My Edibles: Feijoa Trees VIC

Feijoa

Feijoa

Feijoa - Nazematze

Feijoa - Apollo

Feijoa - Nazematze (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Height 100 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Duffy (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2009

Height 100 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 1 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: Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Mammoth (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Height 100 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Apollo (Grafted) ^10/10

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2011

Height 80 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic Lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa (Seedling)

Comments: -

I first tasted this fruit at work when my colleague brought it in from her home garden. The sweetness and slight tartness of the fruit tastes very much like a typical guava, although less aromatic, the soft and platable seeds makes up for it.

These plants tolerate semi-shade pretty well and is very ornamental when in flower as the crimson red colours contrasts with the dark green foliage. It also makes a nice hedge too. I am having a toss between planting a hedge of lavenders or feijoas on the side fence of my front yard. Or should I interplant? Decisions, decisions.

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Feijoa (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

I like the taste. It tastes like guava which I ate a lot as a kid in my country as we had a hugh tree.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2008

Height 1.8 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 3 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control:

othing done so far

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

I have 4 plants.One is 1.8 metre high and it has about 10 - 15 fruits in it first time. Others are very small but 1 tree has only 1 fruit.What is the best time to prune so that it grows upto 1.5 metres high and then branch out. I had a tree like a bush in New Zealand but it never had any fruit for sometime. Oneday I cut some branches only to reduce the area that it was occupying. To my surprise the following year we had a lot of fruits but most of them fell off due to wind (windy Wellington). Some one asked me to put a net under the tree so that they can be collected without soil.

Feijoa

Feijoa

Feijoa

Feijoa

Feijoa - Duffy

Feijoa - Mammoth (Seedling)

Comments: -

Have grown these in other places and found it problem free. Big fan of eating it straight of the tree with a spoon to scoop out the flesh,

Height 45 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Pest Control:

Feijoa - Duffy

Comments: -

Have grown these in other places and found it problem free. Big fan of eating it straight of the tree with a spoon to scoop out the flesh,

Height 45 Centimetres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Feijoa - Duffy

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Duffy ^10/10

Planted: 2008

Height 100 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa (Grafted)

Comments: -

Variety not known, but the typical one most gardens have in the area.  Just one fruit was produced in Autumn 2009, and it was delicious.

Very drought tolerant, it has an upright columnar habit with leaves that grow vertically, turning their silvery undersides towards the strongest light to protect itself.  The flowers are gorgeous, something like a passionfruit crossed with a fushia, red and cream in colour.

We're keeping it at about 2 m high, but they can get to 6 m or so if you let them go.  The fruit is ripe when it drops from the tree.  The birds haven't discovered the joys of them, thankfully, but the tree is netted anyway.

I'm looking forward to a much bigger harvest this coming autumn.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pruned By: 2% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

None required

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Apollo ^5/10

Comments: -

Very similar performance to the Mammoth, but doing slightly better.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Pruned By: 2% in Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mammoth

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

As per mammoth.

Feijoa - Mammoth (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: -

One of these is doing fairly well.  Another is very slow to grow, probably because it is planted in an area where a gum tree (street tree) has roots.  It's also fairly exposed (the one doing better is protected a bit by a fence).  I am tip pruning to encourage bushiness as it will be part of a hedge. However, I wasn't aware beforehand that the graft would be so high so I may have to do something to deal with the gappy hedge that is sure to result.

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pruned By: 2% in Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Apollo

Fertiliser or Organics Used: manure, B

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Sometimes caterpillars eat the new leaves.  I pick them off periodically.

Organic Status:Organic

Feijoa - Mammoth (Seedling) ^10/10

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pruned By: 20% in Spring

Organic Status:Organic