Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future

Chapter 10. Agronomy
approx. 120° from each other. These new branches should be spaced at 15-25
cm above each other in different directions to develop a good scaffold by the
fifth year after planting, when the plant is about 2 m tall (Nakasone and
Paull, 1998). The tree can then be allowed to grow naturally while
maintaining good aeration.
Figure 10-9. Stylized diagram of cherimoya tree formation with length of
the growing branches of subsequent years. Adapted from Anderson and
Richardson (1990)
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