The Tropical Fruit Forum

Sam, I have a trick for sun protection.  The timing is very critical to make the tree acclimate to hard sun.  Start seeds in December and plant before April in ground.   There were some shots of small seedlings I just planted in the latest video.  Those will never have shade cloth and they will grow 1 - 2 meters in the next 6 months.  If you wait to plant them after April they do not have time to get roots and acclimate to the hard sun.  We have a few more months of mild weather here before the real heat and sun come in July.

I will do a follow up video during summer to show before and after on the new trees.

I do also paint the exposed bark only on trees that have been grafted.  Rootstocks don't need it.

The emitters are 90 degree fan tips.  They make a 1 meter circle wet spot around the tree.
https://www.dripdepot.com/adjustable-spray-jet-on-threads-pattern-90-degree

Once the trees get bigger I switch the tips to a spinner type and wet a bigger area.

The small trees get water every 2 days in summer for 20 minutes.  That's around 5 gallons every 2 days.  I have good drainage and can not really over water.  If your soil is clay you will need to test to make sure it is not too much water.

Hello neighbor 

Can you post the whole tree, it's likely a deficiency but with our climates these days, it can also be just stress.

hello,

I am french, so excuse for my english which is not very good, but school years are now very far from me. I would like to talk with people who grow cherimoya in california, because I think some californian weathers are close to my weather :

I live in south-east of france (near marseille), with a mediteranean weather (2800 years of sun per year), but far from sea (30 km), so in summer some days I have 104°F/40°C the hotest days, and in winter some years I can have 17°F/-8°C during the night of the coldest days. actually I grow citrus in a frost-free glass greenhouse (33°F/1°C minimum in winter the night of the coldest days). I have a misting device in greenhouse so 104°F/40°C is maximum. so if there are people on this forum who have mediteranean weather in california close to mine greenhouse climate (104°F/40°C maximum in summer and minimum 33°F/1°C in winter) I have several questions :

-do you think in my greenhouse cherimoya can grow good fruits in winter ?

-with 33°F/1°C, will the fruits be damaged or not (I don't know in california, but in spain cherimoya fruits come from october to march, so mainly during winter) ?

-what spacing do you use between cherimoya ? 7 meters or more ?

-I know only the spanich fino de jete which is to me a very good fruit, but do you have in california varieties with a better tast than fino de jete (I heard about "el bumpo") ?

-do you have in california varieties with less seeds than fino de jete ?

-these californian varietes can tolerate 104°F/40°C in summer ?

-fino de jete has fruits on tree during 6/7 months, from october to march/april, which would be for me the best period to eat cherimoya. is it the same with californian varieties, do you have fruits on trees from october to march/april ?


thank you very much for yous answers.

Hello all! 

I have a small farm in Costa Rica and am about to plant a bunch of fruit trees. However, I'm finding it difficult to locate specifics on spacing for each tree. For example how far apart do I need to plant durian, terap, langsat, mangosteen, citrus, rolinia/anona family?

If you have any advice for planting these specific trees or can point me to a resource it would be super appreciated.