Patty in Wisc

Harvey started a thread on Feijola but I can't find it.
Someone just told me that this guava needs another guava to cross pollinate. Is this true? I thought it was self fertile. Last year was first year it got a few blossoms and I swear they turned into fruits but then fell off when about 1/2 inch. I have a ton of blossoms that just fell off & it sure would be nice to get fruits.

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mbfirey

I read somewhere that it needs cool night to fruit well... that discouraged me from trying it here in the south.
I did however, eat a few last trip to Colombia. Even tried them in conjunction with miracle fruit tablets- since they're pretty tart.

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Patty in Wisc

Pineapple guava are not tart at all. You maybe had one that wasn't ripe yet. They are sorta like a kiwi... very sweet.
I did read on wikipedia that they need certain chill hours & some need help in pollinating so maybe it didn't get enough chill hours being in my 50's*-60's* sunroom.

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mbfirey

I mean acidic like kiwi or lulo. It paired well with the miracle fruit.

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Here's the beginning of this year's Pineapple Guava (Acca sellowiana) harvest. The fruits are a mixture of cultivars 'Nazemetz' and 'Lickver's Pride'.

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chong

Very nice, Mr. Richard! ! Wish I could get a few fruits from my over 20 year old tree. But then, I'm never home to regularly apply fertilizer to it

chong

How long were the fruits on the tree before they dropped, Patty? If they were there for a while, but only grew to 1/2 inch, they might have ripened. They say that the best time to pick the fruits is after they drop. The few fruits that developed on my tree usually only lasts a week or two and then drop. So, they definitely didn't ripen. They don't even get to be 1/4 inch. Do you have yours in the ground? Mine is in a 50-gallon pot. It was in a 5-gallon pot for at least 15 years. Then I finally moved it to its current pot about 8 or 9 years ago.

Oh! And most of what I've read about this plant is that it's better if it has a pollinator. So that must be another reason why mine never sets fruit properly, besides the fact that I don't fertilize it regularly.

Patty in Wisc

I had fruits from the parent tree & when they (mine) fell off, they were much smaller. I'll have to wait till next spring & pay more attention.

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Chong, it depends on the cultivar. Plants grown from fruit collected in the wild (subtropical Brazil) do not need a pollenizer. Coolidge, a selection of one of these does not need a pollenizer either and is an excellent pollenizer for those which are "shy". Nazemetz does not need a pollinator, but Lickver's Pride produces more fruit with another pollenizer.

It is true that pineapple guava can be a water-frugal plant, but this often results in smaller fruit. The fruit size is mostly a function of water and nutrition -- and guess what(!) ... it is a potassium-loving plant. If you want larger fruit, then feed it like a pit fruit tree. The Lickver's pride is famous for having on average, larger fruit than the other cultivars.

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Is that pollinator or pollenizer ?

chong

Splitting hairs, are we? ? ? ? I believe that either one is correct, though pollinator is more commonly used.

chong

Richard,
Thanks for the info. My surviving tree is a Nazemetz. There were two of them when I bought them from The Banana Tree years ago. Then in '94, I visited the Raintree Nursery in Morton, WA (an hour and a half drive from Seattle), and got a Coolidge from them. It was in a 10-gallon pot. The Nazemetz were in 5-gal pots. Surprisingly the Coolidge didn't last the Winter. The following Winter, the smaller of the Nazemetz died too. I think that the Nazemetz is more like the original native variety, which is why I think it is more hardy.

I ordered 2 Loquat trees from Banana Tree at the same time as the Feijoas and they both survived the Winters here as long as the Feijoas. The reason they died was that I forgot to water them one Summer and we had not had rain for a while. The Feijoas appear to be more drought tolerant than the Loquats. Next time that Loquats are in season, I'll buy some and plant the seeds. It'll be cheaper that way, than buying the plant again. They are sure pretty. And they stay green through the Winter!

Chong

sunfish

No not splitting hair's,just messing with Richard. There is a difference isn't there ?

Richard

Yes --> and pollenizer is the correct term. A pollinator is something that moves the pollen; e.g., bees. Thanks Tony!

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Patty in Wisc

Here we go again. First blossom just opened and there are a ton of blossom buds... much more than last yr. I know, some ppl told me I need another to cross pollinate but I swear when I was in the backyard in Virginia Beach eating them off the ground, there was only the one tree (or bush?). I will try to hand pollinate.
BTW, this is in a pot in my sunroom ...snow flurries today & 20's f.

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Patty in Wisc

Looks like my pineapple guava --mine is over 3'X 3'. Again, loaded w/ blossoms, so I hand pollinated & got nothing. I have 3 others - same age or older, but no blossoms yet. They are pink tropical, Lemon & Ruby red supreme. Was hoping they'd blossom this yr....maybe later.

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Dalmatiansoap

Weird Tony,
never seen such green Guavanas?!

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I bought one from Lowes yesterday for 5 bucks, the species is feijoa sellowiana



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