My Edible Fruit Trees: South American Trees WA

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Scarlet (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Fast grower, flushes new growth in cool-warm weather.

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Canistel (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Pretty when small, has thin long leaves and grows slower than other Pouteria species.

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

White Sapote - Kampong (Grafted) ^9/10

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Cherimoya - Seedling ^9/10

Comments: - Leaves smell wonderful and look gorgeous.

Height 60 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Feijoa - Duffy (Seedling) ^7/10

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Nazematze

Feijoa - Nazematze ^7/10

Comments: - Hardy tree that looks fantastic and makes fruits that I love.

Planted: 2023

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Duffy

Cherimoya - Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - This tree was originally the rootstock of a Paxton Prolific atemoya. The graft broke off during a storm so I let the rootstock continue growing to see what it%u2019s fruit would be like. The fruit are very sweet with good flavour but the flowers need hand pollination.

Planted: 2013

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Jaboticaba - Red Hybrid (Seedling)

Planted: 2016

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Jaboticaba

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A) (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

Lamb Hass is a very productive & problem free tree. The fruit taste similar to Hass but are usually a little softer. The tree is quite compact for an avocado and I am growing mine in a 160L pot. This variety pollinates well on its own and is resistant to sunburn.

The tree is also much more upright compared to The spreading nature of a regular Hass tree.

Planted: 2016

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None needed

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

from where i can buy this self pollination avocado

Black Sapote (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Great looking tree that has finally after 20 years begun to give fruit and wow what a great taste, all my friends and family love the taste too

Fruiting Months January, November, December

Planted: 2010

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 15 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

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

Planted: 2013

Height 2 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

White Sapote - Lemon Gold (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Scary tree because it wants to grow into a giant here. That's interesting because it behaved totally differently 700km north of here. Doesn't have any leaf drop here either. Wishing I had planted it somewhere else now, and had to cut down the second tree next to it because they were taking over. The roots are invasive so don't plant near pipes, walls etc...
Apart from that - it's dead easy to grow in our climate, is not at all fussy about the soil, the water, the winter - or bothered by pests/diseases. The fruit needs to bagged against Mediterranean fruit fly and the parrots and possums...
The fruit is beautiful - texture a bit like avocado and the flavour of lemon meringue pie, to me. Skin can be eaten also. 
Self fertile and a good cross pollinator. If only the fruit were bigger and more numerous.
I have to hack this tree back by 50% every 2-3years.

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Any balanced fruit tree fertiliser I have around.

Black Sapote - Mossman

Comments: - Plant has been moved 3 times and not photogenic after all that, yet. It's handled all that fine though, surprisingly.

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers (summer) alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets (in winter)

Feijoa (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - Acca sellowiana. Sadly it's almost impossible to get named varieties in WA, especially now there is the myrtle rust problem and quarantine bans. So we are stuck with generic "non name" plants - which don't produce very impressive fruit. 
The tree is easy to grow but can take some time to start flowering and fruiting - seems to vary for different people/plants and locations. Is prone to scale and sooty mould if grown in too much shade and/or damp conditions, here. 
It's not bothered by the lime in our bore water.

Planted: 2014

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Avocado - Hass (A) ^10/10

Comments: - Easy to grow. Lovely fruit. Self pollinating (but way better now we have a bee hive also) We harvest after winter - around November, as the fruit tastes so much better after the cold weather and it's water content drops. A great choice for a backyard tree, along with Reed. 
I apply a lot of varied types of mulching materials, including logs/wood, like in the photo. There is evidence that with appropriate mulching we can encourage increased growth of the beneficial fungi in the soil - which can help outcompete any pathogenic fungi. This is very helpful for avocados.

Planted: 2013

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

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

Pest Control: Netting against parrots etc, rarely some copper sulphate sprays for Sooty blotch (note: not the same as Sooty Mold) on the trunk and branches.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question: When do other warm-temperate growers prune their Hass trees? References suggest immediately after fruit set, in cooler areas? (will have to sacrifice some fruit of course) 

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) ^5/10

Comments: - Not that fussed on this tree. It's droopy and dense growth is not good for air circulation through the canopy and it doesn't seem to set a lot of fruit as yet. The fruit is the more watery type, thin skin. 

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2015

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers, little and often

Question: Does anyone get a decent crop from this variety? 
We have a Type B nearby and a bee hive - but it still doesn't set many fruit, especially compared to the Hass and Reed?

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

Comments: - I love this tree - the fruit is amazing and even better if you let them hang on the tree for an extra month or two. Buttery, nutty, creamy and huge. A lovely handsome tree - very vigorous and fruits prolifically. Highly recommend and tolerates cool weather no problems here.
We harvest ours from Christmas onwards. Our fruits won First Prize at one of the country Ag shows last season too.
They grow well in our sand that has been improved with the clay plus, fine coir, compost and lots of OM - which makes the rich organic loam that they particularly need to thrive.

Planted: 2014

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook maure pellets, Little and often

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question: I am wondering if Reed is self fertile perhaps? I have seen a large tree, grown in isolation, producing heaps of fruit?

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

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - This is our very first fruit, but the tree has been flowering for the past 2yrs. Seems to have some trouble self pollinating so I may have to assist next time. It's almost totally deciduous in our winter here. It's growing strongly and is in a large raised bed facing north - in our pool area which has a 6ft brick wall around it - so a nice microclimate in winter and summer.

Planted: 2014

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets, little and often during the growing season. Sulphur in early spring if needed.

Canistel

Comments: - Pouteria campechiana. I grew them from seeds - from a man called Mike in Cairns. It's been a long road with these seedlings and I have nearly lost them at times - but I finally have one growing well now, and another hanging in there. Fingers crossed. They don't like our winters here - but as they get bigger I suspect they will get hardier?
These are planted in large raised garden beds that are north facing, around our pool area. Quite challenging here.

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers mostly - and some slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - These have really been a labour of love, and sheer stuborness, for me.There are not so many fruiting Jaboticabas in WA and they really sulk if the conditions are not right for them. They seem to loathe any lime and/or salinity - becoming chlorotic and burnt in the summer. They also don't appreciate our fast draining sands so they really need the soil to be improved - like we do for avocados. 
I imported 4 plants from Daleys about 10yrs ago, before the myrtle rust ban came into effect. They nearly died in the harsh conditions in the midwest so I put them into tree sacks and into a shade house - giving them only rainwater and gentle slow release organic fertilisers. They made an astounding recovery. 
They were relocated here 6yrs ago and are now just starting to fruit. It's still a bit challenging to keep them happy as we have lime in our bore water. They respond very well to some iron sulphate when they are looking chlorotic due to alkalinity problems.
I don't know what type they are - probably just a common variety that was around 10 yrs ago.

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

First Fruited: 10 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers balanced fert, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets.

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A)

Comments: - Only planted last year so can't really comment yet. It's growing well and flowers profusely enough. Too young to set fruit perhaps.

Planted: 2018

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 5% in Spring

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Acid lovers, little and often as we are on sandy loam

White Sapote - Seedling

Black Sapote

Avocado - Reed (A)

Custard Apple - Seedling

Jaboticaba

Avocado - Hass (A)

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A) (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Seems to be doing well, planted in mid winter at about 1m high and flowering already 1.5 months later. The branches droop a lot so I will keep it staked until it has a few good strong branches to hold rest of the plant up.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun