My Edible Fruit Trees: Carambola Trees

Carambola Starfruit - Thai Knight (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Lovely weeping habit, fantastic star shaped fruits.

Height 1.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Carambola - Seedling

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

photo taken 2009. Topped dressed has responded with faster growth.

Fruiting Months June and July

Planted: 1997

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Carambola Starfruit - Thai Knight (Grafted)

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted)

Planted: 2017

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Ours are pretty much as good as you get. Satisified with the quality of the tree with high yields. Fruit is bland in flavour, but that is the same with all Carambolas.

Planted: 2000

Height 5 metres

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 50 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: Needs pest control.

Organic Status:Organic

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^10/10

Planted: 2017

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Carambola Starfruit - Daleys Sweet Gold

Growing: In the Ground

Carambola Starfruit ^5/10

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Carambola Starfruit- Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

stopped growing over winter, lost some leaves.  i read they stop growing when temps below 20. now, late spring, lots of new growth.

2016. quite tall and spindly. prune tops to encorage branching as it is a seedling.  no flowers yet. little care given.

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

Carambola Starfruit - Kembangan (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

they dont like cold. but our lowest temp was about 4 deg c this winter and they survived. one lost nearly all its leaves but has lots of new growth in spring.2016 very heavy crops the last 2 yrs. they seem to flower in winter and then loose them but plenty of fruit summer/autumn. never had trouble with fruit fly until this season had the entire crop infested and lost.

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Spring

Question:

Carambola grafted-LongPolyLane5 (Grafted)

Comments: -

This tree would produce fruit every year in the long poly house. As it became to large for it's pot, Greg gave it to me to plant out at my place, back in 1997. Twelve years later it finally produced fruit again (2009)

Planted: 1997

Height 3 metres

First Fruited: 2009 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Carambola Starfruit - Kembangan

CARAMBOLA STARFRUIT - KARY Averrhoa (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Love Star Fruit - can't buy these in Adelaide so i thought i'd give it a go growing them, purchased a grafted Kary from Daley's and it's doing excellent - very easy to look after and flowering like crazy. 

Flowers do drop off and dont set maybe it's too young still if anyone knows why the flowers are dropping please post a comment.

Height 2.5 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol and Organics - Fortnightly

Pest Control: None.

Question: Why are the flowers not setting fruit.

Carambola Starfruit- Seedling (Seedling)

Comments: - Don't really know what variety, but a heavy cropper of unevenn fruit. Unfortunately the fruit fly whack them well before they ripen.  Ants also seem to like them.

Planted: 2007

Pest Control: fruit fly traps, baits, spray.

Carambola Starfruit- Seedling (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - It happily grows on our loyal old dogs grave and sems to be thriving.

Planted: 2013

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

Not very old, lost most of its leaves due to transport shock from Kyogle I'd say but putting on lots of new growth in spring, hopefully its warm enough in Sydney.

Put on some very solid growth over summer. Has already started to flower in autumn.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

will bag fruit if it survives.

Carambola Starfruit - Kary

Carambola Starfruit - Kary ^8/10

Comments: -

Bought this plant from Daleys years ago. It achieved about 1.5 spindly metres growth, and then nearly died from frost, due to our marginal growing conditions. It held on, and, this year, has become very much more lush in appearance and looks like a sturdy, healthy plant. I hope it is self-pollinating, as I only have one plant, and I see the words "Pollination beneficial"!

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Mulch, longalife, cow poo, blood and bone etc

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

nil

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question:

This Carambola (same one as discussed here some time ago) was bought as a grafted plant, but I can't recall which graft it was. It now fruits abundantly, starting about 3 years ago with its first handful of fruits, but going into full production a couple of years ago. The only problem is that the fruit is to astringent to make for pleasant eating. Any idea why, or how to correct that issue, as it is an abundant creature now?! :-) Thank you.

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted)

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Carambola Starfruit - Kary (Grafted) ^9/10

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 8 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic