My Edible Fruit Trees: Pear Trees QLD

dragon fruit pearl

Pollination: Self Pollination

Finger Lime - Rainforest Pearl (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Healthy, slow growing but easy - very low maintenance. Watch for spikes. New growth comes in dark purple, before lightening to green.

Planted: 2022

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

Finger lime - Rainforest pearl

Comments: -

My plant is struggling. Semi-deciduous?

Jan-2010 it did not make it through the very dry period before recent flooding rain, despite weekly watering. My conclusion is that the soil was too well drained and maybe not sufficiently rich in organic matter. Nearby ornamental natives are thriving.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Finger lime - Rainforest pearl (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

This is a very prickly tree, and was flowering when I bought it a year ago, but they all fell off, but it is flowering again now.

Fruiting Months July, August, September

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter and lucerne mulch.

Pest Control:

none so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Finger Lime - Rainforest Pearl Dwarf (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - A dwarf grafted version of the Rainforest Pearl. Healthy, easy to grow, hasn't fruited yet - slow growing, but low maintenance. A native under-canopy fruit tree. Thorny and spindly but beautiful.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

mint spear

Growing: In the Ground

Pear - Bonza (Grafted)

Comments: -

also struggling in sweet potato patch

Planted: 2009

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Pear - Packham (Grafted)

Comments: -

Doing it tough in sweet potato patch

Planted: 2009

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

pear-sunshine

Pitaya Pearl Dragon Fruit

Comments: -

Magnificent flowers at night and fruits very well. Fruit does not last long once ripe on plant and seems to be pest free.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Prickly pear - Opuntia ficus indica yellow

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting)

Planted: 2006

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting)

Planted: 2012

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

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

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Comments: -

One in the front and one in back yard. Also a red dragonfruit.  Flowering December - March, but no fruit.

Planted: 2009

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost and worm water, blood and bone

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

Growing well in pot. Working out how where to place for fruiting.

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

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

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting)

Comments: -

White fleshed dragon fruit cutting taken from a huge vine growing up a gum on Maundrel Terrace. Very quick growing and hardy, and known to produce good fruit with no care as an untended bush/street vine.

Planted: 2010

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Guava - China Pear (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - China Pear

Comments: -

This variety is supposed to have outstanding flavour.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Guava is a fruit fly magnet - exclusion netting is the best, and it keeps the birds out too.

Nashi Pear - China

Nashi Pear - China (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 500 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Nashi Pear - Hosui ^5/10

Nashi Pear - Hosui (Grafted)

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: kosui

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook poo

Nashi Pear - Hosui