Custard Apple Mulcher
One Pass. Scale Stopped.
TMC Cancela orchard shredders process soft custard apple prunings on-site. Pink wax scale starved. Mealybug habitat gone.
- Shreds soft custard apple prunings
- Destroys pink wax scale habitat
- Manages tropical inter-row growth
- Versatile across mango, lychee, avocado
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DEAD WOOD BREEDS PESTS
Why custard apple orchards need mulching
Custard apple (Annona squamosa, A. cherimola) prunings are soft but pile up fast in subtropical orchards. Dead wood harbours pink wax scale (Ceroplastes rubens), mealybug (Planococcus citri), and ant colonies that farm them.
Inter-row vegetation grows year-round in the QLD and northern NSW subtropics. Without continuous management, weeds compete for water and provide additional pest harbourage.
Inter-row vegetation grows year-round in the QLD and northern NSW subtropics. Without continuous management, weeds compete for water and provide additional pest harbourage.
Process where it falls
The TOK and TOX shred prunings at the trunk line in one pass. Soft custard apple wood breaks down quickly under tropical conditions. No stacking, no burning, no off-site cartage.
Year-round inter-row management
Subtropical climates mean inter-row vegetation regrows constantly. The TP and TPS handle continuous management cycles — keeping the floor open for fruit drop, pickers, and pest scouting.
Side-shift on the TPS reaches under canopy edges where ant trails and scale colonies form first.
Side-shift on the TPS reaches under canopy edges where ant trails and scale colonies form first.
One mulcher for mixed-species orchards
Custard apple growers often run mixed plantings — mango, lychee, avocado, banana on the same property. The same TGS, TGI, or TGH handles every species' pruning waste without specialised attachments.
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Ben Stephen
Owner, Custard Apple Mulcher Specialist
Ben Stephen is your go-to orchard and mulching expert, with 25+ years hands-on experience in agricultural machinery. As founder of Mulchtech Australia, the exclusive TMC CANCELA distributor, he matches tough Spanish-built mulchers and stone crushers to Australian conditions, from orchards and vineyards to stubble, forestry and rock. Ben understands how rocks can wreck gear and how the right machine, controls and setup can boost productivity, cut fuel use and keep you working.
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