My Edible Fruit Trees: Dwarf Trees

Dwarf Papaya - Southern Red (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Bought this plant from Daley%u2019s a couple of years ago and put it in a warm, sheltered position. It has proven to be very low maintenance (occasional Seasol) and is a prolific fruiter that hasn%u2019t stopped producing since its first flower! Fruit is huge and beautifully sweet and juicy. Absolute must for the garden

Dwarf Nectarine - Sunset Backyard Beauty (Grafted)

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

planted in Ground in 2017 as it was not doing good in pot, Grafted Peach sunset in 2018 on it as well. Graft taken off well and both flowering well

Dwarf Apricot - Bulida ^4/10

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: lime sulpher

Comments

Planted after my son was born in July 2017

Dwarf Peach - Sunset Backyard Beauty (Grafted) ^2/10

Comments: - Super Dwarf

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2013

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 0.4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Osmocote

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: Dormant winter spray

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Question: Its flowers a lot but not fruit set

Comments

Plethora of flowers but only 1-2 fruit set. This is year i only got 2 Peaches, they both are VERY BIG and exceptional quality My garden is Bee friendly and has many bee attracting plants and shrubs. Also fruit trees next to it ( Gulf gold Plum and Angel low chill peach ) they all get a heavy fruit set. so i am not concerned about pollination or pollinators. I do administer Winter dormancy spray ,when tree is dormant, with LIME SULFUR once every year but only when its dormant and not when in bud break or bloom. not sure why i may have a poor fruit set despite plethora of blooms ?

Fruited close to 20 peach in 2018, Nice tasty peach

Dwarf Pomegranate - Parfianka (Cutting) ^5/10

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

planted on11.07.2019 next to ( 20cm) existing 6 yrs old Pomegrante tree.

Dwarf Apple - Pinkabelle (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Dwarf apple

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Was not doing well so Position changed in July 2017 and pruned half. now in front yard

slow growing,, Strugling, still same size

Dwarf Apple - Pink Lady ^5/10

Comments: -

Raising as a Stepover apple

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Granny Smith

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Winter

Comments

Growing great. Vigorous and Vase shaped. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture. Will convert it into Step Over Apple.

Size is controlled heavily,L SHAPED, 7 feet tall and 5 feet wide only

NOT A SINGLE APPLE YET

Dwarf Apple - Granny Smith ^5/10

Comments: -

Great pollinator for other varities.

Raising as a Stepover apple

Planted: 2014

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: gala

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Growing great. Vigorous and Vase shaped. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture. Will convert it into Step Over Apple.

fruited this year approx 10 apples. Size is controlled heavily, 5 feet tall and 5 feet wide only

Dwarf Plum Gulf Gold Tree (G) (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - Looking for some nice fruit

Height 2 Feet

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

Growing great. Very Vigorous and Vase shaped. Produced few peaches in first year but i thinned them all. Pruning as Per Dave Wilson Nursery Backyard Home Orchard Culture.

Looking good and flowing Good too, only worry is its Mid july ( 17 july 15) and we has frost every 2nd day.

Dead in 2016

Bought new same peach in Autumn 2017, hopefully it will live longer

Never disappoints me,,, Lovely small tree plethora of flower and fruits

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) ^7/10

Comments: - Took many years to fruit, now in its 8th year it has a few fruit on it

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, December

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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

Comments: - A robust, prolific tree that 1st flowered 6 weeks after purchase. I removed most flowers but allowed one fruit to mature (pictured). The beautifully formed fruit was really tasty with a smooth buttery texture.  It's July, after one year the tree is now 120CM tall and heavily flowering.  

Fruiting Months May and June

Planted: 2018

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Edranol

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter Spring, Summer

Pest Control: None needed

Organic Status:Certified

Dwarf Loquat Nagasakiwase

Dwarf Kumquat - Nagami

Dwarf Coconut Malay Bronze (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Bought from Daleys, I like this palm because Its a food producing Palm. Planted 15/02/2017, I dug a 3 foot by 3 foot hole filed with sand, compost, garden soil and mixed it well with my clay soil. As you can see it is sitting up off the ground a bit but will drop as it settles. When I got the palm sat it in seawead solution as instructed. Spent about two hours in the sink in the solution before planting in the mix outside. I put 9 liters of seawead solution over it again after I planted it.  The palm is in sub-tropical climate SE Qld, So will let you all know how it goes. 

Planted: 2017

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A) ^10/10

Comments: -

Flowered in the first year of planting. Grafted dwarf pinkerton bought here at Daleys.

I love it because I love Avocado's :) This variety is thriving in my garden coastal area of Southeast Qld. I planted it on top on the ground,  before I did plant it I put gypsum and  heaps of organic matter into the soil below. I sat the plant on top of the soil and used  two bags of high quality organic garden mix, around and under the plant. I placed the avocado between two golden cane palms to help shade it from the fierce summer heat. Normal weekly watering, sometimes I make it two weeks before watering depends on the weather. It's been care free and it's just doing it's thing - growing nicely..........

Update - Saturday 11 and sunday 12/02/2017 was very hot 40. The next two days 13/14 -02 -2017 hot blowy winds. The 13/02/2017 it rained about 3 mm at night. The plant is really floppy at the top and droopy now. I have seen this before when the tree is stressed out. I usually leave it and it comes good, will see this time. I am currently using a cane to straighten the top of the floppy portion, will see how it goes (the plant is surrounded by stakes and secure). The colour of the plant is dark green and healthy- apart from the precious thing being stressed. It's in shade but the wind and heat is taking it's toll (still blowing hard) for now, soil is wet but not overly so. Will update. Avocado feeling not so stressed today 15/02/2017 and has started to straighten up, winds slowed heat reduced, haven't watered. It has put on a great growing spurt since been plant bit over six months ago - near seven foot tall now. Trunk skining compared to height - stakes needed else will fall at this stage. Fertilised recently with 10-10-10 osmocote bought from US. You probably won't find 10-10-10 in Aus.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2016

Height 7 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, Nitrosol liquid, Osmocote 10-10-10

Pest Control: Pest control -me. Go out and check. Any leaf with a fungus look  or not looking healthy I cut. Inspection 2 weekly. I have used Eco - oil when required.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Peach - Pixzee

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Nectarine - Nectazee (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Great dwarf plant that produces lots of good fruit. Easy to net and maintain.

Planted: 2015

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers little and often during growing season.

Lime - Sweet Lime

Comments: - Sweet? - yes. Lime? - no. 
Not my kind of lime but it was worth checking out. Has been removed.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers little and often during warm weather, alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets in winter

Banana - Dwarf Red Dacca (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: - Grown from tissue culture. Grows well, looks good, is taking ages to get it's first flower so have not taste-tested as yet.

Planted: 2017

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers, little and often, slow release organic chook manure pellets, a little extra potash and ammonium sulphate or blood meal - for extra N in growing season.

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?

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.

Pear - super dwarf Pyvert

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Macadamia (Seedling)

Comments: - The "Lotsa Nuts" plants. Doing well here - need some pushing along with plenty of water and feeding. They need the alkalinity managed also - but may actually be displaying "delayed greening" with new growth I suspect? (not uncommon with our Aust. natives) 

Planted: 2017

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid Lovers alternating with slow release organic chook manure pellets. Little and often. Some sulphur and/or iron sulphate when needed.

Dwarf Plumcott - Spring Satin (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: - Removed. The top growth was pretty much a full size tree and outgrew the rootstock very quickly. It fell over in a storm, at 2yrs old, as a result. Very unhappy with the plant. The rootstock-scion combo might not be suited to lighter soils as I had the same problem with the entire range of this brand of stone fruits - and have either removed or lost all seven of them.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Banana - Dwarf Ducasse ^10/10

Comments: - My favourite banana out of our vareties. It has an amazing flavour, sweet but a touch of sherbet, and a heavenly banana flavour. Does not discolour when dried.
A nice small plant too...very easy to harvest at ground level. Big bunches, sturdy in strong winds. A prefect choice for a backyard banana.
They need a lot of water in our WA sands and are heavy feeders - so it is best to improve the sand with kaolin clay and fine coir compost, to save water and fertilisers. It takes about 1.5yrs for a pup to bring a bunch to harvest here.

Planted: 2017

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced acid lovers extra potash and ammonium sulphate added. Little and often.

Dwarf Apple - Redlove ^9/10

Comments: - Really interested in growing one of these beauties. I'd like to graft a granny smith onto it to get a combined Red and Green Apple tree

Dwarf Orange - Valencia ^8/10

Comments: - A multi graft dwarf Valencia, Lemonade, Pummelo seems like a reasonable container idea

Dwarf Lemonade ^8/10

Comments: - Would be interesting in growing one of these in a large pot on the deck or in the yard, I don't think I have the room in the yard to provide it with enough light so maybe a half wine barrel might do

Dwarf Lime - Tahitian (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Combined graft with Washington Navel, Ruby Grapefruit and Minneola Tangelo on dwarf rootstock. I hope its a winner

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Fairly easy going to grow although needs support when young, and a sheltered spot -  and to manage the top growth via pruning as it tends to grow faster than the roostock. Fruits prolifically so tends to drop a fair amount to compensate. Can get second and thrid flushes of fruit in summer, after the main crop - especially after some tip pruning. Fruit is very tasty - but quite sweet. A drier fruit than the Black English type - so very little staining. 

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2014

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, balanced

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring