Keep us updated on the soursop with fruiting this season. Just subscribed. Extremely instersting I live in the central valley as well. Most tropical plants I have are guavas. Would like to expand nice info.
Very informative as always. Thanks for sharing and inspiring. Going to taste my first homegrown red sugar soon. Then I'm gonna get my hands on a red Ilama. I feel like it has a chance here in ground.
Hi, look like you have a jungle of tropical fruit, admiring how much effort you put to take care of all. Could you please let me know how many gallons container you keep your soursop tree? Will it outgrow in that container and do you have to transplant to a much larger container? How big of container should be good to keep them for a long time? Thank you
The soursops are in 17 gallon containers. In the coming years, they will be repotted into larger 25 gallon containers, their permanent home. Specific to my soursops, I will be restricting their growth to a maximum height of 12 feet so that I can better shelter them during the cold.
Hi, Love your sugar apple collection trees. I am in Central Valley (Patterson) and do you think I can grow sugar apples outdoors? Also, can I get a cutting of GIANT sugar apple for grafting onto my sugar apple tree? Thank you.
Yes, however, you may still want to protect it during the winter months. My in ground sugar apple tree does fine when in a heated greenhouse set to 45°F.
Your yard is packed with life! Im growing cherimyoya guavas an many other subtropicals on a small plot in Lake County ,CA. How much land are you on if i may ask?
Just subscribed! Keep us updated with these trees! Just figured I’d ask, but are you selling any starters for Sugar Apples or Longans? We’re local to the Central Valley as well. Would love to grow one of these on my own. Or any recommendations on where to get the starters/trees?
Welcome. Unfortunately I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees. If you’re nearing or have plans to be in the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries from where about 95% of my tropical fruit trees were purchased. Champa Nursery - ruclips.net/video/o1-Adgg5DKQ/видео.html Emily Garden Nursery - ruclips.net/video/gn1JDiz-riA/видео.html Mimosa Nursery - ruclips.net/video/YfOMOSsuGIo/видео.html Alternatively, another really good method would be to simply propagate them from seeds.
@TropicalCentralValley Do you sell the fruit? I'm looking for 1 or 2 to help me with my thyroid cancer. I live in the central valley and It's impossible to find this fruit.
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals, including fruits. Should you be in the Fresno region, there’s actually a number of ethnic grocery stores that often carry different annona fruits such as cherimoya and atemoya, though, be prepared to pay dearly for them, as they go for about $8 per pound.
@TropicalCentralValley thank you for replying. I'm about 30 minutes away from fresno but always go there a few times a month. Do you know if any of those ethnic stores carry soursop? I know they are expensive , but whatever I can do to heal myself is worth it
Given the humidity in your state/area, I would think so. That said, they are a bit cold sensitive. I would start protecting them when the temperature drops below 40°F.
Unless you live in a frost free zone (e.g. USDA Zone 11), I would not recommend you plant a soursop tree in ground. They are extremely frost sensitive and will eventually succumb to the cold, even for brief cold periods. Assuming you are container growing, I would recommend a 50/50 mix of peat moss and sand. Throw in some Perlite for water retention. DO NOT mix in compost. Top dressing is fine.
I am germinating Dr. White cherimoya, Rollinia, and sugar apple seeds. My Dr. White have already started sprouting. I am wondering about the best places to put them in my yard. I have a large yard over half an acre. There are mature shade trees in both my front and back yard but my front yard has more open sunny area. I am wondering if they would do better in part shade since the summers do get pretty hot here in fresno.
As yours are from seeds, they will benefit from the shade. If you’re able to provide the seedlings with a morning direct sun (until 10-11am) and the rest afternoon shade, the trees will have a better chance. Alternatively, you can plant them in direct sun, however, I’d shade them with at least a 50% shade clothe for at least 2 years.
Hi, I just purchased a sugar apple tree from an online nursery in Florida. The tree is about 18 inches tall. It's barely been in my home for a week and the leaves are turning black around the edges. It's getting about 4 hours of afternoon sun, but I don't think the leaves have sunburn. It looks like a fungal infection. I have no experience growing sugar apples and would really appreciate some advice. Thanks!
It sounds like it may be anthracnose. The fungus is known to attack annona trees, especially in high humidity regions such as Florida. I would actually leave it alone and take no action. The tree will most likely drop all of its infected leaves and new ones sprout up to replace them. As we really don’t have any humidity issues, the new sprout should remain okay. If you absolutely want to, an option is to foliar spray the tree with a copper solution.
@@TropicalCentralValley Thank you, I sprayed it with Neem oil. If it the anthracnose gets, worse then I will switch to copper fungicide. It's wet in the Bay Area which probably triggered the infection.
I currently do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, however, as I experiment with various propagation methods, I should have many trees available. Specific to sugar apple trees, they are very easy to propagate through cuttings.
I did, however, this was an old video. Mine has since succumbed to a nasty winter frost. Some of the various tropical fruit trees in the Los Angeles region may carry grafted ones, however, they are becoming a bit hard to find.
Hi, could you please explain how can I plant soursop in the pot, native soil 50% and potting mix 50% and organic fertilizer. Please let me know what are combinations? Thanks
Unless you have sandy loam native soil, I would never use it in containers. Most soil in the Central Valley is clay, and will definitely kill the tree if incorporated into your mixture. Specific to all of my soursop trees, the mixture I use is 40% peat moss, 40% sand and 20% organic potting soil. I wouldn’t incorporate actual fertilizer into the soil. Instead, add it as top dressing.
I have soursop seeds from a trip to Hawaii 8 years ago. I was waiting to plant them until I got a bigger house, which we just did. Any chance they would still sprout, and any tips for doing so?
Yes, I’m in Visalia. Unfortunately, soursop seeds are only viable up to six months. When it comes to any tropical fruit trees, the sooner you germinate the seed, the better your chance of actually getting seedlings.
All of my soursop trees were purchased from Mimosa Nursery in Los Angeles. If you’re able to get a hold of a fresh soursop fruit, their seeds propagate quite easily. Additionally, from seed, they start fruiting in about 3 years.
I’m not sure. The soursops referenced in that video were in containers. I have since planted other soursop in the ground and do not expect them to be invasive.
Being in the annona family, I’m not aware of any of the trees having invasive root systems. If referring to the trees being huge, that’s not going to be the case with growing them in their non-native climate.
I have a Rambutan growing from seed I think it will not make it when cold hits also I have Mangosteen growing same thing Durian they have tryed to grow it in Fairchild gardens in Miami Fl very sheltered not sure it has produced not likely I can not understand why we dont protect fruit trees like we do other wild life many of these trees only produce in small climate zones
The purple mangosteen is one fruit that I’ve not had any success with, even when germinating from fresh mangosteens. Tried all sorts of seed germination methods, including the use of heating pads. I agree with your statement on the need to protect our plants. I have began to shelter my ultra sensitive tropicals yesterday, as our forecast will be around 39° for the next few days.
The growing conditions of durian closely resembles that of the mangosteen, requiring lots of special care, particularly with temperature, soil pH, moisture and humidity,
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you’re able to get a hold of a fresh ilama fruit, as with many annonas, the seeds germinate quite easily.
@@TropicalCentralValley I appreciate your reply My problem that In my country or other Arab countries don't have such variations in annonas we only have sugar apples If you know other people who would supply me I will be thankful for that ❤
Per my earlier statement, as a personal principal, I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, including seeds. If you have plans to travel to the Central America region, the ilama trees grow there natively, though, you may have difficulties getting through border customs.
Keep us updated on the soursop with fruiting this season. Just subscribed. Extremely instersting I live in the central valley as well. Most tropical plants I have are guavas. Would like to expand nice info.
Great vid👊 eagerly waiting for your next garden tour friend
thats a great arial view of your garden! SO tropical for your zone.
Enjoyed watching video. Thanks for posting.
Thank you. Many, many more videos to come.
Very informative as always. Thanks for sharing and inspiring. Going to taste my first homegrown red sugar soon. Then I'm gonna get my hands on a red Ilama. I feel like it has a chance here in ground.
I believe you’re in USDA Zone 10, they should be okay, maybe with little protection for the first few years.
Hi, look like you have a jungle of tropical fruit, admiring how much effort you put to take care of all. Could you please let me know how many gallons container you keep your soursop tree? Will it outgrow in that container and do you have to transplant to a much larger container? How big of container should be good to keep them for a long time? Thank you
The soursops are in 17 gallon containers. In the coming years, they will be repotted into larger 25 gallon containers, their permanent home. Specific to my soursops, I will be restricting their growth to a maximum height of 12 feet so that I can better shelter them during the cold.
Hi, Love your sugar apple collection trees. I am in Central Valley (Patterson) and do you think I can grow sugar apples outdoors? Also, can I get a cutting of GIANT sugar apple for grafting onto my sugar apple tree? Thank you.
Yes, however, you may still want to protect it during the winter months.
My in ground sugar apple tree does fine when in a heated greenhouse set to 45°F.
Your yard is packed with life! Im growing cherimyoya guavas an many other subtropicals on a small plot in Lake County ,CA. How much land are you on if i may ask?
It’s actually quite small. I practice super dense planting of trees. I haven’t actually measured the lot, it’s “typical” lot for a suburban house.
Just subscribed! Keep us updated with these trees! Just figured I’d ask, but are you selling any starters for Sugar Apples or Longans? We’re local to the Central Valley as well. Would love to grow one of these on my own. Or any recommendations on where to get the starters/trees?
Welcome.
Unfortunately I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees. If you’re nearing or have plans to be in the Los Angeles region, there’s actually a good number of tropical fruit tree nurseries from where about 95% of my tropical fruit trees were purchased.
Champa Nursery - ruclips.net/video/o1-Adgg5DKQ/видео.html
Emily Garden Nursery - ruclips.net/video/gn1JDiz-riA/видео.html
Mimosa Nursery - ruclips.net/video/YfOMOSsuGIo/видео.html
Alternatively, another really good method would be to simply propagate them from seeds.
@TropicalCentralValley
Do you sell the fruit? I'm looking for 1 or 2 to help me with my thyroid cancer. I live in the central valley and It's impossible to find this fruit.
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals, including fruits. Should you be in the Fresno region, there’s actually a number of ethnic grocery stores that often carry different annona fruits such as cherimoya and atemoya, though, be prepared to pay dearly for them, as they go for about $8 per pound.
@TropicalCentralValley thank you for replying. I'm about 30 minutes away from fresno but always go there a few times a month. Do you know if any of those ethnic stores carry soursop? I know they are expensive , but whatever I can do to heal myself is worth it
I’ve seen the following ethic grocery stores carry them:
SF Supermarket
TC Fresh Meat
Ramsey Market
Hello! Do you think I can grow an ilama tree in georgia usa? And a sugar apple tree? Also what soil should I use?
Given the humidity in your state/area, I would think so. That said, they are a bit cold sensitive. I would start protecting them when the temperature drops below 40°F.
Hello. I’m looking into purchasing a soursop in the near future what would be the soil amendment for soursop
Unless you live in a frost free zone (e.g. USDA Zone 11), I would not recommend you plant a soursop tree in ground. They are extremely frost sensitive and will eventually succumb to the cold, even for brief cold periods.
Assuming you are container growing, I would recommend a 50/50 mix of peat moss and sand. Throw in some Perlite for water retention. DO NOT mix in compost. Top dressing is fine.
How are your soursop and ilama’s doing?
Soursop is good okay. I’ve since put it in the ground, in a heated greenhouse. Unfortunately, my ilama was killed by a winter frost.
I am germinating Dr. White cherimoya, Rollinia, and sugar apple seeds. My Dr. White have already started sprouting. I am wondering about the best places to put them in my yard. I have a large yard over half an acre. There are mature shade trees in both my front and back yard but my front yard has more open sunny area. I am wondering if they would do better in part shade since the summers do get pretty hot here in fresno.
As yours are from seeds, they will benefit from the shade. If you’re able to provide the seedlings with a morning direct sun (until 10-11am) and the rest afternoon shade, the trees will have a better chance.
Alternatively, you can plant them in direct sun, however, I’d shade them with at least a 50% shade clothe for at least 2 years.
@@TropicalCentralValley thank you for taking the time to respond. I truly appreciate it!
Nice video. Does the sugar apple taste similar to a cherimoya? Thanks for sharing.
Yes, almost identical.
Hi, I just purchased a sugar apple tree from an online nursery in Florida. The tree is about 18 inches tall. It's barely been in my home for a week and the leaves are turning black around the edges. It's getting about 4 hours of afternoon sun, but I don't think the leaves have sunburn. It looks like a fungal infection. I have no experience growing sugar apples and would really appreciate some advice. Thanks!
It sounds like it may be anthracnose. The fungus is known to attack annona trees, especially in high humidity regions such as Florida.
I would actually leave it alone and take no action. The tree will most likely drop all of its infected leaves and new ones sprout up to replace them.
As we really don’t have any humidity issues, the new sprout should remain okay.
If you absolutely want to, an option is to foliar spray the tree with a copper solution.
@@TropicalCentralValley Thank you, I sprayed it with Neem oil. If it the anthracnose gets, worse then I will switch to copper fungicide. It's wet in the Bay Area which probably triggered the infection.
Do you sell the plantas?Im from Kingsburg .I buy one sugar apple from riverside
I currently do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, however, as I experiment with various propagation methods, I should have many trees available.
Specific to sugar apple trees, they are very easy to propagate through cuttings.
Do you jave ilama tree?
I am interested in buying one ilama tree.
Do you sell them?
How much and where?
Thanks for your infor
I did, however, this was an old video.
Mine has since succumbed to a nasty winter frost.
Some of the various tropical fruit trees in the Los Angeles region may carry grafted ones, however, they are becoming a bit hard to find.
Hi, could you please explain how can I plant soursop in the pot, native soil 50% and potting mix 50% and organic fertilizer. Please let me know what are combinations? Thanks
Unless you have sandy loam native soil, I would never use it in containers. Most soil in the Central Valley is clay, and will definitely kill the tree if incorporated into your mixture.
Specific to all of my soursop trees, the mixture I use is 40% peat moss, 40% sand and 20% organic potting soil.
I wouldn’t incorporate actual fertilizer into the soil. Instead, add it as top dressing.
I have soursop seeds from a trip to Hawaii 8 years ago. I was waiting to plant them until I got a bigger house, which we just did. Any chance they would still sprout, and any tips for doing so?
Yes, I’m in Visalia.
Unfortunately, soursop seeds are only viable up to six months. When it comes to any tropical fruit trees, the sooner you germinate the seed, the better your chance of actually getting seedlings.
@@TropicalCentralValley oh bummer. If you ever have too many seeds on your hands, lemme know!
I’ll let you know, but I am expecting some of the soursop trees to begin fruiting next year.
You can buy them off etsy!
Hi, I'm in Tulare. Where did you purchase your Soursop tree? Or can you suggest where to buy cuttings?
All of my soursop trees were purchased from Mimosa Nursery in Los Angeles. If you’re able to get a hold of a fresh soursop fruit, their seeds propagate quite easily.
Additionally, from seed, they start fruiting in about 3 years.
Are soursop roots invasive???
I’m not sure. The soursops referenced in that video were in containers. I have since planted other soursop in the ground and do not expect them to be invasive.
@@TropicalCentralValley I might just transplant them into 15 gallon container to be on the safe side
Being in the annona family, I’m not aware of any of the trees having invasive root systems. If referring to the trees being huge, that’s not going to be the case with growing them in their non-native climate.
@@TropicalCentralValley oh ok thank you
I have a Rambutan growing from seed I think it will not make it when cold hits also I have Mangosteen growing same thing Durian they have tryed to grow it in Fairchild gardens in Miami Fl very sheltered not sure it has produced not likely I can not understand why we dont protect fruit trees like we do other wild life many of these trees only produce in small climate zones
The purple mangosteen is one fruit that I’ve not had any success with, even when germinating from fresh mangosteens. Tried all sorts of seed germination methods, including the use of heating pads.
I agree with your statement on the need to protect our plants. I have began to shelter my ultra sensitive tropicals yesterday, as our forecast will be around 39° for the next few days.
@@TropicalCentralValley I have only one Mangosteen that grew and the asian store I go to told me that Durian will not grow here
The growing conditions of durian closely resembles that of the mangosteen, requiring lots of special care, particularly with temperature, soil pH, moisture and humidity,
@@TropicalCentralValley this is why Iam saying we need to protect these tropical trees
Agreed
what zone do you live in
Visalia, CA. USDA Zone 9b
Hello dear
Would you provide me with ilama seeds ?
I would buy some
Unfortunately, I do not sell any of my tropicals. If you’re able to get a hold of a fresh ilama fruit, as with many annonas, the seeds germinate quite easily.
@@TropicalCentralValley I appreciate your reply
My problem that In my country or other Arab countries don't have such variations in annonas we only have sugar apples
If you know other people who would supply me
I will be thankful for that ❤
Adding to any potential international shipping regulations, I’m not aware of any online resellers.
@@TropicalCentralValley if u are ready to sell me seeds
I will do the job for u regarding shipping all the fees are paid from my side
Per my earlier statement, as a personal principal, I do not sell any of my tropical fruit trees, including seeds.
If you have plans to travel to the Central America region, the ilama trees grow there natively, though, you may have difficulties getting through border customs.
If you want the Rambutan I can sent it to you
Not sure if you’ve seen my previous videos, but I actually have a forest of rambutan seedlings. Thanks though.