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Malhar Which one is supposed to be better than el bumpo?FruitFool
Got my scions-Beautifully packaged and thanks for the extras!
Quote from: elouicious on September 18, 2020, 07:06:37 PMGot my scions-Beautifully packaged and thanks for the extras!Congrats, and happy grafting from Tejas.I have 5 Behl varieties on a seedling rootstock I did about 2 years ago. Just pruned the 7' tree back to 4' and it's flowering and pushing foliage. Is also holding fruit without my help. Those flowers are so small any one have a clue as to how you're supposed to pollinate cherimoya? Sorry, know it's been discussed before.
The flowers begin as female when they are about 1/3 open, then over the course of a day or two they fully open and are male. Collect pollen using a #2 paintbrush when you find the fully open male flowers and save it in a glass jar in the fridge or freezer. When you see female flowers, the barely open type, load up a small amount of pollen (too much pollen makes seedy fruit) and evenly apply it inside the female flower. I like to dock one of the three petals between thumb and index so I know it's been pollinated. Check photos online for male vs female.
cheers and thanks mark- I am only hoping to follow in your large footsteps!