Wow!! Those are awesome!! You never have to buy your tropical fruit from the market--I am so envious. :) So the cherimoya fruit ripens in October? I have a jujube seedling that I hope grows to become a tree. Did you raise yours from seed? I wonder how long it takes from seed to fruit?

Leona

WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TO bad my cherimoya is small, tiny, and only 4foot 6'' I am thinking about getting a dwarf orinco but i don't like jujubees I just dont think they have very much flavor. But they weren't ripe I think.

Eggo: Wha whaat? lol

I am speechless. Well, not at all. Those trees look great, specially the cherimoya, now must discover about your happily ever after fruiting secrets; very clean and neat trees. I wonder how a persimmon tastes and it´s in my wish list.

As usual Eggo, your photos are stunning!

How large is your Cherimoya? I'm trying to imagine the work involved with hand pollination-with so many fruit produced. You must have it down perfectly! Mine is too tall to reach without a ladder.

My Persimmons are sticks with a few leaves, it sure is nice to see adult healthy ones!

I will NEVER get tired of seeing your plant photos!

Lisa

Patusho, you never tasted a persimmon?!? Seriously, I gotta send you a fruit basket or something this fall. =)

The jujube isn't a seedling. I believe its the variety "Li" which is pretty good once the skin starts showing some browning. The cherimoya is a seedling grown that's about 8 yrs old now I think. It's not quite as difficult to hand pollinate as it was before. Now there's so many bloom at once I don't really even worry about storing the pollen or looking for available flowers. Its also been prune to keep the branches low. I ignore any of the flowers that I can't reach. Check it out. Ignore the tacky lawnchairs! =)

Eggo: Woaw, your cherimoya tree is huge!! mmm, I notice I can sneak out in middle of the night at take some fruit from yours neighbor backyard. lol

Eggo: I plan to buy a persimmon tree, what variety is the best, I mean sweet tasting, no disease problems, etc. The only memeber in my entire family that tasted persimmon was my granny´s brother (+) in one of his trips to California approx. 30 years ago. =S

Hi Eggo,

Just wondering if any of the Cherimoya flowers that you DON'T hand-pollinate ever set fruit? I heard from someone in Pismo Beach who says they never hand-pollinate but get plenty of fruit. They said it's the climate there...lots of fog/high humidity.

Great looking trees btw. I'm trying not to look at my passion fruit 7 times a day waiting for the first fruit to ripen.

Wow! Great pictures. You really have a tropical escape (edible too).

Jeff, before they would never set fruit on its own. I don't think I have that cool foggy afternoon that may do that. But this year and last year, I have seen two bugs or beetles that appears to pollinating a few fruits. A tiny white bug and a black beetle, almost look like a tick. Those bugs been taking up residence in the flowers. I do notice that 3 or 4 fruits would self pollinate by themself because their just out of my reach, it usually ends up as small mis shapen fruits though. There are many cherimoya trees I've seen in my area that simply won't even produce a single fruit without being hand pollinated. I've also seen some old trees, much older than mines like 30+ ft setting fruits on its own, just too high to hand pollinate but at most they set about 2 or 3 dozen fruits. That cherimoya you see in the picture has more than a hundred fruits from being hand pollinated so its quite effective. I only pollinated at most about a third of all the flowers.
We shouldn't look at the fruits too much, they just don't like that and may sometimes fall off. haha. just kidding.

Patusho, neighbors have dogs! I have stray cats and wild possoms that come from no where! So watch out! lol
I think everyone would agree that the two most popular and available persimmon varieties are Fuyu and Hachiya. They set fruit on their own and don't need a pollinator. Fuyu has that crispy flesh texture and a flat saucer shape. Hachiya can only be eaten when its soften up and has an oval acorn like shape. My own preference is Fuyu. There many varieties out there but I'm not too familiar with them, some are said to produce very superior fruits when cross pollinated.

A wonderful paradise you have there Eggo!! I have a question. Are all your fruit trees, especially the jujube tree, planted in the ground? Your trees look very healthy. Must be the mild California weather. I guess if trees have feet, alot of them will probably move to Cali, just like people. Just don't forget to let them know that land there is more expensive than their old land and they will have to do with a small plot instead of an acre j/k lol.

GardenAlive, those are all planted in the ground. Yep our climate helps A LOT, the price of homes doesn't. =)
Right now, the tropical plants are at its peak. But you should see my deciduous, their looking so horrible.
I think the secret to getting most tropicals to grow here is that in the first year you have to give them time to get there roots well established before the wet winters. I no longer even attempt to plant trees after June. It also helps picking out the right plants, those grow like weeds. My area doesn't get anywhere near freezing temps but we get those weeks and weeks of cold wet rainy weather. So plants shouldn't be chosen for cold hardiness but more on its ability to survive prolong cool wet weather. That cherimoya in the picture is just in a happy spot, would you believe that it rarely get any watering except for what the weather provides and even rarer that it gets fertilize.

So how many fruit will you take off that tree? Here Cherimoyas sell for $3 each...you could cash in!

About a hundred fruit in a 2 month span. I don't think I'll ever get the chance to cash in. Many makes it to my stomach, the others family and friend. But I like the fruit so much, if I cash in, i'll probably use that money to just buy more cherimoyas. haha