Oh wow you had so many cherry guava , or strawberry Guava . They are very big , fruits , tall and super healthy 👍🤩 Amazing 👍 Thanks for aways beautiful video 👍
They are looking really healthy Brett!. Wow, I can't believe how many fruits you have on your large yellow cherry guava. I brought my small cherry/strawberry guavas inside at the weekend.
Lol the darned things have grown a fair bit this year so I haven’t got space for them inside yet. And I dare not cut them back now as they suffer bad dieback in winter and leaf loss indoors anyway
You got those looking super happy and pretty big. That's a whole lot of fruit on the yellow one. Also nice ripening fruit on the red one. It should be nice and sweet when they develop and ripen correctly
As yet I’ve never had a truly sweet red cherry guava at any time of the year, more tangy so maybe it’s this particular plant. It may well be as mentioned before that this is a purple forest guava, the fruits are extremely dark compared to what I’ve seen in videos on strawberry guavas 😁
wow youve got lots at a decent size. The yellow lemon guava shoot that i managed to save is growing strong and even has flowers. i plan to take cuttings and keep the mother plant in smaller containers so i can keep it on the window sill.
Impressive collection Brett. My Lemon and red guavas are fruiting, but they will have to be overwintered in our unheated steeple tunnel greenhouse. This is the first time my yellow guava is fruiting. The red guava fruited last year, but the fruits did not ripen to a sweet taste in the greenhouse. This year I will be picking a few and experimenting with ripening them in a paper bag in our warm airing cupboard.
Hi Mike, from information available the fruits don't appear to be climacteric fruit, perhaps because of their small size ie they don't ripen further once picked, in my experience they just shrivel quickly. The majority of tastings describe the red fruits to be quite tart and not sweet, something that concurs with my findings, perhaps your fruits were as they were meant to be. I've had a handful of yellow ones which I left until they fell and they were sweeter with a citrus hint. The late part of the year they fruit is definitely proving to be a challenge....
It’s really bounced back over summer but I know it will take a beating again over winter but I’m determined not to protect it at all as I want to see what happens
Lol well until that blasted Luma apiculata grew about 4 feet over summer it was getting plenty 😂😂. That’s West facing. I think I’ll leave the Luma tall until spring as it will offer some extra protection but it’s going to get a massive haircut in Spring 😁
Do you just have one plant? Maybe it’s not self fertile? But without knowing your growing conditions it’s nearly impossible to guess why. Could be too hot at time of flowering, too cold, too much water, too little water……
They are usually self fertile but I have had plants that don’t set fruit. Might be lack of humidity, shorter daylight hours, lack of certain nutrients, hard to be sure
Hi Brett great video ,I have 3 Pineapple guava plants which I think I have planted to close together in my garden, do you what time of year is best to move the plants , thanks for any help ,Graeme.
Hi Graeme, being evergreens I prefer to move them ( and repot them ) when they are pretty dormant before growth starts but not in freezing conditions so I’m thinking March to April would be a good time. You could of course move them in summer when they are actively growing but you’d probably have to be a lot more wary of stress and drying out
Look at that . Amazing tropical and subtropical collection . Happy to see 🙈 all of that
Thanks for watching 🤩
Oh wow you had so many cherry guava , or strawberry Guava .
They are very big , fruits , tall and super healthy 👍🤩
Amazing 👍
Thanks for aways beautiful video 👍
Thanks Alyssa, yes I've got quite a few but maybe not as many as you 😂😂.
They fruit late here so tricky to get them to ripen
They are looking really healthy Brett!. Wow, I can't believe how many fruits you have on your large yellow cherry guava. I brought my small cherry/strawberry guavas inside at the weekend.
Lol the darned things have grown a fair bit this year so I haven’t got space for them inside yet. And I dare not cut them back now as they suffer bad dieback in winter and leaf loss indoors anyway
You got those looking super happy and pretty big. That's a whole lot of fruit on the yellow one. Also nice ripening fruit on the red one. It should be nice and sweet when they develop and ripen correctly
As yet I’ve never had a truly sweet red cherry guava at any time of the year, more tangy so maybe it’s this particular plant. It may well be as mentioned before that this is a purple forest guava, the fruits are extremely dark compared to what I’ve seen in videos on strawberry guavas 😁
wow youve got lots at a decent size. The yellow lemon guava shoot that i managed to save is growing strong and even has flowers. i plan to take cuttings and keep the mother plant in smaller containers so i can keep it on the window sill.
Very sensible to have back ups. These should all really go indoors but I haven’t got room at the moment 🤪🤪
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Impressive collection Brett. My Lemon and red guavas are fruiting, but they will have to be overwintered in our unheated steeple tunnel greenhouse. This is the first time my yellow guava is fruiting. The red guava fruited last year, but the fruits did not ripen to a sweet taste in the greenhouse. This year I will be picking a few and experimenting with ripening them in a paper bag in our warm airing cupboard.
Hi Mike, from information available the fruits don't appear to be climacteric fruit, perhaps because of their small size ie they don't ripen further once picked, in my experience they just shrivel quickly. The majority of tastings describe the red fruits to be quite tart and not sweet, something that concurs with my findings, perhaps your fruits were as they were meant to be. I've had a handful of yellow ones which I left until they fell and they were sweeter with a citrus hint. The late part of the year they fruit is definitely proving to be a challenge....
Your in-ground one seemed to be doing really well too! Hopefully, the winter is mild this year and it makes it through alright 🤞
It’s really bounced back over summer but I know it will take a beating again over winter but I’m determined not to protect it at all as I want to see what happens
@@lyonheart84 yeah it’s a good experiment. How much sun does it get in that area?
Lol well until that blasted Luma apiculata grew about 4 feet over summer it was getting plenty 😂😂. That’s West facing. I think I’ll leave the Luma tall until spring as it will offer some extra protection but it’s going to get a massive haircut in Spring 😁
Nice one. I just found a yellow and red cherry guava here in New Zealand, so grabbed both. Can't wait for them to fruit 👍
If you’re in the milder parts of New Zealand I’d say they will thrive there 👍
growing more and more healthy living lifestyle
Thanks for watching 👍
Very nice guava collection.
Thanks, I did the true tropical guava collection a couple of WEEKS ago 😁
They look lovely ❤️
Thanks, yes all ready for winter if I can squeeze them in
My tree blooms but doesn't set fruit. The flowers dry up and fall off. Did you ever have that problem?
Do you just have one plant? Maybe it’s not self fertile? But without knowing your growing conditions it’s nearly impossible to guess why. Could be too hot at time of flowering, too cold, too much water, too little water……
@lyonheart84 I live in south Florida it's only 75° now in December. The plant is loaded with flowers. Usually guava trees are self fertile
They are usually self fertile but I have had plants that don’t set fruit. Might be lack of humidity, shorter daylight hours, lack of certain nutrients, hard to be sure
Hi Brett great video ,I have 3 Pineapple guava plants which I think I have planted to close together in my garden, do you what time of year is best to move the plants , thanks for any help ,Graeme.
Hi Graeme, being evergreens I prefer to move them ( and repot them ) when they are pretty dormant before growth starts but not in freezing conditions so I’m thinking March to April would be a good time. You could of course move them in summer when they are actively growing but you’d probably have to be a lot more wary of stress and drying out