Carambola and guava in which pot?

[Anto989]

Hello mates ,i bought these plants..carambola and guava (2 different varieties) i'll keep them in greenhouse for this year,i have pots of 18cm diameter ,25 and 28...can they fruit there?

[Doglips]

where in Italy, it is a long country with more than few degrees of latitude change?

[Anto989]

Calabria region, in the south near tge sea... I grow passiflora edulis outside.. Just for comparison and all citrus

[mangaba]

That what you have , specially in second  pot is guava. I do not seen any carambola tree. I have both these trees in my garden
                                                                mangaba

[Anto989]

FIRST PICTURE,THE FIRST PLANT ON THE LEFT IS CARAMBOLA

SORRY FOR CAPS,KEYBORD DOENS'T WORK WELL

[Tropicaliste]

The pots need to be bigger. They can fruit though in containers. My guavas are in pots.

[darkcoolboo]

Plant these in a different pot right away! These plants look horribly root bound, meaning that there is too much root density in that pot, causing the roots to be deformed.

[Anto989]

can be good pots of 35cm diameter and 35cm hight? do you think they fruit for this year?in case i'll change them in the future

[Tropicaliste]

Both look large enough to fruit. Pot them in large pots, but the roots may need pruning, and at least teasing or loosening.

[greenman62]

My Carambola is just a tad shorter than that one
and i had 2 fruits last fall
i would absolutely put them in larger containers.

in a few months with a lot of sun, you will probably get a ton of flowers
personally, i would thin it out at that time, so you only get a few fruit
for the first year at least, so the plant can put most of its energy into growing.

[Anto989]

i'm back..i repotted them in 37cm diameter pot,there was not so much root density because the old pot was laying directly on the soil so root exit from the pot and grew outside...So ,I really hope to get some fruit this year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 


Here you go

[Tropicaliste]

  Molto buono.

Give it a little organic fertilizer for fruiting. That will make your guavas pop. Mine don't fruit without fertilizer. I like organic, because it's slow release. I don't like to use non organic unless it's recovered from transplant.

[Anto989]

The soil is mixed with natural pelleted manure

[bsbullie]

The soil is mixed with natural pelleted manure

Monitor closely as it is not customarily recommended to use potting mixes with any type of incorporated fertilizer.   It can burn the roots.  Its always better to top dress with fertilizer or spply liquid via spray and/or drench.

[Anto989]

The soil is mixed with natural pelleted manure

Monitor closely as it is not customarily recommended to use potting mixes with any type of incorporated fertilizer.   It can burn the roots.  Its always better to top dress with fertilizer or spply liquid via spray and/or drench.

I hope will be all ok, past year i used the same pellet for peppers in pot... No strange behavior happened