Annona Atemoya
Sugar Apple
Annona atemoya is a tropical, fast-growing, deciduous tree that can grow in nutritionally poor soil, but cannot grow in shade. It is drought-tolerant, and prefers dry soil. The flowers are pollinated by beetles. The fruit, which are conical, green and rather knobbly, with white flesh, are edible and sweet
Contributed by @drnicko
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Full sun
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Occasional watering
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A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Free draining
Common name
Sugar Apple
Latin name
Annona Atemoya
type
Deciduous tree
family
Annonaceae
ph
5.5 - 9.0 Acid - Neutral
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Light
Full sun
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Frost
A little frost hardy: 32F (0°C)
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Soil
Free draining
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Water
Occasional watering
Plant & bloom calendar
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Best time to plant
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When to harvest
full grown dimensions
8.00 M
8.00 M
Annona Atemoya
Annona atemoya is a tropical, fast-growing, deciduous tree that can grow in nutritionally poor soil, but cannot grow in shade. It is drought-tolerant, and prefers dry soil. The flowers are pollinated by beetles. The fruit, which are conical, green and rather knobbly, with white flesh, are edible and sweet
Planting
From Mid Spring TO Late Spring
Plant in any free-draining soil, in full sun.
Propagating by cuttings
From Late Summer TO Early Autumn
Take semi- ripe cuttings from this season's growth in Autumn. Cut neatly, just below a leaf node, a 5" approx. piece of a healthy shoot that has soft growth at the tip. pinch out the growing tip, and cut off the bottom leaves. Dip the bottom of the cutting in hormone rooting powder, and carefully place in a pot of cutting compost with the leaves just above the level of the compost. Water, label, cover with a polythene bag, and place in a warm, bright place, out of direct sunlight. Take the polythene bag off periodically for a while for ventilation (at least twice a week)
drnicko
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