Dmangologist

Nice pic, I just found my first bloom on a Thai Pink today and there are a few more buds yet to open. My red and yellow cattleya are absolutely loaded with buds. I hope to have a great crop this year and protect them from the fruit flies with Surround.

DoctorSteve

How do you know when to pick them?

I just got my wife a Tropical pink (what ever kind that is) and we are not sure when to pick them. We picked the first one when it was almost all yellow with the faintest of pink. We are letting the next one turn more or all the way pink and see how that tastes. I just don't want that dang bluejay to eat it.

sunfish

If you touch them and they fall in your hand their ready. No resistance when pulled from the tree.


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DoctorSteve

sounds good to me. I saw a pile of coconuts and some bananas in the background. They have all kinds of good fruit.

Dmangologist

Tropical pink guava are fully ripe when bright yellow. I prefer to eat guava just before they are fully ripe. Experiment to see when they taste best to you. The taste changes significantly from pre-ripe to fully ripe.

DoctorSteve

So our guavas old leaves are yellowing but not all of them. The new and emerging leaves are doing fine. Is this something they do normally, or is something wrong?

sunfish

It's normal for old leaves to die and fall

DoctorSteve

That is what I was hoping.

sunfish

Guava love being pruned. I pruned this one and three others down to a stub,grew back better than before

DoctorSteve

Looks nice I can't wait until ours gets that big. It is basically a 3.5' stick right now. It looks like it may have a sucker at the base I might even cut that off and start another one.

Dean W.

I have one in a pot. It's about 5' tall. Id like to cut it back now this makes me want to do that. Has anyone had any success in a pot? That would be the only way I could get away with growing one here.

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sunfish

It will grow and fruit in a pot

Dmangologist

I have several in pots. I only have the large leafed tropical guavas in pots due to the fact that they are quite cold sensitive. The small leafed red & yellow guavas are scattered around my yard and have survived down into the low 20, the large leafed varieties are damaged below 30 and if small can be killed.

As far as trimming goes, I only trim tips of branches that are getting too long, otherwise they are not trimmed. The ones in the ground are topped every few years to keep the fruit easy to pick.

sunfish

Tifny148

I'm wondering why my Guava flowers start out beautiful then turn brown and fall???! Anyone have any advice/experience?

sunfish

Guessing too much or too little water ?

sunfish

Dmangologist

Well said, that would be my assumption too.
Like tomatoes, guavas like even moisture but a bit less in the winter. Also when young, guava plants frequently abort their fruiting, and the buds and small fruit drop.

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Tifny148

so i noticed two small mushrooms growing in my pot with the guava tree. I hope its not diseased and maybe it was just too moist. Its been in the house because the weather is now finally warming up. Im hoping once its outside it may do a little better