Yellow & Red Cherry Guava Update + Cuttings Results (Psidium cattleianum) - June 2023
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- In this video, I give an update on my yellow & red cherry guavas aka lemon & strawberry guavas (Psidium cattleianum). I also show some lemon guava cuttings I took a couple of weeks ago and if they have started rooting.
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That's impressive work, I've NEVER managed to root a guava cutting ever 😥
Thanks, Brett, I was quite surprised to see the roots on that one when I checked the other day. I honestly didn't expect anything to happen other than them to just go mouldy lol 😂😂
Try 100% perlite (or a mixture of 2 parts perlite to 1 part peat) and Clonex.
@@garycard1456 actually I've never tried lol, I've got too many guava plants already. Really I was referring to pineapple guavas which I have tried to root many times, they just turn black and defoliate after a few days
@@lyonheart84 yeah, I’ve never had luck rooting pineapple guavas either. I’ve tried them in here and they’ve never taken.
Nice going Peter. All my Lemon and red Strawberry guavas were destroyed with all their fruits last winter in our steeple tunnel greenhouse. I bought a couple Red strawberry guava from Jurassicplants, as replacements but have had a hard time sourcing Lemon strawberry guavas. Fortunately I have been able to get a few Lemon strawberry seedlings from my friend Joe @Joe's Tropicals. I find strawberry guavas fast growing and expect my seedling to fruit in about 2 to 3 years.
Sorry, you lost yours over winter, Mike. I remember seeing yours in one of your videos. Joe is a great guy, very kind of him to send you some! I got my yellow ones from "Kore Wild Fruit Nursery", and my red ones from Jurassic plants. Great to hear that they grow fast and can fruit in 2 to 3 years! I might experiment with planting one outside and giving them some protection from the frost. I hope I can root a few more now, so I have some backup ones in case any don't make it over winter.
Super work Peter!
Thanks, G! I was quite surprised to see some roots forming on that one!
Great job in rooting Cherry Guava Peter. I usually grow them from seed, but obviously they would take a lot longer to get to fruiting stage than your method 🙌🏾
Thanks, Joe. Yeah, I’ve very pleased to see roots developing from one of them. I didn’t think any would have rooted. I’m hoping when my other plants get mature enough to fruit I should then be able to root from them and get fruit quicker 🤞
Cherry Guava or sometimes called Cherry Mountain Guava is actually a different species (Psidium Longipetiolatum) than these. A bit more cold hardy. There is also the Chilean Guava (Ugni Molinae) hardy to about 10 degrees farenheit but is not a true guava
@@PrinceEyeAllah interesting I’ll have to have a look into that species, it’s not one I’ve come across before 👍. I have several Chilean guava plants as well, some of them took damage at around -5/-6°C (around 22°F) so I always take them inside if we get temperatures below -4°C predicted which thankfully we tend to only get a few times a year.
@@PeterEntwistle good to know that about the Chileans; is it a specific variety or seed grown?
@@PrinceEyeAllah the most cold sensitive of mine is Ugni molinae 'Flambeau' it’s a variegated variety. That one was the one that got badly damaged. The others were fine, but I brought them all in as a precaution after that when those lows were predicted.
@PeterEntwistle ahh I see yes that makes sense I've read the variegated is more cold sensitive than the non variegated. Does your variegated plant display the deep red/purple new growth at times?
@@PrinceEyeAllah yeah, it gets a lovely pink/red colour to the new growth. A very ornamental plant. The fruits on it are meant to be pretty good too, but mine hasn’t fruited for me yet. I have had some Chilean guavas off some of my other plants though.
I got a big branch last year in early fruiting season, cut up into A LOT of cuttings, and waited with patience. Replanted 2 yesterday, of which one had roots. The other one is a 5cm thick piece of branch that made leaces but no roots.
I tried the seeds once, but had no success. I wish you luck with your cuttings. Mine was difficult.
Cheers from SA
Thanks, for watching. Great to hear you've got some to develop roots. In the end, I ended up getting 3 of them to root, which have all grown quite well. I planted 1 of them in the ground earlier in the year which has flowered already for me and has more flowers developing now. Although none of the flowers set, but it is still a very small plant, so I'm hoping next year it might have a better chance of producing 🤞
I like your aeroponic propagator! Nice bit of kit that! I have still got a lot of these plants myself, despite the winter trying it’s hardest to kill them… need to protect the rest properly this year. I think you can tell which are red and yellow from the leaves, the red one have slightly more oval leaves and are a dark green. The yellow variety are slightly more elongated and a pale green colour… looking at your plants I would think they are labelled correctly
Yeah, the aeroponic propagator was something I was after for a while. I originally got it to try and root citrus and some other stuff, but I've had mixed results with it. Never managed to root citrus in it, but I've had a few tips from someone so I think I'll try that. Oh interesting, I didn't realise you could identify them from each other. My yellow ones look paler, but I think some of that was due to the sun damage they got and probably some nutrient deficiency too lol.
Nice, Good luck with the cuttings
Are you running jets constantly or on a timer?
Are they trifoliate cuttings on other side, they will certainly want some extra light.
Thanks! Yeah, the jets are running constantly, how often should I have them running? Yeah on the other side, I have a bunch of trifoliate cuttings. I also have a satsuma cutting and some figs in there too. I’ve never had any luck rooting citrus in it. I might try moving it next to the patio doors which get quite a lot of light, do you think that will be enough, or do you still think I’ll need artificial lighting too?
@@PeterEntwistle I’ve got a fog system I made and works well but going to play around with timers because I think the constant wet is a problem
I feel something like on for 5 mins off for 5 mins might be ideal but plan to experiment. I now have a fog propagator and 2 aeroponics ones that I was given and plan to convert one to a fog system and trial one with the mist sprayers.
I think the concept is great but the pump and water delivery is not ideal in the setup it should really be fine misters and with a reverse osmosis pump
@@PeterEntwistle when I did a batch of flying dragon cuttings after 6 weeks only some small single roots appeared then moved the fluro down much closer and a week later many had roots and some multiple. The ones at end with less light were no where near as developed
@@Coolclimatetropicalfruits Yeah, I remember seeing your fog system a while ago. I've found a lot of cuttings get slimy mould growing on them on the bottom after a short amount of time, not sure if that's due to too much moisture or incorrect temperature or some other reason. Will be interesting to see more of your experiments 👍
@@Coolclimatetropicalfruits I do have a grow light in my spare bedroom, but if I put the propagator in there I feel it might be too noisy as it's in the room next to my bedroom. I do have some cheap LED grow lights, but I think those are a waste of time lol. did you ever manage to root any feijoa cuttings in your propagator? That's another one I'd like to be able to propagate, but haven't had any luck yet.
Good luck with the aeroponics cuttings, Peter. Rather than buying one, I constructed a 'do-it-yourself' aeroponic cloner using a larger plastic storage box. Inside, I have a single ultrasonic mister submerged under a few inches of water. I drilled 4 cm diameter circular holes in the lid of the plastic storage box and inserted foam 'cutting holders' in these 4cm diamter circular holes, in order to secure the cuttings in place. I added a little potassium sorbate to the water, the the goal of inhibiting mold (potassium sorbate is a preservative commonly used in food). I suppose I could dissolve some salicyclic acid crystals (or a couple of aspirin tablets) in the water to see if it promotes rooting. I treated the cuttings with Clonex gel, but the water mist and droplets eventually wash off the Clonex gel into the water. I think Clonex works best when rooting cuttings in solid medium (sand, perlite, perlite-peat mix, etc), as it will be more likely to adgere to the stems of the cuttings, as opposed to being washed away.
Thanks, Gary. Did the potassium sorbate seem to work for you? I do find that a lot of cuttings end up getting mould on them before they form any roots and so end up failing. Did you put your propagator near a light source? Yeah, I don't think rooting hormone will be very effective inside the propagator. Although I did add a little rooting hormone powder into the water on this occasion, which I haven't done in the past.
@@PeterEntwistle The potassium sorbate seems to have worked, as none of the cuttings have mold on them. The propagator is under my LED growlight, but it gets a lot of sunlight, too, from my west-facing window.
@@garycard1456 I'll have to have a look into potassium sorbate, how much do you add to the water? Where I have my grow light in the spare bedroom I feel the propagator would be too noisy in there right next to my bedroom. I currently have it in my dining room, so I can't hear it upstairs unless all the doors are open.
@@PeterEntwistle 1 teaspoon of potassium sorbate powder per 2 litres of water, fully dissolved. I turn my home-made aeroponic cloner off overnight. I only have it running in the day. There is more than enough residual humidity retained in the headspace above the fully closed water reservoir/tank to keep the cuttings fresh and happy for the night, so I don't even think it needs to be running 24/7. Same with the humidifer I have for my indoor Cavendish, etc- I only have it running in the day and when I am awake. However, if I am really tired I can fall asleep with it still running. The rotating fan inside makes a 'whirring' noise, so it is not terribly noisy.