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A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« on: October 06, 2013, 06:53:31 PM »
I have 5 guaviyús , one is 3 meters tall and is 6 or 7 years old , It never even gave flowers , I planted it the last year; and I have another 4 guaviyús in pots , 4 years old, approx .

Of the pots , I gave away 2 to the family and one was planted in the food forest we are doing with a friend. The other remains in my garden, into a nice pot.

All of them sprouted this spring , and even one that I have in a pot in my garden continued sprouting here in the fall and part of winter.

But, what I want to tell you, that surprised me a lot, is that the one who gave my mother dobre (the mother of my wife) rebounded with leaves that double the size of the other guaviyús , and already has 2 buds , while no other one has buds! In fact it's very rare because this guaviyú does not receive a lot of sun...

I have the hope that the large leaves are large fruit symptom , since I do not know for sure the size of the fruits of all these guaviyús .

Last summer I tried a few fruits I brought from Buenos Aires , from another big tree (8 metters tall?) in front of a square, and they were very nice, but tiny.

Cheers

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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #1 on: October 06, 2013, 07:04:38 PM »
I have a couple of small ones in pots and are hesitating about planting them out due to the size of the trees.

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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #2 on: October 06, 2013, 10:00:42 PM »
I have a couple of small ones in pots and are hesitating about planting them out due to the size of the trees.

Well, these are not big trees,

"Es un árbol de mediano porte, hasta 10 m de altura, con una copa no muy compacta, con mucho ramaje pedicelado y pubescente. "

Just 10 metters tall, even less, and you can allways prune it, cheers

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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2013, 01:48:01 AM »
I have 5 guaviyús , one is 3 meters tall and is 6 or 7 years old , It never even gave flowers , I planted it the last year; and I have another 4 guaviyús in pots , 4 years old, approx .

Of the pots , I gave away 2 to the family and one was planted in the food forest we are doing with a friend. The other remains in my garden, into a nice pot.

All of them sprouted this spring , and even one that I have in a pot in my garden continued sprouting here in the fall and part of winter.

But, what I want to tell you, that surprised me a lot, is that the one who gave my mother dobre (the mother of my wife) rebounded with leaves that double the size of the other guaviyús , and already has 2 buds , while no other one has buds! In fact it's very rare because this guaviyú does not receive a lot of sun...

I have the hope that the large leaves are large fruit symptom , since I do not know for sure the size of the fruits of all these guaviyús .

Last summer I tried a few fruits I brought from Buenos Aires , from another big tree (8 metters tall?) in front of a square, and they were very nice, but tiny.

Cheers

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http://www.huertasurbanas.com/2013/10/06/guaviyu-de-hojas-grandes-primeros-pompollos/

Optimist: Large leaves could mean larger fruits.
Pessimist: Trees in lots of shade also usually produce larger leaves.
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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 11:29:50 AM »
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Optimist: Large leaves could mean larger fruits.
Pessimist: Trees in lots of shade also usually produce larger leaves.


haha, yes, I know that, but it's strange to me that the tree has flower buds in these conditions

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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #5 on: October 07, 2013, 05:35:44 PM »
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Optimist: Large leaves could mean larger fruits.
Pessimist: Trees in lots of shade also usually produce larger leaves.


haha, yes, I know that, but it's strange to me that the tree has flower buds in these conditions
Why is it strange that it has buds? Aren't you heading intro spring (primavera)?
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Re: A hope about some "special" guabiju (myrcianthes pungens)
« Reply #6 on: October 07, 2013, 06:47:47 PM »
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Optimist: Large leaves could mean larger fruits.
Pessimist: Trees in lots of shade also usually produce larger leaves.


haha, yes, I know that, but it's strange to me that the tree has flower buds in these conditions
Why is it strange that it has buds? Aren't you heading intro spring (primavera)?

Yes, but that poted guabiju maybe has only 2 or 3 ours of direct sun; then in summer it will receibe maybe 5 hours or so;

By the way: I am so fool, I went to see my planted guabiju in the garden today (3 m tall), and it is full of flower buds! I didnt noticed them till today, so I hope it will have some fruit in january :)



http://www.huertasurbanas.com/2013/10/07/guaviyu-plantado-en-jardin-primeros-pimpollos/