When do sapodilla fruits mature and can be picked? Judge by size and firmness

Do you like eating sapodilla? Sapodilla is a rather special fruit. It can flower many times a year and bear fruit several times, unlike ordinary fruits that only flower once and bear fruit once. So when does sapodilla bear fruit, and when is it picked?

Sapodilla can flower several times a year and bear fruit multiple times, with multiple harvest periods. But it usually matures and is picked at the end of September and the beginning of October. If you squeeze it with your hand and feel that the sapodilla has become soft, it is already ripe, and you can directly remove the peel and eat it, and the taste will be fairly sweet. Unripe fruit tastes rather astringent and is still fairly hard, so it cannot be eaten and needs to be ripened.

Can hard sapodilla be picked? Hard sapodilla means it is not yet ripe. In the best case, it is better not to pick it, but if you must pick it, that is also possible, but then it must be ripened.