Cherimoya, Atemoya, Sugar Apple, Soursop, Ilama and Paw Paw Trees in the Fresno/Visalia Area
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- 6/7/2020 - Growing cherimoya, atemoya, sugar apple, soursop, ilama and paw paw trees in California's Central Valley.
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Your yard is gorgeous! I love how densely planted it is! 👍
Congratulations on the success of your annonas, they look amazing!!
Awesome collection,Sir....❤❤❤
Thank you.
Great video my friend, I love this cherimoya fruits, atemoya, sugar apples, your backyard packed full of these fruits.
Beautiful and delicious, new subbed 👌
Your good to what your doing , I’m admiring you .
Thank you. It is unfortunate that more people don’t grow tropical fruit trees in the Central Valley.
My goal is show that many tropical fruit trees not only survive but thrive in our environment.
You have all the custard apples! I hope they do well, and you get to taste the paw paw! I have a lot of them as they say the trees all bear different fruits
Thank you. Annonas are one of my favorite fruits.
Very nice garden. Be sure to dry the soursop leaves before use. I read somewhere that the green leaves may cause some liver damage. I suppose from frequent use.
Thanks for sharing. Wow so many fruit trees in the yard.
Thank you.
WOW YOU'VE mastered the home grown Annona market....amazing. I'm surprised those sugar apples survive outside in your zone.
It’s a struggle. The video you watch was from a year ago. Unfortunately, my in ground giant sugar apple did succumbed to the frost this year, which is a bit surprising considering it made it through 2 winters prior.
Nevertheless, I do have other sugar apple trees which I will now grow in containers.
Wowww looking yummy my favorite SUGAR APPLE SWEETSOP SUGAR APPLE greeting from Philippines let's connect
Some of the most delicious fruits in the world are Cherimoyas, Atemoya, Apple Sugar, 2Paw, and Llama Fruits. Mahalo Nui Loa for sharing Brah!
Agreed. There’s nothing quite like a ripen anonna fruit.
That's awesome! Annona family fruits are the most delicious and interesting fruits in the world, I think. We can only grow paw paw's where I'm located but I'm gonna give growing some of the tropical ones a go in pots.
That’s awesome. As mine were grown from seeds, it’ll be at least 5 years before I see any fruits. I would imagine the taste to be similar to any annonas.
Atemoya trees surprisingly can take the cold without defoliating, though I personally prefer the taste of cherimoya to atemoya fruits, but both are excellent.
@@TropicalCentralValley Paw paws definitely have hints of sour sop and sugar apples and very heavy banana taste,,, however different cultivars and seed sources can be very unique in taste. In a few years you can give your young ones more light and they will flower more. They need shade when young, especially in a zone like you're in. I'm in USDA zone 6B (the northern part of their range and they grow native here) (Southern Ontario, Canada)
What a nice garden.
Thank you.
Great video and info
Thank you very much.
I ❤ your garden thank you 🙏
Thank you.
Love it brother
At what temperature can cherimoyas handle and at what temperature do they defoliate., as well as sugar apples
Not sure about the absolute temperature, but all of my cherimoya trees have been able to handle 26°F for several mornings with very minimal damage.
Sugar apples, they can get killed around 26°F, even for brief periods, as they are one of the more frost sensitive annonas.
Thanks for sharing!!👍👍
You’re very welcome .
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I’m unable to read Vietnamese, but, using translation sites, it translates to “nice and clean”. If so, thank you.
He say your backyard tropical fruit is very beautiful
Have your paws paws fruited, how are they doing?
No. They’re perhaps one of the slowest growing annona trees.
Although it’s been several years since I made this video, my pawpaw tree is only 1 foot tall.
They’re not a fan of my summer, and requires a lot of shade.
I have tried several times in Lake Elsinore but none have survived the colder months. Any Tips?
That’s interesting. Your region is near the LA area, which experiences virtually no frost. Assuming you’re in the “warmer” parts of Lake Elsinore, I’d try a cherimoya or a paw paw.
The sugar apple and soursop trees are super frost sensitive and probably won’t do well in your region.
I really loved the tour and your demonstration of pollination. Great collection. Why do you pluck the flowers off the trees in the front?
Once the male pollens are collected, the flowers will simply dry up and fall.
Do you cover the trees in the winter?
Yes and mostly no. It really depends on the situation at the time. One of my recent video goes into details:
Want Your Tropical Fruit Trees to Survive Winter - Frost Protection!
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Two questions please. 1. Have you found the sugar apples to be sun-sensitive like litchis and mangoes? Online sources always say 'full sun' for all fruit and my litchi nearly died twice till I found your videos which explained they hate full sun. 2. You mentioned in another video that you have very little humidity for pollination. How does this work out for your litchis? Information I've found says litchis need humidity to fruit and it is really dry in my area too. Thank you!
The sugar apple and lychee are super sensitive to my climate’s sun, where it’s relatively dry and reaches 115°F from time to time. For this reason, I provide mine with filtered sun.
Mango trees can handle full sun, once established. The sugar apple and lychee will definitely appreciate the humidity, especially when blooming. For this purpose, I have a little mister/sprayer that kicks in along with my irrigation. This helps to humidify the region just a bit. My trees are also planted under the canopy of larger trees, increasing the humidity.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you that is so helpful :)
You’re very welcome.
When do your atemoyas start to wake up from the cold? My atemoya shed all but a few leaves near the end of winter and new leaves haven't pushed out yet even tho SoCal is starting to warm up?
It’s hard to say. For example, some of my atemoya trees too have not waken up yet, though my more mature ones are sprouting new leaves.
Thank you for your video. How can I tell male or female flowers?
The male flowers will have all of its petals fully opened whereas the female flowers will have them barely opened.
I have a question! If you grow the tree from the seed of atémoya , does bear a good fruit? Because it’s a hibrid right so that’s my que, thanks!
Absolutely. Although technically not true to seed, I doubt many folks can taste the difference. The taste may be worse or way better than the original mother tree.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you for your response!
You’re very welcome.
How do you know between female and male of sugar Apple flower ?
As with most annona, the sugar apple’s first flower becomes a female then typically the next day, opens all the way to become a male where the pollen can be collected.
The flower structure of a sugar apple is virtually identical to the atemoya flowers shown in the video.
Does this nona plants need to be grafted to have good fruit? I have guyabano and cherimoya from seed and wondering if theyll ever have good fruit if ever
For fruit production, no. The only times I’ve seen grafts on sugar apple rootstocks is when grafting a different scion (Kampong Mauve, etc.).
I can’t comment on the quality of the soursop and cherimoya fruits when grown from seeds, however, all of mine have tasted awesome.
thanks for sharing, jealous of all your trees. I'm near Seattle and trying to start growing similar SE Asian fruit trees in planters so I can move them inside during winter. Subscribed and looking forward to more videos.
That’s awesome. For your region, the paw paw would have no problem growing, as they can go down to -15°.
Good luck.
@@TropicalCentralValley Thanks for the recommendation, which of the varieties in this video do you recommend that will fruit the fastest from seedling? I plan on having the plants in 15-20 gallon pots and can move them into my garage with LED lighting to protect them over winter, I'm in zone 8b.
Many of the anonnas will generally bear fruit within 3-6 years if grown from seed. For starters, I recommend cherimoya as their seeds germinate quite easily.
It's been awhile. How are the Soursop from this vid doing?
Yeah, they are extremely cold sensitive. The ones in this video eventually succumbed to a bad winter year, as I had decided to put them in the ground.
I have resorted to growing them from seeds as they germinate quite easily, though with heavy winter protection.
@@TropicalCentralValley It's definitely an addiction isn't it? It's fun to do it's a relatively healthy hobby, but it can be pretty hard to just write something off if you really want to grow it, despite how much time you're spending on it. Thanks for all the great videos man, I love when a new video pops up.
You’re very welcome.
The way I view it is, with every failure, my knowledge improves. This should allow me to better take care of these trees.
For instance, my durian seedling planted in the ground survived winter, but was killed off in a 110°F summer. The culprit…lack of humidity.
1. After you polinat4 female , will it change to male the next day? So you may destroy the baby fruit .when you remove male flower. 2. Can you cross pollinate among these 6 different fruits? 3. Can you post pictures of these 6 different leaves ?
The sex change from a female to a male flower bears no impact on the fruit as it is not yet fertilized.
Yes, provided they are the same family (annonas).
Yes, on my Instagram page as TH-cam lacks photo sharing capabilities.
@@TropicalCentralValley 1b - the male flower you removed might be pollinated by bee or you, so it will have fruit soon. 3b- I don't have instagram account. Can you post pictures of 6 different leaves here or in video ?
Bees and other Central Valley insects do not help with pollination. TH-cam does not allow the sharing of photos.
How about custard apples?
They grow, but I would treat them like sugar apples, as they can be a bit frost sensitive.
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After you took the pollen you broke off the flower? But i thought the flowers change from female to male the next day arent you destroying your fruit production?
In the Central Valley, we lack the specific beetles and other pollinating insects to naturally pollinate these trees.
We also lack the required humidity to ensure the pollens remain stuck to the flower as it becomes a male the next day.
Hand pollination ensures the transfer of male pollens into female flowers.
i think I have some atemoya flowers coming this year . SO how old should the flowers be when you collect the pollen
As soon as the flowers turn male that day, you can start collecting the pollens to pollinate any female flowers.
I just learned that Paw Paw and Soursop are not the same fruit. I have watched some videos that said they were the same. I have eaten only fresh cherimoya fruit and frozen soursop. I have never seen or heard of an atemoya or ilama. So the atemoya is a hybrid. I have heard of the sugar apple but never seen it. I have heard about the Doctor that studied the Paw Paw and has a product that is made out the Paw Paw know to help with some sicknesses. Is the cherimoya the easiest to grow out of all of the annonas?
Paw Paw is actually native to the US and is acclimated to snowy weather, unlike soursop which is extremely tropical. My soursop trees start stressing when the temperature drops below 50°.
In my opinion, cherimoya is the easiest of all the annonas when growing in the Central Valley. Although one would think the Paw Paw will do well, it does not like our summer.
Hello I would love to get the red sugar apple
Hi. How are you feeding your Atemoya? Mine is a little yellow.
I use an organic approach for my fertilizer. Specific to your issues, yellowing of the foliage is typically an iron deficiency. Try incorporating chelated iron into your feeding regimen.
I killed two sugar apples in the past that were mailed from Florida. I have a 3rd one that I received last February this year that I kept indoor with green light. In the spring, I brought it out but until now, it hasn't grown even an inch even after I moved it to the next size container. When transplanting it, I was surprised to know it has very shallow and small root ball. Any tip to make it grow and prevent from dying. Thanks
I would place the tree in morning sun, until 10am and full shade afterwards. Sugar apple trees love the heat, but not direct sun, particularly when they’re young.
Ensure your growing medium is well draining. I would feed it liquid kelp/seaweed meal along with fish emulsion on a monthly basis.
Good luck.
Do you cover your soursop in winter?
I do. Along with my other more sensitive tropicals, such as wax jambus, rambutan, mangosteen, etc, I place them in a heated greenhouse.
great video............do you have one on growing papayas ? I'm having no success don't know if its the soil or weather...they look great in your yard and your weather is way cooler than mine
It’s been a while since I touched on the growing of papaya trees. The biggest challenge to growing papaya trees is the soil, as their shallow root system rot quite easily.
@@TropicalCentralValley like sand ?
Sand, perlite and other non-organic growing material will help. I typically use sand because it is readily available and cheap.
How do you know the males weren't pollinated the day before you broke them off
We lack the humidity and the beetles that pollinate our anonna trees.
I'm am confused as heck about these anona. So I am in Arizona so it's tough here, both in weather and soil. If I can only have one, which type would you recommend that I can graft multiple type of anona on it... would it be a atemoya? Need a good rootstock, to graft sugar apple onto. Thank you.
California’s Central Valley is quite similar to your region. In many ways, our winters are much worst.
I would actually recommend you start off with a cherimoya, as they seem to fair better in winter. This is form personal experience, though many people will tell you atemoya are cold hardier.
I have 6 different atemoya varieties. If looking for ease, I’d recommend the Red Israel atemoya as they are reported to be self pollinating.
Many atemoya are grafted onto cherimoya stocks.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you so much... loves your yard. Check out mine when you have time. :)
Do we have to do this to our trees? Is the fruit not going to grow by itself?
I actually did another video on 10/18/2020 which explains the need to hand pollinate the anonna fruit trees in the Central Valley (and likely other parts of the US).
Short answer is, yes.
I thought you couldn’t grow annona fruits in Fresno because Fresno has a dry season, and has higher diurnal temperature variation.
From experience, annona trees love the Central Valley’s heat. They tolerate the cold.
Humidity is only helpful with pollination; and in my case, I simply get around it by hand pollinating.
How are your paw paw trees doing?
One had succumbed to my summer heat, while the other one was fine. I currently have a about a dozen paw paw seeds that I am propagating and am confident many of them will sprout.
Paw paws are surprisingly sensitive to the Central Valley’s heat and summer, even when under shade.
How do you prepare tea with sour sup leaves please?
So I actually do not know, as I’ve never tried it. From what I’m told, you first dry the leaves then simple sip or add the leaves into hot water.
Cool video! How cold hardy would you say your illama is? Is it as cold hardy as soursop or hardier? At what temps do you start sheltering it during the winter?
There isn’t very much good information on the ilama. The information I mange to find are very conflicting.
I’m taking a cautious approach and am treating it like a soursop.
I generally start sheltering the cold sensitive trees when the temperature hits 40 degrees.
Tropical Central Valley Yea, I also had trouble finding information on cold hardiness. I also have some seedlings too, and will be taking the same cautious approach too with my illamas. Thanks!
My Atemoya tree leaves are turning yellow. My tree is still young about 3 and a half tall. I just put it on the ground for over a month. Do you know why the leaves turning yellow? Thanks!
It’s hard to tell from the description. Feel free to DM me with pictures of the tree through Instagram at TropicalCentralValley.
Although the cherimoya and atemoya trees are semi-deciduous, this only occurs in March - April.
A couple of questions:
1) Is the tree shaded - morning direct sun and afternoon shade.
2) Did you amend the soil when planting?
3) Is the soil moist (not wet)?
4) Did you mulch (with wood chips and other organic material) the perimeter of the tree?
which of these have fruited? I am interested in trying to grow some of these but worried even if plant lives will be too cold for fruits to ripen properly
All of my three atemoya trees have fruited, including the Red Israel.
I have since planted 7 more cherimoya and atemoya trees. More videos to come on those.
I normally harvest the ripen fruits around October to November. Bear in mind, you can always pick the fruit and let it ripen on your counter top.
Why do you break off the male flower? Then you wont get any fruit from them.
The breaking of the flower petal is to simply mark the flowers that have been pollinated.
Breaking one of the three petals do not impact pollination of the flower. Think of it as cutting your finger nails or hair.
Excuse me the question how long does it take to grow the first fruit on my tree 🌳 of chirimoya? It’s the first time looks your channel and I found very interesting information for those trees! Thanks for sharing your experiences with pollination on them .
Specific to the cherimoya trees, the two I have in the front were likely grown from seed. They are about 3 years of age and started to flower this year.
I do have 2 other grafted cherimoya trees in the backyard. Those two flowered the first year.
Tropical Central Valley thanks 🙏 for take your time to answering my question! Blessings to you and your channel! 🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍👍
my cherimoya's leaves are getting yellow, curling and falling off ....in a pot !..any ideas ?
Assuming your cherimoya tree is properly hydrated and routinely fed, the tree may simply be going through it’s semi-deciduous phase where it drops its leaves as it new ones sprout out to replace it.
I made a video covering this topic: th-cam.com/video/xugEdAlOwdc/w-d-xo.html
Without much background information about your tree, I am unable to provide any specifics.
@@TropicalCentralValley thanks
what should I feed it ? its in a big pot like yours but the leaves have never been large to begin with . I thought too much water and bad drainage
Here’s a very recent video I made concerning the feeding process: th-cam.com/video/SzEtq0Czn-E/w-d-xo.html
How do you protect your Soursop trees during winter? Thanks
Along with my other ultra sensitive tropicals, I shelter them in a temporary heated greenhouse.
Hey, I love your videos thank you for all the information!!
Where can I purchase Atemoya seedlings or seeds?
I’m not sure where you can purchase seeds. I imagine Etsy likely has sellers, however, I’m unsure of the service.
All of the annona trees I have were grafted when purchased.
What city r u in? (Went back & saw Fresno.) Got any, any Annonas INground or they r ALL in pots? What size pots & u imagine what would be biggest pot when trees fully mature?
If never had gotten fruits from any of ur soursops, in what year of its age do u expect to get fruits?
Would pawpaw work as rootstock for A N Y of these other Annonas?
(Never heard of llama! Describe taste? U must like it though don't know if u had chance to taste yet.)
How do u give garaged plants their lighting needs during winter? Garage got how many windows...from which directions? When do u start & end garaging?
Visalia, CA.
Most of my anonna trees are in the ground. Ultra frost sensitive anonnas are in containers. Larger anonnas are in 20 gallon containers. They will be transplanted into larger 25 gallon containers when appropriate.
No fruits yet on soursop. Likely next year.
No sure about compatibility of paw paws rootstocks.
I’ve yet to taste an illama fruit, but I would imagine it is similar to any atemoya.
During the winter of 2019, I topped off the soursop to 7 feet, to fit in the garage. It has since grown back to 12 feet.
I take them outside during the daytime, from Jan - March.
For this winter, I will be leave the growth on and will construct a semi-permanent greenhouse to shelter the ultra sensitive tropicals.
Could you just get a bee colony to do this for you??
No, in their native climate, there are particular type of beetles that pollinate the flowers.
@@TropicalCentralValley oh ok forsure that’s so interesting 👀👍
I'm in central florida and I get up to 300 chill hours. Everyone says cherimoya won't grow here. What is your altitude? Are you in shade in the summer\winter or both? What is your soil like? (Rocky, sandy i.e.) I really want to grow cherimoya and have 2 seedling and 2 grafts and want to do it right.
I too have heard that cherimoya trees struggle in Florida, which doesn’t make sense to me. Many annona trees love the humidity and specific to cherimoya trees, they are very cold hardy. All of mine have experienced deep freezes for 5+ hours without issues.
331 feet above sea level. I have no idea how long our chill hours are, but I am in USDA Zone 9b.
All of my cherimoya trees are grown in full sun, in heavily amended clay soil. Unlike Central Florida, our summers are super dry and hot, typically in excess of 100° from July and August.
Well I'm gonna try my hardest to grow some cherimoya. I'd love to come see some first hand.
I have a question. I'm in inland empire, summer been above 90 to 100° f past few weeks. Before that i was deep watering about 3 to 4 times a week from March til june. Since it got hotter I started doing every other day. Past few days I've been watering daily because my fruits started dropping like 10 a day. I started out with 300 small fruits then slowly thinned off about 200. Now my trees dropping them. ( quarter-sized ones but not larger or smaller but I dont dare to touch if they would fall too) Do you know why? Is it overwater, underwater, not enough nutrients, the heatwave. Fruits are nice and green when drop. Barely touching it itll drop. Leaves are nice and green, not dark dark green. Some smaller leaves here and there turns yellow and drop. Please help if you know what's going on with it. Thank you. Btw tree is about 7 ft tall ( first year it has this many fruits from me learning how to hand pollinate, last year only 3 small ones, before that none)
If the leaves look fine, then it doesn’t sound like a watering issue. A 7 foot annona realistically cannot support 200 fruits, maybe 25, as anonna fruits can get fairly large and heavy.
If you continue to feed the tree with high phosphorus and potassium, the tree should be okay. It does sound like the tree is simply dropping the fruits it knows it cannot support.
Depending on the size of the tree, there is a finite amount of energy the tree can dedicate to the fruits.
My 10 foot atemoya tree, I am limiting the fruit production to no more than 25. As the tree grows bigger, it can support more fruits.
Also, I do maintain an Instagram account at TropicalCentralValley. Feel free to DM me picture of the tree.
Do you sell plants
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, including fruits, seeds, cuttings, etc.
If you’re nearing the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries in the area. Here’s some videos I did touring some of them:
Champa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
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Emily Garden Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
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Mimosa Nursery - Spring 2022 Tour
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Can i buy ilama?
soursop sensitive and hardy?
Extremely sensitive. I shelter mine when the temperature drops below 45°F. If in the Central Valley, I would only recommend you plant it in a container.
Hi Dear . Thank you for your sharing . When you go to give away any of that tropical fruit tree . I’m love to have one 😁
Definitely. Viewers can reach me directly on Instagram at TropicalCentralValley.
Tropical Central Valley , you done the awesome job on all your tropical fruit trees . It's very enjoy to watch your video.
I live in the city Houston of Texas, is anyway you can mail some seeds of the chirimoya or soursop to me?
Cherimoya fruits are generally available in our ethnic grocery stores in California. I would imagine they same is true in Houston. The seeds germinate quite easily.
All of my soursop trees have yet to bear fruit. Soursop fruits are a bit rare to find. I luck out at one time, but paid $70 for each fruit.
Do you plant AIBU? If you do, please give some tips
Unfortunately, I do not have one. They are surprisingly difficult to obtain, even at some of the nurseries in Southern California.
@@TropicalCentralValley I got one from Mimosa Nursery in LA for $100 (3’ tall)
Thank you for the tip. I’ll have to check out their inventory. The previous times I was there, they had none in stock.
Hey I enjoy your videos! Do you use any fertilizers for your Cherimoyas in the pot? I have one that’s about 3-4 feet tall in a 7 gallon pot. I’m ready to pot it in a bigger pot but I wanted to get some feedback regarding soil mixture and fertilizers. Thank you.
I do. Specific to containers, I mostly use organically sourced liquid fertilizer as this allows for fast absorption, with quarterly granular and bi-monthly foliar feeding.
For in-ground planting, feeding is less of an issue as the roots will spread out in search of food.
Assuming your soil is clay, make certain to amend the hold heavily. If unsure, I would go 40% peat moss, 40% sand and 20% potting soil.
I made a video on repotting of a mango tree. The mixture also works for in-ground planting as well.
Tropical Central Valley Thanks for the reply! I repotted in a 15 gallon pot. I use Fox Farm Happy Frog and the original soil was clay. I added some Down to Earth Bio Live, Down to Earth Azomite and some VermisTerra Premium worm casting. Also gave it a drink of Grow More seaweed extract. I’ll probably be moving it indoors and outdoors daily because I’m growing on our roof patio in Dublin, Ca. I hope it survives. I love watching your videos and jealous of your cherimoya, papaya trees, mangos, and guavas! lol
I have some mango seedlings from Ranch 99 I think they’re Manila Mangos. I Hope they survive the Bay Area weather and container life. I’ll be watching your videos and hope to learn from your ways. thanks!
That’s great. Newly planted/repotted trees typically take 2 weeks to “stabilize” from the shock.
I’m assuming you have it in heavy shade during that time. Annonas actually love the heat and don’t mind our USDA Zone 9b cold. Short of my soursops, I don’t winter protect any of my anonnas.
Tropical Central Valley Yeah, I will be keeping it indoors for awhile. I noticed some of the leaves started to get burned on the edges. It will still get plenty of indirect sunlight inside.
I know it’s hard to grow but but have you tried growing Mangosteens?
How are your Pawpaw Tree's doing I thought they needed a colder winter. I'd love to grow them out here
They’re still rocking. They need about 400 chill hours during the winter, which the Central Valley has.
They prefer higher humidity than our summer can provide, but just like lychee trees, I suspect they will adapt.
I am experimenting with planting Paw paw here in the cool Andes. Temps fluctuate here between 12-24 C at 1780 metres above sea level. Will they grow and fruit? I do not know but like the other members of the anonacea family Paw paws are worth the effort.
@@yezidcallejas5069 I'm not sure if you will get enough chill hours to fruit but it's not certain. I hope you are successful!
is there a way to visit your garden? I really, really want to see it. I'm from the Philippines and I haven't seen a tropical fruit garden for years.
Presently, there’s not a whole lot to look at as many of my tropical fruit trees are in survival mode.
@@TropicalCentralValley Good luck!
What about in summertime. I live in Fresno.
That’d be fine. Feel free to contact me as it gets closer.
What soil do you use for your annonas?
As with most of my tropical trees, I heavily amend my soil when performing in-ground planting. The goal is to lower the soil pH.
The soil mixture really depends on the tropical tree being planted. For mangoes, if I don’t pre-dug the hole months in advance, I add a lot of sand and minimize the use of organic content.
For annona trees, they aren’t too picky, but preferably soil with a lower pH, mixed with with native soil.
And how ? I’m from Philippine , even just dwarf
At what age does the tree starts to flower?
Cherimoya, usually 3 years. Sugar Apples, usually 2-3 years.
How do you know th male and female flower
I outlined it in the beginning of the video where I demonstrated the hand pollination process.
I can't seem to plant these cherimoya and durian, would you like to sell any of the already grown plants to me?
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you’re near the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries in the area.
Thank you , now I need a seed ! Hehehe
I recommend starting off with cherimoya. Propagation via seeds have been nearly 100% success rate for me.
It’s sad, but I’ve been plucking and throwing away close to a dozen cherimoya volunteer seedlings in my yard.
oh no ! you can sell those ! put in containers to sell 👍 i will buy one pls
Ya ! Can you sale some for us specially if already a plant ,the sugar Apple I’m interested
Instead of plucking and throwing them away, I will be putting the volunteer seedlings into containers, for local viewers interested in getting them (free of charge).
I continue to find numerous volunteer cherimoya seedlings in my yard. The last time I counted , I have about 10 volunteer seedlings in my yard.
Specific to cherimoya, they grow fairly quickly from seed and generally produces fruit in 4 years in the Central Valley, so the wait isn’t too bad (when compared to lychee which can take 25 years).
Do you cover you Cherimoya in the winter from frost?
I do not. To me, cherimoya can take the cold as much as atemoya trees.
@@TropicalCentralValley mine is about 10 feet tall now and been covering every year since I got it 3years ago. Its getting too tall where I can't cover it anymore and afraid it will get damaged from the frost.
I’ve never frost protected any of my annona trees, except the soursops. All did fine during the winter.
Those soursop are huge where did you get them?
Mimosa Nursery in Los Angeles. Although huge, they’re fairly young. Soursops grow fairly quickly.
@@TropicalCentralValley how do you take care of the Soursop tree in the winter? Thanks
All three of my soursop trees are in my heated greenhouse, along with my other more sensitive tropicals.
Do you sell scionwood ? Red cherimoya,red atemoya and red sugar apple I'm in san diego
Sorry, unfortunately I do not sell any of my tropicals. I’m not too certain about the San Diego region and the local tropical nurseries’ selection of annona trees, but if you’re ever in the LA area, there’s a great selection of rare annona trees in many of the local tropical nurseries.
awesome anonna collection!! I am on the hunt to aquire more anonna seeds to grow out here in Big Island Hawaii. Would you be willing to sell me seeds. Currently have soursop, rollinia, a mystery sugar apple trees and lots of atemoya seeds germinating. Very interested in illama and different sugar apple varieties. Aloha
Awesome collection. I don’t sell any of my tropicals, but I can mail you some seeds. My only concern is, I don’t know if I can mail you seeds via USPS to other states.
In addition to the ilama, I would recommend you give a red sugar apple a try, or maybe the Red Israel atemoya.
How do you trim or prune your trees?
Specific to the annona trees, I prune them like any other trees. Cut out the internal branches as well as branches pointing downwards.
For the soursop, I had been topping it off at 8 feet, so it can be brought inside my garage during the winter season.
This guy literally has Cambodia in his backyard!
I was actually aiming for the whole world , not just Cambodia.
Tropical Central Valley have you tried stone fruits like peaches plums nectarines etc tropicals are not the only difficult to grow. I’ve heard cloudberries are difficult to grow down here
As the stones fruits are found easily in grocery stores, I don’t bother to plant them.
Additionally, I baby the tropicals quite a bit, this process is incompatible with stone fruits. The only stone fruit I have is a Golden Sweet apricot, a rarer variety and my favorite.
Hi ! Can I grow that inside my house ? If I have green house ?
Certainly, depending on the anonna, some are quite cold hardy. All of my cherimoya and atemoya are ever green, even when the temperature hits 25°.
do you sell seeds of sugar apple and soursop? i want to buy some . where are you located ?
Unfortunately, as a principle, I don’t sell any of my tropical trees or seeds, instead I do give away the seedlings, seeds, cuttings, etc. To date, I have given away cherimoya, rambutan, guamuchil, jackfruit, lychee seedlings to a several viewers.
The nearest tropical nurseries are down in Los Angeles. My go to is Mimosa Nursery for general tropicals, including the soursop, cherimoya, atemoya, sugar apple, etc. The nice thing about buying an actual tree as opposed to growing one from seed is that you’re essentially buying time. The trees sold are generally grafted or air layered, and produces fruit typically the next or following year.
I’m in Visalia.
Can u tell me where I can find some seedlings or cutting I would like to get some
I’m actually not sure. Assuming you are in California, I may be able to send you some seeds in the future.
I would really appreciate it I live in Clovis ca
Ok. I’m on Instagram at TropicalCentralValley. Feel free to direct message me there.
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Can i buy maybe a cutting if not the fruit of some of these trees? I would love to grow
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you are in the Los Angeles region, there are a number of tropical fruit tree nurseries down there. Specific to my ilama, I bought it from Mimosa Nursery.
As my ilama is fruiting, I can get you some seeds, as they germinate very easily and it only takes 3 years before they start producing fruits when grown from seeds.
I’m available on Instagram at TropicalCentralValley.
@@TropicalCentralValley I am VERY late to responding to your comment. But, by any chance would I still be able to buy some of these beautiful seeds off of you? Only one thing, I don’t own social media.
where is your location ?
Visalia, CA. USDA Zone 9b.
Do you sale the Lisa atemova tree?
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you are near the Los Angeles region, theres actually a number of tropical fruit tree nurseries there.
They look good do u sell sugar apple trees I would luv to buy couple and if u sell fruit of sugar apple I definitely would luv to buy some
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. Specific to sugar apples, the seeds germinate quite easily as do from cuttings.
From seed, it only takes about 3 years before the tree bears fruit.
Hard time trying my to find the ilama😩
Luckily, I found mine at Mimosa Nursery in Los Angeles. I’ve been going back and have not seen anymore.
Great video helpful tips! Just sub 👍
Thank you. I’ve actually since doubled my anonna collection. An updated video will be coming up within the next month.
Also, your videos too are amazing. USDA Zone 8b...that’s insane! I thought I was pushing the envelope, but you’re pushing the entire mailbox.
Tropical Central Valley Thanks so much new friend. I can’t take all the credit. My friend John has taught me a lot about our micro climate here. Let’s us take vantage of spots that are warmer makes it few zones warmer.
I hit the bell to keep updated on your videos 👍🌱🌱🌱
Tropical Central Valley Looking forward to it!
Impressed on your Anona collection.
It’s amazing what you can grow. 🌱🌱🌱
Where can we buy atemoyas and cherimoyas?
I get my grafted cherimoya and atemoya trees from Mimosa Nursery, down in Los Angeles.
On occasions, they also have speciality anonna trees, such as illama, red atemoya, sugar apple, etc.
Pm i got some seeding cherimoyas
Can buy some fruit or seed from you?
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. I do, on occasion, give away seeds, seedlings, etc. Feel free to DM me on Instagram at TropicalCentralValley.
More banana plants 🪴
I actually have made a number of videos covering the topic growing banana plants in the Central Valley.
Where can I get seeds of these plants?
I’m not sure about online resources, but if you’re near the Los Angeles region, there are a number of tropical fruit tree nurseries down there.
Hi, i want buy seeds red sugar apple.
I’m not sure where you can buy a red sugar apple seeds, as the seeds need to be fresh for them to be viable.
Although my red sugar apple hasn’t fruited yet, as always, I do give out the seeds to my viewers.
MPRESSIVE u should see my yard that flower at 6:17 iz green wax jambu and at 8:33 i see ur longan tree and it looks like it has longans on it very nize i collect rare fruit trees lets trade som seeds or plants u got any barbados cherry or manmoncillos i hav them 4 sale or trade
Thank you. I already have a Barbados Cherry. I tried the Spanish Lime and am not a fan of its taste. Thanks for the offer, though I am looking for a mangosteen and durian trees.
Uumm u don’t have bee 🐝’s🤷♀️
Not for annona trees. Bees, flies and other pollinations come when other trees are flowering.