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I need more guavas in my life.
« on: July 09, 2016, 10:50:20 PM »
I need more guavas in my life. I'm looking for your recommendations for south florida. also, is anyone growing a cuban dwarf guava? seen some youtube videos on it.
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #1 on: July 10, 2016, 12:18:37 AM »
I am trying to grow strawberry guava and Asian white guava. I have seeds if you wanna trade. :D
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #2 on: July 10, 2016, 11:12:15 PM »
thanks but I have both of those already planted.
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #3 on: July 10, 2016, 11:18:10 PM »
Cas guava, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.  Best flavor of any guava I have tasted.
« Last Edit: July 10, 2016, 11:20:47 PM by bsbullie »
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #4 on: July 10, 2016, 11:20:43 PM »
do you know if excalibur carries it?
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #5 on: July 10, 2016, 11:24:02 PM »
do you know if excalibur carries it?

Yes, although not sure of what sizes they currently have available.   There is a large mature tree along the roadway north of the driveway.  Might even have fruit to try on or under the tree (fruit flies leave it alone so no worms on the fruit from the ground).  It has an extremely tropical flavor like no other guava.  It is however very tart but truly delicious.
« Last Edit: July 11, 2016, 10:59:21 PM by bsbullie »
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2016, 10:22:53 PM »
Hi, I didnt tasted cas guava but I have 2 trees, now I will take better care of them.

I did tasted psidium australe (arazá de hoja marrón) and psidium guineense (arazá de campo) and they were very good, you should get them! also strawberry guava and lemon guavas are one of my favourite... and the "branca" (psidium cattleianum) or white thai guava is the best I ever had...

In the future, I should have fruits of psidium eugeniaefolia, psidium longipetiolatum and another very rare that is's maybe psidium "guyanense"... all of them should be fine too.

About psidium guajava, I grow a cuban one, the fruit should weight 1/2kilo but the trees are just 2 years old now... the others are: orange angola, branca, vermella, amarela, paraguay, perú, roxa and maybe some others...

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2016, 11:00:54 PM »
Here is a pictute of the Cas fruit.


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« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2016, 11:55:48 PM »
Cas guava, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.  Best flavor of any guava I have tasted.

Hi Rob, does CAS taste similar to LEMON guava? So you really recommend it..?

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2016, 12:58:51 AM »
Cas guava, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.  Best flavor of any guava I have tasted.

Hi Rob, does CAS taste similar to LEMON guava? So you really recommend it..?

Onur

No, the Cas and Lemon do not tadte anything alike.   It is probably my favorite guava.
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2017, 02:47:31 PM »
Cas guava, Psidium friedrichsthalianum.  Best flavor of any guava I have tasted.

what's their cold tolerance like?

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2017, 04:17:36 PM »
i had a large Asian white that was amazing.
i had gotten it at Lowes (or Home Despot?) for $2
it was still real young and the hard freeze we had in Jan killed it.
I have about 15 plants growing in 3 to 5 gal pots now.
some with 2 or 3 small fruit on them waiting to get ripe.
Hope one of them tastes as good.
I have a couple of P angulatum growing, but no flowers yet.

(Psidium on left, smaller Surinam cherry on the right)


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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2017, 04:36:20 PM »
I don't grow any guava here because of Queensland fruit fly. Bsbullie you mention above that that variety isn't attcked by the fruit fly there? Hmmmm I wonder, might be worth a shot.

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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2017, 07:09:30 PM »
I just got 4 seedling trees from a friend, he calls it Luke's White Guava. Had a chance to try the fruit, great taste, soft sweet flesh, skin no bitter and hasn't had fly problems picked on the tree. He is in the Punta Gorda area and has more well grown in tree pots for $12.00.






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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2017, 07:22:05 PM »
I just sold my last guava tree.  If I have more seeds next year I can send u guy.

http://tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=25209.0

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2017, 07:50:40 PM »
I just got 4 seedling trees from a friend, he calls it Luke's White Guava. Had a chance to try the fruit, great taste, soft sweet flesh, skin no bitter and hasn't had fly problems picked on the tree. He is in the Punta Gorda area and has more well grown in tree pots for $12.00.






I would be interested  in one of those.
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #16 on: August 27, 2017, 07:59:24 PM »
I am looking for a publication detailing  varieties of guavas and disease in the guavas. Any references would be appreciated

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #17 on: August 27, 2017, 09:14:00 PM »
Have Thai guava very big sir, picture india has same one now. Very nice one and 1 kilo.




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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #18 on: August 27, 2017, 09:17:04 PM »
I am looking for a publication detailing  varieties of guavas and disease in the guavas. Any references would be appreciated

Here u go https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/guava.html

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #19 on: September 02, 2018, 09:15:21 PM »
roadway north of the driveway.  Might even have fruit to try on or under the tree (fruit flies leave it alone so no worms on the fruit from the ground).  It has an extremely tropical flavor like no other guava.  It is however very tart but truly delicious.
Rob.. I've tasted this fruit from this tree, is that tree being propagated at Excalibur..
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #20 on: September 02, 2018, 10:38:30 PM »
roadway north of the driveway.  Might even have fruit to try on or under the tree (fruit flies leave it alone so no worms on the fruit from the ground).  It has an extremely tropical flavor like no other guava.  It is however very tart but truly delicious.
Rob.. I've tasted this fruit from this tree, is that tree being propagated at Excalibur..

Yes but in small quantities.
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« Reply #21 on: September 02, 2018, 10:49:55 PM »
Anyone try Crystal Seedless guava? I e heard great things about this variety.

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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #22 on: September 03, 2018, 12:05:19 AM »
I've tried to like guava, I just can't.  I can't even eat one, mostly the dirty ass smell.

My point, I have a potted Mexican Cream guava here in Naples.  It's healthy and has good genetics.  If anyone wants it, come and get it.
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Re: I need more guavas in my life.
« Reply #23 on: September 03, 2018, 12:17:14 AM »
I've tried to like guava, I just can't.  I can't even eat one, mostly the dirty ass smell.

My point, I have a potted Mexican Cream guava here in Naples.  It's healthy and has good genetics.  If anyone wants it, come and get it.

Quite the sales pitch.  Come get this dirty ass smelling tree.  Haha

At least the price is right. 

My wife takes guavas to work and theres a few people that get all bent out of shape over the smell.  They thought she brought a whole load of them one time but it was only 1 fruit.

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« Reply #24 on: September 03, 2018, 07:23:34 AM »
Have Thai guava very big sir, picture india has same one now. Very nice one and 1 kilo.



Name of variety?
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