Pineapple Guava/Feijoa Update - September 2024
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.ย. 2024
- A September update on my Pineapple Guava/Feijoa plants and fruitset.
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Looks so healthy!
Btw, your voice sounds charming!
Good luck!!☺️🌷
Thank you very much 😊. Yeah, they are looking healthier than they were earlier in the year.
I think my Pineapple Guavas need repotting too...I remember how potbound they were when I did it last year. They really are vigorous growers. I'm beginning to think I need to get them into the ground if I am ever going to have any hope of them flowering.
Thanks, Dani! Yeah, they do seem to need quite a lot of root space. I do tend to get a couple of flowers now, but not enough to get good pollination. I just need to work out where I'm going to plant them now lol 😂
Nice update on your Pineapple Guava plants. They all look pretty good despite not having much fruit.
I will need to decide on what to do with my new Feijoa plants. My new allotment space is still pretty small so I will need to be selective when deciding what to plant in-ground.
Thanks, Dom. Yeah, they are starting to look a bit healthier again, although they haven't put on much growth this year, I think they all need some more root space ideally.
Oh, I didn't know you had some feijoas; they definitely seem to do best in the ground. Is your plot a half-size plot? That seems to be the norm now, although I've heard some places have been doing quarter-sized plots as well. I think my plot is a little bit longer than my back garden but about the same width, but of course, there are no paved areas so quite a lot more usable space.
@@PeterEntwistle I wish I had a half-sized plot. I believe it's considerably smaller.
The problem is my borough has 250,000 people and only 86 allotment spaces. ... and they're all tiny spaces. And to compund the issues, my plot needs a serious amount of work doing to it before it's usable.
However, given that we have the fewest amout of allotment spaces in the country, I consider myself very lucky. I'm spending all my free time fixing it up because it was literally like a rubbish tip. Part of the plot is on a steep slope so I need to build terraces using gabions, all at my own expense.
Fortunately it has great views and my plot gets all-day sun so it's an awesome place to hangout.
@@MoebiusUK Oh, wow yeah that puts it into perspective a bit. My town has a population of around 300,000 and there are around 37 allotment sites of various sizes. I believe mine has around 45 plots. Some of the sites only have 3 or 4 plots and others have 60/70 plots. I reckon there are close to 1000 plots in total. Yeah, you are very lucky to be able to have your own plot in that case.
I have a lot of fruits the same size as the fruit on your unique on my other plants. If you keep it well watered in dry spells I'd say it could still get to walnut size and therefore be edible Peter. You could even move it into the greenhouse from late October to ensure you extend its growing season ?
Thanks, Brett. Yeah, I'll try to remember to keep it well-watered. The Unique probably could do with a larger pot as well, to be honest. Potentially I could squeeze it into the greenhouse, although it will depend on whether the citrus are in there by then as there won't be any space at all lol 😂
Hi Brett Hope you are doing good health wise. Mine are also the same size. I have more than 15 on un named variety. I hope they grow to walnut size and I prove you were wrong to say that will not bear any fruit and you can eat its flowers. I then rushed to buy triumph variety which has just one fruit this year but it is in the bottom so may not get enough sunlight to develop.
@@15shafique plenty of unnamed feijoa plants produce great fruit, however my seedling has terrible fruit haha. I've recovered from the surgery well but start chemotherapy on Friday, let's see how that goes 🤞
@@lyonheart84 Thank you. You have given me some hope. You are an intelligent man. Now pay less attention to plants and trees and more to your diet. Apart from treatment check what foods make your gut health better. Then open a new channel with “your gut health” and let our garden community benefit from your knowledge.
Leave the Pineapple Guava outside, and give it as long for that fruit to ripen as possible.
They should be fully cold-hardy for you.
Thanks, Josh. Yeah you are right they are fully hardy here, well I've not had any issues with them in winter yet 🤞. Brett suggested I move it into the greenhouse to help the fruit ripen after it starts going cold. It's something I've not yet tried with pineapple guavas, although I will be low on space in there anyway, so it will likely be left here on the patio.
@@PeterEntwistle mine hardly ever ripen....it's actually too hot here for good fruit-set. And, then, the fruit that do set tend to get blasted in December when it freezes hard. I think that the natural sunlight will be a greater influence on the fruit development than the trade-off in warmth, but that's speculation. "All gardening is local."
Guava plants are not popular here in Canada and hard to find. Not sure why!
How you fertilizing?
I only have strawberry guava. I bought it in May this year. It was a single stick with 3 leaves. Since then, it put lots of growth and tripled in sized. One flower but no fruit. I kept up with the monthly fertilizing with slow release.
Thanks, Sam. Of course, these are often called pineapple guavas, but they aren't true guavas, although I think they are in the same family. I'm surprised they don't show up much over there. How is it ordering plants from the US? I'd imagine there will be a lot more options if you are able to import plants from the US. Although I know how difficult it is here to import plants from the EU after Brexit, I imagine there will be similar restrictions and paperwork required to do so over there too.
I haven't really been feeding them regularly, to be honest. I gave them some slow release earlier in the season and gave them the occasional feed when feeding the citrus trees.
Strawberry guavas can definitely grow quickly once they get going. My yellow one has been putting out quite a lot of growth recently and it's getting more flowers after the first few dropped off a few weeks ago. You might have a good chance of getting some fruit next year if it's flowering already and growing quickly.
@@PeterEntwistle it’s not an easy process to import plants from the US. For hard to find plants, I use a plant wholesaler/importer and put a special order (one of one).