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Quote from: Jaboticaba45 on March 17, 2023, 12:45:56 PMIt was just formed yesterday What psidiums you grow, Epicatt?Is the PGA going to have it's own website, Jabo?Psidiums that I have (known/grown) are:Psidium x 'Ruby Supreme'Psidium goiaba 'Colombian Red'Psidium cattleyanuma 'Strawberry'Psidium cattleyanum var litttorale 'Lemon Guava'Haven't got any of them to fruit yet as the P. cattleyanums as still small things. The P. goiaba I'm thinking kicked the bucket because I can't locate it.The x'Ruby Supreme' is in the ground and reached 8 or 9 ft tall and was cut back last month to 4 ft in hopes of encouraging it to bloom and set some fruit.OK — HTHPaul M.==
It was just formed yesterday What psidiums you grow, Epicatt?
Quote from: SDPirate on March 17, 2023, 02:25:31 PMMy real interest is in seeing if there are any Psidiums that can pose a bigger challenge for me here (maybe one of those species coming from Cerrado region).Bellamy has a ton of psidium species in stock right now and I made a cart of them. Haven't pulled trigger yet but am tempted. I've found that indeed, 9b has its limitations even for psidium and I've experienced some loss this year. Cas Guava is NOT frost tolerant is this year's lesson. Perhaps it will sprout from the roots again but I kind of doubt it. Know to cover it next year.
My real interest is in seeing if there are any Psidiums that can pose a bigger challenge for me here (maybe one of those species coming from Cerrado region).
Bellamy has a ton of psidium species in stock right now and I made a cart of them. Haven't pulled trigger yet but am tempted.
Quote from: K-Rimes on March 17, 2023, 02:30:36 PMBellamy has a ton of psidium species in stock right now and I made a cart of them. Haven't pulled trigger yet but am tempted. My favorite thing with Psidiums is their resilience in our conditions, plus they are rewarding in that they grow quite rapidly in the warm seasons. Bonus that they are generally low maintenance.
Also anyone have pulcherrimum? I remember importing some and I know Bellamy did too at one point. I’d love to get some lol.
I haven't heard anything about that one before. When you say "non-tropical" what kind of temperatures can it handle? I assume not 8b lows, maybe it would be happy in my greenhouse though?And does this taste test sound accurate to you? "If laffy taffy made a pear-banana-guava flavor" is how it's described in this:https://youtu.be/7JHeeVFS79g
Is anybody else growing this? I bought it in around 2017 as Psidium sp. "Green" from the cerrado of Brazil. I bought it from a collector and am not entirely sure on the species. Maybe Psidium rufum or Psidium rufum var. widgrenianum based off of a post I saw somewhere on facebook, but ultimately don't know. Getting first fruits this year. The tree is very drought and heat tolerant. I barely water it in the summer.
Got you on seeds Jaboticaba45.Found a surprise fruit on my other Psidium sp. 'Green' that's at my farm and is in more optimal conditions. It's super full, bushy and honestly great looking. Fruit pic attached. This fruit is more appealing looking than the one in my sidewalk strip. Also got a fruit on this Psidium from Marcos. Maybe P. guinense x grandifolium. Flavor tones of banana. Really a good fruit. Left half of it on my tailgate when leaving my farm. Hope its on the ground waiting for my return so I can propagate some seeds. Regardless, I've got about 5 or so planted so should have many fruits soon. This plant got goph'd about 2 years ago and finally is inching towards recovery after transplant.
Quote from: SDPirate on March 17, 2023, 03:54:20 PMQuote from: K-Rimes on March 17, 2023, 02:30:36 PMBellamy has a ton of psidium species in stock right now and I made a cart of them. Haven't pulled trigger yet but am tempted. My favorite thing with Psidiums is their resilience in our conditions, plus they are rewarding in that they grow quite rapidly in the warm seasons. Bonus that they are generally low maintenance.That's what keeps me interested as well. I really love these crazy new species but I have to be honest with where I live and it is not 10a+ - a guava limps along through winter and outgrows the frost burn. That's what also keeps me looped in with the campomanesias.
I think lineatifolia and schechtendeliana survived the 18f in Houston this year-
I have a few Campomanesias but those are new to me and still babies. Schechtendeliana barely has 1st set of leaves and have 1 more emerging from the soil. My Reitziana is a bit further along but have little info on it. It has some really neat leaves IMO. Check it out from my pic last month:Personally I like the idea of Psidiums better because I can have them get blasted with full sun and not be too bothered by our cold. But if Campomanesias have a worthy taste then I would consider exploring adding more to the collection.
It's extremely dappled, basically right up on the trunk under a peach tree canopy so it just gets a kiss of light. I'll monitor it closely but since I basically do the same process to garcinias and jabos with no issue I think it will be okay.I should go about it more properly but I literally have a bunch community pots with tons of guava seedlings that go straight from indoor and barely acclimate them and let them fight it out under the sun gladiator style.
First fruit off my Psidium sp. 'Green Cerrado'!!!