Psidium Sartorianum, Arrayan or Sartre guava, tips on care?

[Ethan]

Are any of you growing this guava and have any tips on it's care including cold tolerance?  I have one in a 15gal and a good spot for it.

thank you,
-Ethan

[Ethan]

No body else is growing this one?  Is it rare or just not any good?

thanks,
-Ethan

[fruitlovers]

I'm growing Arrayan, but my plants only a foot tall, so can't give much advice. The fruit is quite tart. The plants here are very vigorous but don't know anything about their cold tolerance.
Oscar

[fruitlovers]

Ethan, can you please take a photo of your Arrayan leaves? I want to see if they match up with what i have?
Thanks, Oscar

[Ethan]

I'll try to take some photos in the morning for you Oscar.

-Ethan

[jason (palo alto)]

I've eaten them. Tart, less pleasing than normal guavas, smaller than strawberry guavas. Positives are they are bite sized, and the El Salvadoran friends who saw that I had them got super excited, flavors of home. There was a "commercial" op in SoCal that shipped them to the hispanic markets up here in northern california two years ago, but haven't seen them since.

[FlyingFoxFruits]

Psidium santorum for president of the Psidium party? 

Never heard of sartorianum, but the name makes me think of politics! I'm not sure if I like this one yet! 

[Ethan]

Leaves, a little red from being moved out of filtered light into more direct.



bark



Whole thing, (Where's Waldo?)



Jason, I think you are where I first heard about this fruit, then I saw it at Mimosa LA and bought it on a whim.

I have a space in the yard for it so it'll get planted.

Adam, I usually think of nuts not fruits when talking politicians.    Politics from the Latin Poly=multi and tics=blood suckers.

[jason (palo alto)]

Here is my previous post on Arrayan:
http://www.cloudforest.com/cafe/forum/68787.html