My Edible Fruit Trees: Tamarillo QLD

Tamarillo - Red ^8/10

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a bit slow to start when young in cool weather but unstoppable after that. a great low maintenance tree. planted in heavy clay soil, never watered or fertilised. seems to always have a few new flowers. 2 red and 2 orange planted 5 yrs ago. both oranges have died but 5yrs is long for tamas. all trees produced kgs of fruit with little pest probs. requires staking, quite heavy cropping.

Fruiting Months December

Planted: 2011

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 9 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

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Tamarillo - Red (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - had lots of these fruits as a child

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Never

Pest Control: eco fungicide and eco oil

Question: my tamarillo has black soot which from my research is dur to aphids. I have applied ecofungicide plus eco oil but the problem persists. It now flowers but the flowers fall of before they form fruit. its abit frustrating to say the least

Tamarillo - Red

Tamarillo - Red ^9/10

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I love the large felty leaves of the tamarillo. I found due to its thirsty nature that it was a useful indicator for wateing the rest of my potted plants prior to planting them out -if i saw the tamarillo wilt then i knew the rest of the plants also needed a drink. Our local mushroom grower uses Tamarillos as a sun shield for establishing a garden bed (here in queensland) especially for young seedlings. Now that i am famliar with canopy which the tamarillo generates i will definitely use his tip for the rest of my garden.  

Planted: 2011

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tamarillo - Red

Tamarillo - Orange (Cutting) ^8/10

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This tree is very easy to look after, but needs a good drink in dry weather, and a bit of protection from very strong winds.  It fruits a couple of times a year, and I find that if I take the fruit off just as they are turning orange, the fruit fly seem to leave it alone.  It is very shallow rooted, and a couple of mine have been blown over in strong winds.........and unfortunately they don't seem to recover very well.  From then on, they always seem to wilt, no matter how much I water them!!!  I have also had a couple fall over from termites in the roots.   But it's not too much of a problem, as I have seedlings coming up all around the garden, and they are also very easy to strike from cuttings.........and these fruit very quickly.

I live in a sub tropical area, and am only able to grow the orange variety, but in winter the fruits do go a lot redder.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

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

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

The only thing that seems to affect the tree is aphids....but have also had 2 lovely trees about 2 metres tall, fall over......due to termites in the roots.

I  have found they are very short lived trees, and always have a couple of 

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Tamarillo - Red

Growing: In a Pot

Tamarillo - Red (Cutting)

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Tamarillo - Orange (Seedling)

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Tasted these orange ones at local produce market, (Tamborine Mt.)- delicious sweet-tangy taste, somewhat reminiscent of passionfruit but without the muskiness. Fruit must be fully ripe though, otherwise too tart. Good eaten fresh, but made into a very tasty chutney too. Have read that can be substituted for tomatoes in many dishes - have not tried this yet.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tamarillo - Kyogle ^8/10

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only planted it in December, so far it looks a bit sad but early days still.

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: at planting

Pest Control:

flick any grasshoppers

Organic Status:Certified

Tamarillo - Red

Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) ^9/10

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What a wonderful small tree to grow in the Brisbane area. Prolific cropper with delicious fruit. More can be grown from seed (which I have had success with) and cuttings (which I have not). Fits in a small space and gives heaps of fruit.

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Fruit Harvest: 4 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Shade

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

No problems. Skin is so thick the fruit fly can't get in!

Tamarillo - Orange (Seedling) ^7/10

Planted: 2010

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Tamarillo - Orange

Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) ^9/10

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This fruit tastes like a cross between a passionfruit & kiwi friut, very refreshing & best eaten straight from the tree. My children love taking them to school as the deep red colored fruit always attracts attention from other students & teachers! 

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

Planted: 2008

Height 2.3 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

None

Organic Status:Organic

Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) ^10/10

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I planted out in autumn (not great for our climate) in north facing position against a fence for sun and frost protection and it's doing great!  It's 5 ft tall already, received very little damage through winter and I can see it about to go crazy!  It gets very little water at this stage but has put on lots of growth.  We'll see.....

Almost 12 moths old and this is a fantastic treee!  Great shape, no hassles with pest or cold damage and I am still picking the odd fruit - in icy cold June!

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April

Planted: 2009

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 20 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: liquid compost

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Tamarillo - Kyogle (Grafted)

Height 1.3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Tamarillo - Red

Comments: - March 2010 - Looks like this one is dying

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Tamarillo - Red

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Due to our location plant suffered from wind damage easily, which affected fruit quantity and tree appearance. 

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tamarillo - Red (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - bought this tree in flower and will leave in the pot.It looked too stressed in a pot so planted it out and it is doing well. Not sure why it died but it did so

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Tamarillo - Red

Comments: - Grew quickly, I should have pinched back the leader so that it didn't grow so high, but I was expecting it to slow once it got to around 2m. Now is covered in fruit but too high for me to put fruit fly exclusion bags on it. Fingers crossed I get a couple to try with too much added fly protein :-)

Fruiting Months October and November

Planted: 2008

Height 3.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Tamarillo - Red

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Grows well up the mountain (tamborine) would love to have for its fruit to make jams/chutney.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Tamarillo - Kyogle

Growing: In a Pot

Organic Status:Organic

Tamarillo - Red

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Just a few months old ,likes water, growing well in the ground Treat same as you would a tomato plant just allow more room for it to grow. 

Pest Control:

not pests

Tamarillo - Red

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Tamarillo - Red

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Got 6 of these things, they all karked it. Too wet I think.

Tamarillo - Red

Tamarillo - Red

Tamarillo - Red