My Edible Fruit Trees: Macadamia Trees QLD

Macadamia - Bush Nut

Planted: 2007

Macadamia - A38 (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

Great tasting nut, fast growing and flowered in the first year of planting.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April

Planted: 2004

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 50

Fruit Harvest: 200 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2004 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 10% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: bio dynamic

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

nil

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia 741

Planted: 2019

macadamia

Comments: -

Four years old, as tall as the house, no flowers or fruit yet.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None

Macadamia ^5/10

Height 5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf Macadamia (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Very slow growing but I got fruit very quickly.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 127

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: No

Question: Why are the leaves yellowing.

Comments

nitrogen maybe

What do I need to get more nitrogen?

coffee grounds could do it

anything other then coffee grounds?

fertiliser then

How is it going now

Not too bad but still very slow growing.

you know where to buy the seed for vinr Brazil to my email romildo258@gmail.com

Hi Correy- wondering if you could put an update photo of your Dwarf Macca with something to show / compare size currently - Thanks Mark

Macadamia Bush Nut (Seedling) ^8/10

Height 0.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Macadamia 741 ^8/10

Comments: -

Height 1 mtr (18/01/2012)

Height 1.5 mts (20/11/2012)

Height  3.5 mts (29/11/2017)

This is in the back corner of the garden . Macadamia 741 is supposed to be able to be heavily pruned . Thats why i bought that variety . 

Because this is an Australian rainforest tree it needs a fertiliser with very little phosphorous . Less that 3% is good . Load the tree up with mulch , and because it is a rainforest tree it doesn't matter if the mulch is right up against the trunk . All plants need sun to grow including rainforest plants . When planting pretend its a rose and cultivate the soil well before planting . They have timid roots so needs a big loosened area to grow well . Excellent drainage in full sun .

Planted: 2011

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

Fertiliser or Organics Used: low phosphorous

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

Macadamia - Bush Nut ^5/10

Planted: 2010

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 300

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: we currently have 300 full grown fruiting trees although approx 100 are in average condition & 20 in good condition They are capable of regeneration but being on tank water & we have other uses for the land we wish to remove. Not sure if transplan

Organic Status:Organic

Question: We 

Macadamia - A38 (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

established well  only a few months old, new growth late spring. this type seems quite tall and spindly

2016 1 flower on each tree. trees began growing tall and spindly but are now beginning to branch more from lower areas

Planted: 2012

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

when the trees are young, it seems the first flower stems typically appear on or near the central /main branch

Macadamia 741 (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

quite happy with this type   didnt grow much in cooler months but both are going well early summer

2016 second year of flowering. harvested 8 nuts 1st year, this year both trees have a few dozen pollinated nuts.  a nice strong structure to the tree. only pest is thin film which develops over leaves which causes that spot to die. only a few leaves are affected so i never bothered with sprays. little care needed very happy

Planted: 2011

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Macadamia (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: -

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Macadamia

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Macadamia - A38 (Cutting)

Comments: - Slow growing - someone told me it takes the pro farmers 10 years to break even growing these trees, so I have some time left yet...

Planted: 2014

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia Bush Nut

Macadamia

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling)

Comments: - Died after Transplant

Macadamia - 816

Comments: - We wanted a nut tree for variety.We already have a few fruit trees.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Grown from a seed from a friends tree that we all used to feast on. Is now 4 years old and getting some height. Hoping on some nuts this year!

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Macadamia - A4 ^10/10

Comments: -

because they are yum

Macadamia - Bush Nut (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - I have four of these in my yard, two are powering on tall straight big leaves and the other two are much smaller and seem more compact and forked stemmed. The larger two are lush green and very forgiving attention wise, where as the smaller two are very pale and seem to want more food than the big ones

Planted: 2013

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Fertiliser or Organics Used: composted cow/chicken manure, seaweed, liquid fertiliser

Pest Control: Inspect daily for caterpillars and grasshoppers 

Dwarf Macadamia - A16 (Seedling) ^8/10

Planted: 2006

Height 3.5 metres

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Macadamia - A38 (Seedling) ^9/10

Planted: 2006

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Dwarf Macadamia ^5/10

Comments: - My favourite nut of all time. After 1 year it has had very little growth and consistently yellow leaves. Thinking of moving it to a more protected position and giving it manganese in the new hole.

Planted: 2011

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Question: Mine is pale, yellow tinge to the leaf. This is the only plant I'm worried about in my garden.

Macadamia - Tetraphylla (Seedling)

Comments: -

Delicious nut that is native to area where I live.  This is the prickly-leaf form. Nuts are sweeter raw but are not as good to roast as the smoother leaf form. Food source for Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoos.  Attractive and hardy tree.

Planted: 2012

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control:

Nil required.

Dwarf Macadamia ^10/10

Comments: -

no maintenance and looks pretty. Has three long 'branches' with maccadamias growing niceley along them.

Fruiting Months October, November, December

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: at planting

Pest Control:

it has a little spider's nest in it and I think that's all it's needed so far.

Organic Status:Certified

Macadamia - Pinkalicious

Comments: -

Very tough conditions with low watering?

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Dwarf Macadamia

Dwarf Macadamia (Seedling) ^8/10

Planted: 2005

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 12

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Dwarf Macadamia (Grafted)

Comments: -

Recommended for a small backyard, but extremely slow growing. Overhung by other plants now so probably not getting as much sun as it needs.

Little worried about the dogs swallowing the kernels and causing an obstruction. At the rate that this one is growing the dogs will be long dead and fertilising underneath it before it gets any kernals.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.25 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Are they always this slow to grow?