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 

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.

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.

September Flowers

 

Our one month of Spring is already half way done.  Hot weather could be around the corner but so far we have been blessed with some rain to start the growing off and, of course, we hope for more.  In the bush, native plants are flowering: clematis vine, orchids; and the fireflies are lighting up the twilight in such numbers this year. I do miss the scent of the native Scrub Turpentine, which rarely flowers any more due to its susceptibility to the scourge of Myrtle Rust. 

 

And when I head into the garden there are flowers galore too. Citrus trees are covered in blossom and the scent is heady, petals rain down constantly and bees buzz loudly. Macadamia blossoms hang and compete well for attention above the clamour of the citrus blossom scent.  Pomegranate, Jaboticaba, and Lychee are all showing the promise that flowering fruit trees give. Mango, Jakfruit and some varieties of Avocado too. Early low-chill  or ‘Southern Highbush’ blueberries are well on the way to setting their first fruit, as well as low-chill stonefruit and mulberries. 

 

Well, mulberries… they are well on their way into bowls and recipes and tummies already. This fruit  has to be eaten fresh from the tree. The fruit is soft and juicy and easy to bruise so you’ll never find this in a supermarket. This means it's the perfect tree for your backyard. I remember times spent gorging on this fruit as a kid, eating and spreading the magenta stains all over hands, face and clothes. Today’s varieties are cutting grown or grafted females, all  clones with fantastic eating qualities and being only female, they won’t set seed to be spread throughout the bush. For our area, the Dwarf Black and the Dwarf Red Shahtoot Mulberries are great for small backyards, with flavourful berries. The Shahtoot, a long thin fruit,  has more of an aromatic flavour to it too, and is very sweet. These trees are well suited to throwing a net over to prevent the birds making off with them. Mulberries can be beautiful large shade trees as well . This includes the White Shahtoot mulberry -  it is delicious, and a large spreading shade tree for big backyards. 

 

Flowers can be enjoyed for eating and cooking too. Nasturtium and violas can be added to salads, banksia and macadamia flowers can be used to flavour drinks. And orange blossom can be used to make a scented water used in baking, much like rose water. The flowers of the Seville orange are traditionally used but any orange variety will do, really. Obviously, don’t pick too many or you’ll limit how many oranges you’ll have next winter.  The orange blossom water can be distilled even without fancy equipment, but there is a simple method you can use, it just won’t keep as long.

 

Pick the flowers in the morning before the sun has dried them out.  Pick off any insects or dirt, or browned flowers you can see, you can  then put them in a colander to rinse them under the tap. Crush the orange blossoms in a mortar and pestle until they are a paste. For the next step you will need distilled water. Put the petal paste in a glass jar and cover with distilled water. Let this sit for a couple of weeks and then strain through a cloth. Keep your orange blossom water in the fridge.

Multi Grafting Fruit Trees Top Graft Tutorial

Beginners guide to multi grafting fruit trees in 10 steps. Grafting can be done by anyone who wants to have a go.

Step 1 Cut out the dead wood 00:18
Step 2 Locate the rootstock 00:58
Step 3: Remove thorns 01:43
Step 4 Wrap the scion in tape 02:01
Step 5 Perform a top Graft 02:32
Step 6: Cut scion into 4cm spear 03:01
Step 7 Cut rootstock to match scion 03:26
Step 8 Fit scion into rootstock 03:46
Step 9 Tape Together 03:50
Step 10 Remove the tape 05:19

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

Top Grafting Citrus Fruit Trees

Top Grafting Citrus Fruit Trees

Rick Daley in an action shot here is demonstrating how to top graft citrus trees with Phil Dudman

Pruning Fruit Trees in Winter (Timelapse

Video Transcript of Pruning Fruit Trees in Winter

It's the start of winter it's a

beautiful sunny day it's a great time to

be in the garden.

so firstly it warms up

your body and you feel great and it just

makes the day feel better if you're

outside doing something it's also a

really good time to get on top of all

those jobs that have been neglected

through the year so I always say here in

the subtropics we have two seasons we

have an in control season which is

autumn and winter when you get things

under control and we have an out of

control season which is spring and

summer which is the growing season when

we get a lot of rain and it's very hard

to keep up on the maintenance so here's

a pretty good example of something

that's got out of control this is a

citron citrus and you can see the

rootstock are just taking over the tree

and if we leave this like this these

root stock are actually going to

dominate the plant and we risk losing

our graft and our Citron tree dying and

what we're going to get left with is a

Trifoliata so this is the Trifoliata

which is the root stock that our Citron

is grafted onto and it's a very thorny

plant we choose this as a root stock

because it's Hardy to heavy wet soils

it's cold hardy so it does better in

cooler conditions and it's a really

vigorous plant so it's perfect to graft

citrus onto but we do need to make sure

we cut off all the suckers and as you

can see in that out-of-control season

this has been neglected so we're going

to get it back under control today so

what we need is some tools good pair of

gardening gloves to protect my hands

I've got a pruning saw and I've got some

cutters and I've got my secretaries

which are always on my hip so you can't

go wrong maintain your tools keep them nice and sharp

we're ready to tackle this job

so here we have our same Citron or

Buddhas Hand tree as it's also called

after we've taken the red stock out and

you can see what a completely different

looking plant it is so I've got my pile

of rootstock behind me and it was nearly

the same volume as that tree but the

easiest way to do it is cut the top off

and that way it gets all the deadly

spikes from your head height and it

makes them easier to actually take from

the bottom or weave your way out of the

existing tree because you don't want to

damage your plant so what we can do now

is we can do a bit of pruning a bit of

shaping to this plant and then in a

couple of weeks time once the weather

starts to warm up we're going to

fertilize it so you're not going to

fertilize it in the dead of winter but

as soon as spring starts to show you're

going to give this tree a good complete

fertilizer so balanced NPK fertilizer

they're heavy feeders and they love it

so that's how to deal with your rootstock

starting get your trees back under

control

in the winter when you have some time

and you want to be outside getting warm

in the garden

Kaffir Lime Fruit Trees Use: Leaves, Rind, Seeds for your Patio, Backyard or balcony

Buy Kaffir Lime Fruit Tree

Usefulness: 1st: Leaves, 2nd: Rind, Equal 3rd: Juice & Seeds, 4th: Entire Fruit crystallised
Trivia 1) Crushed Kaffir seeds are high in pectin and can help in setting jams.
Trivia 2) The Rind is used as the main ingredient in many Curry pastes. (No you can't just use any lime it has to be Kaffir)
Trivia 3) The Juice is used in shampoos (believing it gets rid of head lice) and clothing cleansers.

Originally from just above us in Indonesia the Kaffir lime fruit tree is now famous worldwide and common to many Australian backyards. Suited to pots and even grows on a balcony with limited space. The leaves are an essential ingredient in many common recipes. The juice, rind and leaves combines with an array of flavours to make refreshing drinks on those hot days that are coming our way.

The Tahitian like tree quench your thirst

Tahitian lime tree is a must for an Australian Backyard especially the way they price the fruit in supermarkets. Also is it just me or does adding it to your drink quench your thirst. Yes they can grow in pots and are worthy of the most sunny position of your backyard.