NSW Edible Fruit Trees

Dragon Fruit - Red (Calloused Cuttings) (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Easy to Grow and the fruit tastes amazing

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Planted: 2020

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Panama Berry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Taste and abundance of fruit 

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, manure, liquid from worm farm

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Pest Control: None 

Organic Status:Organic

Pomegranate - Azerbaijani ^5/10

Comments: - Very healthy, very tall about 7 feet and overall very happy with the tree but ......

Planted: 2018

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pest Control: Nothing as doesn't appear to have any diseases.  

Question: The first flower of the year in Spring is always a female flower but no male flowers to pollinate it.  All the other flowers that come a few days later are male flowers so I never get any fruit as by that stage my one female flower has died.   Is there anything I can do to increase the female to male flower ratio come next Spring? 

Peach - Flordaprince

Growing: In the Ground

Plum - Yarrahapinni Blood (Grafted)

Planted: 2022

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question: When do Yarrahapinni Blood plum come out of dormacy in the Wollongong region?

White Sapote - Kampong (Grafted) ^9/10

Planted: 2016

Height 175 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Fast grower, the only problem I've had is with scale.

Hi mate - if you have spare scion woods, can you pls let me know so I can try grafting to my white sapote seedling tree? I am happy to pay for them and perhaps go for a drive down to the South Coast one weekend to collect

Sorry I just saw your comment. If you still need some let me know and forget about paying

Hi Chad1, sorry I don't use this Daley forum website often and just came across your response. Thanks mate for the offer, but it is not urgent and I will try to source some other varieties white sapote scions to graft onto my seedling tree project sometime in the near future. Same, we are based in the same state NSW and so if you are after a particular scion(s) I may have spare, let me know and I can try to assist

Mulberry - White Shahtoot (Grafted) ^7/10

Fruiting Months September and October

Height 6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Will pruning reduce fruiting?

Small Leaf Tamarind ^8/10

Comments: - Attractive endangered native fruiting tree.  Took a few years to become established with frost protection and regular watering.  Survived years of harsh drought with minimal watering.  First time it has fruited since planting about 7 years ago. Appears to be a substantial amount of fruit on the tree.  Fruit is attractive but very tart, consisting mostly of a large seed and thin flesh.

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2015

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 7 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Chicken droppings couple of times a year

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Panama Berry

Achacha (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Recently purchased this from Daleys in 4lt pot and have transferred into 20lt woven bag

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Longan - Kohala (Marcot)

Height 1.5 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Chilli - Jalapeno (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2021

Height 50 Centimetres

Avocado - Fuerte (B) (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2021

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure and rooster booster

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: No pests experienced so far.

Organic Status:Organic

Lemon Myrtle (Seedling) ^6/10

Planted: 2016

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Keep it up

Dwarf Mulberry - Red Shahtoot (Grafted) ^6/10

Planted: 2018

Strawberry - Lowanna

Lime - Kaffir ^8/10

Planted: 2015

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Organic Status:Organic

Papaya - Southern Red (Grafted) ^3/10

Planted: 2019

Height 120 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

Plant producing flowers but they falling and no sign of fruits even after close to 2 years.

I bought this from Daley Fruit.

Banana - Blue Java (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2021

Water Given in: Autumn

Mulberry - White Shahtoot ^6/10

Lemon - Meyer

Midyim Berry (Seedling)

Planted: 2021

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 10

Lemon Myrtle

Mango - Alphonso (Grafted)

Comments: -

Just bought this grafted plant from daleys nursery on the 25th May 2018. Havent planted in the ground yet.

Planted in the ground, started growing really well then the 2018 winter killed it. I should have waited till winter passed before planting it in the ground :-( .

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Question: Just noticed one of the leaves drying out. Why is this happening?

Comments

Mango grow really slow in cold and frosty condition.. it needs full sun and lots of water in summer, it would grow well in summer, sometimes leaves drying out from bottom of plant but not top of the tree where new growth is shooting.. It might need big pot or permanent soil...

Thank you Anand. yeah it was only those couple of leaves that dried out, rest were okay and I have planted them in the garden in their permanent place last week. Fingers crossed they survive the winter.

i bought at same time as you, but i am going to wait till oct as its when the soil temp will start to rise, also winter where i live in west syd is quite frosty. I am preparing ahole 2 feet waide by 2 feet deep for it and adding lot of organic matter.

My Alphonso has been in ground for about 3 years and has survived Sydney winters. Got 2 fruits second year but the possums got to them before I could. No flowers last summer.

Phalsa ^6/10

Planted: 2020

Height 40 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Rose

Pest Control:

None used as there are no sign of leaves being chewed or damaged by pests.

Question:

Two Phalsa plants from Daleys (Pot: 0.75L; Height: 30-40cm) were planted in Mar-2020. One in a large pot and another in a big raised bed. Both lost all leaves by Jun but the leaves started to come back in Sep.

The Phalsa in the pot had three or four new 30-40 cm long branches with plenty of healthy leaves on all branches (old and new) but the plant in the ground had no new branches, dried and dead old branches and only few tiny leaves near the soil line.

In Oct, fearing its death, I transplanted the second Phalsa (in raised bed) back into a pot. Today (29-Nov-20) It is still alive but with only a few new tiny leaves.

Could it be due to white curly grubs I have in my raised bed?

Any suggestion will be welcomed.

Lemon - Meyer (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

I'm looking forward to testing the fruits reputed sweetness in lemon cheesecakes, a few salad dressings and maybe trying my hand at home made lemon butter.

It's a beautiful looking little tree with bright green shiny leaves. As soon as I received from Daleys I transplanted into a 35 litre self watering planter with citrus potting mix. Once the weather got cold I kept the tree inside but estimate it was only getting 4.5-5 hours of filtered sunlight. It didn't grow a single bit, but it didn't die either. Temperature was consistently above 12 degrees Celsius.

Once the weather warmed, I popped the tree onto the balcony where it receives about 6 hours of sunlight a day and remains sheltered from wind and frost. Watered with banana peel water and placed some coir on top, got lots of new light green baby leaves.

It then had pink and white buds that burst open into lovely smelling flowers. Pollinated by hand using a cotton bud. 23 little baby lemons have now appeared as the flowers wilted away. I will likely need to remove quite a few as the tree is very young and only measuring 44cm to the top of the trunk and 92cm to the highest branch. It's unlikely to be able to hold more than 2-3 lemons per branch right now.

After 7 months I repotted into the same pot adding more well draining soil and giving it a root trim. Very pleased with this tree so far.

Pruning hasn't been attempted yet, but probably after fruiting.

Planted: 2020

Height 44 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Coir, macadamia shells, banana peel water

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: Vinegar  soap traps, Hortico insect killer for citrus (no good) Multicrop Eco Pest Oil (no good) chilli powder on the soil - weirdly super efficient - never seen anything like it.

Orange - Bergamot

Comments

Dwarf Orange ^10/10

Comments: - Beautiful oranges, big crop of about 30 every year

Fruiting Months June, July, August

Planted: 2013

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: Home made white oil (cooking oil, dishwashing liquid & dried chilli flakes)

Organic Status:Organic

Sorrel - French (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Great lemony taste, available all year round, good source of vitamins, in use in Europe for thousands of years.

Planted: 2018

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 10

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Rosemary (Cutting) ^6/10

Planted: 2020

Height 10 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic