My Edibles: Guava Trees NSW

Guava (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

These trees are planted by Toby our neighbor and grow over the fence the fruit ripens in winter is palatable but not very sweet and a bit dry. Jesse my son makes great jam out of it though. The carawong birds eat a lot of fruit.

Planted: 1980

Height 4 metres

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - Great tasting fruit and tree. Growing in a pot and has a great shape, leaf and bark. 

Fruiting Months January, February, March

Planted: 2006

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 10% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Compost

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Fruit Fly baits

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^10/10

Comments: -

Going very well, no maintenance, no problems with fruit fly as had been reported by some locals. Growing brilliantly now, fruited moderate amount of small but nice fruit, over a fairly short period, within first year in ground. Is in position to be espaliered around the mandala garden it's planted outside

Planted: 2009

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None required so far

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - generic seedling

Comments: -

Not doing brilliantly yet, but was dug out by neighbour and given to me, and a fair bit of root trauma. See how it goes.

UPDATE : Has pushed some new buds. Need to mulch it up and make it a little more comfy

Planted: 2011

Height 30 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry ^9/10

Planted: 2012

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Guava - Hawaiian Pink

Guava - White Indian

Planted: 2011

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling)

Comments: -

Spring 2011: Brand new baby seedling. Will have to wait to see what happens.

Height 25 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Guava - Mexican Cream (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: - Attractive, hardy, shrubs with nice tasting fruits which need to be bagged to avoid fruit fly in my climate.  Fruits not as nice as the hawaian guava.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in After Fruiting

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Hosre manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Bag fruits to avoid fruit fly

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Hawaiian (Grafted) ^10/10

Comments: -

Have read that this guava has a great flavour. In a bonsai bag

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 30% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

fruit fly traps

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Guava - Mexican Cream (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Love the fruit. From Daleys, growing in a bonsai bag & looks fantastic. Hopefully will fruit next year

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pruned By: 25% in After Fruiting

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter, Seasol

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Seedling)

Comments: -

Spring 2011: again seedlings were gifted by a friend so I can't be sure that this is the right variety but it sounds like it might be. They are only little now so we just have to wait and see what happens with them.

Height 10 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Minimum of care and prolific plant

Fruiting Months March

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 3 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: nil

Guava - Strawberry

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

Don't like guavas as a rule - but these I eat out of hand. Tart but sweet when ripe.

Guava - Strawberry ^8/10

Comments: -

In pot about to be put in ground.  Since putting in ground in Nov 09 has flourished, starting to flower but hit and miss with pollination. Lots of new growth and flower buds February 10.

Been in ground for 10 months, very happy, abundance  of new growth and lots of flower buds - just ate a guava - flavour great, shame about those tooth breaking seeds.  Plant is wider than it is in height.

Is quite a good tree that produces hugh amount of fruit, again shame about those seeds - might have to try juicing them.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, September, October, November, December

Planted: 2007

Height 64 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, banana special

When I Fertilise: Never and Spring

Pest Control:

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Cutting) ^7/10

Comments: -

Produces plenty of good fruit.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 30 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Initially sprayed against fruit fly, but now prefer to use plastic bags over fruit which is close to ripening and it seems to work well.

Guava (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

I love this fruit! It can be eaten straight from the tree, and also used for cooking. I got this plant from my dad, it's growing so good, summer and spring really allowed it to burst with new growth. I'm hoping to get my first crop in as early as 2 years. Can't wait!

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Guava Hawaiian ^10/10

Comments: -

not sure if it is seeding or cutting. very large sweet and fragrant fruit, but attracted a lot of fruit fly last year. need a lot of water.

Fruiting Months April and May

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: - The best of the guavas!  Easy to grow, hardy tree.

Fruiting Months May, June, July, August, September

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Fruit Harvest: 1 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: Fruit fly and fruit spotting bug - need to net if growing in Wollongong.

Organic Status:Organic

Question: How do you control fruit spotting bug organically?

Comments

Have a read of this webpage http://www.bioresources.com.au/MacTrix/fruitspottingbug.html. The person who does this research lives a few rural blocks away from me. I am sure that there will be similar insects in Wollongong.

Guava - Strawberry ^9/10

Comments: -

purchased at whyee nursery- during this visit i noticed gall wasp on some of their citrus trees. i will not be purchasing citrus there in the future.

fast growth

Planted: 2011

Height 0.6 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: seasol, horse poo, osmocote

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling)

Comments: -

Growing well in pot. About 1 dozen good sized fruit ripening - very sweet and tasty but possum got the last few. Planning to SAVEmove it out of the pot into the ground. Moved to fruit garden. Waiting for it to shoot again.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pest Control:

Growing well. About 1 dozen fruit ripening at present. Plan to move it out of the pot into the ground.

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Mexican Cream

Guava - Red Cherry

Guava Yellow Cherry ^7/10

Comments: -

Growing ok. the only tree in my yard  that didn't ssem to suffer from frost. Waaiting to see what it does this spring and summer

Planted: 2009

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Question:

When to fertilise and what is the best fertiliser

Guava - Thai White ^5/10

Comments: -

Didn't grow very well. Started growing twice and stopped for some reason. Currently lost all leaves due to frost. Waiting for spring to see if the plant has survived.

Lost all leaves again this winter due to frost. Was growing well before that. Showing some signs of life as spring approches.

Planted: 2008

Height 0.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Guava Yellow Cherry ^10/10

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control:

Covered with net to stop birds eating the fruit

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Qty: 1

Water Given in: Winter

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Tough, easy to grow fruit tree - fruits nice to snack on.

Fruiting Months February, March, April, October, November, December

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None - suprisingly fruit fly seem to leave this tree alone.

Organic Status:Organic