Cuban Fiberless Soursop Flowering!

[Kona fruit farm]

so stoked to see this tree flowering and fruiting   will take some pictures tomorrow and post.  and continue to post as the fruits develop! I'll let you guys know if this one is worth all the hype in a couple months i guess.

[Californiatropicals]

one of my friends from florida grows cuban fiberless, she's sent me videos of the fruit she harvested, practically seedless! she said no fiber and sweet, not sour.. looks very interesting! She actually just sent me a scion and I just grafted it a few minutes ago to a cherimoya rootstock

[HIfarm]

Where'd you get the Cuban Fiberless?  It doesn't seem like we have many good sources around here for grafted Annona...

John

[Lory]

How old is your tree? Is it grafted? My 3 years old seedlings have plenty of flowers but set no fruits yet 

[JF]

My three year old Cuban fibeless from seed has set a fair amount of flowers in one side of the tree
I haven't been able to time them to hand pollinate and it has not set any fruits

[Kona fruit farm]

Yeah I hope I didn't jump the gun on thinking mine would fruit.  But the flowers look promising

[Lory]

I'm ready to bet that your soursop is sick!
Check the leaves carefully expecially in last 2 pictures it's evident somebody is aavidly sucking the sap leaving tiny decolored points.
I would say mites or  lace bugs (Corythucha gossypii )

[Kona fruit farm]

i will spray it with some horticulture oil..

[Lory]

Great idea.
Even better trying first to understand what kind of scritters are using your guyabano as their meal 
by the way, do you use any kind of hand/artificial pollination?
Are there any other soursop plants nearby?
Thanks!

[Kona fruit farm]

I have not done any hand pollination yet.  I have a hillside with all sorts of annonas. Most are too young and not flowering tho. I'd heard that soursop did a pretty good job of self pollinating.  We will see if these fruits develop into something substantial.   But no other fruiting soursop trees around no

[Guanabanus]

Put on a headlamp or cap with LED's, and pollinate about half an hour after sunset.

Smearing pollen onto the stigmas with a finger tends to work better than a brush.

[Lory]

How to hand-pollinate?
Soursop flowers look kinda weird! 

[JF]

How to hand-pollinate?
Soursop flowers look kinda weird! 

I haven't been able to time one flower it seems when one is open the rest are close. I saved some pollen and pollinated other anonas none of them set fruitlets.

[knlim000]

so stoked to see this tree flowering and fruiting   will take some pictures tomorrow and post.  and continue to post as the fruits develop! I'll let you guys know if this one is worth all the hype in a couple months i guess.

Can you let me know if it does fruit. I like to get a few seeds. thanks.

[Lory]

Me too i'm very curious 
My soursop seedling is 3 years old and inspite flowering abundantly during the last 5 months never set a single fruit yet