How To Prune Sugar Apple Tree To Get More Flowers & Bigger Fruit
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2024
- Hello everyone, In this video, we will learn how to prune sugar apple trees to invigorate more flowers so I can hand pollinate for more fruit. I have already harvested one crop of sugar apples from this tree - it has stopped producing flowers and now only makes leaves - doing this solution pruning will make the sugar apple tree grow more flowers and fruits. This also strengthens the tree overall.
Important things to keep in mind when pruning
- always think about where the fruit will hang, wherever you cut on the branch flowers will emerge so make sure it is a thick branch.
- make sure the sugar apples lose the leaves, it sounds a bit harsh but this ensures that the sugar apple will be forced to push new growth and thus more flower set.
- make sure you water your sugar apples well during this process of re-growing their leaves and flowers. Annonas in general love water so during their birthing stage of flowers it is best to supply water almost daily (Here in Florida we are in the rainy season so it helps out).
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Thanks for including the after results. Without it I’d still doubt the process
Your most welcome, check the other comments to see others success! Good luck 😀
Giving my sugar apple this haircut tomorrow. Thank youuu for the guidance. Love from Bangladesh.
Your voice is so calming
Cool.i have some sugar apple trees in homeyard..good tips
After watching your video, about 2 weeks ago, I decided to try your pruning method on one of our recently planted sugar apple trees. Totally amazed on how happy and healthy the tree looks with its new “haircut”. Has lots of little green leaves shooting out of the buds and branches. Looking forwards to seeing what happens during the next few weeks. (Mozambique, Africa).
Please share which month we should pronning?
Thanks never knew this I really thought it was some drastic pruning but it worked
Glad I could help, I love to prune Annona and watch for new growth.
Woe you're awesome!!
Thanks Kat!!
Good information. We appreciate you. Thanks
Thank you! I really appreciate you as well for supporting my channe. Thanks Amin.
I love Sugar Apple.
Thanks for your time , good information.
Learned a lot from your videos liked and Subscribed all ready.
Thank you for your support! I love sugar apple too.
Thank you for the information😀
No problem! I hope it helps.
Wow what a great tips👌
Thank you I hope they helped out!
Very informative..thank you
I am glad it helped you! I hope your sugar apple tree produces many fruits for you.
Great video, very informative, Thanks for sharing
Thank you! Sugar apples are the best.
Informative vedeo🙏
I will try...Thanks for tip...
You are very welcome. Hope it works for you.
This is great! Are most annonas to be pruned this way, like soursop and rolinias?
Thanks
Nice hair cuts on the sugar apple bro🤝
Yeah man the sugar apples enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for the wonderful video!
I have a small farm in northwestern Cambodia. We have about 12 sugar apple trees that are 15 months old. We harvested our first crop this past June/July. We are in the monsoon now (September). From your experience and knowledge, can we use the system you describe in your video here in Cambodia (monsoonal tropics)?
Thanks for your videos and for taking the time to help people produce food!
I subscribed to your CZcams channel.
David
great vid. Go Noles!
Appreciate it!
Good advice.thanks
You are very welcome, happy sugar apple season.
Thanks for information
Your most welcome, Good luck with your sugar apple trees.
So you’re advising pruning in the fall? I live in SoCal zone 10b . Since they are both Anonas does this also apply to cherimoya? I recently got a fairly mature cherimoya in a 25 gal and has multiple long branches and am wondering if I should prune the branches now or wait till next late January. I enjoy your videos and have learned a lot from them. Thanks
thanks for the video, I was waiting for this one. I wonder would you do a bigger tree the same way. Mine is maybe a year or two older than yours and I am scared to take completely defoliate it. Thanks again
Hello, Yes an older tree can be defoliated as well but if you want to you can always give it a pruning and remove only the first few leaves of the branches, this will invigorate new growth on an older and thicker based tree.
Aloha, first of all thank you for your very informative video. My question is, can I start prune/defoliate the tree if there's still a lot of fruits, about half the amount of total crop in this year's season - 20 pcs left? It's mid September and almost the end of summer here in Hawaii.
I’m in Los Angeles and I just watched your video. Can I prune my sugar apple tree while it has a fruit growing on it? It had 3 but the other two dried out. Pls advice also on how to water it properly when it has fruit. Thank you 😊
Hi Harley 👋🏻 would this apply to the cherilatta as well?
Hi, i am in Homestead, Florida. Far south close to the Keys. I have 3 trees i planted about 3 years ago and all though they have fruit this year they are small and some didn't get larger than a lemon. What time of year is best to do this? They stll have some fruit. Can i do this now?
Hi - I have a sugar apple in container which is 3.5 feet tall but has only 6 lateral branches (in the middle, about 2 ft above the container) and all are packed close to each other. Can I do notching t induce more branches and make it bushier? Q.2 Do you think it will survive outdoor in California winter? It did go down to about 27-27 F in my zone this December in 2021.
Great video! Thank you for sharing your hard prune technique. It’s December now, should I hard prune my sugar apple trees now?
Thank you , currently you are able to prune the sugar apples because they are going into dormancy and won’t be affected much, you will see brand new growth early March.
I’m doing this tomorrow
Best of luck to you!
Super
Thank you 😊
Great video! Would the same procedure apply to your red ilama tree or would you approach it differently? Thanks!
Dan Marcus Great question! For my red ilama I recently removed many leaves - I didn’t prune it. For the Red ilama tree I am allowing to grow as large as it wants - but by removing leaves new shoots and branches are emerging - and hoping a flower will too!
Hi, I live in south Florida and it is October now. Can I prune my apple sugar tree or wait until spring? Thanks for your help.
Being at southwest florida, when should I prune my tree? Thanks
Very nice videos...👍👍👍
Thank you so much Juwana for the support 👍🏼🥭🌱
@@gardenflorida Oh..! You are welcome. Fellow fruit plant enthusiasts,let's support each other so that our agricultural efforts can progress and increase brotherhood.
In a temperate climate when should we do this? After the last spring frost or before the first autumn frost? Thanks.
I like the way Yooaan farm keep them very low.
I living in 4 seasons country.
I have the first pruned at the beginning of Spring Can I have the second prune again at the beginning of Autumn to get the second fruits ?
My Cherimoya are 10 years+ old.
Just seriously learning how to look after them properly.
Thank you
❤Cherimoyas 'lover.
can I prune my Geffner Chirimoya in the First week of February in the San Gabriel Valley thanks. Just like you did in the Video.
Yes you can! as long as it does not get freezing temperatures in your area.
Can we apply the same method to guava plant?
Hi Harley, could we prune soursop tree the same way as sugar apple to force fruiting?
I saw you can’t cut top portion of sour sop did you hear that?
I just subcribed and liked.
Thank you for the support Juwana.
Great vid! My sugar apple tree is only about a foot tall (I grew it from seed), when can I start pruning it so it can grow more branches?
Thanks for the video! I have a sugar apple tree about 6-7ft tall, all the leaves are turning dark with white aphids on them. I am in central florida myself. Should i give it a hard prune? its November now with temps in 60-70s here. Thanks!
At this time you could prune if you would like but we are about to go into dormancy stage so the sugar apples wont do any significant vigorous growth or flowering till about March - April. Aphids should go away once leave fall off here in the cold weather. Thank you for the support.
Great video. Can I prune a Sugar Apple now I’m in SW Florida or should I wait until closer to March.
I would personally wait closer to March in SW Florida as we have been facing some colder weather recently. Thank you for your comment and support.
Can I prune the sugar tree right in the month of July !
South Florida annona loving FSU Alumnus here. Love your videos and your passion for growing fruit trees. Go Noles!
Thank you! Go Noles! I appreciate the support with my tropical fruit trees.
Do u do this only prior to spring it’s October now for me in socal
Correct I do this during the end of spring time, Really I do this once the tree is done fruiting and If I want to invigorate more flowers -- but ive learned that ive slowed down some of my younger trees by making them fruit again 2x a season - so it works better on mature and more established trees (but if you have 100s of sugar apple trees its ok to sacrifice a few to enjoy sugar apples in December.)
What time of the year are you supposed to tream the tree please?
Informative video, I bought a sugar apple plant two months back it came with 3 flowers when I bought it online but all of them dropped off. The plant is around 3 ft. The leaves are turning yellow and I don’t see any growth at all. Could you please let me know why the leaves turn yellow and how to avoid that and promote growth in the plant. Really appreciate your inputs. I am in Bay Area zone 9b. TIA
You may use 'Omscote Indoor & outdoor'. Growing sugar apple in the bay area will be a little more challenging as sugar apple prefers flat lands with no elevation compared to highlands such as california. But growing it is still possible. The sugar apple will defoliate come winter time but to promote new growth I recommend fertilizing and tipping your sugar apple.
This is very informative! When pruning is it adviseable to remove all the leaves or should some be left?
Thanks can i do the same thing to mangos 🌳.
It is advisable to prune in the early of spring time or after you are done harvest it’s fruit.
Thank you very much for sharing this video.
@@gardenfloridaplease show us how your fertilise and water these trees
Do you fertilize after pruning? If you do, what fertilizer do you use?
I absolutely love this video but my wife is gonna kill me if I chop her tree up like that. Hopefully after she sees this I can talk her into it
Haha yeah its only for a short moment that it will be like that, you can also remove like 75% of the leaves and leave a small amount if you don’t wanna strip it completely
Can I do that in February in the San Gabriel atea
Yup if it doesn’t get cold in your area, you can do it now
I finally found a sugar apple tree yesterday. It has small leaves, is it okay to prune now? It's trunk is 3/4 inches and the tree is about 3 feet tall.
Hello,
I saw that you had many sugar apple plants. Do you sell them?
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Thank you for sharing. Wonder, can I get twice crops per year. How?
Yes you can, it depends on how you prune your tree, also your tree needs to be well feed and strong fo be able to support 2 crops per year.
Like ur video kindly plz tell us which soil and fertilizer is good for that thanks
You may apply Osmocote 14-14-14 to your sugar apples if you want to use a granular fertilizer.
How often do you water your sugar apple tre after it's been pruned? I just did a hard prune on my tree. It's about 4ft tall in a 5 gallon bucket. Should I transplant to the earth now, or wait till it bears again? Thanks!
I water my sugar apple every other day or daily (if I can) sugar apples love water, they can take heavy amounts of water as they originate from South America and are used to the heavy rainfalls of where they are from. When they are pruned and are pushing new growth/setting new flowers it is vital to keep it well watered to allow your sugar apple the best chance to flower and set fruit. Hope this helps!
Hi thanks for the video. I have a sugar apple tree in a large container for almost 3 years but no fruit. I'm in South Africa and we are going into winter. Should I prune it now? Spring should be in September/October.
I would prune your sugar apple towards the end of your winter and early start of spring.
What kind off fertilizer do you use for the sugar apple
I Recommend osmocote indoor and outdoor
Which season do we do prune in india
Every time my sugar apple gets flowers the tiny fruits keep turning black and falls off. Do you know why this is happening?
Would that work the same for guanabana or sour sop (animal muricata)
Animal muricata, sorry
Ana Maria Guadayol Soursop on the contrary is a bit different in my experience, I have not yet fruited a Soursop on my tree yet but I’ve heard that the tree first must get large and lanky before it starts producing fruits and fruiting heavily - I believe this is because soursop or Guanabana is a relatively large fruit and the tree needs to be large as well - so I would not try this on Guanabana as there are other better pruning methods that would be better suited.
Fantastic video, thanks so much. I'm gong to prune my tree this week just like you did. Question, you mentioned pollinating the flower that was opened. Can you do a video on that please? Subscribed and Following you on IG now too as I'm in Orlando FL. Please keep making more videos :)
I will absolutely post more videos on pollinating the sugar apple flowers that I have open, Orlando is not to far at all! Great for growing tropicals.
I guess I'm kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new movies online ?
@Caiden Kalel flixportal :P
@Brycen Andre Thank you, I went there and it seems to work :D I really appreciate it!
@Caiden Kalel glad I could help =)
So we actually could have had a second crop in Tampa if we had pines in September?! 😮
is it the same for soursop. My tree has only 1 fruit.
It is different, this is Sugar apple (Annona squamosa), Soursop is known as (Annona muricata)
@@gardenflorida What's the pruning procedure for soursop? Will it also incude a lot of flowering and fruiting?
would this same technique work with soursop trees?
Yes! It's apart of the annona family
When is best time to prune the plant? Thanks
Harley. Nice name. Can't wait to meet you. You know so much about Florida Fruit Trees! Got a question for you, Harley. Is it typical, when the temperature shoots up from Spring (82) to 99 degrees, the way it did in May 2021, for fruit trees to burn, get partial pattern leaf damage or simply drop most of their leaves? I was watering my Pineapple Mango, which I have shaped like a tree, and I was watering it, nearly ALL of the healthy looking leaves fell off. Now, days later, it's covered with leaving crowns all over. Avocados? Seemed like something I did but, the behavior is with all my fruit trees. I've just not experienced this before. What say you, sir?
Thank you Nutsack Gardening. I hope your trees are doing better now. It is not typical but sudden changes in temperature can affect trees if they are not protected/ healthy enough to endure it. But in your case that all your healthy trees dropped their leaves is unusual. How are your trees doing now?
@@gardenflorida Thank you kindly. After all the rains we've been thoroughly enjoying, and more on the way, the growth has been phenomenal. I learned a lesson about Neem's Oil, which was most of my problem. Putting oil on leaves in direct sun is bad. Also, I didn't realize there is a method to the madness. The "Canopy layer" is missing. I have since used the massively rapid growth of Everybearing Mulberrry and their ability to grow from cuttings well, to create an upcoming canopy. That, and, I had to have some Pakistan Mulberry, too. Their leaves are enormous. The citrus taught me that WEEKLY, not monthly leaf-miner preventing is necessary. I discovered the little pests spend 80% of their life in the soil. Moving my target to include the soil has made huge gains in their demise.
Hi . Thank you for the video. Here un senegal West Africa we can grow sugar Apple and sourpoup and i')m wondering if we have any chance to grow this others annonacea fruits like custar Apple, cherimoya or Biriba. Does it required the same soil, same maintenance...
Yes requieres same soil and maintenance I would go ahead and try to grow them. You are most welcome for the video.
@@gardenflorida thank you very much. I'll try and I keep you updated 😊
I did hard pruning on my sugar apple, new small black leaves came out but eventually died😢.
I am from lndia.Around which time of year should I prune my 3year old sugar apple tree? I liked your video very much.
Thank you for your kind comment, you should prune your sugar apple after it has done fruiting for the season.
Is it okey to do it if it’s rainy season??
Yea it’s ok the new rain will help new leaf growth to form
hi everybody a from lebanon ,if i have a babe sugar apple tree never gave fruit , can i prune it now in April ? or i should wait till September?
You can prune it now in April.
Can Rollinia be pruned the same way?
In my experience rollinia takes awhile to form flowers after it was prune *But please keep note my rollinia trees are younger and have not yet fruited* The sugar apples in this case will fruit even at a young age such as 3 years. With my rollinia I defoliated about 40% of the leaves and so far it only has shown new leaf growth & branching.
@@gardenflorida Thank you.
Do you sell and ship sugar apple
Hi...how can I propagate an old sugar apple tree (30 plus years old bearing over 100 fruits.in 1 year) with its branches or offshoots instead of using its seed from scratch.....? Would appreciate your advise
You may air layer or 'Marcott'
@@gardenflorida thank you.. Will give it a shot
Do the flowers need to be hand pollinated?
Not with all sugar apple varieties , some varieties can self pollinate. ‘Na dai vietnamese’ is one variety that is known to be self pollinating.
Hi just wonder will it grow in UK . If I start grow from seed how long it will be fruit?
From seeds to fruit it will take 2 years in the container. And from drafted plant 1 year.
@@hirh6272 thank you.
I am from mumbai India. When is the best time to prune my sugar apple plant
What to do if my sugar apple tree leaves are black and never flowered ?Should I do a hard trim , fertilize it? what's the best fungicide?
Sugar apple leaves are black because around this time (cold season) they will defoliate and drop leaves, new leaves are to re-grow in march. A hard pruning can induce flowering.
@@gardenflorida I m afraid I cut too much we see.Tks.
When do you prune sugar apple tree?
Why the flowers are so small, I am assuming the fruit will be small as well, is that correct.
The flowers were so small due to the tree just being smaller and not having as much energy as it did the first flush around. Necessarily flower size does not correlate with fruit size in my experience, but smaller flowers are harder to pollinate. Also those flowers in the video that you saw actually grew more before they were able to release/ accept pollen.
Do you have any grafted sugar apple tree for sale ?
Currently I do not I will mid spring.
@@gardenflorida thank you for responding! how much do you sell your grafted sugar apple tree for? How long till it bare fruit?
In which month did you prune?
Prune in early february through early march.
Thank you for the reply.
Don't water it in summer youwill get more fruits.
Interesting, I will try that out on the sugar apple.
And my sugar apple fruit all have bugs 😭😭 What to do??
Are the bugs on top of the fruit or inside? Are they that white scale ? If they are on top of the fruit (and not inside) you can take a high pressure hose attachment and pressure wash essentially the bugs off the sugar apple fruits.
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I think he should take his shirt off. Lol.
Can I mix some cow manure
Yes you may include some cow manure on the top layer of your sugar apple, but try not to mix it with the roots as the manure may hold too much moisture and cause root rot.
Thank you for the knowledge about sugar apple,very useful,If you don't mind please visit link juwana tani channel,I have seedless sugar apple . Thank's.
Oh really? I will visit your channel my friend. I want to try the seedless sugar apple but someone told me that it was not sweet. Is your sweet?
@@gardenflorida Oh..! Thank you for attention. Seedless sugar apple( Srikaya tanpa biji)is really sweet and delicious.
nah he just talkin crap and killed his tree. he literally bought the tree already grown should’ve grown from seed
All sugar apples are seed grown, you don’t graft sugar apple. Educate yourself 😜
Thanks