy dose of Seasol. The entire bed has a thick layer of cane mulch.

   It has thrived, and at present (Jan 2018) it's about one metre tall. As with all my other trees, it will be pruned regularly so it grows no taller than 150-180cm. It's self-pollinating, but there are plum and nectarine trees nearby to perhaps give it a boost with some cross-pollinating.

   I fertilise with varying ratios and amounts of Dynamic Lifter or Rooster Booster, sulphate of potash, and blood and bone at the beginning of spring, summer and autumn. I also give fortnightly foliar sprays of a diluted solution of Seasol, Powerfeed for flowers and fruit, soluble sulphate of potash, and Epsom salts during the non-dormant months.

   I use a soil moisture meter, and water as necessary.

   If the tree continues at its current growth rate, I'm hoping it will be strong enough and the root structure developed enough that I can leave a few fruit on next season to taste.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Two plum and three nectarine trees

Pest Control: Occasional Eco-Neem spray, and copper spray during dormancy. When fruiting the fruit will be bagged against fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Nectarine - Sunraycer (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

   Bought from Daleys. Planted in Sep 2017 (Gold Coast) in a garden bed next to a white satin nectarine tree (on left). These two form a dual planting about 40cm apart under the Dave Wilson Nursery backyard orchard concept. These two share the garden bed with two peach and three apple trees, and three pineapple plants. The bed has a thick layer of cane mulch. At present (Jan 2018) they are one metre tall, and are and will be pruned regularly so they grow no taller than 150-180cm.

   I fertilise with varying ratios and amounts of Dynamic Lifter or Rooster Booster, sulphate of potash and blood and bone at the beginnig of spring, summer and autumn. I also give fortnightly foliar sprays of a diluted solution of Seasol, Powerfeed for flowers and fruit, soluble sulphate of potash, and Epsom salts during the non-dormant months.

   I use a moisture meter, and water the trees as necessary.

   Both trees are very healthy and growing vigorously, and love the amount of sun they're receiving.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: White Satin

Pest Control: Occasional Eco-Neem spray, and copper spray during dormancy. When fruiting, the fruit will be bagged against fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic