Hardiness: Full grown trees can survive to 28F.

Growing Environment: Trees are not too particular about soil and nutrient support. Fruits ripen in winter but depending on the tree may fruit a few months earlier or later. Fruits are best picked and eaten when fully ripe, the pulp becomes soft and pudding like at this stage.

Propagation: Usually grown from seeds which make it to bearing age in 5-6 years.
Native Range: The black sapote is native to southern Mexico. Trees grow wild in coastal lowlands. Today, the black sapote is rarely cultivated outside of the America's.