Fruiting feijoa in florida

[seanyk]

Has anyone had any luck?

[Galatians522]

I have seen them fruit well in the Pensacola area. I have not seen much fruit on the ones in Central Florida. I am not sure if this was a pollination issue or something else. The bushes in central Florida seemed to grow and flower fine.

[bsbullie]

I lived in Gainesville for many years and they fruited there.  Haven't seen them down here in South Florida.

[Epicatt2]

I'm beginning to suspect that there might be more to Feijoas needing a certain number of chilling hours than we tend to think.

Perhaps zone 9b doesn't always offer enough in the way of chilling hours to induce other than sporadic fruiting.

Just FWIW . . . .

Paul M.
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[Galatians522]

I don't think it was a chill issue with the ones we grew. They flowered fine, they just didn't set fruit. That leads me to believe it is either a pollination issue (it was my understanding that only specific varieties are self fertile) or a fruit development issue at higher temps (similar to what Cherimoya has here).

[bsbullie]

I don't think it was a chill issue with the ones we grew. They flowered fine, they just didn't set fruit. That leads me to believe it is either a pollination issue (it was my understanding that only specific varieties are self fertile) or a fruit development issue at higher temps (similar to what Cherimoya has here).

I have heard of some needing cross pollination.