My Edible Fruit Trees: Custard Apple Trees QLD

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

Planted: 2024

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

Planted: 2024

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

Planted: 2023

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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

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

Planted: 2022

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

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

Planted: 2024

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific (Grafted)

Comments: -

Plant arrived in in Feb 2020 in great condition with soil still damp. Will plant this into a pot after 1-2 weeks outside and provide updates.

May 2020 - slowly, but consistently, growing since potting. We will see how it copes with winter in Toowoomba - may have to bring it inside on cool nights. 

Winter 2020: Brought inside every night.

Jan 2021: Has put on a lot of new growth, now in 45L planter bag. Flowered, but set no fruit.

September 2021: Looks worse for wear after staying outside in Toowoomba winter, but survived and putting on new growth.

Planted: 2020

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Custard Apple - Geffner (Grafted) ^7/10

Comments: -

floweringNov09

Planted: 2000

First Fruited: 2004 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Late Gold (Grafted) ^3/10

Comments: -

Finally, first time in full flower. After waiting 9yrs

Planted: 2000

Height 3 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Have just bought one after two years on the waiting list. Did you get to taste the fruit?

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

Comments: -

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 - African Pride (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: -

(rootstock Annona cherimola)  No fruit set 2016. Grafted some Cherimola on which is flowering in january 2017.

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 Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control: pick off caterpillars

Organic Status:Organic

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth (Grafted)

Comments: - Planted by my grandfather in 1960s. Quality of fruit far superior than African Pride. 

Fruiting Months April, May, June, July

Planted: 1962

Height 12 metres

Qty: 22

Fruit Harvest: 100 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Never

Organic Status:Organic

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

I purchased this Rollinia bout 4 years ago out at Holliways Beach Markets off a lad down from Juletten selling tropical fruit trees. It sat around in it's pot for a couple of years till I got round to planting it out. Decided to try to top it at about 1 meter and pull the branchers out and tying them down till they stayed there, as I heard they are shallow rooted and will blow over in a blow so by keeping it low hope to not loose it in a cyclone and also make it easy to pick fruit. Maby would have toped it at 1-1/2 to 2 meters if doing it again to allow more room to spread fertliser and mulch underneath as this seems to be working fine. This is the first time it has fruited.

Planted: 2018

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 4 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and Bone, pelitised Chicken shit, potash

Organic Status:Organic

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

Comments: - Espaliered, looks awesome - took well to this and friends have commented. Love the fruit, not gritty/grainy like some other custard apples and small seeds too. No need to hand pollinate. Downside is that all of the fruit comes at once, quickly over a month from mid-feb to march in Brisbane. Must bag/net to protect from fruit fly - unripe fruit drops leading up to harvest as a natural thinning method so I bag by Feb and find fruit only start to get stung two weeks after the very first fruit drops. I harvest fruit to freeze the pulp to use later. Amazing with vanilla ice cream. I took a gamble with limited info online when I got this tree - it is a winner!!! I don't know why someone could not like the taste.

Fruiting Months March

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Certified

Custard Apple - Bernitsky

Custard Apple - Paxton Prolific

Dwarf Custard Apple - Tropic Sun

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth

Custard Apple - Late Gold

Custard Apple - African Pride

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth ^10/10

Custard Apple - Geffner (Grafted)

Fruiting Months March and April

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Rollinia - Brazilian Custard Apple ^7/10

Comments: -

Seems to be growing well so far. It has passed the brutal Mareeba sun test and didn't mind the transfer into the ground.

It is now struggling with the unrelenting heat. Not sure if it will survive. Probably needs the moistureof more tropical areas.

Planted: 2015

Height 0.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Comments

This plant ended up doing exceptionally well. It was flowering when I moved away, and was 5-6 foot tall and very healthy. So sad I missed out on seeing if it set fruit.

Custard Apple - African Pride (Seedling)

Comments: - I love custard apples, but they are sometimes hard to source. What better way to get some than growing your own...

Height 0.7 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

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

Comments: - I have tried the fruit from the shop and love the taste, Someday i hope to taste my own.

Planted: 2015

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth

Custard Apple - Hilary White

Custard apple Paxton Prolific (Seedling) ^3/10

Planted: 2014

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Winter

Custard Apple - Pinks Mammoth ^8/10

Custard Apple - African Pride (Grafted)

Comments: - growing well

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Spring