Daleys Fruit Tree Forum

Genovese Nero Fig - Hi! I'm in Perth, WA (the quarantine capital) and hoping to obtain a Genovese Nero Fig. Does anyone know where I could possibly source one (that is a Genovese Nero, not a random cutting)? Thank you...
  By BJ11 26 days ago (0 responses)

Babaco tree question - I recently purcha3d 2 babaco trees. The first picture seems to be growing normally, a bit of an angle but I think that's fine? In the second picture, there are 2 shoots. From what I've read it's bes...
  By Hmsy 20 days ago (0 responses)

Sour Cherry tree varieties - Yalca used to list it, but might be best to contact them in autumn/winter when they're getting their online sales stock ready ...
  By TyalgumPhil 1 hours ago (5 responses)

Dracaena Dragon Tree - Dubious or Delicious? - Hi Linton, What was the outcome? Have you been eating dracena draco berries without side effects? Half the internet says they are safe to eat, the other half says they are poisonous! Tha...
  By Roj 1 days ago (2 responses)

achacha - Wondering if any of you have an update? :) How are they growing, any fruit yet? Wondering if its worth getting one or better to get a madrono instead. ...
  By Jennaaayyy 1 days ago (4 responses)

Queen Garnet Plum - EDIT -9.01.2025. one fruit made it to maturity. Result- Dark bood red colur very sweet, juicy and jammy firm . No tang in skin . Approx 45gms, round in shape Definitely a very good plum...
  By sandy31 4 days ago (145 responses)

Is anyone getting Cherimoya or custard apple fruit? - That’s a beautiful saying! I have a tree and it flowers but I haven’t hand pollinated yet. Anyone have any tips for a newbie?...
  By glitagrrl@netspace.net.au 8 days ago (7 responses)

Sydney Botanical Gardens Visit - I saw this post a few months back, and have since visited the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens fruit hunting twice. The 'Unknown Artocarpus' is Artocarpus Parvus (aka A. nitidus subsp. lingnanensis), a...
  By PlumRob 14 days ago (2 responses)

keep mice and rats off fruits - You may not care about killing rodents but research shows 50% of dead owls are killed by eating poisoned rats. So you need to find another way to control rats in your garden - better kinds of exclusio...
  By JenHC 17 days ago (18 responses)

Babaco tree question - I recently purcha3d 2 babaco trees. The first picture seems to be growing normally, a bit of an angle but I think that's fine? In the second picture, there are 2 shoots. From what I've read it's bes...
  By Hmsy 20 days ago (0 responses)

Genovese Nero Fig - Hi! I'm in Perth, WA (the quarantine capital) and hoping to obtain a Genovese Nero Fig. Does anyone know where I could possibly source one (that is a Genovese Nero, not a random cutting)? Thank you...
  By BJ11 26 days ago (0 responses)

Blueberry Disease? - I am not sure what you mean by "turning colours". If you mean that the new growth is a lighter green, that's normal. If you are referring to the dry patches on the old leaves, I am not sure about that...
  By Edward3 39 days ago (1 responses)

Red Bayberry - I’ve changed my mind. I LIKE the fruit. The problem was I was eating them too early. Fully ripe they lose the spearmint flavour . Must wait for the fruit to be deep , ruddy red I have not been pa...
  By Velella 47 days ago (0 responses)

Jaboticaba growers take heart - How do they handle frost?...
  By CF80 48 days ago (11 responses)

Red Bayberry - Finally after 8 years a seedling bayberry fruited. The berries are about the size of a marble , tart but interesting flavour. Can only eat 5 or 6 . Is this all I can expect or the absence of x pol...
  By Velella 52 days ago (0 responses)

Nanking Cherry (Prunus tomentosa) - Hi, Has anyone been successful with nanking cherry? I'm currently looking for seeds or cuttings or a small plant! Thanks...
  By Poobie84 52 days ago (37 responses)

Trouble with my Moorpark Apricot - Moorpark is a finicky variety A friend nearby got a good crop and I had nothing despite the tree being 3 metres tall. Here’s some possibilities # the tree needs x pollination # It has imperfect drai...
  By Velella 68 days ago (1 responses)

Black raspberry - I know this is an older post but does anyone still have one of these I can purchase?...
  By Mattyhatty90 68 days ago (9 responses)

lumps on Mango trunk - I have recently noticed that my 2 x R2E2 trees have developed golf ball sized lumps on the trunks, the trees are about 1.5m tall, happened over about 2-3 months, they seem to me to be a type of gall l...
  By Ed. 72 days ago (0 responses)

Low Chill Cherry Tree - First Harvest - Good on ya!...
  By PlumRob 76 days ago (1 responses)

Wanted: Shikuwasa plants - Hi! If this is still available I’d love to try growing it. ...
  By yygall 77 days ago (9 responses)

Chestnut Tree - I have an Emerald Gem chestnut and I wonder if it will give any fruit given that I don't have a pollinator and I doubt there is another chestnut in our area. The tree is still quite small but it has p...
  By SM 80 days ago (0 responses)

Wood Apple grow in Melbourne - Hi 410, Is there any update on your tree? I am looking to buy one too. Just wondering how yours did...
  By Dumi 83 days ago (13 responses)

AVOCADO ,Interesting shape , ' RUSSELL' variety , FLORIDA , U.S.A. - Hi Pimpernel, how’s your grafted Russell doing? Is the mother tree still alive? Ta. ...
  By Blue skies 85 days ago (45 responses)

Pura vida avocados - Hi. Did you locate the Pura Vida tree in the Bundeena area? ...
  By Blue skies 85 days ago (4 responses)

Lingonberry - Thanks for your reply. Yes I know what you mean about keeping them weeded, I have lifted most of my plant over the last 2 seasons and divided it. There is still no sign of flowering but the plants hav...
  By space vacation 86 days ago (1 responses)

Night Flowering Jasmine - 2 Hi do you have night flowering jasmine plant? I am based in Melbourne....
  By Buva1 88 days ago (17 responses)

Protecting Mango buds - I think possums are the villain, not birds or bats. This is a real problem. My solution is to ensure that possums can't get onto the tree from adjoining trees or bushes by providing sufficient clearan...
  By Edward3 91 days ago (1 responses)

Moorpark Apricot Tree Still Has Some Leaves? - Respectfully disagree. Wounds heal faster in Spring so apricots are recommended to be pruned in Spring to prevent fungal infections. There’s no evidence that wound sealers etc work. ...
  By Velella 92 days ago (4 responses)

Deep pink peach / cherry / plum tree - Peach Fragar is deep pink Here is a hint Seedling peaches often come true to parent or very close. They fruit as quickly almost as grafted trees ...
  By Velella 92 days ago (1 responses)

Asimina triloba seeds - I have two fruiting Asimina plants. Now is very early as they are just flowering Happy to send seeds Just a caution ….it took 18 years from seed to fruiting plant .Regards...
  By Velella 92 days ago (2 responses)

What's a 2m "beanstalk" doing in my veggie garden? - S. aviculare contains the same main toxic alkaloid, Solasodine, (and in higher quantities) as S. mauritianum...
  By HWon 96 days ago (0 responses)

Peanut butter tree - Is anyone growing these in Melbourne/Geelong area? Had my first tiny crop last year in Sydney and have brought it along with me after moving south I know plants have to acclimatise but it seems not ...
  By Virgin grower 97 days ago (0 responses)

Storm Bird / Common Koel - I have this bird arrive here late September and doesn't leave until March.He drives me mad and no sleep and gets bolder every year.Had some success last year with a koel recording out my window but no...
  By zimba 99 days ago (0 responses)

Growing Tropicals in Adelaide - Hi Danny. I'm just starting out and hoping a glass house might help. I'm in the Adelaide Hills and hoping to grow papaya, mangoes, hass avocados. Any tips about your experiences would be greatly ap...
  By LiLiHollyHock 100 days ago (22 responses)

Mislabeled Brown Turkey fig ID - It is few years after the original post but I have just found a reference mentioning 2 different varieties of fig named Brown Turkey in Australia. One is from Daley's which I believe is a hybrid for w...
  By Cliff Hogan 101 days ago (11 responses)

Growing Kiwi From Seed - Just a few comments based on my experience which might be helpful to others trying to grow kiwiberry from seed. I am located in Sydney and the chill hours are only medium - about 500. Firstly, the is...
  By Edward3 102 days ago (0 responses)

Tropical Fruit Trees Successfuly Grown in Sydney/Wollongong/Newcastle - Further update - all the jackfruits went mouldy over winter, large and small. They set fruit too late in the season and so didn't ripen over winter. So it seems that only if the fruit sets in early Sp...
  By Edward3 108 days ago (0 responses)

Custard Apple dying - Hi. Looking at your photo, I don't see why you think it is dying. They do shed leaves at the end of winter, so just wait and the new leaves should sprout in the next few weeks....
  By Edward3 108 days ago (1 responses)

Cherry Tree - Can anybody explain why my cherries form a yellow tip on the tiny fruit, die and fall off. Stem and fruit. It is a double graft cherry so I don't think pollination is an issue. The soil on my block is...
  By SM 113 days ago (0 responses)

Best tasting white sapote - So far Dade has been my favourite taste wise. It doesn't get a great review in American online forums but my tree does produce the best tasting fruit of all my cultivars...
  By TyalgumPhil 115 days ago (1 responses)

Wanted: Shikuwasa plants - If you had a spare Shikuwasa I'd love to buy one off you as well if possible?...
  By Takeshi 133 days ago (1 responses)

Nutmeg - Hi, I've been reading through this thread in the hope of finding some information on where I could find Myristica Fragrans (seeds or plant). I am in Cairns and have a friend who has been wanting it f...
  By SarahV 138 days ago (0 responses)

Myristica Fragrans - I am trying to find Myristica Fragrans seeds. Can anyone suggest anywhere they have found some? I have called the nurseries mentioned in the previous posts here on the forum but with no success. I hav...
  By SarahV 138 days ago (0 responses)

Actinidia polygama - Thanks heaps. I will be placing an order. ...
  By Belinda H 139 days ago (0 responses)

Actinidia polygama - Dickson is rare plants nursery at Mt Macedon (Victoria) has A.polygama. AFAIK it’s just one clone and I don’t know if it’s male or female…. You may not get fruit, unless cross pollinating with anoth...
  By Speedy 140 days ago (2 responses)

what plant/fruit is this - They sell the purple guava at Daleys now. I had one for a couple of years. It fruited (never ripened) and then died this winter. I have both red and yellow growing next to it (I live in Melbourne). Ho...
  By MelbFruit 142 days ago (0 responses)

Germinating Heartnuts - I’m after a heartnut can you point me in the right direction please ...
  By Anonymous 147 days ago (0 responses)

Germinating Heartnuts - Is anyone supplying Heartnut seeds for growing in Australia?...
  By Anonymous 147 days ago (9 responses)

Espalier restoration - Hi, I have a couple of espaliered satsuma plum trees, the younger of the two has been struggling for the past 2 years and now want to see if I can resurrect it with some hard pruning. I have attached...
  By Anonymous 148 days ago (0 responses)

Fig What type? - Can you please upload a photo of the tree so we can investigate further for you?...
  By Correy321 152 days ago (1 responses)

Daun Salam leaves - Do you sell the seed...
  By Octopus 157 days ago (7 responses)

Need smyrna fig, have caprifig - Hi Jeremy I too would love any Capri cuttings if you have some to spare. I'm in Sydney's south and interested in establishing a wasp population in the area. I'll send you an emai...
  By Tones Garden1 163 days ago (35 responses)

Hard Shell Passion Fruit - I currently have seed if you still need them ...
  By TyalgumPhil 167 days ago (2 responses)

Avocado plant died - Hello, What variety do you have? Variety might be the problem. I would recommend the Bacon Variety. Big Fruit, Self Fertile, Hardy to -5C. Enjoy Gardening Robert Mandla...
  By PlumRob 167 days ago (1 responses)

Kestral seed potatoes - I'm trying to do the same. I know it's been some years now, but did you ever source the seed potatoes? If not, did your method yield a decent crop?...
  By ChipChap 177 days ago (2 responses)

Vietnamese Oranges - Arvo - does anyone have a contact for Cam Sanh orange/trees in Western Australia please?...
  By Jibso 178 days ago (17 responses)

Pruning Passionfruit - Could possibly be getting overwatered. They don't like having wet feet. If you have clay soil it may be that it's pooling around the roots and they're sitting in water. They also don't...
  By ElleAitch 185 days ago (504 responses)

Tropical Fruit Trees Successfuly Grown in Sydney/Wollongong/Newcastle - Just an update - right now there are more than 10 jackfruits on the tree. We will probably lose some over winter, but some will survive. Here is a photo of one taken last year which ripened OK....
  By Edward3 235 days ago (185 responses)

pouteria lucuma - Hi Scot. I am interested in Lucuma plants. Can you send me the details via email to tareqhsa at yahoo dot com please ...
  By TareqMelbourn 490 days ago (404 responses)

Seville Orange - Thanks Jakfruit! shwabiii@gmail dot com...
  By SamB 507 days ago (478 responses)

Problems with White Sapotes *Pics included* - Hi Amanda, I am looking to plant a white Sapote in Canning Vale. Am wondering if they get attacked by fruit fly here in WA?...
  By Southacre 523 days ago (520 responses)

Growing avocado in Melbourne - I have a dwarf Wurtz in the yard, last year 2022 we shared 260 avocados with the next door neighbour. This year will be down under 100. Have no complaints at all about fruit taste. Growing Illawarra ...
  By Ray15 532 days ago (419 responses)

Tropical fruit trees successfuly grown in Melbourne - Why are you unenthusiastic about KP? I have only had my tree for one season so no winters yet. I have a fruit on there that must be 15 cm. Alyssa's Tropical Fruit Trees seems to have some that ha...
  By MelbFruit 662 days ago (858 responses)

Gac Fruit anyone? - Hi I am growing 12 seedlings and two female cuttings ok - Collombatti Rail - about 20 km inland from South West Rocks, Mid North Coast, NSW. I will work out which vines are male and female and reduce ...
  By HUTTO 775 days ago (201 responses)

maqui berry - Thank you! Can you provide any information please on where to obtain such seeds/plants/cuttings? I know it's easily obtained in WA but they cannot send to QLD. I've written to several nurser...
  By T&P 878 days ago (215 responses)

jujubes - wzis, I have a Shanxi Li jujube tree which was also producing somewhat shrivelled fruit in earlier times, but his year it produced nice large tasty fruit which I attribute to the copious amount of rai...
  By Edward3 904 days ago (185 responses)

Mango Tree Disease - You could do a hard prune of the tree. Cut the limbs at about 2 metres from the ground and apply steriprune over the cut ends. Dispose of the cut off limbs which might be affected by anthracnose. You ...
  By Edward3 904 days ago (439 responses)

drumstick tree - Hi, Drumstick trees have lot of health benefits.Both drumstick and its leaves are good for health. ...
  By Farsana 1056 days ago (233 responses)

ackee tree - Hi Anne 1, yes I saw Ackee trees around Cairns many years ago, good to hear some still around....
  By jakfruit etiquette 1112 days ago (179 responses)

Cuttings/ seeds/ seedlings Swap - Does anyone have any fruit seeds that will do well in Mackay QLD that they are willing to sell/giveaway. Happy to pay for postage costs as well....
  By Kimeau 1153 days ago (755 responses)

Panache Fig Tree - Here’s a few pics of some Panache marcots I potted up this weekend. I prefer marcots over cuttings if I have access to the tree and the amount of available wood is limited as the success rate is alm...
  By Danny333 1163 days ago (161 responses)

Red bayberry - Bayberry season in Yarra Valley Victoria now - watch for them in Asian Groceries etc...
  By Markmelb 1458 days ago (192 responses)

Chiku / Sapodilla - bhupi - Chiku / Chicu is Sapodilla ...
  By Markmelb 1476 days ago (223 responses)

Guava tees in melbourne - Thanks for the advice based on your experience!...
  By PAVEL 1498 days ago (317 responses)

Rare Fruit Swap/Sale in Melbourne South/East? - Anyone for exchaning?...
  By TareqMelb1 1510 days ago (213 responses)

Pandanus amaryllifolius - Did you make your own potting mix? I just repotted mine a week ago. This evening I found my premium potting mix has not been drying out. Worrying about root rot, I repotted them after adding 10% - 15%...
  By KhienDFW 1591 days ago (670 responses)

Curry Leaf Tree in Melbourne - Linton thats the best ive ever seen especially in Melbourne ~ cut it to a metre above ground now it will grow back ~ shame you cant sell it to restaurants? ...
  By Markmelb 1593 days ago (286 responses)

LYCHEE TREE - Hi Aaronkoe, Your Lychee looks like got white mite. see attached link for more info. Cheers. [Link]...
  By David01 1654 days ago (227 responses)

Milk Kefir Grains - Hi Joy, I have had pretty bad allergies for last couple of years and I have noticed significant improvements ever since I started taking probiotics. I am ready to start making some kefir at home. I li...
  By K Crace 1809 days ago (347 responses)

acha cha fruit seeds - Good luck Farouk, patience is the key here! Very slow growing tree from seed...
  By bspargo 1821 days ago (308 responses)

duriun trees: have you seen any - Hi, this is not a Durian but a Jack fruit ;) ...
  By Luc Lison 1894 days ago (209 responses)

Betel Leaf - I am selling this plant. ...
  By abbey 1913 days ago (264 responses)

Passionfruit - Oh and here is the vine growing far bigger than I'd expected. I cut it back and now it's twice the size. Woopsie daisy.. ...
  By chickenSniffer 1987 days ago (634 responses)

dragon fruit - All done , Ivy. Thanks, Anthony ...
  By Rannman75 2101 days ago (483 responses)

Garlic - Just planted my garlic in Sydney and looking good so far. I am needing to know how garlic does in North West Tasmania. Anybody from those parts and growing garlic successfully?...
  By mick777 2115 days ago (311 responses)

asimina tribola/American pawpaw/ temperate custard apple - Hi Carolyn Yamina Rare Plants Nursery in Monbulk, Vic sells Asimina Triloba &quote;Pennsylvania Gold&quote; a named variety and seedlings too of an unnamed cv. Go to their website and give them a r...
  By Fruitylicious1 2231 days ago (277 responses)

Black Sapote not growing - My Black Sapote is about 8 years old and is now at least 7-8 metres high. It fruits yearsly, sometimes poorly but it's covered in new fruit now. It always looks very healthy and is in sand 300m from t...
  By Neil 2245 days ago (221 responses)

graviola tree or soursop - We supply soursop leaves and tea bags to Australia and overseas. Our websites are [Link] and [Link] for more information....
  By SoursopAustralia 2270 days ago (358 responses)

Blueberry - @David01 @Jez Hi guys and thank you so much for all your help! Im very much looking to be an active member in this forum. thank you so much again 😊...
  By aura 2343 days ago (526 responses)

Banana - Hi superbrudd Between 1.2-1.5 meters to allow the mat or stool to grow healthily. Happy gardening :-) ...
  By Fruitylicious1 2430 days ago (443 responses)

Ants Nests in Pot Plants - I had a type of red stinging ant. My body was eaten alive with terrible weeping swollen sores. The only solution is to remove the plant very carefully and soak the roots in a garbage can filled with...
  By Carolyne 2459 days ago (157 responses)

Coffee - Hi Mark, Thanks for your help, i cant see any spider mites on it but ill have another look just in case. ill check out the eco oil too Thanks Steven...
  By Steven 2468 days ago (274 responses)

Fruit fly control - Glennis, I have no idea if the Qld ff is healthier than other flies' but the only way of getting a decent harvest from your garden or trees is to exclude them from the fruit, either by covering the wh...
  By Slicko 2515 days ago (597 responses)

Jaboticaba - Hi Rob19 yes send me an email...
  By Stevo2 2515 days ago (331 responses)

gardening in Perth sands - Hi Kath I wish you all the luck in your new fruitopia journey. As avid growers we all know that there will be bumpy roads ahead but most of it will be a pleasant and oftentimes sumptuous journey. I...
  By Fruitylicious1 2528 days ago (314 responses)

Wolf Berries - Thank you Fruitylicious, I definitely have Chinense according to your pics. I have a Barbarum struggling too but not doing a lot as it may be too shaded. I will prune it hard this year and see if tha...
  By chookie2 2546 days ago (187 responses)

Babaco - Back in 1985 I was a commercial grower with 1000 babacos in Mullumbimby. Great success and first supplier to Sydney markets. Now looking for a young tree on the Gold Coast. Anyone close want to sw...
  By KeithL 2610 days ago (393 responses)

custard apples - Thanks for the suggestion. Had already tried Perry's.....but no, can't....
  By Linton 2636 days ago (260 responses)

Fruit trees in Perth WA - Anyone in the Rockingham/Mandurah area have a kaffir lime I could have a cutting from to try grafting onto one of my citrus trees please? Can swap for eggs....
  By KathK 2714 days ago (162 responses)

Paw Paw - For those above after Papayuelo seeds or plants I noticed some of these plants fruiting today at Coffs Habour community garden, labeled as mountain paw paw, and incorrectly as Vasconcellea pubescens....
  By allybanana 2740 days ago (221 responses)

Mango tree not fruiting - Pruning will do wonders for a Mango that has already been fruiting for at least a few years. From my limited observations it is best to allow Mango trees to grow somewhat wild. In their first 'frui...
  By Gregory 2790 days ago (355 responses)

Veggie garden - People I visited some time ago made their whole veggie garden of slabs on edge. I can't remember how they were held together - maybe with wire? They were dug part way into the ground and were a good d...
  By Julie 3128 days ago (513 responses)

bee hives - Fulham gardens. Thanks anyway mate. Il check the gummy add...
  By ben from adelaide 3149 days ago (202 responses)

I have a cherry tree - Whoever thinks birds won't eat cooking cherries..please tell the local mynahs who tear them through the netting on my tree....
  By cherrygirl 3310 days ago (171 responses)

mandarin tree - I have a imperial mandarin tree in my back yard it's about 3 year old now and going good!! I'm pretty sure the whole was 25cm wide and 35cm deep, they are supper yummy and get about 6 mandarines in o...
  By Ellie 3483 days ago (259 responses)

rasberry bushes - understood and sent....
  By peter 1000 4150 days ago (200 responses)