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john_ny

I would say almost any tree or shrub is rootable to some degree. With some, maybe semi hard growth is better, and you may have to use a rooting hormone. I have never done guavas from cuttings, but have done apples, peaches, and citrus. A probable more certain way to do it would be to layer it. If you have a branch that is close enough to the ground, dig a little trench, scrape the bark, and apply rooting hormone, bury the portion of the branch, and put a brick or something over it, to make sure it doesn't pop up. If there isn't a branch close enough to the ground, you could place a pot under the plant, and bury the branch in that, or you could air layer it. Scrape a branch, apply hormone, cover with damp peat moss, and wrap with plastic, or tin foil.

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I ended up digging up a daughter plant that grew up alongside the mother one. It has its own rootball. Thanks,

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Richard

Most guavas are in the plant family Myrtaceae. Some members of this family can be rooted with moderate effort, some will not root from cutting at all (e.g., Myrciaria), and none are rooted easily. Air layering and rooting under mist are common approaches for rooting Psidium guajava, Psidium cattleianum, Acca sellowiana, and Ugni molinae.

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