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« on: June 25, 2019, 11:23:46 PM »
Maybe not an article, but a paragraph in the Collier Rare Fruit growers newsletter.
ANNONAS
- Atemoyas or sugar apples will be ready to harvest b
y August,
September, and October. There is a trick to have a 2
nd crop in the new year
(out of season).
Pinch off new growth, plus five leaves back on the stem
. New sprouts will
emerge with flowers. (Yea Yea!)
To pollinate the flowers, you can use a fine sable brush
to move pollen from
flower to flower. Or you can place a small amount of
banana peel or fruit peelings at the
base of the Annona to attract a small hard shell beetle
. The beetle will at night pollinate
the Annona flowers.