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georgy starts with ... I went two years ago to Lebanon, in the Middle east, and found that one of my cousins had planted an acre full of Cherimoyas . They were planted 20 feet apart, and in an area with no shade at all. The location was in a town called Batroun which is about three meters above seal level. 3 meters not 3000 feet or 100 meters but only three meters, His trees were loaded with fruit that were about 4 inches long and 3 inches wide. His trees were loaded to the point that he had to get lumber 2x4s to hold the branches up. his trees had on average 150 fruits per tree, and were of the African white variety. I took some seeds from him and brought them with me to North Carolina in the USA, and I am trying to plant them here in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I have now about 26 seedlings that are about I foot tall, and have planted 12 plants outside my house in semi to fully shaded areas. I hope to learn more about the viability of these trees here in the USA. I usually have a high amount of insects that pollinate my azaleas and pear trees and I hope that they will do my job for me when it comes to pollinating . I am looking for any input about how when and where to put the fruit that the trees will Hopefully produces in a couple of years | About the Author georgy 24th September 2013 2:59am #UserID: 6275 Posts: 7 View All georgy's Edible Fruit Trees |
BJ says... Hi Georgy, try asking on cloudforest, gardenweb or tropicalfruitforum. They are in the USA and lots of folk grow Cherimoya there. There are lots of cultivars available for you in the USA, so look into it a bit with US growers. The US native Pawpaw is also supposedly worth growing in colder areas. | About the Author Theposterformerlyknownas Brisbane 24th September 2013 9:03am #UserID: 3270 Posts: 1552 View All Theposterformerlyknownas's Edible Fruit Trees |
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yry says... Are you sure about the African white variety? If you are referring to White cherimoyas, they are named after Dr White who does not sound very African, more like an American. Somehow I cannot see Lebanon growing cherimoyas but correct me if I'm wrong. My guess is that you saw atemoyas or maybe sugar apples. | About the Author yry 24th September 2013 1:57pm #UserID: 8150 Posts: 44 View All yry's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Anonymous says... I can tell you that the fruit in Lebanon is called "Ashta" Which means Milk skimming in Arabic. The fruit has the shape of a pine cone, with protruding finger like dimples , as opposed to the Cherimoyas that I can purchase from the local grocery store . These purchased fruits have dimples where the pine cone protrusions are supposed to be.However the inside look and the taste of the fruit is the same | About the Author georgy 15th October 2013 12:11am #UserID: 6275 Posts: 7 View All georgy's Edible Fruit Trees |
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