PGA (Psidium Growers Association) - thread all about psidiums!

[Mike T]

I think a large proportion of tropical guavas are pink. Those malaysian reds look like the purples I grow a long time ago. I would give them a solid 1/10 for taste.
Orange fleshed is good btw.

[Jaboticaba45]

Our group now has its own Facebook group!
Psidium Growers AssociationDefinitely go check it out and join it!

[Jaboticaba45]

The first post on the PGA group on FB has a picture of my fully ripened p.eugeniafolia/myrtoides.
I used to not like it due to the big seeds and bitter skin, but fully ripened it (soft rind too) tasted like a nice passion fruit.
It's a keeper for me!

[K-Rimes]

Myrtoides sucks!


Guineense IS AWESOME

[elouicious]

Do you know which guineense you have K-rimes?

[Jaboticaba45]

Good to hear guineese is good.
 I think I have like 3 varieties of this I got from David!
Still small seedlings though

[elouicious]

Good to hear guineese is good.
 I think I have like 3 varieties of this I got from David!
Still small seedlings though

I got those same 3 hahaha

[Jaboticaba45]

Good to hear guineese is good.
 I think I have like 3 varieties of this I got from David!
Still small seedlings though

I got those same 3 hahaha

Let's go!!!
Race you to fruit?

[elouicious]

Good to hear guineese is good.
 I think I have like 3 varieties of this I got from David!
Still small seedlings though

I got those same 3 hahaha

Let's go!!!
Race you to fruit?

You're on XD  I got a few in ground a few in pots

[snowjunky]

My guineense from seeds I got on ebay years ago sucked.  Small and bad tasting fruit.

[Sir Graftalot]

"Bland and sour"

https://m.youtube.com/watch?embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dpsidium%2Bguineense%26sca_esv%3D113d158847e1780d%26ei%3DdD0ZZqmuBZGaptQPzfy68As%26oq%3Dguineense%2Bpsi%26gs_lp%3DEhN&source_ve_path=MTY0OTksMjg2NjQsMTY0NTAz&feature=emb_share&v=dgkoMFDOiYs

[K-Rimes]

Do you know which guineense you have K-rimes?

Don't know, but these are big yellow fruit, and fruit in bunches, which matches up with "Caatinga". I also have a "morango" guineense that is doing pretty well in a 5g, it may fruit this Fall, and then I got that pack of seedlings from David too - but many died due to fungal issues in my greenhouse. I only have I think 3 guineense varieties from that batch that survived winter. I know Caatinga is one of them. I would happily have another, great fruit.

It was interesting visiting Kelly recently, many of his guavas he said tasted bad are ones I like. His striatulum was awful, he said, mine is pretty pleasant. I have punishing winters which also is not great for guava ripening... Dunno. The Guineense is great for a variety of reasons, one of which is that it's continuing to flower and Nate reports it flowers and produces almost all year. This is crucial for me with zone pushing location cause it'll get the heat it needs to ripen properly.

[mikesid]

 I have a few seedlings of the hybrid araza (Psidium guineense x P. grandifolium) Marcos offered. All flowered and are setting fruit.

 

 

[mikesid]

 Here is another one from Marcos, P. salutare var. mucronatum. Has been super slow growing for me.

 

[K-Rimes]

Looking good Mike! Those little leaf varieties have been slow going for me too, I have a few from David, but they're doing ok now that it has warmed up and it's Spring(ish) here. 39f last night though, and they're outdoors. :|

I'll get some more photos of the guava gang today

[Nick C]

Some progress pics

Guineense x grand



Cauliflora




Sp porco espinho

[mikesid]

 P striatulum with flowers and fruit holding. This came from seeds from Bellamy. Hopefully its better than the one Kelly had.

 

[mikesid]

 Still trying to find an ID on this one. I got seeds from Bellamy but lost tag. It has distinct red stems. Anyone else have one like this?

[nattyfroootz]

Is that Hapa Joe's Colombian Creme?

[K-Rimes]

Long leaf guava put on a lot of size last year, and I look forward to seeing it take off even more this year. I'll be putting it into a 25g pot


Grandifolium is waking up, I thought I was going to lose it this year due to fungal issues in my GH


This is my bigger "Skittles" guava, which is a seedling from Marcos that is of some kind of guineense heritage. I'll be pulling it up in the pot and adding a few bags to the bottom, it has consumed a lot of the soil, and it's rooted into what little soil there is underneath it


Fern leaf guava is looking ok, all my guavas went red with the cold, but I see some buds following up the leaves


Caatinga "big yellow"


Shown here: guineense "caatinga big yellow" x 2, ganevii, Schenckianum, australe, guineense "cacho", and sartorianum. I did have acutangulum in this group, but it died due to those fungal issues as well

[mikesid]

Is that Hapa Joe's Colombian Creme?

 i had to look that one up. it does look very similar. i dont think i got any psidium seeds from him though. It does look kinda like that Caatinga the K-rimes posted too.

[K-Rimes]

The only guava I know of with leaves like that, and red interstem, is Cas guava. It's a real looker, whatever it is.

The "caatinga" is definitely of the Guineense complex, rounded leaves. Not veiny.

[mikesid]

 Ok, I was going through all my photos and notes and found a screenshot I took. I always take screenshots of seeds I buy for records..I think its this one: