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Title: Soursop fruiting in living room.
Post by: Radoslav on April 20, 2019, 10:02:07 AM
In 2005 I sowed a seed of annona muricata . Seedling flowered for the first time in the age of five.
Since then it flowered several times each year, but because of long period between flowering of single flowers, it was impossible to pollinate it.
Finally this winter, flowers opened shortly one by one. So I pollinated with one day old pollen.
On 3.24. it was clear that one is pollinated < the right one from this pair>.
(https://i.postimg.cc/vgW7bKgf/DSCN1289.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/vgW7bKgf)
I used the pollen from the flower on the leff side of this picture.
On 4.12. I recognized strange thing. The flower from which I took the pollen, started to separate too <on the right side of this picture>.
(https://i.postimg.cc/gxLb4yL1/DSCN1311.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gxLb4yL1)
So now I have two fruits.
(https://i.postimg.cc/KKsLF281/DSCN1322.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/KKsLF281)

(https://i.postimg.cc/nsCbR6SF/DSCN1323.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/nsCbR6SF)
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Post by: murahilin on April 20, 2019, 10:44:41 AM
That's awesome! Congrats!
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Post by: roblack on April 20, 2019, 10:44:54 AM
Congratulations! Looking good. Don't think many have succeeded at fruiting guanabana indoors.

You can pollinate guanabana with a single flower.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1-vuhFBPY (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nm1-vuhFBPY)
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Post by: Jungle Yard on April 20, 2019, 12:31:09 PM
WOW! That is a great achievement! Congrats !
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Post by: Tropicalnut on April 20, 2019, 03:40:57 PM
Nice work! ;) It gives me hope that one day I can try my own. :) Thank you for sharing!
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Post by: Bananaizme on April 20, 2019, 03:43:17 PM
  Wow what a amazing accomplishment !  Congratulations !
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Post by: shinzo on April 20, 2019, 04:31:10 PM
Congrats! Me too i'm growing a soursop indoors and Hope to have it fruit one day.
What is the size or the pot?
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Post by: kalan on April 20, 2019, 09:05:00 PM
Wow! well done!
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Post by: Radoslav on April 21, 2019, 01:41:30 AM
Congrats! Me too i'm growing a soursop indoors and Hope to have it fruit one day.
What is the size or the pot?


Repoted several times. Now in 70 liters pot, I think.
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Post by: Radoslav on May 25, 2019, 01:23:25 AM
Little update.


(https://i.postimg.cc/ftLJCWvC/annona-muricata.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/ftLJCWvC)
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Post by: carcarlo on May 25, 2019, 11:57:37 AM
Awesome,  Tk for sharing I wonder if my wife would say something if I brought my 25 gal Guanabana into the living room.

Carlos
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Post by: Felipe on May 25, 2019, 01:22:25 PM
Great job!
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Post by: adhawk76 on May 25, 2019, 06:17:47 PM
Is that just next to a window or do you have a grow light?
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Post by: Tropicalnut on May 25, 2019, 06:40:53 PM
Nice Job, I didn't think it was possible.
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Post by: Cookie Monster on May 25, 2019, 10:18:21 PM
That's pretty nutty. You must be taking really good car of it.
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Post by: acoff87 on May 26, 2019, 09:40:49 AM
I am amazed!
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Post by: Radoslav on August 11, 2019, 11:53:03 AM
Today I tasted my very first indoor grown soursop fruit.
It was very pleasant surprise. Very strong sweet taste resembles a bit overripe Pineapple.
Very soft pulp. Seeds small, relatively low number.

(https://i.postimg.cc/JG9HP7rB/1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/JG9HP7rB)


(https://i.postimg.cc/sQDMvvcb/2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sQDMvvcb)


Seeds from whole fruit.


(https://i.postimg.cc/gw4JFGWs/3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gw4JFGWs)
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Post by: nullzero on August 11, 2019, 12:03:08 PM
Congrats on the fruit, great job. Did you use any supplement lights?
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Post by: Radoslav on August 11, 2019, 12:06:37 PM
Congrats on the fruit, great job. Did you use any supplement lights?


No, just sunlight through east facing window.
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Post by: nullzero on August 11, 2019, 12:43:44 PM
Congrats on the fruit, great job. Did you use any supplement lights?


No, just sunlight through east facing window.

Very nice, fruit looks tasty.
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Post by: Samu on August 11, 2019, 03:02:59 PM
Congratulations!
This encourages me not to give up trying to fruit Soursop in SoCal...
Thanks Radoslav!
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Post by: Luisport on August 11, 2019, 03:09:38 PM
Congratulations my friend! Your achivement is amazing!   ;D
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Post by: shinzo on August 11, 2019, 04:54:09 PM
Awsome achievement, this keeps my hope of fruiting my soursop seedling indoors.
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Post by: kh0110 on August 13, 2019, 12:31:23 PM
Radoslav, would you know the humidity level of room where the plant is? And where did you get the original seed from?
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Post by: FrankDrebinOfFruits on August 13, 2019, 05:35:52 PM
That is awesome, but I bet picking up leaves off the living room floor got old somewhere in the last 14 years. My soursop sheds leaves like crazy. Although, it could have made a lot of tea.
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Post by: Radoslav on December 31, 2021, 10:04:48 AM
This year showed me, how tricky the right time to harvest is. Right now, I collected my one and only fruit from my annona in living room and this time I collected it while still partly hard on touch.
And it was a mistake, pulp is not as tender as ussual, slightly sour and the taste is full of that bleach chlorine odour typical for muricata flowers.
But it looks like taste is improving while I let the harvested fruit rest in room for 24 hours.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc3d9s2x/IMG-20211231-144743.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc3d9s2x)

(https://i.postimg.cc/R39dxM74/annona-muricata2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/R39dxM74)
Title: Re: Soursop fruiting in living room.
Post by: Denis on January 08, 2022, 02:16:31 AM
This year showed me, how tricky the right time to harvest is. Right now, I collected my one and only fruit from my annona in living room and this time I collected it while still partly hard on touch.
And it was a mistake, pulp is not as tender as ussual, slightly sour and the taste is full of that bleach chlorine odour typical for muricata flowers.
But it looks like taste is improving while I let the harvested fruit rest in room for 24 hours.

(https://i.postimg.cc/Hc3d9s2x/IMG-20211231-144743.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/Hc3d9s2x)

(https://i.postimg.cc/R39dxM74/annona-muricata2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/R39dxM74)

Amazing. Is it good taste?
Best regards,
Denis.