Quandong
Santalum acuminatum
It feeds through other plants' roots: no suitable host, no fruit — and ordinary fertilizers poison it.
Light Full sun
Height 4.5 m
Spread 13 ft 1 in
Spacing 500 cm
Spacing & sowing
- Plant spacing
- 16 ft 5 in
- In-row spacing
- 16 ft 5 in
- Between rows
- 16 ft 5 in
- Square-foot density
- Not suited to SFG
Growing
- Type
- Fruit · Perennial
- Botanical family
- Mixed / other
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Feeding
- All-purpose balanced
- Frost tolerant
- Yes
- Flowering
- April
Through the year
- Mar–Apr Bud Break
- Apr–Jun Flowering
- Jun–Aug Fruit Set
- Aug–Oct Harvest
- Oct–Dec Growing
- Dec–Dec Winter Dormancy
- Jan–Mar Winter Dormancy
Companions
Acacia, Native grasses, Eremophila, Grevillea
Pests & problems
- Frost damage Frost damage while the plants are young
- Phosphorus deficiency Phosphorus toxicity from ordinary fertilizers
- Poor pollination Poor fruit set without enough host roots to draw on
- Root competition where the host plants are too aggressive
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