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Andrew starts with ... Good afternoon. We live in Bayswater in Victoria, and in the three years we've lived here, our only feijoa tree flowers prolifically but has never fruited. I had read that feijoas don't need another feijoa to cross pollenate, but just need pollinators such as bees (Of which we seem not to have many of). Am I misinformed in what I've heard?. I suspect that we may need to firstly know what type of feijoa we have, and we may need to have another feijoa that pollenates it? If however we just need more bees, how can we attract them? I think our feijoa tree may be about 20-30 years old. Looking forward to hearing from you, and hopefully also buying from you. We can provide photos of our feijoa tree if required. Many thanks in advance. Andrew | About the Author Andrew9 Bayswater, VIC 9th November 2009 12:42pm #UserID: 2994 Posts: 3 View All Andrew9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Julie says... Hi Andrew. I suspect it may be a seedling. I was given a seedling 10-15 years ago which has flowered but never fruited. Before that, I lived in a house with a Feijoa which fruited prolifically, and there was only one. I never fed or watered it. I'm not saying seedlings never fruit, but they are variable, so you don't know how they will perform. | About the Author Roleystone WA 9th November 2009 5:34pm #UserID: 0 Posts: View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author paulaf1 SE Queensland 9th November 2009 9:24pm #UserID: 2568 Posts: 51 View All paulaf1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Andrew says... Hi all. Still not quite sure what to do.... I've pulled many pretty trees out from our property & replaced them with fruiting varieties such as pomegrate, seedless mandarin, fig and goji; naming just a few out of a total of 12. Should I plant another fiejoa next to the existing one, or plant a new and more youthful fruiting feijoa in its place? Functionality thru the bearing of fruit is really the main priority here, over the cost and time, or only getting pretty flowers every year. Your further help would be appreciated. | About the Author Andrew9 Bayswater, VIC 10th November 2009 1:38pm #UserID: 2994 Posts: 3 View All Andrew9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Andrew9 Bayswater, VIC 10th November 2009 1:43pm #UserID: 2994 Posts: 3 View All Andrew9's Edible Fruit Trees |
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amanda says... Hi Andrew - if you go to the very top right corner of the forum home page - you can do a search on Feijoas. There's lots of info on this topic. I planted 5 generic Feijoa plants from Bunnings 3 yrs back and they did squat - flowers no fruit. They were close together and I have loads of bees and no problems with pollination in my garden. I have lots of guava types and they bear well. I ended up pulling the feijoas out :( I am going for named varieties next time. | About the Author amanda19 Geraldton. WA 13th November 2009 10:15am #UserID: 2309 Posts: 4607 View All amanda19's Edible Fruit Trees |
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eve says... I have had this problem with several trees that flower but never had any fruit. My friend suggested I damage the tree trunk to "frighten" it (fear of not being able to regenerate) so I cut off a full thickness piece of bark (approx. 4 in square) and this is the first time I am getting the largest feijoas I have ever seen-almost the size of eggs and still growing! | About the Author eve3 mulgrave 19th April 2011 4:32pm #UserID: 5203 Posts: 1 View All eve3's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author MaryT Sydney 20th April 2011 8:59am #UserID: 5412 Posts: 2066 View All MaryT's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Evo says... I reckon these are slow to fruit. My trees took every bit of 6-7 years to fruit. Now they are giving me around 1-2 kg per tree. I found I had to add a tonne of potash to get the flowers to stay on. I like making a tropical ice slurry with ice, banana, stawbs and pepinos.
| About the Author lionfish 21st April 2011 12:13pm #UserID: 349 Posts: 35 View All lionfish's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Katinzahat Riverton 28th January 2019 8:37am #UserID: 19724 Posts: 1 View All Katinzahat's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... I have noticed In Auckland all feijoas are inclined towards prompt and copious bearing yet going further north the bearing decreases. Also in Auckland tropical guavas are marginal but bear better going further north. If you cant get feijoas fruiting then grow guavas and visa versa. Also feijoas are commonly pollenated by blackbirds in NZ. They eat the sweet succulent flower lobes while shifting pollen around. If your tree has plenty of flowers you can grow them for eating | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 28th January 2019 10:45am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Potty Bob 1 says... I have had the same problem with my feijoas , have two plants separated by a tamarillo tree , they have flowered for several years , but no fruit . Next door has native bees ,and I have plenty of bees in my garden . I did some research and tried hand pollination this year , simply using a small artist paint brush . I also shook the trees a little to help move the pollen around . One plant seems to flower more proloficly and earlier than the other and they are both in 85l pots. So far I have large cherry sized fruits forming , still awhile till I get ripe fruit . So it seems hand pollination may be of help . | About the Author Potty Bob 1 POTTSVILLE,2489,NSW 29th January 2019 1:46pm #UserID: 19705 Posts: 59 View All Potty Bob 1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author David01 CRAIGIEBURN,3064,VIC 30th January 2019 9:15am #UserID: 16671 Posts: 467 View All David01's Edible Fruit Trees |
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David01 says... However, if you want a better results watch the link below. Cheers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tucIAxQ8kGg | About the Author David01 CRAIGIEBURN,3064,VIC 30th January 2019 4:15pm #UserID: 16671 Posts: 467 View All David01's Edible Fruit Trees |
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