Author Topic: Rats! Missed my first Narrow Leaf Guava fruit!  (Read 975 times)

Daintree

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1216
    • Boise, Idaho - zone 6, with a zone 12 greenhouse...
    • View Profile
Rats! Missed my first Narrow Leaf Guava fruit!
« on: August 24, 2018, 10:12:11 PM »
Aargh!
Been away for a month, and missed the ripening/falling of my very first Psidium striatulum fruit!
It was worth it, because we were in Alabama visiting our brand new granddaughter  :), but still a bummer since I did't get to taste it.
I thought it smelled heavenly, even rotten.  Hubby thought it smelled like gym shoes  :(
I found it in the pot and salvaged the seeds.  I'll plant them tomorrow and with any luck I'll have a bunch of seedlings!

Carolyn

nana7b

  • Member
  • ***
  • Posts: 113
    • North Texas, 8a
    • View Profile
Re: Rats! Missed my first Narrow Leaf Guava fruit!
« Reply #1 on: August 25, 2018, 07:40:29 AM »
How old is your tree? Any pictures?

Daintree

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 1216
    • Boise, Idaho - zone 6, with a zone 12 greenhouse...
    • View Profile
Re: Rats! Missed my first Narrow Leaf Guava fruit!
« Reply #2 on: August 27, 2018, 05:31:18 PM »
I believe it is about 3 years old.
Here is the only picture I took of the fruit. That was probably two months ago.  Still green and hard when we left.  It didn't occur to my sis that I would want pictures of the ripe fruit, or that she might want to try it, so she just watched my little parrots eat at it once it fell.  It was totally rotten, with bird eaten parts on it, when we got back.  Just need to wait for it to bloom again!  it is about 3 ft tall.