Problems with Cherimoya seedlings

tomekd789gd · August 2022

Hi, I'm new to this topic but I'll try to do my best... So, I've planted some cherimoyas from seeds and many of the seedlings (~3 monts old) are getting ill - their leaves are discolouring and falling off (sometimes while still green). I've lost three or four so far... my best guess is the overusage of fertiliser (I've cut on that already) but I still want to know how to save them and what caused this exactly. Is it the fertiliser as I suggested, lack of sunlight, fungus, wrong soil, seasonal leaf lose, something else? Thanks for answers!

The photos are as follows:

Ones that lost their leaves (and I presume are gone)

Close-ups

Another shriveled one

Some dropped leaves (from various plants, they are a bit dried up)

A yellowing leaf - it will likely fall off today or tomorrow.

Semi-healthy plants (there are still 20 of them in total)

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Liriodendron · August 2022

I grew some Cherimoya seedlings from pips saved from a delicious custard apple I ate on holiday in Madeira. They grew ok to about the size of your healthy ones, then all died... so my experience isn't very positive! I had them planted in ericaceous compost with added sharp sand (they need slightly acid conditions), but I suspect my problem, and yours too if you're in Britain, is that they are a tropical species which needs constant temperatures of 18-20C to do well. If you have a conservatory that might be possible, but they are large trees when mature so it could be a problem.

Are you growing them inside? I'd put those healthy ones outside for the summer, keeping them moist and protecting them from cold, and see what happens. I guess they'd make an attractive houseplant, at least.

Problems with Cherimoya seedlings

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