Trying guava... again!

[gnappi]

I had a great papaya tree die of old age and in it's sunny spot I put a 5' tall Ruby Red guava. I've had bad luck with guava they always got inundated with scale and the fruits have had fruit fly.

This one is in a spot right near my back door so I can pay more attention to it and hopefully catch problems before they get out of hand. I have a good supply of mesh bags and horticultural oil to battle with.

[Iceman716238]

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[SaltwaterTx]

 Maybe try the Ruby Supreme 1030 worm resistant from Lara. I also have a seedless Thai white I could airlayer that seems to grow extreme fast and not get the scale as bad.

[seanyk]

I planted the Ruby supreme 1030 from lara farms. I get worms in every single guava the tree gives me. Maybe I just have fruit fly really bad in  my area :/

[seng]

You should bag your fruits.  That is how farmers do it.