A SECRET FRUIT! Harvesting And Tasting Feijoa aka Pineapple Guava
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2020
- Feijoa, also known as Pineapple Guava, is a SECRET FRUIT! Few people in the USA know about feijoas, and that must change because growing feijoa is so easy and the fruit is delicious!
Feijoa plants grows as a bush that can be pruned to make beautiful, decorative evergreen hedges. They are cold hardy to Zone 8, possibly also in warmer Zone 7's, have little to no pests, do not attract insects and tolerate drought very well. These are one of the most low maintenance fruit trees you can plant, making growing pineapple guava a must in many climates!
Harvesting feijoa is simple. You don't have to pick them! Ripe feijoa fall to the ground on their own, which makes harvesting pineapple guava plants so easy!
I have a pineapple guava taste test (feijoa taste test) at the end of the video. This was my first time tasting feijoa, and the exotic combination of flavors blew me away. Tasting pineapple guava reminded me of a combination of citrus, pear and bubble gum, and was reminiscent of Sour Patch Kids. Truly unique and delicious!
If you have any questions about how to grow feijoa (how to grow pineapple guava), the things I am growing in my garden, are looking for any garden tips and tricks, or have questions about gardening and organic gardening in general, please ask in the Comments below!
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Have you ever tasted feijoa or are you growing any unique fruits in your garden? Let us know in the comments below!
Yeah...milk fruit,star fruit,black guava,red lemon,red gum less jack fruit,fig 1 types and Thai guava pink and red cabbage,broccoli ,5tyoes of brinjal and 🍅 4 types all in my terrace garden(3th flr).
@@chaitanyasravanthi nice. I would love to see it
Hi..hw can I send pics to u😉
My tree just started to fruit after 3years!! Best tree ever green all year long !!
Hi I’ve had a couple of these trees and just absolutely love them!! The flower petals are also edible and taste a little like cotton candy. I used to make jelly with them because once established you’ll have a lot of them. They are a wonderful fruit I’m glad you found it and are enjoying it!!👍
I'm happy with mine so far, especially for an unknown variety. I would imagine a known variety would be even better and larger. Hopefully, mine will get larger as it ages, but this gives me something to look forward to in November. Usually, I dread this time of year with the early sunsets, but having a special, fresh fruit like this makes it easier.
Thank you for an introduction of this exotic fruit. It would be nice to know what this beautiful fruit contains and health benefits too.
And if you taste it , please show to us how you bite in to it.
Thank you .
In Monterey CA my neighbor had a pineapple guava tree about 30' high. Latitude is about 33 degrees, coastal location. Fruit tasted different year to year. In the best years, the fruit tasted exquisitely like a blend of watermelon and bubble gum. You eat the skin and fruit.
Interesting. I also tasted that bubble gum flavor. I thought I'd be the only person on Earth to make a "bubble gum" comparison. I guess I'm not cool after all! 😂 Normally, I dread the early sunsets of this time of year, but growing cool fruits like this that mature late give you something to look forward to.
Thank u I didn’t know u eat the skin
@@TheMillennialGardener but who you did not say so ?
just ordered two live small plants on amazon for $9.99... can't wait to plant them in glad they are coldy hardy in my 7b zone
I bought 5 trees this week 2 Apollos 1 triumph and 2 Mammoth here in NZ.. Feijoas actually taste like three fruits together ''Strawberries pineapple and Guava''' New Zealanders absolutely love eating feijoas!
I think they taste like a Sour Patch Kid, but in a better way. They're very complex.
I am in Australia. I lived on a country property once that had a couple of mature Feijoa trees. I became totally addicted. They are so deliciously different. I have just bought a small plant of it today and I'm hoping to successfully grow it in a pot. Thanks for the great video. Dale.....such a handsome boy!
I completely understand. My first bite of the fruit was unexpected. It tasted astringent and sucked the air out of my lungs. But after that first bite, every bite after became more and more addicting. It was like crack on a tree! I honestly could have eaten 20 of these. Winter is a very depressing time of year for me because I'm so addicted to the sun, but having trees like this and citrus that fruit in late fall and winter give me something to look forward to! They're amazing.
@@TheMillennialGardener I completely agree with all you said. Just remember during winter time the sunshine you bring to others by your wonderful videos. Stay safe.
@@joolsmonash9855 may be its more tasty as you live in a hotter climate
So waiting in Oregon for mine. I have a friend who ship her mom the plants and there wonderful and the deer don't touch them. When she trims the shrubs she says the leaf's to keep for tea. Yum what a plant of heaven.
M'lady brought one home yesterday. Its about 2 feet tall and has a flower or 2. Excited to watch it reach potential
I found a tree around the corner from my house!!!! I picked a bunch off the ground and let them sit for some days to fully ripen because they were too tart for my taste. The ones I found are 3x the size of these!
Christchurch Nz here I'm glad you like them because you will get more . It is said to prune out the bush so that blackbirds can fly through as they are the main pollinators they handle the dry really well.
I've had good luck taking 5 minutes with a blush brush and moving from flower to flower. I had probably 100+ fruits on the "small" bush this year. I also just added a Takaka variety, so I'm excited to see what that will turn into.
@@TheMillennialGardener sweet azz they will definitely get bigger and I recommend eating the skin if you know what's been applied probably will lose that sour taste in a couple of years. Takaka is top of the south island New Zealand by Nelson must be a nz bred variety
Saw one of these things for the first time at a grocery store, so I bought it. I thought it was awesome, especially for someone who loves tangy things. The texture of the fruit is a bit like a pear or kiwi. I tasted strawberry, pineapple, lemon and kiwi. Actually, the inside has two different textures, one of which has a sweet, creamy vanilla taste. There is also a very distinct note in there that I couldn’t nail down. Highly recommended.
These are some of the most complex fruits I e ever tasted. It’s like a Sour Patch Kid on the outside with something else inside. I’ve never seen them in a store. That’s quite a score!
@@TheMillennialGardener I had never heard of these things, and I make it a habit to try every new fruit I can find. I’m envious of your harvest! They were lying inconspicuously next to the persimmons at our Tom Thumb (same group as Albertsons and Safeway). What got me was the smell. I thought if they tasted as good as they smelled, I would go bankrupt at $3/each. I appreciate the great video. Thanks to you, I can pronounce them now!
I live in zone 9 and I will look into seeing how they grow here. I love fruit trees, I think they are easier to take care of than my garden. We have 27 of them so far with 5 more coming from Willis Orchard at the beginning of December we have apples, pears, bananas, dwarf oranges and grapefruits that we are eating right now, Meyer lemons, avocado, Brown Turkey Fig, plums,
Pomegranates, Paw Paw, Loquat,
Nectarine and Pecans. I want to sit back in a couple of years and be able to pick some fruit year round. They are all young right now and we are hoping they grow really good. Thanks for all the good info. I bought my avocado and dwarf citrus because I watched your videos and became interested in them. Watched how you overwintered your bananas and will try that if it ever cools down here in Florida. At least we got thru the hurricane last night with not much damage. Banana leaves are a little torn up but I expected that from the wind. Keep up the good videos. I love learning about all these fruits and vegetables. Pet Dale for me.
Ellen, Florida Gardener, Zone 9
Zone 9 is my dream zone. Lots of semi-tropicals like citrus and avocado become possible, but you still get enough chill hours to grow other fruits. You'll have no problem with feijoa! They'll do great for you. We are getting Eta, now. I'm up to 5.4 inches of rain today and it's still coming down. Big cold front coming behind this, so I may get treated to some frost mid-week 😁
This is my most favorite time to garden down here in Florida. You can grow so many vegetables with no heat and bug pressure. The brassicas grow wonderful under some row covers. The bok choi grows great, carrots, turnips, kolrabi, lettuce. I could go on but really it is a great time for all this. This season will be my first time growing onions. I bought all the starts from Dixondale Farms and will get them in a couple more weeks. There is always something new and exciting. Thanks for the tip on the Pineapple Guava. It sounds like a great addition to my food supply
Ellen, Florida Gardener. Zone 9
@@ellenconforti5693 I would love this time of year if it weren't for the early sunsets. I wish we could adopt DST all year because the 5PM sunsets just kill me mentally. If it weren't for that, I would agree with you. No blight, no bugs...it's awesome. Your climate is far more conducive to gardening in the winter than mine, and if I were in Zone 9 like you, I'd be having a ball with citrus, avocados, greens and growing tender annuals under frost cloth. No spraying!
@@TheMillennialGardener Amen to keeping DST the same all year. Takes about a week just to get back in the swing of things.
I am also a fan of Linda Vater’s channel - she’s got beautiful topiary in her garden, to include a pineapple guava tree, which kind of resembles (foliage) the colors of olive trees. So I just purchased a very small plant from Etsy and it seems to be doing well so far, it survived UPS delivery. I don’t know much about caring for this type of tree, so I look forward to future videos♥️
The fioliage of the feijoa reminds me a lot of the Redbay trees that grow along the coastal plain here in North Carolina. It makes an outstanding evergreen hedge, and the flowers are incredibly beautiful.
看起来很好吃，
Very interesting, Something to think about for future plantings. Good video!
Thanks for watching!
I bought 2 seedlings 5 months ago looking forward to transplanting them next spring!
Good luck! They're really easy to grow.
I absolutely love this fruit! But unfortunately here in Spain it's impossible to find it in the supermarket, so last year I germinated seeds from feijoas that a neighbor gave me and now I have toons of seedlings growing up fast and vigorously so I hope to get soon my own feijoas as you did from your seedlings :)
I don't think you'll find these anywhere in the US in any store. I had never even heard of them until 3 years ago. They are very hard to find here. However, there are very few good fruits in a supermarket since commercial varieties are selected for shipment and shelf life, not taste. For the best stuff, we have to grow it ourselves! These were delicious and so unique.
Yeah, you're right! Nowadays it's hard to find some natural fruits in supermarkets...Glad that you get edible Feijoas from your seedlings., I can't wait mine to give me some as soon as possible
I have this tree too. I like to cut them in half and spoon out the good parts. But I think the flower petals taste better. 😎
Mine aren't large enough and are more bite-sized, but there is no doubt the pulp inside is much sweeter than the skin. The skin is quite tart. I really like the skin, though.
I grow 4 varieties and love them. Duffy is my most productive one. Some varieties have a slightly grainy pear texture like Mammoth, and I prefer the less grainy ones.
Planted two, two weeks ago. Cannot wait!
Awesome! They fruit pretty quickly, and as long as you add compost, mulch and fertilize them well to get them going, you will likely get your first flowers next season. Mine flowered its first full year in-ground (second season overall).
Guava is a great tropical fruit. They do go yellow when they ripe even more. They grow in Puerto Rico as well. Great video.
Pineapple guava is actually not a guava. It's a bit of a misnomer. The actual fruit is called a feijoa and tastes nothing like a guava, so whoever nicknamed it "pineapple guava" made a silly mistake. But it's a really delicious and unique fruit. I definitely recommend it. Thanks for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener maybe it's because of the texture? The texture appears to be the same.
I couldn't tell ya. I just know they're very unique tasting, and I really enjoyed them.
I bought a couple different varieties last year and I'm hoping to get flowers and fruit this coming 2021season😚
Mine flowered and fruited within 2 summers. My plant was just a seedling, maybe 12 inches tall, in a 2 or 3 gallon container. They seem to be able to fruit very quickly, which is great.
I've never tasted one or had the chance to. I really want to now. It's been on my list of plants to get for about the past year.
Definitely do it. It grows as a shrub, so it's very easy to maintain in a small area. In fact, they make beautiful hedges. Feijoa hedges are common in Australia and New Zealand where the fruit is very common. If you don't like it, it'll be really easy to remove because it's just a bush, not a big tree. These are excellent plants for planting up against the house since the roots aren't very invasive. The flowers are the most beautiful I've ever seen on a fruit tree.
@@TheMillennialGardener yes, I love the flowers. They're absolutely beautiful and so unique. I really want to get one!
@@JacobSimpson they're really cheap and getting more and more common. Definitely order one. If I could do it all over again, I would get an Apollo to get larger fruit instead of a seedling, but you can't lose either way. Even if you want to get a variety that isn't self-fertile, you can plant them very close and let them grow into each other and prune them into a nice hedge.
@@TheMillennialGardener ok! Thanks!
I love pineapple guava they are tasty and nice fragrance, I just bought a plant, hope to get some fruits soon 👍👍
Any luck I’ve just bought one
Just found this vid after you recommended Feijoa to me. Thanks!
You're welcome. They make good evergreen wind-breaks. However, they will take probably 3 years or so to reach 7-10 feet high. My tree was planted as a tiny shrub, maybe 12-18 inches tall, and now it is about 5-6 feet tall after 2.5 years in-ground.
@@TheMillennialGardener
Wow. That is pretty rapid growth in my book. I might have a great empty spot to plant a hedgerow of these. Should hold those Nor'easter winds back a bit on my future Citrus patch.
Actually, my 3 story house will block the winds from the North... and the support plants will block winds from the sides.
Thanks for nice video, so many uses for the leaves for example diarrhoea treatment
I didn't know the leaves were edible. These fruits are so interesting and unique. I am probably going to get another couple trees! They're awesome.
Congratulations. I just planted 2 in my DFW garden. I did't know about the need for a genetically different plant for pollination, but I read on the Dave Wilson forum that with another plant, there will be more fruit set. Same with self fertile stone fruit. with another tree, there will be more fruit set. Excited to learn more about this plant. Thank you Brother. Keep inspiring.
Some varieties of feijoa are self-fertile. Some are not. If you purchased a variety that requires cross-pollination, you will not get any fruit without adding a second variety. I purchased a seedling and rolled the dice. It took two seasons for it to fruit, so my variety is self-fertile. If you want to be sure, purchase two. There are several named varieties that are verified self-fertile, so going with a named variety is the way to go. However, no matter what you do, having two genetically unique varieties will add production.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thank you Brother. I will take your advice.
Yes, Dale can tolerate guava just fine in limited quantity. No skins and the fewer the seeds the better but seeds are not unhealthy unless consumed in very large amounts (they contain trace amounts of cyanide). If he likes the taste, substitute baked treats for guava slices. Guava will refrigerate and freeze for months until the skin is penetrated. Best wishes from St Marys, GA 👅🐾🐾
Pineapple guava is actually a misnomer. It is not related to guava. It is a unique fruit called Feijoa. That’s the issue: it is a rare South American fruit and there isn’t a lot of info on it related to dog consumption.
Have two this size I hope they produce this year!!
Hello from morocco
Thanks for watching!
Drought tolerant, but the trick to large fruit is to water well while fruit is developing. They won't split.
Greetings from NY. Beautiful plant and its fruit. Would love to grow this but the DEER would have a field day. DEER is a major problem on Long Island. At least I was able to enjoy watching you enjoy the "fruits of your labor." New to your channel and am learning quite a bit of information .... thank you. Best always. Jonathan
Believe it or not, these are supposed to be deer resistant. The fruits have a tough skin and no scent that I can detect, and its sour nature should repel them (similar to citrus). This is as deer resistant of a fruit tree as you’ll find, according to the literature I’ve found: plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/acca-sellowiana/
I live in an rural area where deer stare at you from the roadside as if you are intruder to their territory. I sometime joked to my friend that in my neck of wood, deer hunting is an overstatement...About your concern, the OP is right, Deer do not touch pineapple guava, neither do squirrels, or birds. I have four trees now because of this and usually collect , about 1000 of fruits. They can be stored in the freezer for months, just like figs, or made into jam. Happy gardening...
Feijoa is very popular to grow in zone 7 in Caucasus region since 1950th. Some bushes are also grown in south Crimea and survived -18C.
The fruit is well known in Eastern European countries as a source of iodine trace element. And this ripen fruit are always very expensive to buy.
The tree I purchased was a seedling from a mother tree that survived -13.33C with absolutely no problem at all, so I believe that. I'm sure just like people, some trees are hardier than others. I've never seen the fruit before, but luckily the trees themselves tend to be cheap because they're not very popular here (yet). I bought mine for only $15.
Fruit flies are the worst problem with this guava. You need to shake the tree every day after the first fruit drops to the ground, to pick up the fallen fruits early before the maggots attack the fruit. The collected fruits must be stored in the fridge to stop the development of the maggots. If your area has no fruit flies, then it is a wonderful place to grow that tree.
We have more flies than I can count, here. Honestly, the decay of these fruits seems to be very slow. The tough skin is very protective. I think it's helpful that they didn't fall until November, though. Because it's cooled down so much, it's slowed the decay. If you live in a warmer zone, like Zone 9 or 10, I'm sure this would be accelerated. Luckily, the fruit is so delicious that I have no problem hunting for them.
Feijoa (Acca or Feijoa sellowiana) and Psidium guavas are both in the myrtle family, but belong to different genera and aren't too closely related. Psidium seeds chip my teeth; Feijoa seeds are soft but the rind is tough.
I just bought two pineapple guava plants. I wanted to plant a true guava but didn’t want to risk losing it in another freak winter storm (I’m zone 9 TX but experienced 14F temperatures in February), so I got pineapple guava due to their hardiness. I’m excited to try them!
They're very different and absolutely nothing like a guava. I have no idea who coined the term "pineapple guava" because they're nothing like a pineapple or a guava. But, that being said, they're uniquely delicious. I could never grow a guava in ground here due to my climate, but pineapple guavas are bulletproof. No pests, no disease, they're fantastic. They are the easiest thing to grow on my property.
@@TheMillennialGardener Even better! I can’t wait to try them!
the j isnt silent in fegoas they grow wild in NZ in fact people used to use them for hedge rows, so as school kids we had heaps of fruit on the way home from school :).. usually after a couple of years the fruit gets bigger, and then it isnt a good idea for it to be planted next to your house because it can get huge.. , we usually cut them open and spoon the flesh out, also you can make an addictive fruit drink... plus you can make a pudding apple and fejoa crumble google it .. yes it is yummy and you are hooked...
on a side note, one year we had terrible droughts and water restritions, i let my hose drip for a night on each bush, (had 3)... one night each then left it for a few days, and cycled it... probably had the biggest fruit that season, had to get the school kids in to full up bags and take them home .. oh and cows love their leaves too so after pruning just gave them to the cows
I plan on keeping mine no taller than 2 meters. They cut very easily since the wood is so thin. It's a very attractive looking plant. My regret is that I didn't plant two varieties in the same planting hole. This appears to be a good tree to plant in the same hole to crowd each other out on purpose.
Gee I don't think I have ever heard of Pineapple Guava, looks pretty interesting. I make Guava Jelly rolls...I must find it, I wonder how it would do here in NY zone 7a...looks yummy! Maybe you can get some Dale guava treats! All the best enjoy!
Pineapple Guava isn't actually a guava at all. It's a bit of a misnomer. The proper term is Feijoa, so if you like guava, this tastes and looks nothing like it. However, it's delicious in its own right. I am not sure if it could survive in NY Zone 7a. Perhaps in a very protected micro-climate.
I have heard they can be grown in pots
I have a fairly new pineapple guava plant and can't wait to see fruit on it.
I might need to plant another one nearby.
I'm in the Phoenix area where it gets very hot during the summer.
If you don't have a self-fertile variety, you will need cross-pollination. If you know your variety, search for its fertility. If it is a seedling, you won't know until the time comes. In my earlier video this spring, I showed you how to hand pollinate the flowers. It worked beautifully for me.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks! I don't know because I bought mine this year at Home Depot.
So I should find out next year.
@@lindag9975 it'll likely be a seedling or a rooted cutting, then. If you get flowers, try my hand pollination procedure shown in this video: ua-cam.com/video/B_48eNUyf6w/v-deo.html I think I had darn near 100% fruit set doing this. Considering it didn't flower hard since it is so young, I had a ton of fruit lying on the ground.
These are amazing. I love it. First time eating them. I prefer these pineapple guva over guava pink (seed dont like). Skin is Edible? But i dont like the skin.
Pineapple guava are actually not in any way related to a guava. It is such a bad nickname 😂 The correct name is “feijoa.” The skin is edible. I LOVE the skin. I think it tastes like a Sour Patch Kid.
Wondering where I can order these from? I live in Rock Hill, SC and was wondering if there are any places close enough to pick them up. My sister has a place in Holden Beach, NC and could pick some up if they are available there. Thanks for any help!
I bought one of these because of your videos. It is in a pot and has doubled in size in one year. Maybe it will fruit next year for me.
same here in Raleigh going to try to plant in ground next year
Excellent to hear! Consider putting it in-ground. It is an extremely low maintenance plant if you're in Zone 8, or very close to the 7b/8a borders in NC. It can easily be trimmed into a compact hedge.
Any fertalizing and pruning care advice?
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Hello, I am one of your subscriber's living in Southern New Mexico zone 8b. The video on the Feijoa is 3 years old now. Is the Feijoa still alive and doing well on your property? It sounds interesting and I was thinking of getting one from Stan. I recently purchased two citrus trees from Stan and was looking for more.
Hi...here in India we hv strawberry guava...vry similar in size but not not shape..anyways...looking pretty and plumbing...👍
I believe a strawberry guava is a true guava. Pineapple guava is not a guava and is just a slang name for a feijoa. These are nothing like a guava, so the name is very confusing, but I LOVE them. The flavor is so unique.
I liken the taste to eating perfume. People either like it or they don't. I had my tree for ~25 years before I found out that you can just let the fruit drop, and it is properly ripe. About the same time, I found out that the flower petals are edible -- quite sweet -- get them when they are plump. I would only water it maybe every 3 weeks (deep, 30 minutes) until 3 years ago, when I added it to my drip irrigation system. It did fine before, but really does better with more water and fertilizer. No rain where I live from mid-May until late September.
My tree has been totally pest and disease free, except that the squirrels will sometimes eat them (mostly leaving the skins behind).
Cut in half and scoop out with a spoon. Make sure you water heavy last month before harvest.
The skin was actually my favorite part. It tasted like gummy worms and Sour Patch Kids.
Ok I have a question. Do u do any of the propagation groups on fb or so forth?
Hello! I live in Poway CA & I think my Feijoa tree is about 7 or 8 yrs old. Wild rabbits in my yard love to eat them. The inside is like ice cream!
Interesting. Mine definitely aren't like ice cream. The interior is similar to that of a soft pear, but it has a flavor that's like pear+pineapple+citrus. Fruits often develop very strange properties in California's Mediterranean climate, though. I mean, just compare a California-grown avocado to a Florida-grown avocado if you want to see how different the same fruit can be.
Thanks for explaining the taste in detail 😂😂
Interesting, I have never heard of this before. The tree looks robust, I could not believe it is only two; Well done. I like the 7b reference; am interested in finding a space for it. Can you comment on the amount of full sun you gave it and since you placed it next to your home, was that intentional for additional heat? Thank you.
I planted my feijoa on the east side of my house. Feijoa like full morning sun, but not very harsh afternoon sun in climates with very strong summer sun. My tree is probably getting 6-8 hours of sun during the summertime, from sunrise (around 7AM) until probably 2PM or so. It's responding very well to the east side of my house. Keep in mind that I am on the immediate SE coast, so our UV index is extreme during June, July and August.
Treat a young tree like a young avocado tree. Grow it under a tree canopy, in a large pot then after about 3 years you can gradually transition it to full sun, no matter how hot your area is. Hope this helps.
@@TheMillennialGardener Yes, I live in northern California Zone 9b with intensely hot, dry summers, and my 2yo pineapple guava bushes are planted in all-day full sun. They struggled last summer and didn't grow much, but they slowly adapted and really took off in growth this summer. I'm looking forward to fruit in 2021. 😊 I'm going to get a couple more 'trees' though and plant them in a spot with less afternoon sun and see how much better they do. Great to hear how delicious they are!
@@OliveCityOasis I would bet some shade cloth the first season would have helped until they acclimated to your extremely brutal summer conditions. If I were in your zone, I would plant these as an understory tree. Since these are small bushes, they're good for that. Growing fruit under fruit is always a win! So if you decide to plant some more, maybe try that strategy. If they acclimated for you, that's great. Hopefully you'll enjoy the unique flavor. I am impressed with them. I can see them being a love-hate flavor, though. They're very strong.
@@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the input! They're doing great now, so maybe I'll wait to see how I like the fruit's flavor before I get more. I think I needed to water them more than I did the first year though - that seemed to help a lot. 😊 I have about 60 fruit trees (well, a few nuts, too), and the pineapple guava seemed to be the most sensitive to the heat. Maybe because they were started in the more moderate Bay area climate.
How did you get it to grow much! Did you fertilize at all?
Honestly, this is probably the most neglected plant I own. It is by the front portion of my house, which I do very little with. I spend almost all my effort in my backyard. Back in the spring, I might have dumped some compost and 5-5-5 organic fertilizer around it, but other than that and the decaying hardwood mulch I put around it, I haven't done much. They're just very easy plants to grow. If you don't want to spend a lot of time on your trees, this plant is ideal.
This is the first year I have larger fruit but some have worms in them. How or what do I have to use for the next crop
If they are worms, I recommend treating with BT: ua-cam.com/video/Z0LtYiZuyVA/v-deo.html
If the type of worm you have cannot be controlled by BT, a stronger, natural pesticide that will work on almost anything is pyrethrin, but pyrethrin will kill bees, so keep that in mind. I like trying BT first because it does not harm bees.
I also recommend you protect your fruits with large organza bags like shown here: ua-cam.com/video/QYdP95RztSA/v-deo.html
The organza bags are the best way I've found to keep small pests off fruits, and they are incredibly cheap. Bagging your fruits with large organza bags and treating the catepillers with BT or pyrethrin should save your crop.
Has anyone tried the strawberry guava? Interested to know if it lives up to the hype.
I just discovered I have this tree in Sydney Australia.
It’s very popular in New Zealand, where much breeding has taken place. I’m sure many have made it to Australia as well
Is the fruit resistant to fruit flies? I live in south east asia here and guavas is one of the fruit flies Favourite egg laying fruit. We had to wrap all the fruits with cloth nets and plastic bags.
I can tell you that in my climate, it has no natural pests. We have a lot of aggressive flies and mosquitoes here, because the area is swampy and coastal. I do not know if you have any kind of stinging pests in your area that would be attracted to the fruit, but it is problem-free here. Feijoa is not a guava, does not resemble a guava and has no relation, so the whole "pineapple guava" name doesn't really make sense. Pests that affect guava's won't necessarily care for feijoa.
@@TheMillennialGardener Around here fruit flies attack almost every type of thin skinned fruit here, even chillis/pepper. Except those with protective white saps.
How did you get your to flower my is not flowing
I'm in Australia we bought a house and in the garden we have one big mature tree of feijoas. Now is a season. Ours quite bigger but we also have small ones. I noticed one interesting thing. After I take them from the ground and I put on the window in the sun position they quickly in 1-2 days turn brown like they rotten. Initially I was cutting and throwing away that brown stuff. But then I decided to try. It tastes even sweater and I'm not sure if that actually rotten or this is actually fully ripen and needs to be eaten asap. I tend to believe it is fully ripen and must be eaten asap. I just looking for info when it is fully ripe.
The other thing I wonder why you're pronouncing like feihoa, while it is written feijoa? You pronounce exactly the same way as it is in my country but australians pronounce like they literally reading what is written.
have you tasted guavas and does this resemble it?
Pineapple Guava is not like a guava. It's really a poor name to give the fruit. It's very unique.
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I have strawberry gust as but it doesn’t taste anything like strawberry it has smaller round fruit . I have had it for several years
Pineapple guava actually isn't a guava at all. I don't know who gave it that name, as the proper name is Feijoa. It's nothing like a guava, but hey, it's a very interesting and delicious fruit.
I have strawberry gu st as but it doesn’t taste anything like strawberry it has smaller round fruit . I have had it for several years
Strawberry guava is actually a true guava, whereas pineapple guava isn't. It's actually called Feojia. I'm not sure how it got the name 'pineapple guava' since it is nothing like a guava. It's a very unique fruit.
I got one tree. I am trying to propagate.
I prefer them before they fall. Less jelly more acidity.
G Streats our varieties could differ, but mine is pretty acidic even on the ground. Almost like a lemon. How do you tell when they’re perfect for you? By softness?
@@TheMillennialGardener I take them off the tree early and let them ripen inside. I think yours might just be young because mine are very sweet and sour. Best to scoop out the flesh with a spoon as well to avoid the skin imo.
G Streats good to know. Thanks!
A person would think that it would taste like pineapple or at least have a hint of pineapple flavor.
CAN IT GROW IN UK please.
Where is the best online place to purchase these?
They are hard to find online and in stock. I bought mine from Stan McKenzie at McKenzie Farms in Scranton, SC. He propagates his mother tree. My tree is self-fertile, but it's an unknown variety. One Green World sells them, but it's really hard to find them in stock. Stan McKenzie will ship you one if you call him.
Do you know where to get the named cultivars?
They are difficult to find. One Green World and Restoring Eden are two of the only sites in the US that have a good selection, but stock is tenuous and best.
How was your 2021 harvest of Feijoas? Did the fruit grow larger?
We had a drought from April to May last spring. What I learned is while the feijoa plant itself is extremely drought tolerant, the plant responds by dropping all its fruits in drought conditions, so if you have drought, the plant will survive, but you'll get no fruit. All my fruits dropped during the late spring drought, so let that be a lesson to you: make sure you keep your feijoa well-watered, or it will drop its fruits. Now that I know this, I won't make the mistake again.
I saw pineapple guava trees selling as shrubs in my nearest Houston garden center. I asked one employee about the tree. I have doubt he knew much about the tree. I did not buy because I was not sure if that going to fruit or not.
I highly, highly, *highly* recommend them. They're beautiful, easy to grow, and the fruit is delicious. The only problem is many need cross-pollination, and all benefit from it. If you were to buy them, you'd really want at least two, and you'd want to make sure each were genetically unique. I regret only planting one. I wish I would have planted two right next to each other.
@@TheMillennialGardener I am definitely going buy this tree. I think if I buy two trees from two different places, they will probably be unique genetically. The problem is one place sell this for $16.99 and other one sell for $39.99. I will try to find cheaper one. Anyway, thank you for your suggestion. I also want thank you for the link of #15 pot.
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I've had this tree for many years and only recently found out what it is. ( I know, what a waste) My grandfather planted it MANY years ago. Because the fruit fell on the ground, I never ate them. Didn't know if it was edible or not. What a waste. Finally We found out what kind of tree it is and love it. BUT, I'm not sure how long they are good for, how to store them and how to properly eat them. My FB friends say to just eat the middle. But you ate the skin....So now I don't know. How did you know that the skin is edible?
I been looking.for.the name of these plants I think.this is it they use to grow.at the Soledad mission do.they taste like the blue and red sour gummy worm ?? That's how.id describe what imma looking for
I told you they were very unique and hard to describe, didn't taste like pineapple at all, and didn't taste like its flower petals either. :)
The first bite was literally like spraying perfume into my mouth. It was almost breathtaking, like eating a handful of Sour Patch Kids on a totally dry mouth. It was puckering and astringent. But, once that initial punch to my tastebuds wore off, every subsequent bite was better and better. Before I knew it, I couldn't stop. I could probably eat 20 or 30 of these.
@@TheMillennialGardener I think that is largely because you ate it with the skin. I think even that first impression would have been better if you had only eaten the flesh. But there's definitely something addictive to them.
I just wonder who tasted this fruit and thought "this tastes like pineapple so much that I'm going to name it pineapple guava". It literally has no pineapple flavor whatsoever.
@@nexxogen I tried them with and without the skin and I honestly liked them a lot better with the skin. After the initial shocking first bite, the skin added another dimension of flavor. As for the naming issue, if I guessed, somebody probably made a mistake or something! So many plants are called something that doesn't make sense due to a labeling mistake by a nursery. Look no further than the Ice Cream Banana fiasco, and I can't tell you how many figs have 2, 3 or 4 names from labeling errors. I could be wrong, but I never underestimate people's abilities to mix up labels.
Good grief! All that growth AND fruit in one year after planting? I planted several over the past couple years, but none of them look near as big and bushy as yours, nor have I seen flowers yet. Maybe its just the difference in average temperatures that you get there compared to up here in Oregon? We get about 2800 GDDs from a 50° base, and I think your area gets like double that.
A friend of mine had a tree and gave me some fruit and I did not like the taste of the Feijoadas and will never buy one. There are many better fruit trees to grow.
It's all relative. The flavor is very unique and is an acquired taste for some. I initially thought it too sour, but it became more and more delicious every time I had one. Now, I love them. Think of it like beer or wine. Most people don't like their first glass. This is an absolutely wonderful plant and I would like to add another because it's so delicious.
The proper way to eat them is cut them in half and use a spoon to scoop out the flesh. Don't eat the skins.
I love the taste of the skin. It may have been the best part. I recommend eating it whole! It was like a Sour Patch Kid.
@@TheMillennialGardener Ok. lol
These are delicious. You are however pronouncing the name incorrectly. The j is a j, it doesn’t have an H sound, fi Jo ah
Feijoa is Portuguese language pronounced fay-jo-are
J sounds like H ????
@@Will.Flavell that's broken Portuguese my friend
Teaspoon it! Way better.
I just got 100 small feijoa plants gifted to me and I’m planting them all around the house and giving them to friends. Hoping they fruit!
That is A LOT of plants. If you plant them closely, you can form a hedge.