Tarocco Blood Orange Grafted Fruit Trees

Cut Open Tarocco Blood Orange fruits

Shows the red or blood streaks in the oranges flesh

Creating an Orange Juice from Blood Oranges

This is the fruit from the Grafted Tarocco Blood Orange Fruit Trees. Depending on how Cold our winter mornings are and Hot Winter days means more red streaks. This is quite a good display of red streaks for the Norther NSW area. But we're sure that some southerners get even more red coming through. The red colour comes from anthocyanin which is the same plant compound that gives Pomegranates.

Emperor Mandarin - 1 handed Peel

 

The Emperor Mandarin comes in dwarf Emperor Mandarin Fruit  and full size emperor mandarin for those with a small yard space or who just want a large big cropping mandarin. So easy to peel you can do it one handed. 

 * 0:00 - About 

* 0:12 - 1 handed peeling demo 

* 0:24 - Full Size vs Dwarf 

* 0:40 - Growing Instructions 

* 0:50 - Harvest Times 

Broad Leaf Papaya - Name does it justice

Shows the Fruit of the broad Leaf Papaya

The very large leaf in-front of a fruiting broad leaf papaya tree

The Broad leaf papaya with daleys staff in-front for perspective

Broad Leaf Papaya. The name does it justice. The enormous yet delicate leaves look to be floating in the air and bounce around with the slightest of touch. They are a self pollinating papaya and can fruit within 2-3 years. A real stand out from the papaya varieties. #daleysfruit #broadleafpapaya #papaya #pawpaw #fruittrees

Cara Cara Orange Fruit Trees - Seedless

Cara Cara Orange Fruit Trees Seedless, easy to peel. Has that unique blood orange flesh but without the sourness of a Grapefruit.

Aerial Roots of Dragon Fruit

Aerial Roots of the Dragon Fruit

Hanging over a fence but also climbing to the top of the tree in the back

An example of the amazing fruit from dragon fruit this is the Neon Dragon Fruit

Shows a large Tree stump being used to Support a dragon fruit

Newly formed Aerial roots on a Dragon Fruit Vine can be seen in the 1st picture. Dragon fruit originally used aerial roots to seek out light and create a path to the very top of the jungle canopy. Absorbing nutrients too. Usually they won't fruit until they accomplish this goal. They then hang back down and start fruiting having won the fight for light. 

 But in your backyard aerial roots can be used to attach themselves to a thick strong trellis, fence or old tree stump. The more sturdy the more fruit can be supported. Unlike in the jungle you want them to fruit at 2m high. So make sure that they quickly win the fight for light and can then start fruiting for you straight away rather than after they put all their effort into growing up a 10m tree first.

Mexican Custard Apple Fruit Trees

Mexican Custard Apple split in half

Notice the coloured skin of the Mexican custard apple

These photos were taken last month of our Mexican custard apple Fruit Trees. Notice their coloured skin and creamy/white sweet flesh. They are in the same family as normal custard apples and cherimoyas. During mail order to your home they are quite sensitive and their leaves yellow and some fall off. However once settled this quickly reverses and are quite a hardy tree long term. Trees can get quite large and they take about 5 years before fruiting. They do only need 1 tree to set fruit. #mexicanCustardApple #daleysfruit #fruittrees

Pink Panther Dragon Fruit - How To Train your vine

Only 2 years old this Pink Panther dragon fruit vine produces fruit with a stronger more floral flavour than generic white dragon fruit. They are self pollinating and we show as many examples as we can of how to plant and then train your dragon fruit vine so that you quickly get flower and fruit forming. You can Buy Pink Panther Dragon fruit which are for sale from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

What method's best? Experiment: Ripening Mangos off the tree

 

Do your mangoes go black after you pick them off your Mango Fruit Trees in Australia? Perhaps it's the way you ripen them. There are a few methods to ripen mangoes when picking them as a backyard gardener off your mango tree. You have the luxury of letting them ripen on the tree however this is not practical all the time with birds and bats and possums and also ripening them as you need them. We do an experiment with a few methods of picking them before they are ripe.

The Banana Mango (Semi Dwarf Grafted Mango Tree)

Exploring the Semi Dwarf Grafted Banana Mango Fruit Tree

 * 0:00 - Introduction to the Banana Mango

* 0:27 - Features of the outside of the Banana Mango

* 1:36 - Looking at the Fruit on the Tree and tips on how to grow them the best way.

* 2:32 - Tasting the banana Mango

* 3:28 - Group Taste Testing

Not a True Lemon, But does it matter? (Meyer Lemons)

 

Meyer Lemon Tree with ripening fruit

Not a True Lemon. But does it matter? 

 The Meyer Lemon tree is the most popular backyard lemon tree in Australia but they are not a "True" Lemon. That is because they are a cross (hybrid) between a lemon and an orange. Although not as acidic as a true lemon like a Eureka lemon tree or Lisbon Lemon Tree they are the perfect acidity for salads and many other dishes without being too harsh on your teeth/pallet or requiring too much salt to balance out the sour. Meyer lemon trees are more cold hardy while performing well into warmer subtropical climates. So you can see them into Melbourne and up into QLD. Also you can get a great crop of lemons often all year round. Not many fruit have this talent. 

Backyard Tips: 

Pruning: Each time you pick a lemon prune away any crowded stems. Mulch: Thick mulch to keep water in but have a separation from the trunk. 

Soil: Free draining ( You accomplish this by planting it on a mound) 

Fertiliser: Slow release Spring and again in Summer. 

Watering: Deep watering in the hotter months rather than constant shallow watering. 

Eco Oil: To stop leaf curl.

Worlds Biggest Finger Lime

 

The Jali Red grafted Finger lime could be the world's biggest finger lime variety. Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery is home to where the finger limes came from and we think this variety is the biggest.

Grafted Apricot Bentley Fruit Trees

 The Apricot Bentley Grafted Fruit Trees are self pollinating meaning that you only need to plant one in your backyard to get these delicious fruit trees. They are golden inside and filled with flavour.

Make Sure Dragon Fruit Flowers turn into Pitaya Fruit - Pearl White Flesh

Many people buy different varieties of Dragon Fruit and although they flower they will not fruit. It comes down to pollination and we show how the Pearl Pitaya is great for pollinating these other varieties.

Buy Pitaya Pearl Dragon Fruit For Sale at Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Madrono Fruit Tree - Like Achacha for colder Climates (Garcinia intermedia)

Most people know the Achacha and have seen and tasted them in Australian Supermarkets. The madrono fruit tree is quite similar but the tree can handle frosts that are a lot cooler.

The crop on this tree is fantastic as well.

Buy Madrono Fruit Trees for sale from Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Why Figs taste different each season - Gooey Figs

Gooey Figs taste a lot better when you get a hot dry summer in the subtropics. Emulating an arid climate will produce fig trees with a lot less moisture because they can stay on the fig tree for a lot longer without cracking opening and ruining or being picked early.

Buy Fig Black Genoa Fruit Trees: For Sale at Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery

Christmas Cherries in Warm Climates

It's the silly season, the stores are full of Christmas cheer, and there are bright red cherries on every cake. No fruit cake is finished without the cherry on top, right? So how do we get our cherry fix here in warm temperate NSW? 

Growing Tropical Cherries when you're in a warmer climate. 

An Acerola Cherry fruit tree has beautifully open, dichotomous branching pattern lends itself well to holiday decorations, not that it needs it while it's shiny baubles ripen at the perfect time of year. Approximately the size of a cherry, the fruit has a single seed and tastes remarkably similar to their cold climate relatives. 

 

How to grow Kumquat Trees & Which is best?

We have grown side by side 3 different Kumquat fruit trees. Dwarf Kumquts, Semi Dwarf Kumquats and Regular Kumquat Fruit Trees.

We show you the differences between each one and how to get the most out of them by giving them the fertiliser they need to grow. We also explore their uses.

Kumquats mentioned are
Nagami Kumquat Tree
Meiwa Kumquat Tree
Calamondin Kumquat Tree

Kumquat Fruit Trees are for sale at Daleys Fruit Tree Nursery here:

The Dwarf Calamondin Kumquat Fruit Tree featured is for sale here:

and a regular sized Calamondin Kumquat Fruit Tree variety here:

Transcript
now everybody loves growing citrus trees
they're not only productive but they're
also beautiful ornamental plants to grow
as a potted ornamental plant this is the
Australian Calamondin and in the
Philippines it's also known as the
calamansi and it's a really popular
fruit to use in marinades and dressings
so this is a fantastic little juicy
fruit and you can squeeze all that
lovely acidic juice out it's used in all
sorts of Asian cooking and it's also
fantastic if you like making marmalade
so this is the Calamondin grow it
because it looks beautiful and grow it
to use these beautiful tasty fruit so
when you're choosing your Kalamunda nor
your kumquat to grow in your garden
knowing which is the best one for you
can depend on what your space is like so
here I have a dwarf Calamondin and you
can see that it's a really small and
compact plant and it's also perfect for
growing in pots so if you want a lovely
potted specimen or a small compact tree
choose a dwarf tree and that way you can
fit it into small spaces and if you want
something a little bit larger something
grafted onto a semi dwarfing rootstocks
like trifoliatia it's going to give
you a slightly larger tree so this is a
Meiwa and in the background there I
have a Nagami so these are different
types of kumquats and there are
different root stocks that you can
select them on so choose a dwarf for
small spaces and pots and go for your
regular root stock if you want something
a little bit larger

Growing Grapefruits - The Honneffs Surprise

You can buy the Grapefruit Honneff Surprise Fruit Tree regular size and also as a Dwarf Grapefruit Honneff surprise fruit tree

Transcript
I'm going to show you a beautiful citrus
here today this is called a Honneffs
Surprise looks like a grapefruit it
smells like a grapefruit but it's
actually a hybrid cross so it's a cross
between a grapefruit and an orange and
what that does is it gives the fruit
this beautiful blush so it's a little
bit more orange in color and it's also a
little bit more sweet so if you love
grapefruit you're going to love the Honneffs
Surprise. So like growing all citrus
trees you're going to need a full Sun
position and you're going to need good
drainage so they like plenty of
moisture they like really
well-drained soil and they're heavy
feeders so you're going to need to give
your tree some well balanced nutrition
about three or four times a year so lots
of compost lots of mulch and a balanced
NPK fertiliser and then in the winter
months when you most need your vitamin C
you're going to be picking these big
juicy beautiful fruits and eating them
for breakfast every day

Variegated Kumquat Fruit Tree - Stripy Fruit

Unlike normal Kumquats the Variegated Kumquat Fruit Tree has these green and yellow stripes. This plant is really going to stand out in your backyard. Often people use them as a feature plant. They are very popular grown in pots.

Transcript
if you want to grow a beautiful

productive ornamental potted fruit tree

you can't really go past this which is a

variegated kumquat and even the fruits

are variegated so they have this

beautiful stripy fruits on them which

can be quite striking and the foliage

has that lovely variegation to it

beautiful little flowers and it makes an

absolutely lovely pot plant if you have

a pair of these at your front door it's

supposed to bring you good luck they

also make the most fantastic kumquat

marmalade so if you'd like something

productive something beautiful have a

look at the variegated kumquat

Grafted Passionfruit Pandora Panama Red

Passionfruit Vines are fast and "needy". To get them off to a great start you need to know these tips about.

1. Trellis and location.
2. Grafted Varieties which one to choose.
3. Heavy Feeders Location and Planting
4. Pruning - Keeping your vine fresh and "walking the line"
5. Frost Protection - We show you how to protect your vine for those very cold Winter mornings.

Featured in this youtube is the proven variety.
Passionfruit Panama Red Pandora Passionfruit for sale

Transcript

Now this beautiful passionfruit is the
Pandora Panama red passionfruit

because it has this beautiful red skin

and the aroma coming off this cut fruit

is just sensational

it's just mouth-wateringly beautiful is

all I can say about the smell of

passionfruit I absolutely adore them and

who doesn't and who doesn't want to grow

their own vine

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so how do you choose the right passion

fruit and what do you need to do when

you're planting one in your garden now

this is a grafted passion fruit and the

advantage of choosing a grafted passion

fruit like the Pandora is that you're

going to know exactly what you're going

to get when you pick your fruit so the

Pandora is a selection of the Panama red

and you can plant a Panama red seedling

which is great because they're vigorous

they're easier to grow they take a

little bit longer to fruit so seedling

will take about 12 to 18 months whereas

the Pandora is going to start to flower

and fruit in its first year and you're

going to be picking beautiful passion

fruits within 12 months they're also

going to be treated tight so you all the

fruit you pick off are going to have the

same quality so you can see this is a

beautiful full fruit it has lots of

seeds lots of juice and when you cut it

open that fruit is actually full of all

that beautiful passion fruit which is

what you're growing it for so select the

variety that best suits you and I've

chosen to grow this Pandora in my garden

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the passion fruit vines are heavy

feeders fast growers and then need

something some sort of support to climb

on so I've actually selected a carport

to grow this line on and it makes my

carport look like a better space it

softens the rough edges of the building

and it gives me beautiful fruit in the

morning when I arrive at work and I just

trim off all the edges as it grows what

you need to do when you plant your

passion fruit is have a trellis to grow

it on ready to go and plant it in a full

Sun free-draining rich site so there was

an old wives tale to plant a liver at

the bottom of the hole and the reason

being is your passion fruit is a heavy

feeder so it's kind of like lots of

nutrition as it grows so make sure that

you're able to feed it with a general

Npk fertilizer so nice rich balanced

fertilizer that's going to give you

foliage but is also going to support the

flowers and the fruit as they develop

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so the other really important thing to

do when you're growing passion fruit is

to know that pruning is important so all

the fruit and flowers are going to

appear on this new growth so what you

need to do as it comes into the new

growing season so at the end of winter

and the fruit are just about to finish

so once your fruit finish on your vine 

you need to give it a good prune if you

look at it you can see there's some dead

wood so these are just branches that

have died off you just prune out

anything like that take them right off

to where they're at the base of the vine

and then any of the very long shoots so

you need to actually follow your your

shoots up find out where the ends are

such as this on and then cut it back so

find where it comes on to the main stem

you might cut it back to where it's

making new growth so you can in that way

you can keep your vine happy on the

trellis take out any of the old growth

take out of any of the very woody growth

keep it short so that you're going to

produce lots of new shoots and on all

those new shoots you're going to get

loads of flower and lots of beautiful

fruit

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here in Kyogle would get a bit of cold

weather in the winter so it's not

unusual for us to get quite a few

Frost's so a sensitive plant like this

which is a warm loving passionfruit we

actually protect these from frost and

the worst area for frost is down near

ground level so what we've done is we've

actually wrapped the trunk of this

passion fruit with a bit of frost

protective material and it prevents the

stem from being ring bucked and it

ensures that your passion for it

survives any cool weather if you

actually live in a cold plate like

Victoria it might be that you look at

black passion fruits is your best option

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