My Edible Fruit Trees: Stone Fruit VIC

Passionfruit - Black Pearl

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Pear - Baby Face (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

I bought this fron the nursery this year as root stock and planted it in the ground staight away.  Mixed dirt with cow manure and compost.  North facing in full sun.  Seasoled it a month ago. So far it's doing well.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pear - Beurre Bosc (Grafted)

Comments: -

Double-grafted with a Williams pear.  They haven't flowered up till now, but the fruit spurs have developed nicely and they should be flowering this Spring.

Easy to care for, provided you keep the pear and cherry slug at bay [see pest Control, below].

Planted: 207

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Williams

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chook manure, compost, blood

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Pear and cherry slug - as per Stella Cherry - pyrethrum spray and squashing when larvae noticed, and it was sprayed with lime sulphur this winter (2009) to try to cut them off at the pass.

Organic Status:Organic

Pear - Beurre Hardy

Pear - Durondeau

Pear - Lemon Bergamot

Pear - Red Sensation

Comments: - A red williams pear.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Compost and worm juice. Blood and bone mixed with gypsum.

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

I have some pear & cherry slug on it.  Just picking them off by hand while it is still small.

Organic Status:Organic

Question: What are some organic measures I can take for pear & cherry slug?

Pear - San Giovanni

Pear - Trixzee (dwarf)

Planted: 2014

pear buere bosc

Pear- Beurre Bosc

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pear- Sensation (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Pear- William (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Pear- Winter Nelis

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Prickly Pear (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

I got some cuttings off a neighbor and planted them in pots.  They have started to grow roots,  we'll see how they go.  I have to decide where to plant them.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 6

Pollination: Self Pollination

Prickly Pear - Purple (Cutting)

Comments: -

Opuntia sp.

Red Sensation Pear (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Comments: -

we didn't plant it in time

Organic Status:Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting)

Comments: -

I took my kids for a walk around my area one day and saw a huge Pitaya plant grown in the front yard owned by an old Vietnamese couple. I asked the elderly man for a cutting and he ended upended a small cutting with the root intact for me. It was very nice of him. The Vietnam Dragon Fruit is sharing the same pot with the Yellow Dragon Fruit. I can't wait till ]my Yellow Dragon Fruit matures, so I can take some cuttings and give it to the elderly couple in return.

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Dragon Fruit - Pearl (Cutting) ^10/10

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April

Planted: 1995

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 200 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl ^9/10

Comments: -

These have been growing very well. My only problem is that I do not yet have enough space for them in the garden so the poor things are still in pots. They will never get to fruiting size in pots!

I have found it's best to keep them out of the rain in winter, not that it really rains in Melbourne any more. When it's cold they hate being wet, and start rotting.

Planted: 2007

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Organic Status:Organic

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Dragon Fruit - Pearl

Comments: - Dies back a little in Winter but then grows away- damaged by wind and cold weather. %uFFFDNot fruited yet

Planted: 2008

Height 5 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Nashi Pear - Hosui

Nashi Pear - Hosui

Nashi Pear - Kosui