The Tropical Fruit Forum

My Tropical Pink Guava is flowering right now I think, for the first time. I’m 80% sure but its hard to tell. Is anyone else in the Valley of CA experiencing the same?

I am seeing flowers on some of my guavas right now too, but not yet guajava.

I would let it ride--unless the aesthetics is extremely important to you. Eventually, the tree will grow new wood and bark around that spot and it won't be noticeable. I have seen it many times in our lychee grove. Almost every year there is a tree that loses a limb. On the other had I have seen lychee cut all the way down to an inch above the ground and grow back. There is a chance of losing the tree if you cut it back that hard, but its a small chance.

Quote from: 561MangoFanatic on April 15, 2024, 11:36:37 AM

I bought one a few years ago but it was very hard to find/get.. I had to convince the seller to sell me/ let me trade one she was selling me for one of her personal trees of UF Best meant for her orchard. Right now during spring time she has peaches for sale and may be selling some trees again but not sure especially UF Best. I missed the opportunity to pick up some rootstocks for grafting some but maybe soon you can get scions? I also have tropic snow and several other varieties

I'm interested in some scions next winter.

Not a problem! I’ll also check with my peach sources and keep an eye out for any trees for sale. Most likely June time is possible but will try to stay in touch if anything.

Have you chopped many trees down before?.  They just grow right back.  I was not sure if that was also the case for lychess but I had asked about top working them in the past and people here said yes they also grow right back.  That 80% will be back in 1-2 years because the root system is large the tree will grow back quickly. 

I don't know anything about milk spore.  Japanese beetles are only a problem when they swarm.  I would not worry about a few, simply blast them off with a hose