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Guava tree - container grown from seed
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Posted by BeaBea 7b SC (My Page) on Sun, Sep 11, 05 at 12:36
| I have grown a guava tree from seed about 5 yrs ago. It has grown well in a container, is brought in every fall at first frost to the garage where it remains under good lighting all winter. It is then brought out in early spring after last frost. I water it well, fertilize it with an all purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer. It has never bloomed. All I get is really nice foliage. I do prune it back heavily toward the end of summer, about 6-8 weeks before it comes indoors. I don't know what variety of guava this is but it does have dark green leaves and appears healthy. Can anyone tell me why it has never bloomed and whether it ever will? |
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RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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Many tropical plants need several to many years to mature from seed. How many years guavas need I don't know. How far back are you pruning it? How big are the leaves? How big was the fruit you took it from-round, pear-shaped-pink inside?
When do you take it outside-what month? And-what do you fertilize it with?
You might want to not cut it real hard in autumn/winter but to keep it maybe 2 ft high or more in a 5 gallon bucket.
Also, first thing spring use something like 2-10-10 fertilizer (bloom special).
At least you don't have to worry about fruit flies destroying your guavas whenever they do fruit-like we do here in Florida.
Kevin
p.s. have you considered trying to grow pomegranates? |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| My tree is in a 24" wide very large planter. It gets pruned back to about 5' with many branches and leaves left. I purchased the seeds while in Hawaii, the package did not specify what variety. I take the planter out mid to late April, bringing it back in if we have temps going below 45 degrees. As I stated, I fertilize with an all purpose 10-10-10 fertilizer in early spring and again mid to late summer. It has grown beautifully each year for 5 years now. No blooms. Does anyone know if it will ever bloom? |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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HI,
I've heard that tropical fruit trees (I don't know if Guava is included in this catagory) need litte or no fertilizer. The more you fertilize, the more foliage; the less you fertilize the more fruit.
Just a suggestion....and also it does take years. You might try doing a search. I've found that guava sites are scarce, however. Happy growing and God Bless!
organicsweetpea |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| Well I don't know much abou guavas other than that they do well here in texas, I bouht a guava fruit at HEB store, it was about the size of a lg yellow lemon,yellow on the outside pink inside lots of seeds got 2 to sprout. Grew about 3feet tall bloomed and set fruit! all in the same year! Then the frost got to the plants,and they are coming back. |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| I believe that guava needs a bit of a chill to set fruit. I think I read that somewhere. Not a FROST mind you but perhaps a few weeks in the low 40's? Guava trees are hardy to about 26-28F from what I have read. |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| guavas and chill??? nah, they produce fairly well in here during summer and mins are 25-28°C. Some guavs come into bearing fruit just after 12 months of being planted, and need lots of heat to ripen well, and almost no water at all. Perhaps there are some varities which may not need this weather requierements. |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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- Posted by eggo z10soCal LBC (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 13, 06 at 1:11
| Guavas don't really need chill. They will flower as long as they keep growing. In the tropics this is usually year round. Its a bit hard to get most fruit seedlings to mature/flower in a pot. If it was planted out, that guava would be flowering already but since it is potted, give it another year or two. If it still doesn't, attempt a graft of a mature guava unto the rootstock. Sometimes this triggers an entire seedling plant to mature and flower. |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| I got about 50 seedling now they all sprouted .I thought I might get 5 to sprout but wow they all are commin up .They love it here in texas hehe |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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Well here they are have 6 this size still no fruit but they big and hope this year maybe some fruit.First pic is how they look today .
this is them last summer.
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RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| Help! I forgot what I did to make the guava seeds sprout, what do i need to do? I got this BIG guava at the store, the size of an orange and want to have some plants from those seeds help,as for the other guava one of them died! but the other still alive no fruit WHY? I also have an strawberry guava but no fruit either!, my avocado trees also dont give fruit either, or my mangoes what am I doing wrong? Thank you all marcie |
RE: Guava tree - container grown from seed
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| To make guava seed sprout, use the fermentation process. Gather the seed from the fruit, soak in water in a glass jar. Stir ocassionally to separate the pulp from the seed. It takes about two to three weeks to sprout. Make sure to change the water often so it doesn't rot. |
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