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Originally Posted by DoctorSteve
The guava I got for my wife has been flowering for the last week or so with many more to come. The problem is the flowers open dry out after about 2 and then fall off about a week later or sooner if I touch them. I have even been brushing the flowers with a small paint brush trying to increase pollination. Any Ideas?
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I had the same problem. I used a qtip to pollinate them. Quite a few of my flowers dried out and fell off but I was still left with a good amount of flowers and actually have 4 fruit growing. I would suggest making sure your tree is properly watered, I think that helped me. Also, I moved my guava from direct sunlight because I wasn't sure if it was gettIng to much sun and causing the drying