Paulaf1's Edible Backyard

Wampee (Seedling)

Comments: -

This was a seedling tree, so grew very quickly.  It made a lovely shade tree.......but I found the fruit too "musky" for my taste, so ended up chopping it down.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure,mushroom compost, blood and bone and sugarcane mulch.

Pest Control:

No pests so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Reed (A)

Comments: -

Just planted this one as I love the creaminess of  the Reed avocado.  I have it in full sun, so at the moment I have a beach umbrella next to it that I put up if we are going to have a really hot day.  Seems to be doing ok so far.

Dwarf Persimmon - Fuyu (NA) (Grafted)

Comments: -

I love the fruit off this tree.  I cover them up with bags and let them go really soft on the tree.  This would have to be one of my favourite fruits.  I have found them to be very difficult to transplant though, even in their dormant stage as  I have killed 2 this way.

Pollination: No

Avocado - Hass (A)

Strawberry - Redlands Joy

Comments: - I have quite a few different varieties of strawberries.  I wasn't getting much fruit off them for a couple of years, and they always looked quite scrappy...........so I moved them into a different position with afternoon shade, and starting foliar feeding them, and are now getting some great results.

Pollination: No

Dwarf Mulberry - Black

White Sapote - Pike (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

This tree fruited after having it in the ground for only a year.  The first couple of fruits it produced had quite a bitter aftertaste, and I was ready to pull it out, but the ones I have harvested this year were beautiful.  I find you have to catch them when they are just turning soft, as shortly afterwards they will ripen too quickly..........and drop from the tree, causing them to go splat!!!!!!!!

Haven't quite worked out what it tastes like yet, as there are a number of flavours combined.

This is a lovely looking tree with quite a weeping habit.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, horse manure and lucerne mulch.

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None as yet, but will have to cover the fruit from birds, fruit bats, and fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Mango - Kensington Pride

Comments: -

Great tree with great fruit.......full of flavour and no fibre at all.  I keep all my mango trees at about 3 metres tall (I have 4 all together, and cut back 1 each year).  This one is in amongst my vege garden, and has a compost bin sitting right underneath, so gets all the nutrients it needs from there.

Pollination: No

Feijoa - Triumph

Comments: -

I finally have feijoas!!!!!!  After being very patient and waiting over 5 years for my 3 Bunnings un-named seedlings to flower and fruit.......I gave up and pulled them out, and purchased one each of the mammoth and triumph grafted varieties.  One (not sure which as I lost the labels) has fruited in it's second year and has about 5 fruit on.

Will have to bag them shortly to keep the pesky fruit fly out.

Pollination: No

Comfrey

Comments: -

I have this plant growing everywhere.  It's great to just cut off all the leaves and throw them over the vege garden and fruit trees as a mulch, and I also use it as a compost tea.

Pollination: Self Pollination

alpine strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 8

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

I find that these plants don't do very well here.......it's too dry!!!  They really need watering every day, and like a bit of shade.

Ceylon Hill Gooseberry

Fig - Brown Turkey

Asparagus - Mary Washington

Comments: -

I love eating this straight off the plant.  I have 2 female plants as they both have the red berries, so I only get very thin stems.  The odd one is quite thick though, so are worth keeping in.

I cut them right back at the end of winter when all the fronds have died back and I give them a good feed of compost and manure just as they are pushing up new growths  and keep them well watered over summer.

Planted: 2006

First Fruited: 3 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Eco Naturalure - Organic Fruit Fly Control 1L

Comments: -

I usually use the bait to show me when  fruit fly are active again after their winter break, but as it only attracts the male, I cover all my fruit.

Fig - Sandpaper

Comments: -

This tree came up from a seed a bird dropped.  I had no idea what it was at first, but as soon as it grew a bit bigger, and I felt the leaves, I knew what it was.  Seems to like where it is, so will probably just leave it as is.

Ugni ( Tazziberry )

Comments: -

I have always wanted to try growing one of these, and never quite got around to buying a plant....so my sister bought me one as a surprise.  It's only small at the moment so don't know much about it at this stage.

Pollination: No

avocado Ettinger

Pollination: No

Mandarin - Emperor

Pollination: Self Pollination

Mandarin - Daisy (Grafted) ^4/10

Comments: -

This one has been in about 4 months and was doing it a bit tough at first....as it was covered in scale and sooty mould.  I gave it a spray with eco oil and now it is atarting to power ahead.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

eco oil for scale.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Orange - Lanes Late

Pollination: No

Wax Jambu - Pink (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

This one has been in for about a year and a half, and is growing very slowly.  This is probably due to the fact that it is right at the bottom of the garden, and I sometimes forget to water it.  Still stays nice and green though.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: mulch and dynamic lifter.

Grape - Isabella Black (Cutting) ^6/10

Comments: -

I picked this grape because it is supposed to have more resistance to powdery mildew and able to handle humid conditions better than other varieties.  I am espaliering it onto 4 strands of wire, which I hope will also help against pests (will be able to cover it easily) and diseases (airflow). 

It has only just started to come out of winter dormancy, before any of my other grapes......but this is probably due to it being in full sun.

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

I've only had this tree for just over a year, and I have it in amongst some other shrubs and trees.  I'm thinking it may be too shady here for it, and when everything starts to get bigger, will be very hard to harvest the fruit.  May have to find another spot for it.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth ^6/10

Comments: -

I've had this tree for a couple of years, but it has been moved a couple of times, so has stayed quite small, as it has not been able to become established.  May even have to be moved again as I think it will get too big for this position.  It has lost all it's leaves so now would be the perfect time.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 30% in Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Apple - Pink Lady (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

I'm giving this one a go as well, as I read it also has lower chilling hours than most other apples.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Pest Control:

Will be covered from the birds and fruit bats.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Loquat - Bessell Brown (Grafted)

Comments: - I had a 7 year old seedling loquat that hardley ever flowered, and then turned up it's toes and died, so I'm trying this grafted variety in a new position.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure, compost.

Pest Control: fruitfly, birds,bats.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Midyim Berry

Guava Yellow Cherry

Guava - Strawberry

Mandarin - Honey Murcott (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

The skin is a bit harder to peel on these, and quite a few pips, but the taste is beautiful......very sweet.

Fruiting Months July and August

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, liquid seaweed, dynamic lifter, horse manure.

When I Fertilise: Yearly

plum 3 way grafted (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

This plum is a 3 way grafted.....it contains grafts from mariposa, narrabeen and I think the last one is satsuma.  I don't think I have enough chill hours here for it to fruit though, so will be grafting some low chill varieties onto this tree in the future, to replace the others.

Planted: 2005

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure, compost, dynamic lifter.

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

Nothing so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Feijoa - Mammoth

Pollination: No

Plum - Gulf Ruby

Pollination: No

Lilly Pilly Creek

Pollination: No

Passionfruit - Panama Red

paw paw

paw paw

Tahitian Lime

Mandarin - Imperial

Dwarf Orange - Washington Navel

grape ruby seedless

Grape - Flame Seedless

Blueberry - Sharpblue (Cutting) ^7/10

Fruiting Months July and August

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, dynamic lifter, horse manure and pine needle mulch.

Pest Control:

Made up cages from wire netting to keep fruit away from the birds.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Finger lime - Rainforest pearl (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

This is a very prickly tree, and was flowering when I bought it a year ago, but they all fell off, but it is flowering again now.

Fruiting Months July, August, September

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter and lucerne mulch.

Pest Control:

none so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Longan - Seedling

pear-sunshine

Mango - R2E2 (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

This is a new addition, but I didn't notice until I got home, that it had 2 tags on it, one with R2E2 Grafted, and the other saying it was a Bowen.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

Will cover fruit from fruit fly, and fruit bats.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Mango - Bowen Seedling (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

This tree is doing beautifully.

Planted: 2004

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure, dynamic lifter and sugarcane mulch.

Pest Control:

I have to bag the fruits, then cover the tree to keep fruit away from the fruit bats and fruit fly.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Jaboticaba - Yellow (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

This one was moved about a year ago, and has just started to grow some nice green leaves.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: horse manure, compost, sugarcane mulch.

Pest Control:

None as yet.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Mulberry - Black ^5/10

Comments: -

I planted this one so I could cover it, so I have a better chance of beating the fruit bats and birds to the fruit.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none as yet.

Pest Control:

Birds, fruit bats.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Sapodilla - Seedling (Seedling)

Comments: -

Not too sure how this one will do, and also with it being a seedling, not sure how the fruit will taste, or how long it will take to fruit.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

Pest Control:

nothing yet.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Berry - Youngberry (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: -

Had some of these planted up against a fence, but we had to move the fence so these ones have only been in the ground for a few months.

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: nothing yet.

Pest Control:

birds love them, and you have to contain the plants as they have runners popping up metres away from the parent plant.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

pomegranate - Jativa ^5/10

Comments: -

There are 2 pomegranates in this picture, the bigger one (unknown variety) in front has flowered about 3 times, but never set fruit, and the little one (Jativa) has only been in about a year.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, horse manure, potash.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

white Sapote (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

This is another I have lost the tag for, but am pretty sure it's grafted as I can just make out a graft on the trunk.

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, mulches so far.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

rome beauty (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: -

Another tropical apple. Haven't seen many of these around in the nurseries.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: animal manures, blood and bone and lucern mulch.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Golden Dorsett grafted (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

This one took a bit longer than my "Anna" to produce fruit, and dosen't seem to produce as many fruit.....lots of flowers but most fall off.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2006

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Cross Pollinator Variety: Anna

Fertiliser or Organics Used: animal manures, blood and bone and lucern and comfrey mulches.

Pest Control:

Will cover the fruit, to keep away from the fruit bats and birds.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Einsheimer ^5/10

Comments: -

Another Tropical apple. This one is just a stick too, as it was planted the same time as the Rome Beauty.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: animal manures, blood and bone and lucern and comfrey mulches.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Dwarf Apple - Tropic Sweet (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

Have just moved this tree about 2 months ago, so that is why some of the leaves are brown as it dried out.

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: animal manures, blood and bone

Pest Control:

Will also need to be covered from the birds.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Persimmon - Nightingale (A) (Grafted)

Comments: -

This one died after I transplanted it.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Cedar Bay Cherry ^7/10

Comments: -

This looks like it will be a great little shrub, lovely dark green foliage and seems very drought tolerant so far.

The fruit are ok, but not great and it has a huge stone in the middle.

I had to pull this one out as it caught the dreaded Myrtle Rust.  It hit this one pretty badly!!!!! 

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far

Pest Control:

None needed so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

avocado - pacific giant (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

This is a seedling I got from the Mount Tamborine Markets.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

avocado - Linda (Grafted)

Comments: -

Tasted one of these at Tropical Fruit World, and it was so nice that when I came across one for sale I bought it.  Unfortunately it didn't make it.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far, as just planted.

Pest Control:

None so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Abiu (Seedling) ^5/10

Comments: -

Died due to lack of watering.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

none so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Reed (A) (Grafted)

Comments: -

Unfortunately this avocado was moved a few too many times.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: none so far.

Pest Control:

none so far.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Macadamia

Pepino

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