Fastest growing fruit tree for victoria? (forum)

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Hey there folks,
I'm in a bit of pickle right now, I need a fruit tree for vic that will grow fast, tall and wide and be a bit of a privacy screen as well. Speed is of the essence and I'm not looking for anything fancy (just something that grows fast, big and has edible fruit in victoria). Deciduous trees are o.k too but yeah, they need to be fast growers.Any suggestions?

Time: 10th July 2011 6:37pm

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Rowan says...
I would suggest apples, magenta lilly pilly, moringa - grapes, passionfruit or kiwifruit if you can put up a trellis.

Time: 10th July 2011 8:11pm

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allybanana says...
Hi J i also have this problem in Eden NSW and this is what i have come up with.

Syzigium paniculatum lilly pilly is very quick and evergreen if happy, as is the edible wattle seed tree acaria victoriane, both have good drought tolerance once established. The acacia is not long lived so it could be used until slower screening trees get big enough, it also fixes nitrogen.

If you are in a warmer place with a bit of water ice cream bean is pretty quick as is avocado if you feed and water it well, go for bacon.

Macadamia nut trees and olives can grow pretty fast if spoilt rotten, go for the upright rather than weeping varieties, preferably not grafted if you want size quickly. Seedlings put all their energy into growing instead of bearing fruit when young, so they usually grow quicker and fruit later than grafted varieties.

Loquat grows big is a little slower but a great screening tree.

For large quick deciduous, Japanese raisin tree or white mullberry morus alba (it can still have black fruit). for a very quick smaller evergreen tree with fruit in two years tamarillo.

Slower growing citrus in the right place can be a good screening trees but you need the right rootstock trifoliata the most common rootstock available has dwarfing characteristics. Seedling mandarins, oranges and bush lemons can get pretty tall and have better drought tolerance most grafted varieties. As a lot of citrus are poly embryonic, the fruit can still be true to type for some varieties.

Slower growing but very tasty screen fijoa and strawberry guava. I am also trialing white sapote seedling i have heard it can be quick but am not familiar with it firsthand. I have also seen carob as a great screen but be prepared to wait.



Time: 10th July 2011 8:35pm

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J says...
Rowan & Allybanana, thank you for your responses.

I think a white mulberry might suit me best. Daleys have them in stock so I might put in an order. I've got dwarf mulberries because I didn't have space for a large mulberry tree and now suddenly it's a reverse of the situation! I need a tree that will grow big!

Time: 11th July 2011 2:32pm

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J says...
Ended up getting a pakistan mulberry from perrys. Apparently it grows even faster the white shahtoot mulberry.

Time: 12th July 2011 8:52pm

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epiphany says...
Faster than a white shahtoot?! My white shahtoot grew from a 60cm stick to over 8ft in 18 months...& that was after two heavy prunes. Good luck!! lol.

Time: 12th July 2011 11:10pm

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J says...
Hey Epiphany, that's what chris from Perry's told me and that's what I wanted.

Just curious, but where did u pick the white shahtoot up from and how do the fruit taste here in melbourne?

Time: 13th July 2011 2:57pm

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epiphany says...
I got mine from Gardenworld. It was ex-Daley's stock I think? This summer was it's first fruit but I've only ever had the not-quite-ripe fruit (tastes a bit like a cross between apple & cucumber but very sweet) - the birds & the harlequin bugs cleaned them up this year.

Time: 15th July 2011 7:28pm

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Time: 1st November 2013 8:35pm

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Time: 1st November 2013 8:36pm

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