Join Alex Silber of Papaya Tree Nursery as he shows you how to get the most out of backyard growing. Our specialty is tropical and rare edibles that are well suited to the Southern California climate. We'll share plenty of gardening tips to help you raise healthy and happy trees for optimal fruit production.
Thanks so much mate! I have learned more from your clips about care of my cherimoya trees than I have managed to glean from trawling the grower's sites here in Australia. I have 220 trees, in their 2nd year. I better get busy with the pruning when spring rolls around. Until then, many thanks for your hand pollination clip too. excellent. I am not so daunted by the task now...
easy deal is to brace the base of the flower with pointer and index fingers, then spread the petals with your thumb, and stick the paint brush with the pollen into/onto the sticky center-cone-fruitlet-of-pistils, and give it a quick swirl. And then yeah, brake a petal tip for indicating pollination.
i have about 6 cherimoya seedlings growing ,my question is do they need to be grafted or how long years befor they fruit,so i can start looking for someone to give me scions ,im new at growing them but an expert at eating them ,thanks ,any help please anyone
it's very helpful information but it is MORE helpful if you focus or zoom in your camera on the details of the cutting area… thank you very much! good job dude...
Thanks for the info! I'll do this to my Atemoya since it always makes flowers but never fruit. My sugar apples are always abundant though. If the blooms on my red sugar apple come at the same time maybe i'll try cross pollinating and see what happens. I love the smell of the annona flowers too. They smell like sweet bananas to me.
Very informative vid! I didn't even know you could grow guavas in California. I'm originally from south fla & they do very well there, but they don't grow well in central Florida( region 9a/9b). Also the fruit here is very suseptible to worms, which is just gross....
Thanks for the video, Alex. We've talked a few times at the Green Scene at the Fullerton Arboretum. I've got about 6 cherimoya trees in my backyard, without any fruit, in Anaheim, so it's about time I learn to do this. Thanks again.
Could you please explain to me how to do this process with papayas? And how to you tell if papayas are male or female before they produce fruit? Thanks -Ricky
I love your videos! I am growing a baby Cherimoya myself and these videos help me understand my plant better. In fact, I am growing a lot of common and exotic fruit currently for experimentation. Your video on protecting from ants came in handy when my orange tree was under attack. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and please post more videos! They are fantastic!
I like your pruning. There are many ways to prune cherimoya but this is one of the best I have seen. Papaya Tree Nursery has always offered good advice. Thanks Alex.
