The Tropical Fruit Forum

That’s so cool! What varieties or species are you planning to grow?

I’ve seen it in markets like 99 ranch. Try looking for it in any Asian supermarket. They might have some.

Putting it in a rager pot is definitely a good idea. However I don’t know if putting it along that rail is a good idea. The fruits drop when they are ripe and ready to harvest and it looks like a long way down lol

How is the taste of this Annona Montaña variety? I heard some are flavorful but the taste is insipid. Also, how sweet is the passion fruit? Sorry for all the questions. Have a great day!

Passifloras, especially during bloom are on another level. Pendant tacsonias hanging on a trellis are absolutely stunning.

Lmao same I’m also on my Passiflora arc right now. I don’t grow too many but I have Edulis, Ligularis (pain in the ass), phoenicea “ruby glow”, x “purple tiger”, x “scarlet flame”(mislabeled as vitifolia at Home Depot), x “Ava”, molissima, and I recently got some small plants of maliformis, quadriglandulosa, malacophylla, mucronata, and matthewsii.

I’ve only managed to fruit edulis, x “victoria” x “Purple Tiger”, and x “Ava” but PT and Ava haven’t ripened yet.
I have only tasted edulis, ligularis and x “Victoria”
Passiflora “Victoria” was NASTY. Tastes like mildly sweet burning plastic and coconut. I pollinated it with a caerulea down the road from me and it set fruit.

I would really like to get my hands on quadrangularis, alata, umbilicata, cumbalensis, ampullacea, parritae, antioquiensis and membranacea. Everything about Passifloras are just so cool except susceptibility to spider mites and nematodes.
If I get some more plants though idk what imma do when I move out to college.

Here is my method for growing cherimoya and atemoya seeds. I haven’t tried it with other annonas but for Cherimoyas and Atemoyas I get good success.

I will soak the seeds for about a week on a heat mat, changing water every day. Sometimes when I change the water I will rinse with a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide before I add new water to kill any harmful fungus

Fill a plastic shoebox with 50/50 perlite and coco coir. I use water from hot water machine to rehydrate coconut coir and put wet perlite into microwave to sterilize and kill any bugs because I germinate the seeds in my house. Then I mix the coir and perlite together and let it cool down in the plastic shoebox.

Once the mixture has cooled I will make rows of holes around the depth of the seed and space them according to how many seeds I have.

I will plant them hole side down, and cover the seeds until I can only see the rounded edge of the seed.

I will place another plastic shoebox on top, secure it with a rubber band, and offset it slightly to have some air circulation.

Finally I put them on a heat mat and under grow lights and they should come up within a couple of weeks for fresh seed. I have never used dried seed with this method.

Once they have sprouted and grown some true leaves, I transplant them into used party cups with holes outside and use a mixture of cactus mix and perlite and let them grow throughout the season.

I hope this helps!

Here are the results of sugar apple seeds a little over a month! So far 43/60 are showing signs of germination or have germinated

I think #1 is cherimoya because of their general shape and color. The underside of the young leaves also looks a bit pubescent, which I’ve noticed on all my cherimoyas.  I’ve been growing cherimoya from seeds for 3 years now. Species #2 looks like soursop because of the glossy leaves. I have no experience with Rollinia though so take my word with a grain of salt. I hope this helps! Good luck!

Here is my method for growing cherimoya and atemoya seeds. I haven’t tried it with other annonas but for Cherimoyas and Atemoyas I get good success.

I will soak the seeds for about a week on a heat mat, changing water every day. Sometimes when I change the water I will rinse with a tiny bit of hydrogen peroxide before I add new water to kill any harmful fungus

Fill a plastic shoebox with 50/50 perlite and coco coir. I use water from hot water machine to rehydrate coconut coir and put wet perlite into microwave to sterilize and kill any bugs because I germinate the seeds in my house. Then I mix the coir and perlite together and let it cool down in the plastic shoebox.

Once the mixture has cooled I will make rows of holes around the depth of the seed and space them according to how many seeds I have.

I will plant them hole side down, and cover the seeds until I can only see the rounded edge of the seed.

I will place another plastic shoebox on top, secure it with a rubber band, and offset it slightly to have some air circulation.

Finally I put them on a heat mat and under grow lights and they should come up within a couple of weeks for fresh seed. I have never used dried seed with this method.

Once they have sprouted and grown some true leaves, I transplant them into used party cups with holes outside and use a mixture of cactus mix and perlite and let them grow throughout the season.

I hope this helps!

Seeds should work!

While I was in Guam a few months back, I visited my uncle and he had a tree loaded with huge round papayas, about the size of a bowling ball. The flesh ripened to a reddish-orange color and was nice and sweet with no weird flavor. Can anyone identify this cultivar?

In North County, Atemoya Tropical Nursery in Vista is excellent.