How To Grow Guava Tree Faster In Containers: Guava Tree Care

Growing Guava in Containers Faster

The Guava Varieties

Apple guava tree or white guava tree
Strawberry guava tree
Pineapple guava tree
Red guava tree
Pink guava tree
Mexican guava tree

1. The common Apple guava (Psidium guajava) has white fruit that typically ripen as a yellow color. It is the most frequently eaten species.
2. The Strawberry guava (Psidium littoral) has a red colored outer skin, and has strawberry-like flavor fruit, generally smaller than the common guava.
3. The Pineapple Guava or Feijoa (F. sellowiana) has attractive flowers and larger sized fruits.

Position : Where To Plant Guava Tree

1. Guava plant needs full sun to part shade to grow, however, it cannot withstand too much heat.
2. The guava plants have very little tolerance for cold. The plant is very frost tender and the matured tree will drop all the leaves in winter, while the young may die. The new leaves start to grow from the beginning of spring.
3. In the USA, guava trees can grow in US Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 9 through 11; in Hawaii, Florida, sheltered areas in California and Texas and the Virgin Islands.

Tips For Growing Guava in Containers

1. Guavas can be planted in pots and ground as well. If you are planning in a container, then select a big pot, at least 30 cm (12 inch) pot, bigger is better. The potted guava plant can be pruned in early summer to keep the size compact. Transfer the young guava plant every spring into a larger pot. How to grow fruits in pots
2. The pot should have good drainage holes at the bottom, which is important to protect the roots.
3. The guavas planted in ground grows faster into big tree, up to 30 feet in height because its roots can spread widely. The fruits in these trees become difficult to pluck as they grow to very high branches. So I am growing guava in the container, it is quite easy. The pot bound root system of guava tree growing in containers produce small size of fruits.

Soil For Guava Tree

How To Plant Guava

Guava Propagation Method

Guava Tree Care

Watering Guava Plant

1. Guavas prefer regular deep root watering, allow the soil to dry out somewhat between watering. Provide regular water during the growing season, and reduce watering during the winter. Apply water at the base of the tree, avoiding its foliage getting wet to prevent fungal disease.
2. The older branches of the guava tree produce larger size guava fruit. So to promote branch growth, the tree must receive regular water.

Mulch For Guava Tree

Guava tree

Guava Fertilizer Recommendation

1. Guava tree is heavy feeder, so it should be fertilized every 1-2 months when it is young; thereafter 3-4 times a year.
2. Guava trees need a fertilizer high in nitrogen, phosphorus, potash and some magnesium for maximum fruit production. Mix 6-6-6-2 fertilizer into soils beginning of the growing season and then 3-4 times during the growth period.
3. A fertilizer high in potassium is the best fertilizer for guava trees to increase fruit production. I feed my guava plant with a liquid fertilizer throughout the growing season.
4. Guava trees become iron deficient in alkaline and high pH soil. Fertilize 1-2 times with iron sulphate each year.
5. Always water your guava plant after fertilizing to minimize the risk of burns.

Guava Tree Flowers and Pollination

1. Guava tree has perfect flowers with male and female parts in each flower.
2. Honeybees pollinate the guava flowers.
3. If there are no bees in your area, then you may hand pollinate the flowers. Use a very small paint brush and tickle the inside of flowers.
4. Spray your guava tree a 5 % solution of urea mixed with a wetting agent just before flowering. When the urea spray dries, then water the plant. This will increase the duration of fruit production.

The Guava Fruit Harvest

How to Make a Guava Tree Bear Fruit

Guava Flower on one year  old guava tree

1. Allow the tree to dry out for 2-3 weeks and prune the tips of the branches to stimulate new growth. Guava will flower on the new growth.
2. Water restriction causes the tree to begin reproduction defense mechanisms that result in flowering.

Pests and Diseases on Guava Tree

1. Young guava are attacked by a number of pests including aphids, guava white fly, mealy bugs, moth, scale and thrips. Treat early. I cover the fruits with a paper bag to prevent fruit fly.
2. The guava tree is attacked by a number of diseases like anthrcnose, red alga, and leaf spots. Pruning the tree to increase air circulation will be beneficial. Regular copper spray, pest oil spray or insecticidal soap can control the disease.
3. Sometimes, ants crawling on the guavas may be problem. Use Boric Acid Ant Baits to control ants.

How Yo Prune of Guava Tree

How To Protect Guava Tree From Low Temperatures

References

1. Guava Fruit Farming Info - Beginners Guide
2. Jonathan Crane and Carlos Belerdi, Guava growing in Florida Home Landscape
3. Boning, Charles R. (2006). Florida's Best Fruiting Plants: Native and Exotic Trees, Shrubs, and Vines. Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press, Inc. p. 99.
4. California Rare Fruit Growers. Tropical Guava