Hello everyone,
Today I visited our rental property and found out that a seedling I planted as a Giant Peruvian guava 3 years ago bears fruit for the first time.
With tenant's permission I picked one ripe fruit (only 5 fruits on).
To my surprise, the fruit is unbelievably good. Very sweet with a hint of tart, creamy and soft but not mushy, and has a relatively small amount of seeds only.
I wished I took pictures before my husband devour it. It has yellowish white color, big (about my fist's size), and a very pleasant guava aroma. Since this is only the first fruit, I imagine how good its fruit would be in a few years.
Now I want to get a tree for our own house.
The thing is, this tree was purchased as a seedling online, and I read a lot that a seedling guava does not always turn good.
Grafting is not an option, I am bad at grafting.
I watched a lot of videos on airlayering. However, all videos are from Asia.
Does anyone know what season is the best to airlayer guava in California? The tree is still small (about 4 ft ), with about pencil size branches, should I wait until the tree is bigger for better result?
Thank you for any input!