My Edible Fruit Trees: Guava Trees NSW

Guava - China Pear (Cutting) ^5/10

Planted: 2022

Height 2 Feet

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

Produces plenty of very tasty fragrant fruit with a mix of sweet with a hint of sour.  

Extra bonus - chewing of young leaves are an excellent remedy for diarrhea and stomach bugs. Well known remedy in Asia.

Too much trouble with fruit fly, and fruit bats and rats so have removed this tree to make room for others.

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 50 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months after I planted Cutting

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in

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 Hawaiian - Pink Supreme

Guava Hawaiian (Seedling) ^6/10

Guava - Strawberry (Grafted) ^8/10

Planted: 2019

Pollination: No

Guava - China Pear (Seedling) ^5/10

Planted: 2021

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Comments

11/03/2021- Came in a Mega Tube and Planted into 10L Pot stright.

Planted in Ground in 2022 Spring, as a dua along an established mexican Cream Guava

Guava - Mexican Cream (Cutting) ^5/10

Planted: 2018

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

13/03/21- This was Purchased in 2018 and since then its in a pot, fruited 5-6 fruits last year. Its been Up potted to bigger container now. No fruit in 2020-21 season.

sold in May2021

Guava - Mexican Cream (Cutting) ^6/10

Planted: 2018

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 7

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

this is my 4th Mexican Cream Guava, Planted in Mid Oct 2018

MAY2020 - LOOKING GOOD, ALMOST 7 FEET TALL NOW, LOT OF SIDE SHOOTS, NEED PROTECTION FROM FROST IN WINTER 2020

04.03.2021- Growing good, luckily no damage done due to House demolition. has Approx. 8 fruits on it. Will Shape it as vase shape with 4 laterals comes Winter. Also grafted Thai Guava, result pending

23/04/2024 :- Approx 40-50 large Fruits all due to prunning on Aug 15th . very tastay gauava.

Guava - Thai White (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: -

Very Happy with the guava tree, Planted in 2018 started fruiting 2020, had few issues with fruit flies ( worms in fully ripen fruits) . Tried putting fine net bags around the fruits when they were young and voila didnt have the worm issue in those fruits..

 Has started fruiting again this year planning to buy a huge net bag to cover the tree and tie it( too many fruits to be putting individual bags)!

Fruiting Months January, February, March, December

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pest Control: fruit fly  ( fine net bags used)

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Indian (Cutting) ^7/10

Planted: 2019

Height 1 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Mexican, thai, Hawaiian

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Guava - Mexican Cream ^8/10

Comments: - Very good soft sweet taste, sweeter than Hawaiian pink. Good crop. However, too much trouble with fruit fly, bush rats and fruit bats, so have removed tree to make room for others.

Fruiting Months March and April

Planted: 2014

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 10 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: Tried using vegemite solution in soft drink bottle to trap fruit flies but not completely effective. One spray with lebaycid worked very well but this chemical no longer used. Fine netting works well but does not stop bush rats.

Comments

How well is your doing in Pot? My died last yr and i got new one today from a friend.

Initially I had it in a pot and the top half died. So I put it in the ground and it recovered, and that's when I got 1 fruit. It seems to be very happy now and is growing well.

Guava - Brazilian ^8/10

Comments: -

Indian Guava, large round sweet fruit with less seeds.

Growing in a Pot

Planted: 2013

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Comments

Hit by a Heavy Frost on 03/07/2014, temp dipped down to -4 degrees. I hope it will survive...

Survived but growing slow now. Leaf mass is reduced by half.

No fruit TILL DATE, in a pot

Planted HAlf in Ground with container in Front of house on north facing Wall. Not showing results of growing well, NO FRUIT till date

Planted HAlf in Ground with container in Front of house on north facing Wall in Seot 2018 . Not showing results of growing well, NO FRUIT till date

LOOKING BIT BETTER ON NEW SPOT NOW IN 2020 APRIL. ONE FRUIT ON IT

Due to house Renovations Pot uprooted in Dec2020, And Looks Like Guava is Dead, ( 01/03/21) No leaf and all brance are dry/brown from Inside.

13/03/2021- DEAD DEAD DEAD....

Guava Hawaiian ^8/10

Comments: - Dug this off fence line , neighbor has a tree out front , only 1 m tall so far , might grow it in a pot , or at least close to my fruit fly traps .

Planted: 2018

Height 1 metres

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: fruit fly traps , might have to try bagging if this doesn't work.

Guava - Strawberry

Comments: - I have a strawberry guava , that is quite nice , but recently found a extra sweet bright red version , that I'm growing from seed , love the little guavas , so sweet . Seeds now 2 X 4 inch plants .

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control: fruit fly prone , eco oil and fruit fly traps .

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme ^8/10

Comments: - Great looking tree with delicious fruit, looking forward to harvesting my own

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Osmacote in the hole when planted

Guava Yellow Cherry (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

small cutting planted. looking foward to the fruit.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Guava - Strawberry (Cutting) ^8/10

Comments: -

small cutting planted. looking foward to the fruit.

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Guava - Strawberry ^7/10

Comments: -

Strawberry Guava aka Cherry Guava aka Cattley Guava (Psidium cattleyanum)

A good "grazing" shrub when fruit are ripening. Quite ornamental, suited as a screen. Planted one of the red and one of the yellow fruited Strawberry Guavas. The yellow (photo) suffers from Qld fruit fly, but so far the red is less affected. So I'd say the red is a better shrub. ( I'll eventually get rid of the yellow)

Taste of reds vary a bit - I know of a red in somebody's yard with bigger and much yummier fruits than others I've tried, but the Qld ff think it's yummier too.

So I would give the yellow a Satisfaction rating of 3. The red I'd give 6. And if I could find one of the big yummy kind then that would be a 9.

It is classed as a weed in wet sub-tropics and wet tropics.

Update Sept 2018 - the yellow one is gradually becoming sicker looking - probably time to dig it out shortly. The red one looks fine. 

Fruiting Months February and March

Planted: 2012

Height 1.5 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: Summer

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: NPK

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control:

The yellow suffers from fruit fly, so I use a big mosi net over it.

But so far the red doesn't need anything.

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry (Seedling) ^7/10

Fruiting Months February and March

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Nightmare fruit when it comes to fruit fly. I covered it with netting but then the rats chewed through it and let all the fruit fly in. Cover it with aluminium netting?

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Love the smell and taste of guavas.

Guava Red Cherry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Same as a yellow cherry guava but red.  Still very susceptible to fruit fly.

Fruiting Months January and February

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 kilograms per Year

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Mexican Cream (Seedling) ^7/10

Height 2 metres

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Chilean Guava (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: -

Ugni molinae.  Bought from Diggers.  Shrub 2m high.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Indian ^8/10

Comments: -

Psidium guajava var. Allahabad Safeeda.  Heavy bearing small evergreen tree with sweet flavoured, white fleshed, cream coloured fruit.  3 - 5m.

Planted: 2002

Height 3 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling)

Comments: - New growth & healthy. 

Growing: In a Pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

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

Comments: - Does not tolerate full Australian sun well. It has been receiving ~4 hours daily and has been getting sunburnt. It was growing well until now because it was short enough that it was being shaded by other plants. It's now ~0.7m tall and the parts that aren't being shaded out are all being burnt. No pests so far. 

Planted: 2018

Height 0.7 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood and bone, rock dust, 100% organic compostrock dust, 100% organic compost

Pest Control: Not needed

Organic Status:Organic

Comments

Surprisingly, my China Pear Guava has been attacked by the cabbage caterpillar but it has left this plant alone.

Guava - China Pear (Seedling) ^8/10

Comments: - Doesn't like too many hours of full Australian sun. Mine receives ~2-3 hours of full sun and then shade for the rest of the day. It has been getting sunburnt. Also, I've noticed that the cabbage caterpillar has been demolishing the leaves (50% of leaves gone in a few days).

Planted: 2018

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: 100% organic compost, rock dust, blood and bone

Pest Control: Physical removal of cabbage caterpillar

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry ^9/10

Comments: - Its an acquired taste. I grew up with  a few guava trees in our backyard. We would eat them almost everyday when in season.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2016

Height 24 Inches

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 3

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Hand Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: citrus

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Nada

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

I have three plants growing at the moment trained as espaliers. One is trained as an informal, the second one is simple horizontal and the last one is a variation of the simple horizontal. It's my way of expressing myself.

Nov 2018; Started to flower now in Melbourne after close to two years from purchase. Applied Sudden Impact by Neutrog early spring in a 45 ltr pot.

04-05-19 bore a lot of fruits this season with some still hanging.

Guava - Strawberry (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: - Luv guavas grew up with them in our backyard.

Fruiting Months April, May, June

Planted: 2016

Height 24 Inches

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 6 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

As with my yellow cherry guava my strawberry guava is also trained as an espalier. It's my way of expressing myself in art.

04-05-19 waiting for the fruits to ripen

14 Dec 2019 showing a lot of flowers atm

Guava Hawaiian (Seedling) ^6/10

Comments: - I just love 'em.

Planted: 2017

Height 12 Inches

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

14 Dec 2019 - showing plenty of flower buds atm. Hopefully the fruits will ripen before the first frost next year 😎

Guava - Mexican Cream (Seedling) ^9/10

Comments: - Childhood memories.

Height 12 Inches

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Seasol, dynamic lifter, citrus fert

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Pest Control: Nada

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Comments

May 2018, growing nicely and vigorously in a pot. More than doubled its size in 6 months.

14 Dec 2019 - starting to show plenty of flower buds here in Melbourne. I hope there will be enough time and heat for the fruits to ripen until the first frost next year.