My Edible Fruit Trees: Bla WA

Black Apple (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Slow growing with an obvious Australian look to its leaf.

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Grumichama - Black (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Delicious!

Planted: 2015

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

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

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)

Bamboo - Timor Black (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - An edible clumping giant bamboo. Grows alot slower than our other varieties as it doesn't like the cold as much. It only puts out 1-2 stems in summer. The stems can take over a year to turn black. It's a beautiful bamboo species and well worth the wait though. 

Planted: 2016

Height 20 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced acid lovers alternating with organic chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Grumichama - Black (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: - I love the flavour of these fruits but the seed to flesh ratio is too high for them to be anything more than a novelty fruit, at this stage. I suspect the species is chill-sensitive as it gets the winter yellows (chlorosis) when the overnight temps are <8C and the days are bright and sunny. They also do not like lime and need alkalinity managed in soils that are more alkaline than neutral and/or irrigation water that also has higher levels of calcium carbonate (lime).
They only fruit once per season here. They need plenty of water in sharply draining soils. They seem to prefer some afternoon shade in our hot WA summers also.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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

Mulberry - Black English ^8/10

Comments: - Was planted by previous owners. A gnarly looking tree that fruits well. Lovely complex mulberry flavour and is my favourite of our types. Very messy fruit though - and the birds love them too. 

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2012

Height 5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release organic chook manure pellets

When I Fertilise: Spring

Black Sapote

Blackberry - Waldo

Mulberry - Black Seedling

Mulberry - Black English

Fig Black Genoa

Fig Black Genoa ^5/10

Comments: - Never had much fruit from this-much more from an un-named variety I was given

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mulberry - Black English

Comments: - doing well, give it a radical chainsaw haircut each winter

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Apple - Kingston Black (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Planted in location #26 (clay loam). Thriving in location

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Chickens

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Peach - Blackboy (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Planted in location #22 (clay and loam). I am very keen to discover what these peachs are like. Plant is very vigerous and strong.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Chickens keep away bugs, Plant has the occasional spot of leaf curl, but is more resistant than most of the other peaches and nectarines

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Peach - Blackburn Elberta (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

Planted in #18 of orchard (with J.H. Hale Peach). Attempting a 'two plants in one hole' situation. In volcanic loam wiht quartz, but also on a drainage line.

Barerooted plants were planted in mid-spring, so took time to 'wake up'.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

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

Fig Black Genoa (Cutting) ^7/10

Height 0.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pepper - Black

Comments: - Fast grower in warmer months.

Pepper - Black

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

Black currant - Ribes nigrum

Comments: - H 1.5, full sun, keep moist

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

Mulberry - Black English (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

I have no idea what variety of black mulberry I have but they are absolutely massive and I have never seen any bigger.  Mine was grown from a cutting given by a friend.  I hack the tree back every year after fruiting and bend down all the fruiting wood in winter to keep it at picking level.  They are so yummy when cooked and juiced.  So low maintenance and prolific!

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 5000 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 12 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Passionfruit - Select Black (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

i am a big fan of passionfruit juice.  I had the Nellie Kellie vine for 5 years and it produced around 600 fruits every year before it died.  It likes lots of feed and water and hand pollination will enhance fruit set and fruits full of pulp.  Totally yummy when juiced.  Also taste fantastic with Miracle fruit!

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Planted: 2006

Fruit Harvest: 600 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 12 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

Black Sapote - Chocolate (Grafted)

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

How do I get this tree to set fruit,I have tried nearly everything fro fertilising to even threatening by giving a harsh prune but it just grew better and produced more flowers to fall.

I have a bore so it gets regular water varied fertiliser regime too, the longan on one side and the mangoes on two sides have all fruited well, my banana five meters away are producing for the second time, HELP

ps I live in Connolly a northern Perth suburb.

thanks in anticipation

Eric

Grumichama - Black (Grafted) ^4/10

Comments: -

No flowers as yet. Has taken a while to grow but I have patience.

Planted: 2011

Mulberry - Black English ^8/10

Comments: -

Purchased this in 2008 as I enjoy mulberries but don't have the room left in the yard for a full sized tree. Growing this in half a wine barrel will keep the tree dwarfed and I'll still get a "taste" of fruit off it.

Reasonably heavily pruned due to being in pot

Update 2012 the Black English has been planted in the ground- replacing my dwarf red shatoot as it tastes much better than the dwarf red (they are too sweet for me) and it's an excellent flavour. Doesn't fruit as heavily as my seedling mulberry but tastes better.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 40% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Mulberry - Black Shahtoot? (Cutting)

Comments: -

A cutting from a tree growing wild on an undeveloped block I hope to nurture this plant and put it in the naturestrip. The fruit are delicious (although nothing beats the Black English) and the parent plant has survived years of neglect and no water in unimproved soil (at least 10 metres above the water table) so the cutting should be tough! I'm planning on espilaring it against the fence (in a pot) and keeping a close eye on the berries to prevent paver stains.

Maybe my husband won't notice!

From a 10cm cutting in November 2010 it is now 1m high in October 2011 and covered in fruit. Clearly a tough weed (that will never be released from a pot!) By Jan 2012 it has its second crop of fruit (I've not seen such a thing before) and is 1.5m high. This plant is a weed!! I intend to plant it out on the verge come autumn as it cannot stay in the pot (it will stain pavers and grows too quickly).

May 2012 - the plant has put on MORE berries ... and been relocated to the verge. It was pruned heavily to assist with shape and root growth (as vandals killed the mango previously on the verge - although there are thorny roses planted around the mulberry to discourage this!). The prunings have been turned into about 20 cuttings. Plant is recovering well and hopefully will soon realised that cropping from spring to winter is a bit keen!!

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Comments

BJ you've got to see and try my black mulberry. They are massive and taste delicius esp when cooked. I also juiced them this year and it was totally yum!