My Edibles: Custard Apple Trees QLD

Custard Apple -KJ Pinks (Grafted)

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Bought as I love the fruit, but wanted an easy care variety ie. no hand pollination required, and smaller tree.  Should taste good as is a bud sport of "Pinks Mammoth", a tasty fruit.  Plant very eager to set fruit (set a couple when still in pot, and again when planted out early this year - I removed, as plant too immature and shapeless yet.)  Looking forward to great fruit.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Citrus feed and Seasol

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Tree small enough for me to manually remove the odd scale insect, but may have to use white oil spray as tree grows.  Nil other problems yet.

Question:

When is it best to tip prune?

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling)

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Planted: 2010

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Lux flakes (Soapy Water) to kill scale and mealy bugs on fruit and leaves

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

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

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I just loved the description of a fruit that tasted like lemon delicious pudding, took a punt, bought one, it has only ever given me one fruit, i tasted it and was sold! There are masses of flowers on it now but no fruit set even though i'm keeping the water up (you'd think in Brisbane we'd have high enough humidity) so i'm having a go at hand pollination. The suspense is killing me. I hope it works.

Fruiting Months January, February, November, December

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting, Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Fruit tree fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

update - have had wonderful success with hand pollination

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^7/10

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Fruit is really nice - lemony custard apple taste, but it is a bit sloppier than the other custrad apples, which can put some folks off.

Tree is quick growing and flowers profusely year-round, but will only set fruit when given buckets of water and some liquid potash does not go astray. the flowers smell amazing, yet fail to attract many pollinators (like many annona).

First fruit formed 2 years after purchase, so I assume 3 years from seed.

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2010

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 40% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: No pests observed. Have heard they can be attacked by nematodes, so I willl be putting marigold around it.

Custard Apple - \'Paxton\'s Prolific\' (cv. KJ Pink\'s) (Grafted) ^10/10

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Budsport of Pink's Mammoth, so same type of fruit, just self-pollinates much better.

In its first season it had many flowers and set two fruits while still in its 6l bag, which I had to knock off so it didnt get too stressed at this size. Going into the ground when dormant in winter.

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2011 - has set fruit already. Nice growth rate and easily managed. Brilliant!

Planted: 2011

Height 3 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth (Seedling) ^8/10

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So far so good. I found some of this variety on sale at Rusty's Bazaar in Cairns. I told the grower I thought it was too low yielding for commercial use. He suggested a heavy pruning with removal of all leaves in autumn, dynamic lifter in spring and fertilizer when buds appear, followed by hand pollenation.
It is December and the tree looks healthy, waiting for flowering.

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 40% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Hand Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^7/10

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The plant is deciduous but it is so warm here it managed to keep all its leaves over winter. New growth - currently planted in a massive pot in full afternoon sun.

Planted: 2011

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

Pollination: Self Pollination

custard apple (Grafted) ^7/10

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No idea which variety as have lost the ticket, but it's a pretty little tree and gives me some fruit each year. I have to remember to thin it out each year to promote new growth for fruit.

Planted: 2005

Height 2 metres

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth (Grafted) ^10/10

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fast fruiting and hardy tree, great taste as well.

Fruiting Months May, June, July

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 8 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2008 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

fruit fly netting

Organic Status:Organic

custard apple (Grafted)

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Not sure what root stock this is on but it was marketed as a cold tolerant variety.  Hasn't seen any damage as yet and is a fairly slow grower.  I think it needs to move from where it is though.  In hind sight it's going to need more room and it definetly needs to be out of reach of the passionfruit vine!  - so I translanted this one to a roomier position and then got a nasty frost.  It does not look happy at all!  But it's still hanging in there.  Compost and worm juice and we'll see what happens

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^5/10

Height 0.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Hilary White ^8/10

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Yet to fruit.  Gets a fair bit of wind and we live on the water so I have had it staked.  Trying to keep growth under control as I am limited with space.

I have a few flowers on this tree now so am hoping the high winds don't blow them off!

I think I pruned it at the wrong time so didn't get fruit again this year.  I think I will just leave it alone this year and see what happens.

Planted: 2008

Height 6 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 30% in Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, Blood

Pest Control:

None at this stage.

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Seedling

Planted: 2008

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted) ^9/10

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This tree is very easy to look after.  I just prune it to the shape I want it, and fruit fly don't seem to bother it at all.  I get about 20 fruit off it each year which I find is more than enough as they all ripen at once.  This year I took a few green ones off every couple of days, but the ones left on the tree all ripened at the same time.  Next year will scoop them out and freeze the pulp for smoothies.

Fruiting Months June

Planted: 2004

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 15 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter, horse manure and sugarcane mulch.

Pest Control:

The only problem I seem to have so far is scale, which I just wipe off, and if I leave the fruit on too long the lorikeets steal the odd one.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

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have three growing at the moment killed 4 so far this is the one tree that may beat me

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Seedling ^6/10

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 easy to look after very tough plant

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth (Grafted) ^5/10

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good looking tree likes to grow out it is over 4m wide even with pruning have not been able to get much growth in height.

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple

Custard Apple - Late Gold

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling)

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Plant was a couple of meters tall until our horse took a liking to it. Needs a lot of water to get good growth.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Custard apple Pink Mammoth (Grafted) ^9/10

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Plant is fruiting well now, have planted others to get better pollination. It seem to take a few years to really anchor itself in the ground. Pruned heavily at first to obtain wine glass structure now only prune to tidy up.

Fruiting Months January, February, December

Planted: 2006

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 25% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

Pest cover bags and Nature lure

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - African Pride

Custard Apple - Late Gold

Custard Apple - African Pride

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Custard Apple or Annona Atemoya - African Pride

Purchased this tree this morning - have yet to plant it, but it is raining at the moment, so to be done later - have had 52mm since 6 am yesterday

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Grafted)

Comments: - All our trees are irrigated three times a week, unless raining, when we turn the irrigation off for those wet periods.

Fruiting Months January and February

Planted: 2009

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Comments

August 2010 - now about 2.5 metres high, and now starting to flower again for the third time

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

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(rootstock Annona cherimola)

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pruned By: 30% in Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: pick off caterpillars

Organic Status:Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling)

Planted: 2009

Custard Apple - African Pride