My Edible Fruit Trees: Citrus Trees

Finger Lime - Red Cutting (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

tasted one and loved it, bush food :) I now have colett variety as well and its zooming along with fruit in first year.

In a large selfwatering pot

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

they freeze well and are great replacement for lemon.growing happy in a self watering pot almost as high as the veranda.

Tamarillo - Orange (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

UPDATE March 2019

Now in ground. Gets watered by watering system every few days. In ground next to well established Meyer lemon.

UPDATE January 2019

Had a couple of 40 degree  days which caused wilting but most leaves bounced back with deep watering. Cut the top off once it was a metre tall to encourage branching. Keeping the water up to it - easy to tell when it needs water as the huge leaves start to look a little relaxed. Considering moving out of pot into ground in protected position.

INITIAL October 2018

I love red tamarillos so thought I'd try growing the orange ones for something different. Growing well since September (spring).

Planted: 2018

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, pea straw, lucerne, blood and bone

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Finger Lime - Mia Rose (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Pot size: 50 cm
Water frequency: 1-2 times a week

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Gyganic For Fruit and Citrus

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Mandarin - Afourer Murcott (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mandarin - Okitsu wase (Satsuma) (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mandarin - Hickson (Grafted)

Comments: -  

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Lime - West Indian Seedling (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Taste is tangy and smaller than tahitian. First couple of years it focused on establishing itself (bushiness) then by 4th year height has taken effect and getting only a small amount of crop and flowering. There are thorns. Espaliered, but not as easy to compared to my other citrus as branches are stiffer.

Planted: 2013

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Orange - Valencia Seedless (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Espaliered, holds fruit for long period

Fruiting Months September, October, November, December

Planted: 2013

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Mandarin - Imperial ^9/10

Comments: - Espaliered. Did not fruit until 3rd year of planting (I assume it was establishing itself). One dwarf is not enough in long run if there are two or more people in household who like mandarins. Have heard it can produce lower harvest bi-yearly but not seen that happen yet.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Height 3 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Espaliered. I like this more than the meyer as more like your tradional lemon. Not as bushy as other citrus (more strangly). Fruits throughout the year with a break in hottest part of summer.

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Mandarin - Hickson (Grafted)

Comments: - Wait and see, clay soil may have slowed down growth, however the plums are liking it.

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Mandarin - Emperor

Comments: - Wait and see, still not grown a lot when plums are fine.

Planted: 2015

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Kumquat - Nagami (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Nice fruit to eat off tree if you can tolerate the tanginess (50/50 with my visitors). I puree and freeze to use later in citrus desserts. Useful tree, colleague made me a jam from my fruit - I liked it!

Planted: 2013

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mamoncillo - Spanish lime

Lime - Makrut (Kaffir) ^10/10

Comments: - LOVE kaffir lime leaves, jazzed it up in a pretty pot given it a full sun position. This is a pipsqueak kaffir lime, only getting 1-2m

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer ^7/10

Comments: - Everyone has to have a lemon tree in their garden surely :) this is the dwarf lemonicious, it's been a trial and error as i'm new to gardening so some leaves have been curling inwards which may mean i need to adjust the nutrients in the soil?

First Fruited: 4 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control: recently been attacked by scale i've been removing as much as i can see by hand and using pest oil to rid them but it's been a tough process, losing a lot of leaves to yellowing but it's bouncing back ok. 

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: - This is the Sublime patio Lime. Looks beautiful! have not had any fruit as of yet, over half the leaves dropped off over winter as it gets cold here even with sheltering the plant. But in spring it put on so much new growth it's lusher than ever.

Water Given in: Spring

Dwarf Orange (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Be nice to have my own oranges not sure how it will handle the ballarat winter but it loves the summer! unlike my grass 

Planted: 2018

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Finger Lime

Comments: - I have a few different varieties of this tasty unique fruit , still want more plants , grew a huge purple variety that tasted tupsy , prefer the medium size ones , smaller plants . They are very prickly .

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 15 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Bark and leaf mulch

Organic Status:Organic

Lime - Makrut (Kaffir) (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - This is a grafted dwarf , poor thing doesn't get much light ,but soldiers on. Lives under the lemon tree in a pot , lovely herb .

Planted: 2015

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: ecoo oil

Lime - Tahitian (Cutting)

Comments: - I grew this from my friends tree from a cutting , grown in 60l pot growing more lw and shrubby than a tree. 

Planted: 2013

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: eco oil

Lemon - Eureka (Seedling)

Comments: -

Not sure if it was citing or seed , Daley product .

Hardy lemon tree , tall ,ants love it and so do the aphids , lot of work keeping it clean .

ecooil .

Planted: 2014

Height 3 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: eco oil and banding.

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer

Comments: - this little fella had a hard time to start , planted with not enough sunlight and little watering , 2 years later , I dug it up and potted it , doing fine now ,hope to get lemons soon .

Height 0.7 metres

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Eco oil 

Dwarf Mandarin - Emperor

Comments: - i have an emperor and imperial mandarins both dwarf , the imperial is 2 years older and produces sweet thin skinned fruit .

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: Eco oil

Dwarf Orange - Cara Cara ^9/10

Comments: - nice Orange with red flesh juicy and sweet .

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Bio oil

Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel (Grafted)

Comments: - Nice orange fruited in second year 3 nice oranges , this will be 3rd year ,first in ground so maybe next year I will get more .

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pest Control: bio oil 

Organic Status:Organic

Tamarillo - Orange (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Wife loves tamarillo but prefers the red ones ( so far ) second season for this tree see how we go

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2016

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Ants love it . Spray user leaves with bio oil .

Dwarf Lemon - Meyer (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - This tree is a Lotsa Lemons and produces plentiful fruit. It%u2019s a tough low maintenance plant that I keep in a 50L pot. 

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, December

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 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: When Fruiting

Pest Control: None needed 

Lemon - Eureka (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - I love warm lemon juice first thing in the morning for health reasons.

Planted: 2018

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Meyer Lemon

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Sudden Impact by Neutrog

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic