How to Fertilize Cherimoyas
- 1). Fertilize a cherimoya that doesn’t bear fruit with a balanced granular fertilizer, such as 8-8-8 or 10-10-10. Use the rate recommended on the label for your tree size and age, since fertilizers vary in the amount of nutrients they contain.
- 2). Broadcast the fertilizer evenly under the cherimoya tree’s canopy, and then water it in with 1 inch of water.
- 3). Reapply the fertilizer every three months in a similar manner. As your tree grows, increase the rate of fertilizer as instructed on the label.
- 4). Fertilize a fruit-bearing cherimoya once a year. According to the National Garden Association, fertilize mature cherimoyas at a rate of 4 ounces of nitrogen for every 1 inch the trunk is in diameter.
