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Thanks for picture Oscar.So, do you think Poshte deserve more attention and research to commercialize it ?.
looks tasty, did you hand pollinate?
Just got to taste my first poshte (Annona scleroderma). The trees have fruited a couple of years already but the fruits got stung by chalcyd wasp. I netted some of the fruits last year but too late as they get stung quite small. This year i managed to get a bag on one in time. The taste was surprisingly good. Really delicious. The fruit was already blackened on the outside and i thought it was probably over ripe. But it was just perfect inside. The taste is like cherimoya, mixed with apple sauce, and a tiny bit of lemony taste. A perfect balance of sweet and a tad of tart, so that the taste is not overly sweet, like some cherimoyas. Much more juicy than cherimoya and the texture is softer. As you can see the pulp is yellowish. This fruit is probably smaller than normal.
I got a number of Annona scleroderma seedlings - but they just don't grow. I'm not sure why - have not moved an inch since they sprouted - but they do look healthy.
Very nice looking ftuit Oscar!, use to have a tree about 1.5meters growing well and suddenly die for unknown reasons, I remember reading somewhere that this fruit doesn't get mommify by Chalcid Wasp because the thick skin but apparently as you mention is not the case...
Quote from: fruitlovers on April 24, 2015, 03:55:12 AMJust got to taste my first poshte (Annona scleroderma). The trees have fruited a couple of years already but the fruits got stung by chalcyd wasp. I netted some of the fruits last year but too late as they get stung quite small. This year i managed to get a bag on one in time. The taste was surprisingly good. Really delicious. The fruit was already blackened on the outside and i thought it was probably over ripe. But it was just perfect inside. The taste is like cherimoya, mixed with apple sauce, and a tiny bit of lemony taste. A perfect balance of sweet and a tad of tart, so that the taste is not overly sweet, like some cherimoyas. Much more juicy than cherimoya and the texture is softer. As you can see the pulp is yellowish. This fruit is probably smaller than normal.When did your tree started flowering? I have a four year old twenty five feet tree with a nine inch Diameter and I am still getting no flower. I have two other Oscar Seedlings 15 feet & similar diameter no flowering yet. Any thought on inducing flowering for these guys; zinc sulphate did nothing for it compares to whitman fiberless! It thrives in my cocquina sandy soil amd make for a fantastic landscape upper canopy tree highly cold & windy resistant than muricata & thrive on neglect; over watering & underwatering make no different in its fast growth! Maybe they will be all Samurai fifth years for underperforming to make room for Oscar Giant Camieto?😆
Wow I thought it would have been much taller!I have a 6-7 ft tree I need to show some love!!!I've been neglecting it....until now!
Quote from: Coconut on April 24, 2015, 07:57:26 AMQuote from: fruitlovers on April 24, 2015, 03:55:12 AMJust got to taste my first poshte (Annona scleroderma). The trees have fruited a couple of years already but the fruits got stung by chalcyd wasp. I netted some of the fruits last year but too late as they get stung quite small. This year i managed to get a bag on one in time. The taste was surprisingly good. Really delicious. The fruit was already blackened on the outside and i thought it was probably over ripe. But it was just perfect inside. The taste is like cherimoya, mixed with apple sauce, and a tiny bit of lemony taste. A perfect balance of sweet and a tad of tart, so that the taste is not overly sweet, like some cherimoyas. Much more juicy than cherimoya and the texture is softer. As you can see the pulp is yellowish. This fruit is probably smaller than normal.When did your tree started flowering? I have a four year old twenty five feet tree with a nine inch Diameter and I am still getting no flower. I have two other Oscar Seedlings 15 feet & similar diameter no flowering yet. Any thought on inducing flowering for these guys; zinc sulphate did nothing for it compares to whitman fiberless! It thrives in my cocquina sandy soil amd make for a fantastic landscape upper canopy tree highly cold & windy resistant than muricata & thrive on neglect; over watering & underwatering make no different in its fast growth! Maybe they will be all Samurai fifth years for underperforming to make room for Oscar Giant Camieto?😆The trees now are 6-7 feet tall. They started flowering when about 5 feet tall. They got very little fert. But in your case suggest trying potassium sulfate (0-0-50) to try to stimulate flowering.
Quote from: Raulglezruiz on April 24, 2015, 09:35:33 AMVery nice looking ftuit Oscar!, use to have a tree about 1.5meters growing well and suddenly die for unknown reasons, I remember reading somewhere that this fruit doesn't get mommify by Chalcid Wasp because the thick skin but apparently as you mention is not the case...I still have 2 trees doing very well , they have been flowering for 2 years ( flowering in July here ) one is overgrown by a passionfruit vine . I read the same thing Raul about not being affected by this wasp . But since in the US of A everything is better and bigger probably their wasps can do the job .My trees are 10 years old now from seeds from Guatemala and the Yucatan , close to 4 meters . Sorry to say also totally neglected , I never even watered them. Congrats Oscar .
