have been developed, they do however originate from south America where they are common in the mountains of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.Labels: feijoa
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Correy said ...
Just wondering how a Feijoa would go in pots.
Time: Thursday, March 15, 2007
Kath said ...
With regular moisture and a good organic mulch they should do well in a large container.
Time: Thursday, March 15, 2007
Joanna Terpstra said ...
My bumper crop of Feijoas is full of fruit-fly.
I have multiple allergy syndrome so am doing research into the best method of controlling these pests without making myself ill.
Spraying is not something I am keen on.
Are there any organic bait recipes that you could recommend?
Also, any ideas on recycling plastic bottles for bait lures would be welcome.
Cheers,
Joanna
Time: Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Kath said ...
Joanna, I would recommend that you try the organic product eco naturalure, it is working beautifully here in the nursery orchard, you do not spray the fruit but instead spray the product nearby where it attracts and kills the flies, we have enjoyed our feijoas this year because we have worked consistently to control fruit flies. You can recycle your bottles into traps and monitor the flies with Wild May as we do.
Time: Wednesday, March 28, 2007
said ...
Does anyone have any suggestions where I can buy feijoas in Central Sydney??
Time: Wednesday, April 18, 2007
david said ...
would feijoa grow in south australia,about 100 km north of adelaide,thankyou.
Time: Thursday, April 19, 2007
Kath said ...
David I think the feijoa will grow for you, make sure you give it enough water to establish it and then regular moisture during fruit set will benefit the crop.
Time: Monday, April 23, 2007
said ...
Hi David - I live in Adelaide and we are growing a couple of feijoa plants. Funnily enough you can spot them in the suburbs but people don't really know what they so let fruit go to waste. They just don't know what they are missing out on. Our mammoth is going particularly well. Good luck.
Time: Sunday, May 06, 2007
said ...
I live in Far North Queensland in a very wet spot called Tully. Will Fijoa's grow in these tropical conditions? If so what variety will be best for these conditions?
issy
Time: Sunday, June 03, 2007
Kath said ...
Issy,
I would give the feijoa a go in Tully, if you find that your soil is too wet for an extended period they will happily grow in a large container which would improve the drainage.
Time: Friday, June 08, 2007
said ...
Just wondering what PH thy grow best in we are growing them but can not get them to set fruit very little flowering
Time: Saturday, July 28, 2007
jeffrey said ...
hi there kath,i just got 3 feijo,and i planted them next to a fruit tree,about 1 meter apart is that ok.
Time: Friday, August 17, 2007
Madeleine said ...
hi kath, im in a bit of a pickle. My feijoa tree has all of a sudden died after 15years of prosperous growth. It has all the necessary requirements for growth but has failed me. Do you know of any rampant diseases that may have affected my tree?..concerned feijoa lover
Time: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Kathryn said ...
Madeleine, this is very unfortunate and unusual as feijoas are normally as tough as a pair of old boots. Have you changed anything around the tree? Fertilizer, digging around the roots, moisture levels, or anything that could have effected your tree? They do not have any significant pests or diseases, although they don't much like foliar applications of nutrients.
Time: Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Madeleine said ...
Ohhhh kath, you may have hit the nail on the head!..See come two months ago we planted a citrus tree 10ft from the feijoa tree and fertilized it..kath you are a hell of a legend, i will sleep better now. Shame i have lost it forever.
Feijoa lovers
Time: Saturday, September 15, 2007
ian said ...
Hello. We're growing a Feijoa in British Columbia and it is doing great and about a foot tall. I was curious if there are any pruning techniques that i should be aware of for now or in the future.
Thanks,
Ian
Time: Friday, October 26, 2007
said ...
I have never had fruit trees before but we now have 2 feijoias. Last year every fruit was infected with fruit fly. I have just been to the nursery and bought some eco-naturalure but it doesn't specify when I should start spraying. It's now late October and the flowers are just starting to come on. Should I spray now or wait?
Time: Sunday, October 28, 2007
Jacquei said ...
Hello there,
My cousin in Australia has just sent your website because I have never heard of the fruit Feijoa. They sound a delicious fruit and wondered if I could grow them in Spain, that is if I can find a small tree in our local nursery.
jacquei
Costa Calida
Spain
Time: Monday, November 12, 2007
said ...
please can you tell me if to sucessfully grow fruit do you need two trees or can you grow fruit with just one tree.
Time: Saturday, December 29, 2007
Larry said ...
I had 2 Feijoa trees of different varieties in my backyard.They tended to cross pollinate and produced a hybrid fruit which was gelatinous and not sweet. I removed one of them and gave it away. Now the tree produce a lot of flowers but very few fruit.I assume I really need a cross pollinator? Anyone?
Time: Friday, January 25, 2008
Dargen said ...
Can I grow a row of feijoa's near limes and oranges? What is a compatable fertilizer for both?
Is the Mid North coast of NSW an okay climate?
Time: Sunday, March 16, 2008
said ...
I have a small feijoa plant growing in my garden in Holland. Took some pits back when l was in NZ and only one is stil alive.
Will l get fruit only having one plant and would you get the plant inside when the frost comes?
Bye from Marianne Ex kiwi
Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
said ...
I have one feijoa plant (small) growing in my garden in Holland.
When l was in NZ l took some pits back from the feijoa and only one is still alive.
Would you take the plant inside with frost and shall l get fruit with only one plant?
Bye from Ex Kiwi Marianne
Time: Tuesday, March 25, 2008
monika said ...
How old does a feijoa have to be before it fruits, Ta
Time: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
said ...
I am a ex kiwi living in Holland and you can buy the Feijoa for the first time here.
Do you need two to have fruit and would they be able to have frost?
Time: Saturday, May 03, 2008
said ...
Feijoas can tolerate quite a lot of frost. We are just harvesting our feijoas now (variety E6) after several days of -2C frosts here in Canberra. The currawongs eat the flowers.
Time: Sunday, May 04, 2008
said ...
In NZ as a kid (20 yrs ago +) we had a huge feijoa tree, fruited well each season, but was attacked by ants and died..slowly, we never realised. I am in Gladstone Qld and am very keen on growing a feijoa in a large pot. I gather that fertilising is not a good move...Pam
Time: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Carolyn said ...
I have two feijoas growing in my garden. They fruit prolifically but we find the fruit tasteless and uninteresting. I hate to waste it so perhaps someone could tell me some good recipes.
Carolyn
Time: Saturday, June 07, 2008
patsy said ...
I have just planted a feijoa and NOW read all the things that can go wrong. We have kurrawongs, ants nesting everywhere (especially in new plantings), fruit fly, I applied seasol to the foliage, fertilised it with dynamic lifter AND planted it where a lemon tree has failed. A miracle if it survives.
Time: Monday, November 17, 2008
said ...
I live in Sydney and have been trying to stop the fruit fly infestation for the last 3 years , spraying it a few times and this year I added two Eco naturalure on the tree, but still all the fruit drop and have worms although not as badly infected as previous years, but still signs they had been there. Why did those hanging Eco Natualure did not work ? Do those spray ones work better?
It seems I am just growing the fejoia for the fruit flies...have not had one for myself yet.
Time: Sunday, March 29, 2009
Toni S said ...
I have two plants that I have to keep in pots and for the last few years since getting them I get loads of flowers and they look wonderful and healthy but then all of a sudden the flowers fall off....what am I doing wrong? I feed them plenty of blood and bone around flowering time but have not got any fruit to date. Can someone help?
Thanks
TONI
Time: Monday, April 06, 2009
Dee said ...
Anyone with a recipe for Jeijoa jam? Have bucket loads and family are not that keen on them.
Dee
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009
L said ...
Hi Dee, my sister makes feijoa cakes, muffins, pancakes & jam. With the baking she just makes the recipe from banana cake, muffins & pancakes & substitute's the banana with feijoa flesh. You can run the flesh through a seive if you like the texture smooth or my sister chops the soft flesh into cubes for yummy chunky bits.
FEIJOA JAM
Ingredients
1 kg feijoas, peeled and sliced
1/2 C water
Juice and zest of 1 lemon
4 Cups white sugar, warmed
Method
Place the fruit in a jam pan or large, wide saucepan and add water, lemon juice and zest. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until fruit is soft, about 15 minutes. Add warmed sugar and stir until dissolved. Bring jam to rapid boil and boil without stirring until mixture reaches setting point, about 20 minutes. Pour jam into warmed, sterilized jars, cool and seal. Makes 6 to 7 cups
If you still have too many left over my husband would be more than happy to help get rid of them, if you live in Sydney.
Time: Friday, April 24, 2009
said ...
Hi, I love the small Feijoa and used to eat them when my nana still had her home, sadly she is in a nursing home now but on visiting her today some how she had some and gave me a few. My question is, can I grow a Feijoa on a North Face balcony in a pot? If so, where would i get the seeds or how would i start?
Thank you.
Kelly-Marie in SA.
Time: Monday, May 11, 2009
desfrench said ...
It is now late Autumn in NZ. I have notice a number of white blobs all over our feijoa tree. Does anyone know what the relate to.
Time: Saturday, May 16, 2009
said ...
Did you know that you can scoop the soft edible centres out and eat them then cover & boil cases and save the liquid and add a pound of sugar to every pint of syrup and make a lovely feijoa jelly even add some passionfruit pulp yumm!
The tree seems to like a prune and some lawn clippings around drip zone helps feed &keep a supply of available moisture
N S W North Coast
Time: Wednesday, May 20, 2009
said ...
Hi Does anyone know if A. a fijoa tree will grow in winter in Australia B. If it will grow on the central Coast C. How long will it take for each fruit to grow and D. Where can i get them on the Central Coast
PLEASE REPLY ASAP
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Jake Bambury
Time: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
said ...
I luckily came across a boutique nursery in healsville, melbourne that had a few feijoa plants - of which I bought all t (6) and am trying to grow at home. Hopefully I will get fruits. I'm absolutely craving for them at the moment.
Time: Wednesday, June 17, 2009
said ...
Fiji Time... any thoughts on growing Feijoas in Fiji. No frost and our winter night temps seldom get below 18! But Oh, I would love one!
Time: Thursday, June 18, 2009
said ...
Both my neighbour and I have Feijoas, which appear healthy and set fruit each year. The fruit seems to form well ,and we use fruit fly traps. However, when the fruit gets to about hen egg size, all of it drops off over a period of about three weeks.
If you cut the fruit open, it seems to be OK, no signs of insect infestation, and no obvious signs of rot. It also smells like it is almost ripe, but it is still rock hard.
Do you have a solution?
Thanks,
Jack Vintner
Time: Monday, June 22, 2009
ellen said ...
how long does it take to fruit
Ellen
Time: Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Smithy said ...
I live on the Mid North Coast NSW and want to know if I can transplant a feijoa tree to another spot in the garden?? It will be coming into its first fruiting season next.
Time: Tuesday, September 22, 2009