Balanagar Custard Apple Sugar Apple Sitafal Ata Grafted Fruit Plant (1.5-3 Feet Height)

Balanagar Custard Apple, a superior grafted variety of Annona squamosa originating from Balanagar India, produces medium-sized round-to-heart-shaped green fruits ripening to purple-brown with sweet creamy custard-like pulp segmented around central seeds, offering rich flavor superior to common sitafal. This high-yielding adaptable cultivar thrives across diverse Indian climates from arid dry zones to humid tropics, delivering early fruiting within 2 years from grafted plants compared to 4+ years for seed-grown, making it ideal for home gardens, pots, or commercial orchards. The 1.5–3 feet sapling establishes rapidly with strong branching, low water needs, and excellent drought tolerance once rooted.​

WHAT YOU GET

• 1 live Balanagar Custard Apple Sugar Apple Sitafal Ata grafted fruit plant

• Height at dispatch: approximately 1.5–3 feet

• Premium high-yield variety for creamy sweet fruits, vigorous growth, and early production

• Includes polybag for immediate planting in garden or large container

KEY FEATURES 🌟

• 🥭 Semi-evergreen small tree (2-4m) with lush foliage bearing 200-400g fruits packed with vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, potassium, magnesium, iron supporting immunity, energy metabolism, digestion, and anemia prevention​

• 🌸 Segmented sweet-tart pulp melts in mouth; blooms May-September producing multiple crops yearly in suitable climates​

• 💪 Most adaptable custard apple variety; high yields even in dry regions; organic-friendly with minimal pest issues​

• 🌦 Tolerates hot-dry conditions, poor soils; frost-sensitive young plants need protection below 5°C​

• 🌱 Grafted for uniform quality, disease resistance, self-fertile regular bearer​

PLANTING & CARE 🌱

• 🌤 Light: Full sun 6+ hours daily optimal; tolerates semi-shade​

• 🪴 Soil: Well-drained fertile loam/sandy; pH 5.5-7.5 enriched organics​

• 💧 Watering: Moderate; water during flowering/fruiting, drought tolerant mature​

• 🌿 Mulching: Organic layer conserves moisture in dry climates

• ✂️ Pruning: Remove suckers below graft; shape post-harvest for airflow​

• 🧴 Fertilizing: Organic manure/NPK spring; monthly first year​

BENEFITS & USES 🍽️

• 🥭 Fresh eating chilled, ice creams, smoothies, custards, traditional sweets​

• 💪 Cooling digestive aid, alkalizes body, supports lactation, wound healing​

• 🌳 Ornamental edible for backyards; attracts pollinators/birds

• 🎁 Perfect gift for dessert lovers seeking premium sitafal variety

• 🐝 Enhances garden biodiversity with fragrant flowers​

DISCLAIMER ⚠️

• Remove early flowers for plant strength; full yields year 2+​

• Seeds inedible; pulp quality peaks fully ripe soft fruits

• Frost protection essential first winters