One of the popular fruits nowadays is the soursop. This fruit became popular when its therapeutic benefits were discovered and discussed everywhere and even more when it was purported to be anti-cancer. The Malay name is Durian Belanda and from at the young stage when the fruit is formed, it does resemble a durian.
The beginning: the flower budAs the flower forms, it is heart-shaped and green in color.As it develops, the outer petals open, revealing and inner layer.When the inner layer opens, it indicates that it is ready to be pollinated. Some have said that pollination occurs at night, so night pollinating insects are important.Once it has been pollinated, it forms into a brown fruit bud. Some have mistakenly think that this means that the flower has dried up and not fruit has formed thus they remove it.More “spikes” begin to form towards the stem of the fruit. The color is still brown.You will get this brown spikes ball.It begins to increase in size and you can see the inner green skin.At this stage, to me, it does look like a small durian. The spikes have spaced out and you can see that it is turning green.As it further grows, the spikes get filled-up and shorter and the fruit morphs into this green fruit with shorter spikes. The whole time from the flower bud to this stage has taken approximately 2.5 months.
I look forward to being able to harvest this fruit and will update the net stage – the stage when all the spikes have disappeared.
Thank you for showing this flower after pollination to fruit stage. I have a soursop tree and hopefully the first fruit has appeared after pollination. It looks like the picture at the top. the brown little bud now.
Hello, my Soursop flowered and turn to the brown stage, I personally thought it has been eaten by insect, I didn’t remove it though. But it withered by itself. They were even 2 of them.
But now, I have another flowers coming out. I pray it doesn’t wither this time. Thank you for showing us the stages.
Thank you so much for this educative bit. Really grateful. We have 2 soursop trees and each one of them had flowered very well and had reached the brown stage before they eventually withered away. Now, myself and my husband thought the fruits were eaten up by some insects so we used insecticide on d trees and the 🐜 (ants) disappeared. Now it started flowering again and we have the same story. The question is: how do we stop the brown fruits from falling off?
Thank you very mch for the detailed steps of soursop fruit process from flower into fruit …it s Very interesting ! I hv a soursop tree & there are few
flowers & it jz turn into brown buds .Hooe it can grow into fruits in few months time.
Very helpful and detailed was actually confused why my flowers were falling off but now very clear about the cycle. Thank you
My soursop will form to the brown part and then dry up.
I don’t know what to do.
Thank you for showing this flower after pollination to fruit stage. I have a soursop tree and hopefully the first fruit has appeared after pollination. It looks like the picture at the top. the brown little bud now.
Hope it turned out well.
Hello, my Soursop flowered and turn to the brown stage, I personally thought it has been eaten by insect, I didn’t remove it though. But it withered by itself. They were even 2 of them.
But now, I have another flowers coming out. I pray it doesn’t wither this time. Thank you for showing us the stages.
Your welcome. Hope it successfully fruit.
Thanks a lot, my Soursop keep turning to brown after five weeks also it stop increasing in size.
What do think about it?
Thanks a lot, my Soursop keep turning to brown after five weeks also it stop increasing in size.
Bishop
Thank you so much for this educative bit. Really grateful. We have 2 soursop trees and each one of them had flowered very well and had reached the brown stage before they eventually withered away. Now, myself and my husband thought the fruits were eaten up by some insects so we used insecticide on d trees and the 🐜 (ants) disappeared. Now it started flowering again and we have the same story. The question is: how do we stop the brown fruits from falling off?
The ants were possible pollinators of the fruit – so unless you are pollinating by hand, probably good not to bother insects for now.
Thank you very mch for the detailed steps of soursop fruit process from flower into fruit …it s Very interesting ! I hv a soursop tree & there are few
flowers & it jz turn into brown buds .Hooe it can grow into fruits in few months time.