Citrus Growers Forum

mrtexas · Posted: Sun 31 Jul, 2011 1:33 am

Darkman wrote:

mrtexas wrote:

I think I should have planted my real guava in the ground and mulched it. I hear they come back from the roots.

Mr. Texas,

By that I believe you are saying that you have a "real" guava that can or may produce harvestable fruit after a winter killing to the roots. Is that true? If so I would like to try one also. Was this a commercially bought tree or one you grew as a seedling?

On "real" guavas are the seedling grown trees a crapshoot on taste too?

Have you produced quality fruit where you are now?

No I HAD a real guava in a pot and had too many pots to drag into the garage for freezes. I sold my guava. I had a named variety.
phil

mrtexas · Posted: Sun 31 Jul, 2011 1:35 am

TRI wrote:

I would like to grow some guavas but the fruit flies destroy most of the fruit in warm areas. You can bag the fruit just before it ripens and prevent damage but this is labor intensive. On the northern gulf coast you are limited to Feijoas or strawberry guavas. When I move down to the tropics I will try star fruit.

I know they grow star fruit on Merritt Island and Fort Meyers. I don't know what you would do with the great loads of fruit they produce though! I didn't have much luck with star fruit in a pot. When I moved them into the garage the fruit always shook off.
phil