My Edible Fruit Trees: Custard Apple Trees NSW

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Comments: - Said to be delicious and not requiring hand pollination, so want to try growing this. In 2022 most branches dried up so were trimmed off. Remaining small branch above graft survived and is growing well, so fingers crossed. Suspect the roots are very susceptible to phytophthora, so am applying Yates Anti Rot spray on leaves once in Winter and again in early Spring. Interesting to see if this helps.

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted)

Comments: - Said to be delicious, with fewer seeds, and not requiring hand pollination, so want to try growing this.Set 2 fruits in 2023, but syddenly all leaves dried up, so I removed the fruits and will wait to see if the tree will recover. Unfortunately, I found collar rot next to the soil and the tree died. 

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted)

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling) ^10/10

Planted: 2020

Height 79 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling)

Comments: - seems to love water and humidity

Growing: In a Pot

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

Comments: - Looking forward to trying this fruit , a cross between soursop and custard Apple flavours.bought from a local market from a dwarfing plant ,we will see.want to grow it in a pot.

Planted: 2018

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

'Heavenly' best describe the taste of custard apple for me.

Happy with the condition of the plant upon arrival. Big (about 1 meter high) lush and healthy. I hope it can cope well with the hot burning summer and cold frosty winter of inland NSW. I'm hoping the same for my African Pride variety.  I will update at the end of summer next year.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: African Pride

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dyna lifter, sulphate of potash, guano, seasol, powerfeed

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

my fingers

Comments

Hi how has the custard apple being going for you ?? i am looking to get one aswell, just waiting till it comes into stock from daleys. i also live in NSW but closer to the Sydney CBD

Dec 30,2018 - Lost most of its leaves here in Melbourne during winter 2018. Pruned back during spring and applied fertilizer (sudden impact). Growing vigorously atm 😎

Jan 23, 2019 ,- started to flower now together with my African pride with just under one year from purchase. Just wait and see if any of the blooms will develop into fruits 😎

21 April 2019, grown vigorously but, flowers didn't didn't turned into fruits. Hopefully next time when the tree is older.

14 Dec 2019 currently showing plenty of flower buds here in Melbourne. Hopefully some of them will set fruit and ripen before the first frost next year here in Melbourne 😀

Hi there. I am thinking of getting one of these too, our summers a bit harsh though and winter has frost. How is yours going these days?

Apple - Huonville Crab Apple (Grafted) ^9/10

Comments: -

First time to bear fruit after four years in a pot and boy its loaded. The fruit is small to medium size because it is a cross between a regular apple and a crab apple. It's got a pink flesh with a balanced flavor of sweetness and acidity. The tree is healthy, and a  prolific bearer as evidenced by the image i have uploaded from my tree, pest free ATM. It's ornamental in itself because of the reddish leaves and stems Just nice for kids' lunch box.  There is a similar apple released recently called Red Love apple bred from Switzerland by Markus Kobelt. Mine is discovered  by Bob Magnus of Woodbridge Nursery growing in Huonville, Tassie. Growing as a 'Y' espalier ATM in my garden.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Red Fuji

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dyna lifter, seasol, citrus fert, guano, epsom salt, sulphate of potash

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

pest free so far

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

04-05-19 another successful fruiting season though some were affected by sun scald.

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

custard apple family including sugar apple and cherimoya are up there in my list of favorite fruits. The taste is divine i would say.

Just like my Paxton Prolific it arrived in optimum condition, robust, healthy and lush. I will keep a close look with  my 2 latest fruitopia acquisitions coz today is the start of a long, hot hellish summer here in inland NSW culminating in a sizzling 38C next Friday. Whew!!! im already sweating just by thinking about it. I will update  by mid autumn when the burning cauldron has cooled down a tad.

Planted: 2017

Height 0.71 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Paxton Prolific

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dyna lifter, seasol, guano, sulphate of potash, powerfeed

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

my digits

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

27 Jan 2019 - exhibiting a few flowers now after just under 2 years from purchase. A vigorous grower 😃

21 April 2019, vigorously grown all season with flowers but, no fruit set. Hopefully next time when it is a bit more mature.🤔

14 Dec 2019 - showing plenty of flowers atm. Hopefully some of the blossoms will set fruit and ripen before the first frost next year 😀

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: -

Hoping it does ok in Sydney, its in a wind free microclimate I have created for my tropicals. Put on a lot of growth over summer, lets see how it goes this winter. Scale is a bit of a problem.

Just started to flower at the beginning of winter 2015.

Dropped all its leaves at the end of winter and looks to be putting out lots of new growth. I have planted it in the ground now in a prime wind free sunny position.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Should fruit OK in Sydney. May have to hand pollinate.

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Tree did not grow much at first but looks nice and healthy with deep green leaves which mostly fall off by the end of winter.

Started flowering the following spring, solid growth all through summer and seems to do well in Sydney.

No fruit set but I'd rather the tree got bigger first anyway.

Planted: 2013

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer and Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: chook poo

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Dwarf Tropic Sun (Grafted) ^5/10

Comments: - slow growing. producing flowers but been picking them off so it can focus on growth.

Planted: 2014

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

How is it growing now? How is the fruit?

Custard Apple - Geffner (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Great tasting fruit; one of my favourites.  Tree is manageable in size with mild pruning so the fruit is easy to harvest.  

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August

Planted: 2007

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: granular fruit tree fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Yearly and Spring

Pest Control: Nil.  I aim to pick the fruit before they ripen to minimise the bats eating them.

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Seedling

Planted: 2013

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling)

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun (Grafted)

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Just interested in trying this out. Growing in a bonsai bag

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

fruit fly traps

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Custard Apple - Seedling (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

African Pride seedling. In a bonsai bag

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

Custard Apple - Seedling (Seedling) ^5/10

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Planted: 127

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Custard Apple - Hilary White

Custard Apple - African Pride

Comments: -

Grow like fire

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

None

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Quick, easy to grow tree.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Hosre manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: - Quick growing, goes completly deciduous in winter but recovers whenspring arrives.  I have two with one of growing in a large pot.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Geffner

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^7/10

Comments: -

Growing nicely in a pot. I'm not expecting to get any fruit from this tree but I like the idea of miracles.

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Comments

Hi Michael, How is your Rollinia doing?

custard apple

Comments: - 3 in the picture is the custard apple