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darkcoolboo
Joined: 17 Nov 2014 Posts: 129
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Posted: Thu Nov 20, 2014 2:23 pm Post subject: Cherimoya and Atemoya Pollination |
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I heard in this YouTube video about cherimoya/atemoya pollination that fruit flies will pollinate most of the flowers. As long as you keep some rotting apples in a bucket with fireflies eggs/larvae nearby to allow them to multiply, then it is a great alternative to wind pollination. Of course it isn't as reliable as hand-pollination, it's still better than wind-pollination. Bees don't really work here, so fruit flies do the job instead of beetles.
Cherimoya Hand Pollination Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuSvo00gdYo
Minute 6, second 36; 6:36
It is said that the success rate is 100% if the population of fruit fly is high.
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phoenixtropicals Site Admin
Joined: 06 May 2008 Posts: 1207 Location: Mesa Arizona
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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Good idea. I have an atemoya here in Mesa AZ and it has been the ground for 6 years and no fruit. I will try this. However, maybe it is our climate. We are humid sometimes though, so you would think I'd get at least a fruit every now and then. |
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