George one of the biggest factors with cherimoya is that you need to hand pollinate as the natural pollinating insect doesn’t live in aus or NZ. You will get many more fruit hand pollinating
After watching some vids, I tried hand pollinating a few times, didn't seem to work for me. I have been inviting insects to pollinate by placing rotting fruit under the tree in summer. Fruit flies are most welcome.
Central Coast, NSW. Have tried hand pollinating a few years ago with limited/no success. Last year our 6 year old tree got about 50 full size fruit, natural pollination only. Only have about a dozen so far (end Jan '21) this year, but have just summer pruned the tree and should be more setting in a few weeks. I don't prune as shown in this video, leave more leaves on stem, but pinch 2 or 3 from trimmed end to stimulate flowers and new growth.
I think it's good for tree to flower after winter, not before winter. Flower after winter, then spring comes is perfect time for the fruits because spring then go to summer.
I love your video, learned a lot. I have a sugar apple tree for 11 years and never grow any fruit. I did prune and gave food. Sad!!!! I don't know what's wrong.
So it behaves almost like a peach in warmer climates. I have to remove foliage from some of my peach trees to get them to start going dormant else they don't fruit the next year. Hahaha you should have pruned then defoliated would have be so much easier but I guess time in the garden is time well spent. Please post an update on this would be cool to see how the new flush of growth came out. Good video thanks for putting it up people are often scared to put up videos that my be risky.
Just watched your video I am in the UK and growing my custard apple tree in a pot. The tree is about 6 ft tall and is 4 years old. I followed your instructions of removing the old leaves but cannot bring myself to prune the branches to the degree you have shown. It is extremely painful. So how can I get my plant to flower without giving it the extreme hair cut.
Near end of video u cut off central leader?? I'm curious. I guess to encourage a strong vase shape? Also I have a 2 inch diameter trunk rollinia tree which has made fruit this year, flowers currently but my airlayer
How much time does take for atemoya or saquemosa or even any anona to produce from seeds ?? I bought some seeds recently Another question is grafting needed to produce fruit or just to make it faster thank you!!?
@@fouadbenrezzak8398All seeds grow into little trees that will eventually produce fruit. And chances are it will taste great. Also you get to name that fruit because you are the only one that has that fruit. Its a good thing
I think he over pruned. I would have kept the top part he cut at the end. That was a thick branch. You dont cut thick branch like that. It takes a long time to be that thick. But he did the right thing for cutting the tip of each branch cuz those are thin.
I waited 45 days and checked my airlayer of rollinia but only large callous no roots. Did I open too early, I repacked callous and now wait another month then check. Any suggestions?? It's been 95 degrees here in Florida for weeks. Is it too hot to get airlayer results??
Hello, how to keep it alive? I planted it from seeds. For only one year it died! How to take care of it? Please, shares your expertise. I’m from California. Thanks!
@@RealLifeFruitopia I am thinking to put African pride and Paxton prolific as a duo ... I hope they fruit in Sydney... my concern is cold winters and frost... never get my head around cherimoya, Custard Apple, sugar apple etc...all these names
@@Sia_playsYT Australian Custard Apples are a cross between Annona cherimola (Cherimoya) and Annona squamosa (Sugar Apple). Atemoya are also a cross between the two, but the Australian Custard Apple was developed separately, and more recently. So while they have the same parent species, apparently, Atemoya, and Australian Custard Apple are two different fruits. Cherimoya are more cold tolerant than Sugar Apples, so that's why they're crossed with the Sugar Apple to produce a more cold tolerant tree. The common names of Annona species change from country to country, and even within a country, so it's impossible to say exactly what species Custard Apple or Sugar Apple refers to!
Hahahaha ..same as yours I have 3 big Cherimoya trees in my backyard. I hv got only one fruit last year. I have hard prune every year...still flowers this March2021 but no males to pollinate with the female..help me!
You have to hand Pollinate. Same flower becomes female to male. When they start opening they are female take small hand paint brush and take Pollen from fully opened flower and tuch/brush inside the flower which just start opening and wait 3 weeks to see small fruit coming out of it
Was a suprised when I seen 2 braches coming out of each node after waking up from winter. First time seeing this as a new grower
2:30 exactly you are right, seems like we have no choice but to help the plant fruit better
Thanks for sharing , We are doing Custard Apple farming ❤️🙏🙏
Am in USA, southern California..usually I removed the leaves and pruneds in February or early March. So they can wake up.
Great video..first pruning video I've seen on custard apple.
George one of the biggest factors with cherimoya is that you need to hand pollinate as the natural pollinating insect doesn’t live in aus or NZ. You will get many more fruit hand pollinating
After watching some vids, I tried hand pollinating a few times, didn't seem to work for me. I have been inviting insects to pollinate by placing rotting fruit under the tree in summer. Fruit flies are most welcome.
Try using a fine tip paint brush
Central Coast, NSW. Have tried hand pollinating a few years ago with limited/no success. Last year our 6 year old tree got about 50 full size fruit, natural pollination only. Only have about a dozen so far (end Jan '21) this year, but have just summer pruned the tree and should be more setting in a few weeks. I don't prune as shown in this video, leave more leaves on stem, but pinch 2 or 3 from trimmed end to stimulate flowers and new growth.
@@RealLifeFruitopia Pollenating flies are honey bees not any insects. Keep some water in bowel near the plant, honey bees come to drink
@@georgelasrado1107 Thanks for the tip!
I think it's good for tree to flower after winter, not before winter. Flower after winter, then spring comes is perfect time for the fruits because spring then go to summer.
Great advice brother! Too many people trapped in their virtual illusion! Time to get back to reality!
Hope you have a lot of fruit next time, these fruits are absolutely tasty 😋
I hope so too!
I love your video, learned a lot. I have a sugar apple tree for 11 years and never grow any fruit. I did prune and gave food. Sad!!!! I don't know what's wrong.
You didn't type where you are, maybe it's too cold or too hot in your location, also is the tree from seed or grafted?
Try hand pollination
So it behaves almost like a peach in warmer climates. I have to remove foliage from some of my peach trees to get them to start going dormant else they don't fruit the next year. Hahaha you should have pruned then defoliated would have be so much easier but I guess time in the garden is time well spent. Please post an update on this would be cool to see how the new flush of growth came out. Good video thanks for putting it up people are often scared to put up videos that my be risky.
Great easy to understand info.
Glad it was helpful!
Just watched your video I am in the UK and growing my custard apple tree in a pot. The tree is about 6 ft tall and is 4 years old. I followed your instructions of removing the old leaves but cannot bring myself to prune the branches to the degree you have shown. It is extremely painful. So how can I get my plant to flower without giving it the extreme hair cut.
I hace swwn my sugar apoles flowers in a 2 litres bottle so i transplant it into a bigger container doing great
Nice video. Thanks for sharing
Near end of video u cut off central leader?? I'm curious. I guess to encourage a strong vase shape? Also I have a 2 inch diameter trunk rollinia tree which has made fruit this year, flowers currently but my airlayer
Yes, I was after a vase shape.
Does that tree live year round there. Will it take your cold weather.
Yes no problem
This would be believable if shows before and after
I think you need to fertilize w compost one week before pruning.
Thanks for sharing 👍
How much time does take for atemoya or saquemosa or even any anona to produce from seeds
??
I bought some seeds recently
Another question is grafting needed to produce fruit or just to make it faster thank you!!?
Grafted trees take around 3-4 years to fruit. I never tried growing from seed.
@@RealLifeFruitopia but they give fruit from seeds right??
I don't have grafting materials near me??
@@fouadbenrezzak8398All seeds grow into little trees that will eventually produce fruit. And chances are it will taste great. Also you get to name that fruit because you are the only one that has that fruit. Its a good thing
I wouldn't have had the courage, haha. How did the tree react to your pruning? Did you get a better yield the following year? Thanks for the video.
Wasn't beneficial for better yield, more for structure.
I think he over pruned. I would have kept the top part he cut at the end. That was a thick branch. You dont cut thick branch like that. It takes a long time to be that thick. But he did the right thing for cutting the tip of each branch cuz those are thin.
Nice vedio
can i use a 30 gallon grow bag to plant my first ever chirimoya
Sure!
Hi guy thanks for leson make Apple curstard bloom flower soon , but do i need to pollination to flower to have a fruits .Thanks
No
I waited 45 days and checked my airlayer of rollinia but only large callous no roots. Did I open too early, I repacked callous and now wait another month then check. Any suggestions?? It's been 95 degrees here in Florida for weeks. Is it too hot to get airlayer results??
I have yet to try marcotting. I love your hot weather, I wish we had summers like that!
@@RealLifeFruitopia where are you located?
its October right time to prun ? i thought the time to do so is on feb
I don't know where you are. I'm in Australia, upside down calendar to US/Europe.
Tropical climate like India best time is before winter to Prune any fruting tree
How are your bananas? Can you do a video on them?
They're still coming out of winter. I will do an update soon.
why have you got the plastic mesh at the bottom of the tree trunk?
Keeps the birds from making a mess of the mulch.
Can I put Paxton in the ground first year?
Yes, but protect from wind
The custard apple plant got fruits in 4 years
Hello, how to keep it alive? I planted it from seeds. For only one year it died! How to take care of it? Please, shares your expertise. I’m from California. Thanks!
Greenhouse first year
which variety is this Custard Apple?? your tree encourages me to grow in Sydney. thanks
Paxton Prolific
@@RealLifeFruitopia so you have just Paxton prolific or any other variety as well ??
@@Sia_playsYT I recently acquired African Pride and Mexican custard apple trees. I also have various young cherimoya varieties.
@@RealLifeFruitopia I am thinking to put African pride and Paxton prolific as a duo ... I hope they fruit in Sydney... my concern is cold winters and frost... never get my head around cherimoya, Custard Apple, sugar apple etc...all these names
@@Sia_playsYT Australian Custard Apples are a cross between Annona cherimola (Cherimoya) and Annona squamosa (Sugar Apple). Atemoya are also a cross between the two, but the Australian Custard Apple was developed separately, and more recently. So while they have the same parent species, apparently, Atemoya, and Australian Custard Apple are two different fruits.
Cherimoya are more cold tolerant than Sugar Apples, so that's why they're crossed with the Sugar Apple to produce a more cold tolerant tree.
The common names of Annona species change from country to country, and even within a country, so it's impossible to say exactly what species Custard Apple or Sugar Apple refers to!
How many years old was your tree when you made this video??
6 yo
What kind of soil do you use ? When you leave them in the pot ?
Potting mix with perlite or sand.
What brand ?
@@kelig24 I don't know which country you're in. I use Yates Osmocote from Bunnings Australia.
@@RealLifeFruitopia oh lol
I’m in the US 😬
@@kelig24 ,, I’m in Cali, USA. I used Fox Farm. It is expensive.
do soursop grow well in containers ?
I've lost mine to cold.
Why do you have them in pots? Can we see update how’s the three doing now?
Not pots but tree surrounds for easier watering. Update coming soon.
Hahahaha ..same as yours I have 3 big Cherimoya trees in my backyard. I hv got only one fruit last year. I have hard prune every year...still flowers this March2021 but no males to pollinate with the female..help me!
You have to hand Pollinate. Same flower becomes female to male. When they start opening they are female take small hand paint brush and take Pollen from fully opened flower and tuch/brush inside the flower which just start opening and wait 3 weeks to see small fruit coming out of it
It will be bountyfull next year
I sure hope so, It's 7 years old! It takes upto 10 years to master tropicals in temperate zones.
This pruning made me nervous 😓
It's all good now. Fruiting well.
tree seems very small for 7 years old?
I agree. It spent first years in a pot growing well, slowed down in ground.
Custard app 😲 what’s that
Related to the well known sugar apple. Custard Apple is the common name in Australia.
Atemoya is the name used elsewhere :) they are a mix of cherimoya and sugar apple genetics.
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Hello! Welcome.
Your cutting skills can be unhealthy for many trees. Cuts should be angled and at specific distances from nodes. Otherwise, appreciate the info.
Thanks for the tips!
bad hak at that tree :(
We'll find out in summer
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
What a waste of time…. Demolished the tree, and didn’t show how it turned out after…
The tree has turned out stronger with larger fruit. You could've easily searched for updated videos on the custard apple.
Wayyyy too much talking! Why spend all that time removing leaves, leaving the ones at the tips if you're gonna cut off the tips in the end?
I'm also a speech therapist and language consultant! Many viewers are grateful for the inspiration to talk in public regardless of ones accent.
Who said anything about your accent?
@@RealLifeFruitopialearnt a lot from that talking. Thank you 🙏
@rupontee Great!