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From my memory, I believe I typically graft Cherimoyas around April or May. Frank is an Annona expert and he knows when best to graft. Frank, where you at😁😎Simon
Quote from: simon_grow on October 22, 2016, 12:53:24 AMFrom my memory, I believe I typically graft Cherimoyas around April or May. Frank is an Annona expert and he knows when best to graft. Frank, where you at😁😎SimonI start grafting anonnas late February early March. Atemoyas and ilamas are first and the rest from April to May.
Just wanted to see how everyone's Cherimoyas are doing. I've had some health issues this year so I haven't been maintaining my garden and I only hand pollinated my Cherimoyas early in the season. With Santa Anna conditions today, I expect many of my fruit to get blown off, drop or get sunburned. Simon
Quote from: simon_grow on October 20, 2016, 01:58:02 PMJust wanted to see how everyone's Cherimoyas are doing. I've had some health issues this year so I haven't been maintaining my garden and I only hand pollinated my Cherimoyas early in the season. With Santa Anna conditions today, I expect many of my fruit to get blown off, drop or get sunburned. SimonI had record fruit set this year (for me), but that brutal Santa Ana a month ago, which set heat records here in Ventura, caused a bunch of fruit to drop from sunburn or cracking.
Venturabanana, how many are you getting now?
Got my first Pierce of the year....very early...as well as anona rosada, birula and big red
Quote from: JF on October 24, 2016, 01:59:08 PMGot my first Pierce of the year....very early...as well as anona rosada, birula and big redYou picked your Big Red way too early, Frank.The heatwaves dropped the few El Bumpos that I let developed this year. Only a nice McPherson is still holding on.
I don't recall ever a dating Burton. Looks like a nice fruit though. Good size, nice shape and sounds like high Brix? Does it have good acidity? My holy grail of cherimoya is a fruit with good sweetness, juicy, large fruit with few seeds and most importantly, very high acidity! Simon
Clay, the best one I've had is a no named, supposed Vietnamese variety I purchased at an Asian Supermarket. It tastes exactly like the holy grail Cherimoya I described above. I will try to visit the supermarket to ask the owners if they will sell me some scions. My friend that got me into Cherimoyas also has a tree that produces similar quality fruit but it's been nearly 25-30 years since I've had the fruit and that was before I've had the chance to taste all the top tier varieties. Frank, your fruit looks awesome and your flavor description has me extremely interested and salivating!Simon