My Edible Fruit Trees: Berry Vines WA

^10/10

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Avocado Tree. Tried for the last 2 years but only have flowers.

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(Seedling) ^10/10

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its exotic and very usefully as it can be eaten whole and used in stirfrys

pepino or cameron apple as i know it tastes like rockmelon

my kids love them and just for that fact its a winner in my garden

Fruiting Months September, October, November, December

Planted: 2010

Height 45 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2010 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

i use companion planting and have garlic chives and chillies to keep the bugs at bay also have an area of my backyard left in fallow and covered in weeds the bugs tend to prefer the weeds to my garden

Organic Status:Organic

(Seedling) ^10/10

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I grow this every year, and there is always someone who asks 'what is that?'  It looks like a large-leaved silverbeet, with light green leaves. Very prolific - don't know why it isn't grown commercially.

It has a milder taste than s'beet, and is an annual - it grows all winter and goes to seed in summer. I think I bought the seed originally from Phoeniz Seeds, and have kept the seeds ever since.

It only gets water in spring if it is dry. Winter rainfall is enough, even though we have had a very dry winter in WA.

Planted: 2010

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, fish emulsion later in season.

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

No pests seen apart from an occasional snail.

Organic Status:Organic

(Grafted) ^2/10

Fruiting Months August

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

now that my peach tree is flowering and do olso have small peaches on it will they grow bigger or wil they fall off.

apricot - trevat (Grafted)

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As they are only babies I removed all the fruit as soon as it set as I want them to get their roots fully established so they can survive the summer!They are being espilared against the fence. A few have been hard hit by the storm and had some unorthordox pruning (thanks Perth storms) - but they seem to have recovered well. All their leaves have been removed for winter and I'm hoping they spring out of dormancy soon)

leavs are emerging late September. There are not many flowers - this could be due to Perth storm pruning, or insufficient chill, but a few fruit have set (obviously not enough ... one can never have too many apricots!) I always knew apricots would be a challenge in Perth!

I striped the plants of leaves in June. Hopefully they will learn that it is winter and crop in summer (maybe). The first blossom has appeared mid September 2011. It is still just waking up as of mid October 2011. There might be tiny fruitlets (just a few). It would be wonderful to get apricots in Perth (given we have far too few chill hours)

Jan 2012 - yummy, yummy, yummy ... fresh apricots are so delicious. The is no danger of an apricot crop in Perth breaking the branches of the tree, but a dozen fruit per tree is a nice treat, and so much more flavour than in the shops.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

ladybugs!

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Cameron Apple (Seedling) ^1/10

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Liked the look of the fruit and wanted to try anything new.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none yet

Question:

none yet

Cherry Tomatoes, Basil, Rosemary, Thyme, Oregano, Sage, Spring Onions, Chives, Banana Passionfruit, Black Passionfuit, Mandarin,

Organic Status:Organic

Currant - White (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: - I had it for almost 2 years with no fruit or flowers. I think Perth's climate didn't suit it.

Dwarf Jonathon and Granny Smith Apples, Washington Navel Orange, dwarf Mandarine, Black Passionfruit x 3, Big Boppa Passionfruit, Banana Passionfruit, Raspberries x 3 so far, immature Chokeberry, Eureka Lemon, Native Finger Lime, Doughnut Peach, Red Papay

Gynura Procubem (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - Longevity spinach, stabilize blood glucose for diabetic.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Few pest

Organic Status:Organic

Kiwi berry ^8/10

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Summer14, in pot 15cm height

2014-11-5 in flower H50 cm

nectarine

passionfruit - nelly kelly (Grafted) ^4/10

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This has not been a great success story to date - I have hardly had any fruit off it, and bought a new passionfruit this year to replace it... and now the original one is loaded with fruit! (My grandfather maintained that "Sunnypash" was better than Nelly Kelly, but I haven't been able to find a Sunnypash.)

Planted: 2001

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Peach

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Peach - Dwarf O\'Henry (Grafted)

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Like the shape and like the Plantnet varieties.

Planted: 2011

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Acerola - Florida Sweet (Cutting)

Planted: 2015

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Australian Round Lime

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Avocado - Bacon (B) (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Water Given in: Spring

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Hass

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - It's a Type B and easy to grow. It flowers a bit too early in our cooler climate so fruit set is not great and a few are cocktail avocados. I planted it for cross pollinating our Type A's - but it tends to flower a bit earlier than all of them. 
It is a very vigorous and spreading tree, be warned. This pic is ours at 4yrs old.
Sand improvement is really important here, for strong healthy growth and good fruiting. I use plenty of Clay Plus, fine coir and a good quality compost (make sure the compost pH is not alkaline before adding it) and lots of mulchy things - even large pieces of our fire wood/logs, half buried under the canopy and drip line, as avocados have shallow feeder roots that need protecting. Their leaf litter stays where it falls and I use a complete fertiliser that has trace elements/minerals added.
It's important that their topsoil remains moist in our summers - so this can mean watering daily in a heatwave. Drainage is not an issue in our deep sands, which is a bonus for avocados, being prone to root rots due to "wet feet" 

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2015

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Organic Acid lovers, little and often, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - Had a radical prune as was too tall & had been butchered by the horse. 

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Reed Seedling (Seedling) ^2/10

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taste of fruit

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2005

Height 18 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 50 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

how big does the avocado tree grows in w.a