At least I think they are. They don't look like new leaves and they are oval instead of round (red lines). The guava's look better than ever! (including 2 small lemon Guava.
Millet are these blossoms starting? Did you get fruits off yours yet?


Never tasted a guava - never saw the blossoms. Now, how long will it take for the 1 yr old lemon guava's to blossom? Thanks (doing happy dance)

Beautiful pictures patty . Crossing fingers for ya Tammy

Patty I have three quavas, and two of them are in fruit. One also had fruit last year (the one I got from Tammy's trees). To tell you the truth, I never look at the quavas close enough to see what the beginnings of a blossoms look like. One day the blooms are just there. White blooms about the size of a penny with many stamens. The best part of quavas are the fragrance that the mature fruit gives off. - MIllet

I had four blooms on my lemon guava this year. Three dropped, but one has yielded a developing fruit. I can't tell from the pic whether you have one there or not.

I have tried guava cuttings under mist twice now with little success. I have taken smallish cuttings and they promptly drop the leaves. I wonder if this is another manifestation of the leaf retention issue we discussed earlier. Anyway, this last time I took some bigger ones, and a couple of those cuttings have retained their leaves...I'm hopeful that they will root.

Post some more pics in a few days!

Thanks. I will post pic again in few days
SB. My little lemon guavas are getting very bushy..new growth from base up. One has a tall lanky stem that I was going to prune off but now maybe I'll try rooting it. I've had luck rooting by peeling off the bark -- bottom inch or so, then dipping in rooting hormone & setting in mostly perlite w/ some peat & in a sunny window. I will try that tomorrow. How old & big are your lem's?
Good luck to us

Those are definately blossoms -7 so far...just not opened yet. Don't know how long it takes to ripen -if fruit sets, but I sure hope they stay on when I bring them for winter. Am rooting that lem guava (the Laaz way above) so far it looks good. Anyone know how old a lem guava has to be to fruit? My 2 are about 1 yr old from seed. Are guava's true to seed? Thanks much.

Patty;
This is how a guava blossoms look like
One is open and the other not.

Thanks Benny, I saw that pic on your other posting but I didn't notice the one not opened. That's what mine look like..oval - long, instead of round. So far I have 7. Do you know how long it will take from blossom to ripened fruit?

Guava are usually started from seed. I have started many quavas by seed with close to 100 percent success. They should be taken only from the best trees, and planted in sterilized soil to reduce the chance of disease attacking the sprouting seeds. When the seedlings are about two inches high, transplant them to medium size pots. They are ready to be planted in their permanent location when they are about a foot tall. A few named cultivars are propagated by grafting or budding, but only with difficulty. Cutting root VERY poorly, although some success may be obtained by using mist and rooting chemicals. The plants can also be layered or air layered. Patty, presently my guava has 16 fruits on it. I ate one today. I am not a huge guava fan, as the fruit has a lot of seeds. I like the fragrance that the ripe fruit gives off to the greenhouse. - Millet

Thanks Millet. You have 16 fruits?? I'm jealous!! LOL Is that the Ruby Red from Tam's Trees? She tried to tell me it was grafted but I saw it wasn't. Do you remember how long it took to ripen? You should see my 2 lemon guava! They got bushy...don't know if that's bad or good. I posted pics of them @ 7 inches last Oct or so cuz I thought they were sick.
Thanks again

They're pretty easy to air layer -- close to 100% success for layers made in June and harvested in September or October, in S. Florida (hot, rainy season).

For cuttings, you need several pairs of leaves and a mist system. The stems are square, so from the bottom, split the stem (like the end of an old tinker toy stick). Turn it 90 degrees, and do the same again, to make an "X" in the bottom of the cutting, splitting it up maybe 1/2-3/4 inch from the base. Dip in strong rooting hormone (Hormodin #3 or similar) and put in mist. Again, summer works best. Under good conditions, you can get 60% or better this way. Most commercial trees in Florida are from air layers.

Thanks, Malcolm, for the cuttings tips. I have found by trial and error that small cuttings taken and treated in the usual manner promptly drop their leaves and die.

I have a couple of larger cuttings that may be rooting now...at least they haven't died. They are larger cuttings with at least 4 pairs of leaves and I treated with 2000ppm IBA, under mist.

Will have to try your splitting suggestion and air laying, too.

I took a pic this morning. They are all over the tree

Good for you Benny - hope they all fruit.
The little cutting from my lem guava is dead. Tried it before Malcolm posted directions.

This is my guava last year. Unriped fruits .