My Edible Fruit Trees: South American Trees

Feijoa - Unique (Grafted) ^10/10

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Great Fruit lovely tree 

My fave in my garden! i can't wait untill all my trees are mature and give the grass infront some shade as it's a very hot spot in summer. 

The growth has been insane Love my tree! petals taste so yum!

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: duffy

Pest Control: pest oil

Question: how long will it take to grow rougly 2m ?

Comments

should i cut the lower branch off so it can focus on it's upper growth?

Flowered 1 year after purchase and i currently have 3 little feijoas on it this tree is doing wonders in my garden loves the afternoon sun and survived 41degree day only losing 1 leaf to sunburn.

Guava - Indian (Cutting) ^7/10

Planted: 2019

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mexican, thai, Hawaiian

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

White Sapote - Golden Globe ^5/10

Black Sapote - Maher (Grafted) ^8/10

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UPDATE DECEMBER 2019: has now had two Winters in Melbourne, survived, continued to grow, continued to flower and we have one fruit forming on it. I keep it well mulched with pea straw, lucerne, coffee grounds and compost. Was in pot up until recently. First Winter was moved inside to protect from cold, second Winter was left outside - survived freezing temperatures (think layer of mulch helped a lot) and had good water, now in ground in full sun and growing well. Is next to a Bernicker variety. Fingers crossed it keeps growing well; the fruit are hard to find in Victoria and I really like them; this is a novel plant that a lot of people are interested in to see how it grows.

UPDATE NOVEMBER 2018: handful of flowers coming out on plant now after heavy downpours. I keep the water up to this in the pot so hopefully it continues to grow well. Will hurt picking off the flowers but it's for the greater good. 

INITAL JUNE 2018: Can never find the fruit this far south and always wanted to try one. Again, will need to have absolutely everything on my side for this but I don't mind a challenge.

Planted: 2018

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, manure, pea straw, lucerne,

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - White Goose ^10/10

Comments: - Delicious large fruit.

Planted: 2017

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from Seed

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Jaboticaba Large Leaf (Seedling) ^9/10

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The fruit is considerably larger than the small leaf jaboticaba. The skin is tougher. Fruit is quite tasty though less fragrant than the small leaf variety.

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Guava - Mexican Cream ^8/10

Comments: - Very good soft sweet taste, sweeter than Hawaiian pink. Good crop. However, too much trouble with fruit fly, bush rats and fruit bats, so have removed tree to make room for others.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Tried using vegemite solution in soft drink bottle to trap fruit flies but not completely effective. One spray with lebaycid worked very well but this chemical no longer used. Fine netting works well but does not stop bush rats.

Comments

How well is your doing in Pot? My died last yr and i got new one today from a friend.

Initially I had it in a pot and the top half died. So I put it in the ground and it recovered, and that's when I got 1 fruit. It seems to be very happy now and is growing well.

Jaboticaba - Yellow (Seedling) ^6/10

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 Very slow growing, delicate tree. Withstands cold Sydney nights reasonably well. Has produced flowers every year but only in winter and so the immature fruit drops off every time. But finally got a crop in 2017. Interesting sweet fruit. Large seed, not much flesh so need to eat several fruits in oder to appreciate the taste.

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 7 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: No pests.

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^9/10

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Good looking tree. Fruited first time after 6 years and the fruit is very tasty. The fruit is ripe when it turns black and soft when squeezed between fingers. Produces a good crop every year triggered by good rainfall.

Planted: 2006

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control: Some crop lost to bush rats but putting up with this as the crop is very abundant.

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Cutting) ^8/10

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Produces plenty of very tasty fragrant fruit with a mix of sweet with a hint of sour.  

Extra bonus - chewing of young leaves are an excellent remedy for diarrhea and stomach bugs. Well known remedy in Asia.

Too much trouble with fruit fly, so have removed this tree to make room for others.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Initially sprayed against fruit fly, but now prefer to use plastic bags over fruit which is close to ripening and it seems to work well.

White Sapote - Chris (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Just want to add to my white sapote collection and for better pollination. 

Planted: 2019

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Kampong, Blumenthal, Reinecke

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Gyganic, sudden impact

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Nada 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry

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NOVEMBER 2019

 It's relatively hard to find guavas that are (a) good and (b) ripe around my area so I wanted to try grow some; my puppy unfortunately ate the top off this not long after I purchased and was prepared for it to go to God - but no. This little thing has not only continued to grow sideways, but actually now has fruit forming on it, even though it is probably eaten down to just over 1 foot tall. Will have to update to let you know if it survives the dog (and the conditions) and branches out, but so far, more than pleasantly surprised.

Planted: 2019

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Grafted) ^4/10

Planted: 2019

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (G) (Cutting)

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

Water Given in: Spring

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

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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

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

White Sapote - Lemon Gold

Black Sapote - Bernicker (Grafted)

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Has flowered but not yet fruited (in Sydney) and will need another year or so before fruit.  I have it with a Ricks Late for cross-pollination. We sometimes get a bit of light frost and it does not like that but will endure it.  It's in a pot for now but will need to be planted out eventually.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None needed

Avocado - Fuerte (B)

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A)

Planted: 2019

White Sapote - Blumenthal (Grafted) ^8/10

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Bought it to complement my Sapote Kampong with regards to pollination. It's now Oct 05, 2019, its sporting fruitlets together with my kampong. Eagerly waiting for the taste test %uD83D%uDE0B%uD83D%uDE0B%uD83D%uDE0B

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Kampong, reinecke commercial

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dyna lifter, seasol, citrus fert, guano

Pest Control:

My fingers

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

glad you haven't got the Menthol one :)

04-05-19 started to flower last month. Still too young to hold fruit.

05-10-2019, have fruitlets atm. Can't wait to taste the gems together with the Kampong.

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

Strawberry Guava

Avocado

Black Sapote

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Took many years to fruit. Now in its 14th year it fruits annually.  

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 20 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Thai White ^9/10

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I have one red small, I need big guava too in my greenhouse in Canberra