Passion Fruit love septic outflow and don't seem to be affected by fruitfly.
Our vine growing off septic water is 15m long and produces enough fruit to
last us nine months of the year - the pulp freezes well.

Cheers,
Geoff


"Tish" wrote in message
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Hello Gardeners,

Could the combined expertise of the group help me? Due to strong
winds, we lost two large trees growing along our septic seepage line.
The trees were native eucalypts and both fell because their trunks
were filled with a punky fungus (turned the wood to sponge). We think
that this is probably related to the constant moisture and nutrients
from the septic, so won't be planting natives there again. We reckon
that fruit trees would be better able to cope with the conditions,
given that a peach tree and a lemon tree are both thriving and have no
sign of rot.

There is room for two fruit trees.
We are near Campbelltown, NSW (southwestern Sydney); the aspect is
north-west and is fairly exposed.
We never get it together enough to properly control for fruit flies,
so we are planning on avoiding things like pome fruit (apples, pears,
quince, nectarines, peaches, apricots, etc). Likewise, planting
feijoas and quavas would be foolish. We have enough citrus for the
moment (lemon, two limes and two mandarins), so won't be planting any
more citrus (much to the disgust of the local swamp wallaby).

Any ideas? Particuarly, anything that is resistant to fruit fly and
which won't poison native wildlife/birds.

Thanks!
Tish