searching: Cherimoya Boothe Nata Honeyhard seeds or others (Chicagoland weather

[Francis_Eric]

With all the micro climates, hills and valleys, asphalt and stucco, zones are very generalized and not very helpful in that you look at the zone number and go “ okay I can grow that” or “ I can”t grow that”.

That said Cherimoya fruits fine all over the Bay Area, especially Santa Clara is a golden zone .
If your closet to the coast and get more fog and less heat you have to dial in the varieties that do well such as , Boothe, Nata, HoneyHart .

(or Chaffey

Hi I have Over wintered Cherimoya in my basement before , by not watering over winter I am looking for these or types that will not ripen in Winter , but I can also prune them to change flower times weeks later when I get more experience with certain types.


I can pay paypal or mail check.
or maybe trade

[Francis_Eric]

I had some from the Store Two Years Ago , and had the trees out Non dormant Below the 20's in Chicagoland till Thanks Giving I brought them in a lot of days after 4 in the Morning (for several hours)
 I spent a lot of time staying home to baby these when I was off work for a full week .

Yep stayed home over a Month When I could have left I could have did this till Christmas Since it was a Mild winter 2023 but had to get on a flight (I work a week full time get off a Week.)

These where all in a pot together

[Francis_Eric]

I messed up because when I saw growth I took them out right away
we had a cold night and leaves fell off it was alive but would not come out of it's dormant period for over a Month

I pulled some grass in the pot and killed it ..

I know now just barely water with a spray bottle


MY main plan is to cold stress these as best as I can
so it would be better having them in different pots .

I know San Francisco Weather is cold so I am looking for seeds from this area
(A plane ticket could be cheaper then 2 Cherimoy s here I saw it was 30 bucks for a 2 pound one , and it wasn't even really 2 pounds I put it back anyways .)

I have checked the seed stores (bellamy etc. (but not etsy or ebay(

[Pau]

My main tree is chaffey and i grafted many varieties to it. How many seed are you looking for? I have a few chaffey on the tree.

[Francis_Eric]

As many as you can spare .

My plan is to have some for back up from the ones I stress .

I do not know what types of seeds I could offer , but could offer cash ?
I am testing to see if this Kola Nut is going to grow I have some of those

I may have some (very ) tropical seeds ,  but not any right now .

I have some temperate Osage Orange (mulberry family for grafting CHE fruit onto
I usually have many  Pawpaw , and American Persimmon , but none now
(I may have access to seedling paw paw or grafting scion ,
 but not sure the dormant type is the southern type is not dormant , and not sure if I can  get any)

[Francis_Eric]

oops added my address

When does this flower I can send the link to delay fruit set as well.

[Pau]

You can send me address via pm so the world dont know your address. We can trade for pawpaw seeds. Message me june-july, the chaffey should be ripened by then. Chaffey is the most cold hardy variety for cherimoya that I know of.

[Pau]

oops added my address

When does this flower I can send the link to delay fruit set as well.

For my climate in Northern CA the chaffey flowers in march, has small fruits, then stops growing and goes through winter, and fruits start to grow bigger and ripens by june.