SO wind broke top layer.should I just prune below red line
and just wait for new sucker to come out? Looks like half broke off.
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Paint the wound with white indoor paint with 50% water dilution a couple coats and let it go.
It would be easier to advise if the whole plant were pictured. (not sure what “top layer” and “half broke” mean in this case). Will the remaining plant now be extremely top heavy and the breakage point now a weak point?
Pineapple guava is a rampant sprouter from pruning points and from natural damage; it may send out a cluster of sprouts on its own. Thin to the strongest 2 or 3 sprouts.
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With that bracing, I would leave it alone and see how the torn area responds.
The main stem at the tear point will need to increase in girth over the next 2-3 years
to support the upper plant. If it remains stunted, you may need to use 3 support stakes in a triangle arrangement.
There are a lot of pruning cuts low your plant. My old plant has 4-inch-thick branches at that level. I would expect a lot of sprouts from your low pruning cuts next year. Let those grow in case you eventually need to prune off entirely above the tear point.
With feijoa, low-hanging fruit is preferable to way up in the air fruit.
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I prefer low level fruit myself.
Sincerely yours;
White Tail Dear
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Blacktail too, but low branches can keep them further from the trunk and protect higher branches. But its more hassle to defend the low branches long enough to have structure start low.
The low branches, allowed to grow long-term, will eventually produce fruit several feet above the ground. Not an option if they are all pruned off. Feijoa bruises easily and are typically harvested after falling on the ground. Keeping the mulch inches thick will help. To keep them from falling requires nearly daily test-tugging of many fruits.