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Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« on: September 14, 2024, 01:05:03 AM »
Yesterday I plant two of Pineapple Guava trees in the ground. The flower is edible.
Hopefully they will set fruit in two years.








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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2024, 02:46:07 AM »
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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2024, 06:58:27 PM »
Does the flower really taste that good or is it an exaggeration?

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2024, 10:21:43 PM »
They taste great. Tastiest flower I can think of offhand.

Does the flower really taste that good or is it an exaggeration?

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2024, 07:40:50 AM »
Flowers are sweet, Fragrant, floral, very good. Wilts fast when picked, so need to grow own to see how good it taste. Fruits are also very good depending where it is grown. I've had gross tasting Feijoa from Hawaii compared to my excellent Feijoa home grown.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #5 on: September 15, 2024, 09:16:00 AM »
I am also looking forward to getting feijoa flowers and fruits soon.  I have one seedling that I grafted a named variety onto but I letting some seedling branches grow out also.  I am hoping that seedling + grafted type will have overlapping flowering periods and cross pollinate.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #6 on: September 15, 2024, 11:48:24 AM »
I bought a number of seedlings of the most cold-tolerant feijoas from Fruitwood Nursery last fall, and put them in the ground.  They all survived the winter; only half of them survived my summer heat and drought.  But the half that survived still look fine, so I'm very pleased with them!

I hope they continue to do well for me, and eventually fruit.  ;D

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #7 on: September 15, 2024, 11:51:03 AM »
I bought a number of seedlings of the most cold-tolerant feijoas from Fruitwood Nursery last fall, and put them in the ground.  They all survived the winter; only half of them survived my summer heat and drought.  But the half that survived still look fine, so I'm very pleased with them!

I hope they continue to do well for me, and eventually fruit.  ;D

Good to hear from someone in 7b. What was the coldest it got for you?

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2024, 07:15:48 AM »
The petals are really delicious and way more “meatier” than you’d expect. However you don’t eat the flower, just the petals. Theoretically I think the main pollinator is alleged to be birds eating the petals. However mine haven’t held fruit maybe I’ll hand pollinate next year.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2024, 07:25:04 AM »
The petals are really delicious and way more “meatier” than you’d expect. However you don’t eat the flower, just the petals. Theoretically I think the main pollinator is alleged to be birds eating the petals. However mine haven’t held fruit maybe I’ll hand pollinate next year.

Hand pollination works well specially if they are cross pollinated. I had to thin a bunch of fruit after doing this to my container Pineapple guava.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2024, 09:15:30 PM »
The coldest it got last winter was 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  It usually gets slightly colder, down to around 7 degrees.  So I'll see what happens this coming winter!

I'm not planning to protect them at all.  The whole point of buying seedlings from the most cold tolerant cultivars is to find feijoas that are happy in my climate without any fiddling.  ;)  All the seedlings I bought came from moms that were hardy to 7b, and I think one of them may have even been hardy to zone 7a.
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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #11 on: September 23, 2024, 02:53:42 PM »
Does the flower really taste that good or is it an exaggeration?

Feijoa flowers are unusual in that they’re succulent and sweet like marshmallows. It is A little sweet

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #12 on: September 23, 2024, 02:54:50 PM »
I am also looking forward to getting feijoa flowers and fruits soon.  I have one seedling that I grafted a named variety onto but I letting some seedling branches grow out also.  I am hoping that seedling + grafted type will have overlapping flowering periods and cross pollinate.

Nice idea

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #13 on: September 23, 2024, 02:56:33 PM »
I bought a number of seedlings of the most cold-tolerant feijoas from Fruitwood Nursery last fall, and put them in the ground.  They all survived the winter; only half of them survived my summer heat and drought.  But the half that survived still look fine, so I'm very pleased with them!

I hope they continue to do well for me, and eventually fruit.  ;D

Yes, hopefully you will get it, but they need cross pollination

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #14 on: September 23, 2024, 02:59:27 PM »
The petals are really delicious and way more “meatier” than you’d expect. However you don’t eat the flower, just the petals. Theoretically I think the main pollinator is alleged to be birds eating the petals. However mine haven’t held fruit maybe I’ll hand pollinate next year.

Hand pollination will helps a lot if you have only one variety

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #15 on: September 23, 2024, 03:25:26 PM »
I hand pollinated my nazemez with takaka, almost all flowers set fruits.
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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #16 on: September 23, 2024, 03:32:25 PM »
The coldest it got last winter was 9 degrees Fahrenheit.  It usually gets slightly colder, down to around 7 degrees.  So I'll see what happens this coming winter!

I'm not planning to protect them at all.  The whole point of buying seedlings from the most cold tolerant cultivars is to find feijoas that are happy in my climate without any fiddling.  ;)  All the seedlings I bought came from moms that were hardy to 7b, and I think one of them may have even been hardy to zone 7a.

You will get some decent die back below 10f, probably will lose all branches 1/4" or under. I would recommend protecting them for those stints. I am following along with a grower I know in 8B in BC, and he loses a good bit of his each year. The challenge you really have is finding a very early flowering variety, else the fruit will never ripen to completion, and you need to maintain second year wood new growth for flowers in Spring. The BC grower has fairly large plants, some well over 6' tall, so not small.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #17 on: September 23, 2024, 04:21:35 PM »
I hand pollinated my nazemez with takaka, almost all flowers set fruits.

You have Takaka, I have Waingaro. They are sibling. Maybe we can trade the fruit in the future.

I also have Kaiteri, Nazemezet and Coolidge

(Takaka™ and Waingaro™ are from the work of Nigel Ritson. )
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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #18 on: September 24, 2024, 01:07:11 PM »
Does the flower really taste that good or is it an exaggeration?

Feijoa flowers are unusual in that they’re succulent and sweet like marshmallows. It is A little sweet

I think the flowers are the best part of the plant. I'm not a big fan of the fruit, though this is the first year I'm going to be able to taste my own fruit. I've had the tree in the ground for quite a few years and this is the first year I'm getting a fruit set. I've read that you have to have a couple plants to get a decent harvest.

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #19 on: September 24, 2024, 08:47:53 PM »
You will get some decent die back below 10f, probably will lose all branches 1/4" or under. I would recommend protecting them for those stints. I am following along with a grower I know in 8B in BC, and he loses a good bit of his each year. The challenge you really have is finding a very early flowering variety, else the fruit will never ripen to completion, and you need to maintain second year wood new growth for flowers in Spring. The BC grower has fairly large plants, some well over 6' tall, so not small.

That's good to know.  We very rarely get temperatures below 10 degrees Fahrenheit -- it's usually just one or two nights out of the whole year.  It would probably be pretty easy to give the seedlings a wee bit protection during the very coldest nights.  Maybe stick a tomato cage around each one with a blanket over the top?

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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #20 on: September 26, 2024, 06:25:18 AM »
I hand pollinated my nazemez with takaka, almost all flowers set fruits.

You have Takaka, I have Waingaro. They are sibling. Maybe we can trade the fruit in the future.

I also have Kaiteri, Nazemezet and Coolidge

Sure, I’m open to trade with anyone in this forum, rather its fruit or Scion.

(Takaka™ and Waingaro™ are from the work of Nigel Ritson. )
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Re: Pineapple Guava (Feijoa)
« Reply #21 on: September 27, 2024, 03:46:45 AM »
I hand pollinated my nazemez with takaka, almost all flowers set fruits.

You have Takaka, I have Waingaro. They are sibling. Maybe we can trade the fruit in the future.

I also have Kaiteri, Nazemezet and Coolidge

Sure, I’m open to trade with anyone in this forum, rather its fruit or Scion.

There will be opportunities in the future

(Takaka™ and Waingaro™ are from the work of Nigel Ritson. )

 

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