My Edible Fruit Trees: Syz QLD

syzygium tierneyanum (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: - rainforest plant for my garden. also known as river cherry (syzygium tierneyanum) it is a fast growing evergreen bushy tree. has pinkish-red or white fruit which are edible though to sour to eat raw. The flowers attract buttterflies and honeyeaters. prefers mosit soil. can be pruned and used as a screen or wind break. forst hardy once established.  

Planted: 2017

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pest Control: none

Organic Status:Organic

Question: what can the berries be used for as they are too sour raw

Syzygium Malaccense ^8/10

Comments: -

This is the native pink satinash that is a small to medium tree . It is not the Malay    apple . The fruits are diffrent to the malay apple and are good to eat or make jam . Masses of flower buds on the branches Nov 2017 (cauliferous) .

It has had myrtle rust

Planted: 2001

Height 7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: low phosphorous

Syzygium samarangence (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Beautiful tree, sweet crunchy fruit and relatively pest free

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 60 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: organics and crop king 88, and seasol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Initiator tablets spring summer autunm to control Periodical cicaders

Organic Status:Pesticides Used

Question:

I would like someone to tell me what fertiliser works best

Syzygium aqueum - North Queensland Water Apple (Seedling)

Comments: - Very ornamental small growing Syzygium. I keep this one in a self watering pot as it likes the moisture and its sprawling growth shades garcinia seedlings underneath. Flowers and fruit are very ornamental. Fruit are like the wax jambu, but smaller.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 Pounds Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Syzygium pseudofastigiatum - Claudie Satinash

Comments: - I quite like the fruits of this native. A bit like a pear. Tree form is quite nice also. It hasn't reacted too well to going into the ground, but hopefully will kick along a bit over the summer when the rains come.

Planted: 2011

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Syzygium forte subsp. potamophilum - Flaky-Barked Satinash

Syzygium malaccense - Pink Satinash (North Queensland)

Syzygium branderhorstii - Lockerbie Satinash

Syzygium bamagense - Bamaga Satinash