My Edible Fruit Trees: South American Trees

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

Comments: -  Small size. Photo taken a year after planting- it has grown alot and definitely changed shape. It is a bit weepy compared to others. I picked the flowers off this year, maybe next year I will leave them on. I have an earth bag underneath it that drip waterers it most of the time and it seems happy. I have had a shade cloth over it but it seems happy enough without it on- no real sunburning or wilting going on yet (its only spring now..)

Fruiting Months June and July

Planted: 2013

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:  

Organic Status:Organic

Question:  

Comments

a few fruits spring 2015. go tree go!

oh and i think it is already 4 meters tall already with a nice fat trunk. it has been my best grower (apart from the china flat peach) in the 2 years its been in the ground.

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Got this in 2013 - but wasnt able to set any fruit till Dec 2016  - hoping for fruit to grow a tad more before picking sometime before november 2017?

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, December

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None needed

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A) (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Seems to be doing well, planted in mid winter at about 1m high and flowering already 1.5 months later. The branches droop a lot so I will keep it staked until it has a few good strong branches to hold rest of the plant up.

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Dwarf Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted)

Comments: - Purchased winter 2016 & hardened up in pot prior to planting

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Reed (A) (Grafted)

Comments: - Purchased winter 2016 & hardened up in pot prior to planting

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Comments: - Purchased winter 2016 & hardened up in pot prior to planting

Planted: 2017

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Dwarf Avocado - Pinkerton (A) (Grafted)

Comments: - Purchased winter 2016 & hardened up in pot prior to planting

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

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

Comments: - Had a radical prune as was too tall & had been butchered by the horse. 

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Black Sapote - Maher (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - This is the start of my tropical plant growing. The picture shows my 1st, and cheapest  greenhouse - an old fridge with the sides jigsawed out, and replaced with piecess of perspex and glass that I had lying around. At the moment it is a temporary home for black sapotes, coffees, blueberries, dragon fruit, and a pepino - with more on the way. When it gets a little too hot - the thermometer inside shows >=35oC, I crackopen the top door. It is kept warm - around 24oC O/N, even on below zero, frosty nights here in Clare, with a 70W incandescent glope, old quit and a tarp if it is raining. Next GH will be a shuttle with a clear polycarb top, before progressing to a poly tunnel, and finally, a twin walled polycarbonate GH with summer cooling and winter heating.

Planted: 2017

Height 90 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full 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

Feijoa - Nazematze (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Had flowers but did not fruit in earlier years, so tried hand cross pollination from feijoa Duffy. In 2017 got fruit. Tasty but not as good as Duffy.

Planted: 2012

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Duffy

Feijoa - Duffy ^10/10

Comments: - Delicious fruit. Growing this tree in Katoomba. Essential to water during fruiting to avoid fruit drop.

Fruiting Months April

Planted: 2012

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 40 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Nazematse

Pest Control: None required

Guava - Mexican Cream ^9/10

Comments: - Very good soft sweet taste, sweeter than Hawaiian pink. Good crop. Recommended.

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.

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.

Black Sapote (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Has flowered profusely for several years, but not much fruit set. Hence I planted a second variety of black sapote more recently and this seems to have helped with fruit set. In 2014 the tree had many flowers but the second variety had no flowers (still small tree), and again there was no fruit set, So it does seem that cross pollination is essential for the seedling tree.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2007

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2013 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: superb

Black Sapote - Superb (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: - Needed a second black sapote to aid in pollination. The specimen from Daley's looked rather weak and spindly and is extremely slow growing in part shade. However, first fruit (just one) in 2013 was delicious, so this variety definitely passes the taste test..Have now bought a second plant from Daley's as I am convinced it's needed for cross pollination for the large seedling tree. But the grafted trees are growing extremely slowly. One of the grafted tree suddenly dropped its leaves and died. Somewhat puzzling, but, growing close to the large seedling black sapote, it might not have been able to compete for water.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Need to protect leaves from being eaten by possums when tree is young.

Jaboticaba - Yellow (Seedling)

Comments: -

 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. Perhaps this tree requires warm weather year round to produce fruit? Will wait a few more seasons.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

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

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (C) (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

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.

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.

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^9/10

Comments: - Just delicious fruit! Couldn't believe the taste the first time I tried one.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May

Planted: 2010

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 10

Fruit Harvest: 20 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Question: How do you protect from fruit fly?

Black Sapote - Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Looking forward to trying the fruit.

Planted: 2017

Height 51 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

Jaboticaba (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2017

Height 24 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Avocado - Reed Seedling (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Very early stage

Planted: 2017

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

Pawpaw ^2/10

Comments: -

grown from seed 2009-slow growing

think we don't get enough warmth here-grew them in Darwin & they grew really fast

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

What kind of paw paw are these?

I don't know-I just bought half a pawpaw from the fruit shop, dried the seeds out & planted them. It was a orange oval shaped one.

Guava-Indian ^5/10

Comments: - Birds love them !

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^3/10

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Go chook!

Feijoa

Comments: - pineapple quava/feioja -would like to try it but got to beat the birds

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

why do you trimmed it off ?

I cut it back so it would get nice & bushy -haven't grown it before so just experimenting.

Avocado - Duke 7 Rootstock

Feijoa - Nazematze

Comments: - Really like the look of this variety. 

Feijoa - Unique cutting

Comments: - Self fertile, small size & cold tolerance.  

Dwarf Avocado - Lamb Hass (A)

Comments: - Second choice A, dwarf variety if I need to cover the trees from a frost, bet hedging.