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mrtexas
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Joined: 02 Dec 2005
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Posted: Mon 06 Aug, 2007 11:17 pm

Anyone tried this? I bought the bush in Florida a few years ago. This is the first year for more than a handful. I rate it's flavor as eatable but not too good. Birds like it though. Its supposed to be hardy to 22F. It is cattley guava. It doesn't taste much like the tropical guava I grow in a pot which tastes like a pear.

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eyeckr
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Joined: 21 Nov 2005
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Location: Virginia Beach, VA (zone 8a)

Posted: Tue 07 Aug, 2007 11:12 am

I have a few of these growing in pots that seem to be one of the more forgiving plants that I grow. They've taken a lot of abuse and still keep bouncing back and producing. I also have the yellow fruited form that are a little bigger and have a milder taste. These grow well from seed and usually try to take a bush form but early on I train them to grow as standards.

Yellow Cattley Guava
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Millet
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Posted: Tue 07 Aug, 2007 3:48 pm

I have always rather enjoyed the taste of Strawberry Guavas. I eat them as a walk by fruit in the greenhouse. . I have always thought it rather odd, that guava's official name "Psidium" is the Greek word meaning Pomegranate. - Millet
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