When to plant custard apple in Black Point
- Plant seedlings: early Mar to late MarBlack Point area, Mediterranean
- Plant seedlings: early Sep to early SepBlack Point area, Mediterranean
Worked out from 30 years of climate records for Black Point. Microclimates vary: frost hollows and hills run later.
A semi-deciduous tree with creamy, sweet fruit, at its best in the subtropics. It also crops in warm, sheltered temperate gardens with a sunny, north-facing spot, but won't set fruit in cold spells and young trees are frost-tender. Not suited to cold inland or southern areas.