Custard Apple

Custard Apple Fruit Seedling

Annona reticulata

Patience is key when growing this slow developing fruit, but it’s well worth the wait. The custard apple is listed as a “species under threat” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Once ripe, the fruit has a sweet, whitish flesh that’s perfect to eat raw, for desserts or icecream.

It’s also rich in vitamin C and B6 making it delicious healthy treat.

This fruit seedling will bear fruit after about three to four years.

Outdoor planted care: Plant in full sun into the ground or into at least get it in our Terracotta Super Large Pot in well draining soil. Water thoroughly throughout the first year.

– Custard Apple, soil, plastic bag (not potted) or with terracotta pot with drainage hole (potted)
– Organically grafted and grown in Kenya, shipped only within Kenya

– May repotted tree after 3 years or place in the shamba in well drained fertile soil.

Average height of seedling 50 cm height 40 cm diameter, pot size is 12″ x 12″