Cherimoya Fruit!
Cherimoya Fruit!
I finally managed to pollinate my cherimoya!
For the uninitiated: Pollinating cherimoyas is a bit tricky, because their flowers only bloom for a single day. During this time, they are initially female and can absorb pollen, but only turn male in the evening to harvest pollen from.
To pollinate them successfully, you have to sacrifice at least one flower, take its pollen and hope that the next flower opens before the pollen is no longer viable.
They also develop large velvety leaves:
I guess this is a trick to prevent in-breading. Which you successfully circumvented 😅
That is amazing about the pollination!
I had a cherimoya once and it was tasty. I saved the seeds somewhere but never did anything with them, it is neat to hear it is an interesting plant. Any picks of the full plant?
It's currently in my bathroom, which is clean but still not very sighty. And I'm currently trying to kinda trellis it as it has become quite unwieldy and I can't really move it much without risking it.
But I'm planning to relocate it after pruning next spring. As soon as the leaves have grown back, there will definitely be pictures! :D
Congrats! I wanted to grow an atemoya but I'm worried about hard pollinating would be.