My Edible Fruit Trees: Guava Trees WA

Guava Yellow Cherry (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Just as hardy and compact as the Strawberry guava, tastes a bit sweeter and less "guava" flavour.

Height 50 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Pest Control: [SAVE]

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Strawberry (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: - Compact, hardy as hell, delicious.

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting

Organic Status:Organic

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

Comments: - Really good and prolific tree, best choice selection.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, November, December

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn, Winter, Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Yearly, Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Purple Cherry

Height 15 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - Yanchao

Planted: 2020

Height 20 Centimetres

Growing: In a Pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - Strawberry

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Hawaiian

Fruiting Months May

Planted: 2015

Height 2.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pruned By: 30% in

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Yellow Cherry

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava Hawaiian (Cutting)

Comments: - Still in it's pot, only just purchased.

Pollination: Self Pollination

Guava - Indian Cream (Cutting) ^4/10

Comments: - Removed. I found the fruit a bit insipid down here - maybe it's too cool for good flavour development. It's definitely not as nice as it tasted 700kms north when I grew it. Easy to grow however and not bothered by our bore water or anything else really.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release organic chook manure pellets, sometimes balanced acid lovers.

Guava - Purple (Seedling)

Comments: - Psidium rufrum. I lost both of these for some reason. They seemed to be growing really well and then they just up and died. i don't often kill plants so I am stumped here.

Planted: 2018

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: balanced Acid lovers alternating with slow release chook manure pellets. Little and often

Question: Are they prone to root rots and/or overwatering? 

Guava - Rainforest guava

Comments: - Psidium longipetiolum. This is one tough plant. It's not at all bothered by our winters and has been transplanted 3 times with no problems at all. It seems fine with our bore water also.

Planted: 2019

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Balanced Acid lovers alternating with organic slow release chook manure pellets. Little and often.

Question: Has anyone done any grafting work with these as a rootstock?

Guava - Strawberry (Seedling) ^7/10

Comments: - Some selections seem to be way too fruitful and set so much fruit that they will literally kill themselves. So fiddly to thin them. The Yellow variety seems to be mroe prone to this? I prefer the red one in our cooler climate, but prefered the yellow in our hotter climate up north. 

Planted: 2012

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Slow release organic chook manure pellets

Guava - Thai White

Guava - Strawberry ^3/10

Planted: 2010

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Comments

Go chook!

Guava-Indian ^5/10

Comments: - Birds love them !

Planted: 2009

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme ^1/10

Comments: -

I want to grow in a pot on my verandah

Guava - Strawberry (Cutting) ^5/10

Comments: -

Fruits readily but they are quite small.  Flavour is good in colder seasons but rather bland in hot weather.  Trees are easy to grow and carefree.  I still prefer the normal guavas.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, December

Planted: 2007

Height 1 metres

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - pink fleshed (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

I presume the tree is a cutting as when I bought it there was a huge batch and all the trees look the same and there is no grating evident.  These trees fruit like mad in Perth.  I make so much juice from them it's crazy!  I like it when they are soft ripe.  Rats love them too but baits work well. I trim the tree heavily to keep the fruits at picking level.

Fruiting Months April, May, June, July, August

Planted: 2005

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Fruit Harvest: 600 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 18 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting, Winter, Spring

Pest Control:

normal fruitfly schedule

Organic Status:Partially Organic

pineapple guava (Seedling)

Comments: -

No fruit on this one yet

Update 2012- fruit off this did not impress me- the fruit has an almost hint of chemical taste that didn't agree with me.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

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 - 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

Comments

my tree is planted under a white shahtoot mulberry and gets some shade in summer and grows very well. Fruits a lot but can get attacked by fruitfly. Fruits produced in colder weather are very sweet and juicy and has much better flavour than those produced in summer.

Guava Yellow Cherry ^10/10

Comments: -

Sweet juicy Guava s are plentiful from this tree. I think they have self seeded in the garden as there are quite a number of them.

Fruiting Months March and April

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 6

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Organic Status:Organic

Guava - Beaumont Pink ^9/10

Comments: -

Tree is growing well. Treated the same as the Indian cream and Hawiian Pink. Has a few fruit this season - looking forward to the taste test!

Fruiting Months February

Planted: 2010

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 1 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Usual mix

When I Fertilise: Winter and Spring

Pest Control:

None as yet - but may need exclusion bags for fruit fly...

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Guava Yellow Cherry

Guava Hawaiian - Pink Supreme

Guava - Mexican Cream

strawberry guava ^8/10

Comments: -

Didn't like the flavour or the large seeds with little flesh- removed the tree

Planted in 2008 and has grown rapidly with first fruit in Autumn/winter of 2009. Had me fooled for a while as the fruit were going yellow and dropping off. I've since discovered that I have the yellow variety of strawberry guava (not red) and the yellow fruit are ripe. (Definitely a strawberry guava due to large seed size)

Planted: 2008

Height 0.5 metres

Fruit Harvest: 0.5 kilograms per Year

First Fruited: 6 Months from Purchase in Pot

Sun/Shade: Low Sun

Water Given in: Autumn and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

Guava - Indian (Cutting) ^10/10

Comments: -

This guava has been no trouble - bears prolifically. I'm not keen on it fresh (but the mice are) but is great stewed.

I haven't pruned it yet. It also suffers from burnt leaf margins - either due to elements or salinity.

Fruiting Months January, February, March, April, May, October, November, December

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, clay, straw, blood n bone 10% potash.

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Organic

Guava Hawaiian (Cutting) ^9/10

Comments: -

I love guavas!

This one fruited prolifically for the first time this summer but dropped almost all at golf ball size.

I did get a few to drool over tho'

Has burnt leaf margins either due to elements or salinity.

2010 - dropped it's fruit in the hot easterlies again this year....sob..

Fruiting Months November and December

Planted: 2007

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure, clay, straw, blood n bone 10% potash.

When I Fertilise: Winter

Pest Control:

None needed as yet.

Organic Status:Organic