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Tropical Fruit => Tropical Fruit Discussion => Topic started by: Coach62 on June 25, 2019, 11:23:46 PM

Title: Annona 2nd crop article
Post by: Coach62 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.

Title: Re: Annona 2nd crop article
Post by: achetadomestica on June 25, 2019, 11:33:21 PM

After Hurricane Irma knocked down all my annonas I cut them back
and staked them upright. I ended up with a late fruit set and the fruit
didn't ripen properly in the winter and wasn't edible? The seeds were
not fertile either.

Title: Re: Annona 2nd crop article
Post by: pvaldes on June 26, 2019, 07:01:03 AM

They recovered from cutting back?

Another solution to enjoy Annonas out of season would be to freeze it, I suppose. Anything that produces a second crop could reduce the next main crop. Plants need to refill its reserves.

Title: Re: Annona 2nd crop article
Post by: pineislander on June 26, 2019, 08:02:43 AM

Quote from: Coach62 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!)

This technique worked great for me to get the first flowering on a 2 year old Atemoya. It also induces good branching on the trees instead of branches 1-2 feet long you can get the branches to split into multiple stems wherever you want. I have tried it on soursop too and it does work too.
'Dream' Atemoya 1
(https://i.postimg.cc/873SfQpp/DSC01732.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/873SfQpp)

'Dream' Atemoya 2
(https://i.postimg.cc/8JX39L71/DSC01733.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/8JX39L71)

Soursop
(https://i.postimg.cc/146cLpnJ/DSC01734.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/146cLpnJ)