VIC Edible Fruit Trees

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^5/10

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This poor tree has had a rough life .... inherited from my mum who passed away 5 years ago. Lived all it's life in a small pot. Just got into the gropund early this year and produced fruit fro the first time .... :-)

Regulary feed it with worm juice from my work farm and it got Manutec Citrus Tablets each year for the last two years.

Fruiting Months June and July

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manutec Citrus Tablets

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Blueberry - Magnolia ^9/10

Comments: -

Water frequency: 3-7 days (less during winter)

Fruiting Months January and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1.1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Fruit Harvest: 3.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Neutrog Kahoona For Acid Loving Plants

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^9/10

Comments: - Just delicious fruit! Couldn't believe the taste the first time I tried one.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May

Planted: 2010

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 10

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Question: How do you protect from fruit fly?

Avocado - Reed Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Very early stage

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Duke 7 Rootstock

ladies fingers ^10/10

Comments: -

looks awesome and people think you cannot grow in vic

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, November, December

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 78

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Comments

Are you growing them as a perennial or an annual here in victoria?

on average perennial.....they need lots of dynamic lifter, chook poo, potash and water. You need to time the flowering around Feb with lots of water to produce about 8 hands on the ladies fingers h/w I once got 20 hands on the golden ones..

also they need a full sun and warm place in the garden...a brick wall is ideal

wow! I thought that it would be too cold in Vic for it to survive winter.

Mulberry - Black English (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Bargin purchase as very root bound. Planted into clay and gravel location #3 of orchard

Planted: 2017

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Chickens

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Fig - Brown (Cutting) ^10/10

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I purchased this fig in Late November and planted it in a 300mm pot with a protting mix of 30-30-30% coconut coir, compost and potting mix and mixed with organic fertilizer and some lime. Within 3 weeks it started to produce figs as well as push new growth. I will update on the taste of the figs and and growth behaviour.

UPDATE:

So it has fruited! The fruit is medium size and quite sweet. The tree itself has doubled in height and still growing despite it having fruit on it. Highly recommended! 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, December

Planted: 2016

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter, sulphate of potash

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Certified

Comments

FB - Have some grafted cherimoyas if your interested - marcus05australia at yahoo com au can swap honey gold for some dwarf brown come winter?

I have sent you an email.

Cherimoya - Seedling (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

It had lots of flowers last year but not male and female at the same time.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol and Alpaca manure Fortnightly-monthly in Spring, Summer and early autumn.

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Dwarf Almond - Self Pollinating Papershell ^9/10

Comments: -

Very fast grower - it went from a nursery whip to about 4 metres in its first year. I think I would have purchased a whole hedge if I had known. Only a handful of almonds the first fruiting season, but I wasn't expecting any, so it was very exciting to have a real homegrown almond. It's a favourite with my chooks as the branches are quite low and the shade plus protection is good.

Picture is of the first real harvest, with heaps more still on the tree. I wouldn't mind planting more of these.

Planted: 2014

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seamungus

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: The only pest control I ever use is mechanical - either me or my chooks picking bugs off.

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Seedling

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Brosimum gaudichaudii

Comments: -

Brosimum gaudichaudii

Mama Cadela - Local Name (Brazil)

Think it's a relative of the Mulberry Family and is a small tree that grows 2 - 8 metres in sandy soils. It produces round Mulberry like fruit about 4cm in diameter. Have yet to determine it's hardiness over Winter.

Planted: 2017

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pandanus - Edible ^10/10

Comments: -

It allows me to have fresh pandam leaves for my Asian cooking

Planted: 2016

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Comments

Hello, wondering if you would sell me some Pandanus -Edible seeds or seedlings (for planting)?

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^7/10

Planted: 2016

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Mango - Bowen Seedling ^8/10

Comments: -

I Love mangoes. Growing well in Melbourne.

UpdateJan17-  Very easy to grow, doesn't need much fertiliser or water growing well now during the summer but  I did have to cut it back a little bit after winter. 

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Hazelnuts - Halls Giant ^5/10

Comments: -

Have three planted of differing varieties and have moved two to a better site (less wind). They seem to be happier now and growing well. I will move the Cosford next winter to the same area. I did originally plant them as a hedge but the wind burned them in summer and they just sat there suffering.No nuts as yet.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Cosford

Pest Control:

None

Question:

How long before I can harvest nuts?

Guava - Strawberry

Comments: - Beautiful tree. Easy to grow. Flower in spring and again in February.

Planted: 2014

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fig - Brown Turkey (Cutting) ^9/10

Fig Black Genoa

Papaya- Gold (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - It survived through the winter 2016 but heavy rains and the cold caused root rot which killed it. 

Apricot - Moorpark (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Flowering

Planted: 2015

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Comments

Plenty of fruit for the first year planted ....I think I will plant another next year since it seems to do so well

Cockys got to it and striped all the fruit off it and damaged some of the branches

Dwarf Peach

Mango - Bowen Seedling (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Trying to grow one here in Melbourne. Received an 18 month old seedling in a 70mm grow-tube during the winter this year and has been repotted into a 300mm pot.  I took it indoors at night  as it was quite cold. Its begining to push some new gowth as the weather warms up.  Will update regularly.

Planted: 2014

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

Organic Status:Organic

Cordyline australis - Cabbage tree

Brush Cassia

Dwarf Persimmon - Ichikikijiro (NA) (Grafted)

Comments: - I only recieved it a couple of days ago and planted it out the same day. We live in Baw baw in Gippsland so we get frosts in winter . Spring is very near and I wanted to get it in before the sap  starts to run. I have seen many persimmon fruit in opportunity shops here but they never ripened. I dug a hole twice the depth and width of the pot and put a generous handfull of dynamic lifter beneath the osmocote potting mix I brought to hole up to correct size. It just looks like a twig at the moment. Retirement villages have small back yards so the dwarf seems like agood option for me. I hope it does well.

Planted: 2015

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Question: I'm not sure how to add comments on the growing process, I thought this had died because the other deciduous trees in my yard leafed up much more quickly  but left it in the ground and the buds are now showing movement.

Comments

Yuzu (Grafted) ^7/10

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Dwarf Lemon - Lisbon

Almond - Self Pollinating Papershell ^8/10

Organic Status:Organic

Coffee - K7 (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

I just love coffee, So why not grow it?

Suprisingly not too difficult to grow in Victoria. Keep them in large pots so you can move them out of the cold. Keep the soil moist. What I usually do with many of my plants, is just wet the soil occasionally, but not actually give them a proper drink - just for the moisture when it looks like it's drying out. I think there is a difference between keeping plants hydrated and watering them (If that makes sense..).

When I first received these seedlings from Daley's, I positioned them in spot with lots of warm sun. Now that they have established themselves a little more, I have found that too much Central Victorian sun will just burn and dry out the leaves. When positioned in the sun for too long, the whole tree goes droopy. So now they only get morning sun and spend the rest of the day in the shade. This seems to work o.k... At night if the temperature drops, I bring them inside into a warm room.

I thought that maybe spraying the leaves would help, but this seems to make the leave grow oddly. It also can rot the leaves, so don't get water on the leaves!

The first pots that I put the trees in actually ended being too small. This stunted the growth. After trasplanting them to larger pots, they're growth has increased remarkably. I am now getting beautiful, large glossy green leaves.

I'm sure the Coffee Trees don't mind the occasional Samba music that gets played around the place too!!!

I hope that I've helped anyone.

Planted: 2015

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 4

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control:

Eco Oil

Organic Status:Organic