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Atemoya Blooming? Posted by Alvin in Motown, z6 on July 15, 2025, 10:24 pm Last fall, I got a grafted Atemoya 'Geffner', as a 1 gallon plant. Grafted or air-layered fruit trees are reputed to begin fruiting, at an earlier age. For those who may not know, Atemoyas are tropical fruit trees that are "Annonas" (which are tropical forms of the hardy PawPaw). Atemoyas are hybrid crosses of two different tropical Annonas...cherimoyas and sugar apples or sweetsops. The plant came through the winter indoors, pretty well, in a cool room. It lost some of its leaves, in winter. So, it is semi-deciduous. After going back outside, it began forming new leaves. Now, it appears to be setting a few flower buds. In the pic below, you can see the flower buds near the top of the pic. If they don't fall off, I may hand-pollinate them, with a mini paint brush. Geffner is supposed to be self-pollinating, but most other Atemoyas are said to need hand pollination, in areas outside tropical areas, because the beetles that normally pollinate Annonas, are not locally present... https://photos.app.goo.gl/kqhT6HNq1S8EGNM7A

Re: Atemoya Blooming? Posted by Mark z7 Sharptown, MD on July 16, 2025, 4:53 am, in reply to "Atemoya Blooming?" Good luck with it and if successful let us know how they taste.

Re: Atemoya Blooming? Posted by Fred SC on July 16, 2025, 7:45 am, in reply to "Atemoya Blooming?" This is good news, Alvin. Plant has nice foliage. I hope you have great luck with fruiting. With all your tropical fruiting trees, you may have to open a bodega en the barrio, lol.

Re: Atemoya Blooming? Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 16, 2025, 9:22 pm, in reply to "Re: Atemoya Blooming?" Thanks, Mark. At this point, I'm not sure if the flower buds will hang on...let alone, any fruit ripening, and ready for the table, lol. I'm happy to see flower bud set on such a young plant, even though it was grafted. I'll post again about it, if the buds turn into fruit.

Re: Atemoya Blooming? Posted by Alvin, z6 on July 16, 2025, 9:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Atemoya Blooming?" Thanks, Fred. I'm always expanding the variety in my plant collection, even though I have little, or no space for them. Somehow, I'll squeeze them all in. Some of those that post here, could easily grow as many species I do, and more, in their yards or acreage.

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