Guava (forum)

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Hi
My sister has given me a guava tree in a pot that she grew from a seed. The fruit on the tree she got it from are about 7.5 cm in diameter and white fleshed. Someone has now told me it won't fruit because it has been grown from seed. Does anyone know if this is correct?
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Renee

Time: 7th May 2012 3:39pm

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Mike says...
Renee what someone told you is hogwash and it will fruit.Mexican cream guavas can be that big ie 300g and the skin goes white when ripe.Thai white guavas are much larger,green skinned and usually eaten crisp and unripe.
The tree can fruit at 2 years after planting when 1.6m high.

Time: 7th May 2012 4:18pm

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reneejoe says...
Hi Mike
Thanks for that. Lucky I joined this forum or my Guava would have been heading for the bin. Do you have any idea what time of the year they would flower and fruit in Perth and whether they would be deciduous in Perth?
Cheers Renee


Time: 9th May 2012 2:22pm

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Mike says...
You had better ask Perth people that.They are not always completely true to type from seeds but usually pretty similar.

Time: 9th May 2012 4:35pm

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Mike says...
Iam trying to grow my brazil pineapple guava from cuttings to satisfy a few requests.It just needs to hang in there a while longer in 2 pots.
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Time: 9th May 2012 5:54pm

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David says...
Must say Mike your turning into a real Ansell Adams, good stuff keep it up

Time: 9th May 2012 6:44pm

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snottiegobble says...
Er, who?? Sorry I`m an ignorant b----!

Time: 9th May 2012 8:26pm

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David says...
Hi SG, well known photographer, American i think, was famous for his photos of the Yosemite Nat park during the 40s

Time: 9th May 2012 8:31pm

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snottiegobble says...
Again, pardon my ignorance I will google him! Thanks David!

Time: 9th May 2012 8:36pm

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David says...
No worries

Time: 9th May 2012 8:52pm

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MaryT says...
Mike it's good to see your pictures. Can't believe how quickly everything sprouts and grows for you. I see the rocoto chillies. Now I know why you're so blas

Time: 11th May 2012 7:32am

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Nick T says...
Some kind of garcinia in the top left pot and some durian germinating next to it Mike?

Time: 11th May 2012 8:50pm

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Mike says...
Nick T yest that is correct.It is luang durian and garcinia mexicana ie giant achacha.

Time: 11th May 2012 10:16pm

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Nick T says...
Whats this Garcinia mexicana like?

Time: 12th May 2012 10:47pm

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Mike says...
I have just one tiny one.Google Garcinia sp. Mexico e-jardim and all will be revealed.

Time: 13th May 2012 7:08am

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MaryT says...
A bit quiet on the guava front... Mike how did you go with the cuttings of your pineapple guava?

I just ate the last of my yellow cherry guavas and the tree is full of flowers again. Also for the first time the strawberry guava has buds on a couple of branches so I am hopeful for the first fruit this year.

I have ordered a Hawaiian and a China Pear from Daleys; not sure how they'll do here but they're only little plants and not too expensive so I decided to give them a go. The yellow cherries have woken up my taste buds for them. Used to eat them when I was a child in Hong Kong but that was a long time ago. :)

Time: 13th September 2012 2:48pm

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Mike says...
The good guava didn't grow and I passed the successful thai guava cuttings on.A friend who took lots of fruit found they sprouted out of one only and the seedling don't look like the parent.I have one of these and it sure looks like jungle fever with the seedling taking on the appearance of a thai giant white.I do have some newly sprouted seeds of argentinian yellow fleshed ones.

Time: 19th September 2012 8:42pm

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MaryT says...
Thanks for the guava update, Mike. I worry that the more tropical guavas may not do well here but time will tell. :)

Time: 19th September 2012 9:05pm

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Mike says...
Tropical guavas grow in California and frost prone parts of Florida so Sydney might be a big stretch.

Time: 19th September 2012 9:33pm

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denise1 says...
I grow Psidium guajava (tropical guava) and have it fruiting well outdoors in Auckland. I have seen them elsewhere in frosty sites where they recover and fruit again. Some strains may be less hardy but should be doable in Sydney even if it needs some good well draining soil brought in. I had Psidium guineense but though it grew the fruit were not the best. Sydney is noticably warmer and drier than Auckland.

Time: 20th September 2012 6:29am

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MaryT says...
Thanks Mike and denise1. Many people on this forum are attempting the 'impossible' and some have amazing successes so one is encouraged to try. I am less savvy about fruit growing than most but am learning heaps from others' experiences here. Thanks for sharing, guys (and gals) :)

Time: 20th September 2012 6:42am

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Mike says...
Mary, I left a word out and that was 'not' after might.Sydney should be good for them.

Time: 20th September 2012 7:48am

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MaryT says...
Thanks, Mike. I thought that was what you meant. M

Time: 20th September 2012 10:51am

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