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| About the Author peetah 25th December 2011 8:57pm #UserID: 543 Posts: 92 View All peetah's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smackin the middle) 25th December 2011 9:55pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jantina says... I have a Sofia growing here at Mt Gambier, doing well but only 6 months in the ground. Snottie, not sure how well they grow from cuttings, they graft well. I have a small Sofia and Fino de jete and a large flowering (much excitment) unnamed cultivar which Jason checked out and pronounced a good one (based on his experience with the leaves of ones he has eaten in Mexico. Perhaps do some research on cuttings, I'm off to work now. | About the Author Jantina Mt Gambier 26th December 2011 12:37pm #UserID: 1351 Posts: 1272 View All Jantina's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author snottiegobble Bunbury/Busso (smackin the middle) 26th December 2011 2:38pm #UserID: 3468 Posts: 1458 View All snottiegobble's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author peetah 26th December 2011 4:07pm #UserID: 543 Posts: 92 View All peetah's Edible Fruit Trees |
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peter says... hi peetah, cherimoyas in adelaide are no problem plant on a mound in well drained soil. i have most of mine growing under shade cloth, i have friut developing on my biggest one and some more seem to be setting without hand polination. where did you get yours from and what variety is it, | About the Author adelaide 26th December 2011 6:32pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
| About the Author peetah 26th December 2011 6:57pm #UserID: 543 Posts: 92 View All peetah's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... Where I live is marginal for Cherimoya as far as fruit quality goes that is for sure but keeping the tree itself alive and growing is no problem. I'm probably in the coolest possible location of Anywhere on the mainland so everywhere along the South coast is OK. Apart from warm walls in backyards Tasmania would be pretty marginal | About the Author Jason Portland 26th December 2011 7:46pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... I'd believe a commercial Avocado orchard in Tasmania but Avocados don't need anywhere near the heat a Cherimoya does. You probably want +5 celcius more on average to keep a Cherimoya in the same kind of health that an Avocado will do at 5c less. Avocados, esp the Guatemalan race power along in cool wet weather. Avocados will self seed readily for me anywhere the fruit falls, to get a Cherimoya to do that here and survive the first 2 Winters is very rare (only happened once for me so far) so you can see they are growing out of their range | About the Author Jason Portland 27th December 2011 10:49am #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author klokanovic Melbourne 25th April 2012 3:29pm #UserID: 5681 Posts: 10 View All klokanovic's Edible Fruit Trees |
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John Mc says... Hi klokanovic, I can't tell you a lot but in two years the Sofia has got to around 1200mm (4ft)high. It's growing as strongly as all the others including Fino de Jete, White and Forbidden fruits variety. The forbidden fruits variety is in it's third year with a nice crop happening with about 12 fruits for the first time. I'm figuring they should all fruit in the next fruiting season which starts in December. | About the Author JohnMc1 Warnervale NSW 25th April 2012 9:43pm #UserID: 2743 Posts: 2043 View All JohnMc1's Edible Fruit Trees |
allybanana says... Hi Does any one know if Sophia is a early min or late maturer as very little is known about this cultivar. How does it compare with Forbbiden fruits variety, White and Fino? I have Sopia and Forbidden fruits and was wondering if i need an early variety to extend my harversting time. I tried to order bays from Treegrowrs but after a being a year late on the delivery they decided to keep my deposit, and still no trees. | About the Author allybanana EDEN, NSW 18th August 2014 9:30am #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
allybanana says... I just tasted the first fruit from my Sophia and it was disapointing it lacked flavor and sweetness and was a bit cotton woolly like icecream bean. The fruit was pollinated very late and did not reach its full size until after the leaves had fallen in October. Even though the plant is very healthy the seeds inside are half sized. I hope very much that the crappy flavor is a result of late pollination and not that my EDEN NSW climate is not hot enough for it. I will try and pollinate the first flush of flowers this season, am I on the right track? | About the Author allybanana EDEN, NSW 31st October 2014 7:18pm #UserID: 4544 Posts: 372 View All allybanana's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Jason says... allybanana, same thing happens with my Fino here. None viable seeds and bland flavour. I think it's more to do with soil acidity than lack of heat but not entirely sure. It certainly doesn't taste like a Cherimoya does in ideal growing conditions. But some years if I'm very lucky I get one fruit with mature seeds and pretty good taste. Very rare though. | About the Author Jason Portland 4th November 2014 6:53pm #UserID: 637 Posts: 1217 View All Jason's Edible Fruit Trees |