I planted a guava from seed several years ago--it produced 10 fruits this yr.

I had it in a pot and kept it almost under one of my citrus trees. It has rooted thru the pot.

The top froze back the 2 yrs we had 20 degree freezes, but last yr we never had a killing freeze and it fruited this yr.

Just another tropical we can grow here in zone 8/9.

Skeet
What verity of guava was that? I have some pineapple guava here that do really well. If we get a warm winter they will really fruit out the following Spring but during colder winters they don't make many. Love the flavor but it is a pain to peal the little things. I don't scoop out with a spoon just peal and eat.
Karl

I don't know for sure--they ripen a pale yellow and the inside is pink. The fruits are as big as a good sized apple. Seeds are a little smaller than a BB. I don't have any problem peeling if I do it before they get too soft. The seeds are usually close to the middle, but sometimes they are a little deeper into the flesh and hard to get out without cutting out the whole middle. They smell really good--we have been using them mostly in fruit salads.

I might try planting one. With the last two mild winters I have had here my bananas have produced very well. I have several stalks of bananas that I will remove soon or after the first frost. I have a greenhouse so just wondering if I could keep a guava under control so as not to get too big. Tried bananas in the greenhouse but they don't leave much room for my spring garden starter plants.
Skeet you have to try Jujube. Truly one tree that you can plant and forget. No water or fertilizer and sometimes two crops per year and produce the first year planted. I have six of them so I am going to have to get creative on either wine or jelly making with them. Too humid here so they don't dry on the tree. Now that i am retired I fill my pocket with them and eat them all day.

My sister has a jujube, but I don't really have anymore room. My Guava is only about 6 ft tall and is right under a citrus tree. It froze back a little the two yrs we had 20 degree nights but came back from the roots. I had protected it under the same cover I covered the citrus tree. Last yr we never had a freeze, so it bloomed and fruited on one yrs growth.

I don't think Skeets is a pineapple Guava. I know a guy growing the PG in Jackson MS. He has never said the Winter cold hurt his plant and they are probably five foot wide and tall. He said they taste best when they fall from the tree/bush.

The Caribbean fruit fly will destroy guavas. If that pest did not exist here, I would plant guavas.