My Edibles: Guava Trees

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 Hawaiian (Seedling)

Comments: -

Guava aroma is fantastic- bit like passionfruit. Tastes great juiced or in fruit salad.

This plant is a seedling sourced from commercial variety "Hawaiian Supreme".

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

These fruits are fruit fly magnets. Prevention with exclusion nets is the best. Keeps the birds off too.

Guava - China Pear

Comments: -

This variety is supposed to have outstanding flavour.

Planted: 2012

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Guava is a fruit fly magnet - exclusion netting is the best, and it keeps the birds out too.

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

chilean guava

Pollination: Cross Pollination

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 - Cherry ^8/10

Comments: -

A neat and compact little shrub, with pretty thick glossy leaves, that yeilds an abundant crop of tasty juicy berries!

Fruiting Months March, April, May

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

Used to eat the red kind when I was little. Has grown very quickly and started fruiting almost immediately, although I've been removing the fruit and buds to encourage it to grow more (I hope this is the right thing to do to a guava). Next year I'll eat them all.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2011

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pest Control:

None

Thai Giant White Guava (Seedling)

Comments: - Produces good quality fruit in second year from seed

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 28

Fruit Harvest: 10 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

Soapy water used to kill mealy bug and scale

Organic Status:Partially Organic

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 Hawaiian

Comments: -

Vigorous and absolutely covered with fruit every year. Trouble with fruit fly and something that makes them scabby (mites ?). I will prune off all unbagged fruit this year.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Planted: 2008

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1.5 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

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 - Strawberry (Seedling) ^3/10

Comments: -

Four little plants from Bunnings, planted quite close together (just over 1m apart as I'm hoping to create a dense hedge) in 2010. I've loaded them with compost and some blood & bone. Hopefully the soil improvements will be enough - but the soil is very poor and likely to stunt their growth (hence planting them so close)! They really don't appear to enjoy large amounts of WA sun (they will be blasted in summer) so I'm hoping they can make it. I've recently tasted a few strawberry guavas in my grandfather's yard in Melbourne. Delicious ... I hope that in time mine are as tasty!

They are quite fast growers, doubling in size in less than 6 months. They appear to be quite bushy - they tips are already touching (which is good from my perspective - a dense hedge is exactly what I want). I've tip pruned to encourage strength rather than straggly. Flowers and baby fruit have already appeared (October 2010)

I'm actually not thrilled with these guys. They all have the yellow guava instead of the pink, and they are getting hit by disease quite hard. They might end up being relocated (and replaced with a known feijoa) or 'donated'. Not a bad looking plant ... but just not the flavour I wanted.

Jan 2012 - tough as old boots, fruit well ... but boring.

Planted: 2010

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 4

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None so far

Organic Status:Partially 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 - Strawberry (Seedling) ^10/10

Comments: -

No maintenance, only had for 6 mnths & covered in fruit

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: at planting

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

none, haven't seen anything attacking it (yet)

Organic Status:Certified

Guava Yellow Cherry ^9/10

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Guava - Strawberry ^7/10

Planted: 2011

Height 1.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Guava Hawaiian (Cutting)

Comments: -

Update 09-Dec-2011: This also seems to be growing slowly but surely. Leaves were attached by some bug and had to manually remove it. New pic attached.

Bought this one from Bunnings as well about a month or so ago. Already started growing new leaves.

Its not a Hawaiian, this site doesnt have the Indian Guava option. 

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Question: Since its a cutting, hopefully it should fruit sooner ?

Guava Hawaiian ^8/10

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Have been told these are delicious, and also that i will have to keep the fruit fly away too. It is growing really well in the pot so far, had a couple of flowers but just too early for fruit, i guess.

Planted: 2009

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry

Guava - Strawberry

Indian Guava (Grafted)

Comments: -

AN experiment really-A pot plant fell off deck and crushed plant!  boo hoo! was growing nicely.

Pollination: Self Pollination

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