Thanks! I appreciate it! I’ve heard they don’t root too well, but I’m with you, if the sticks are already broken or need to be pruned, it’s no loss to try. I’m attempting a variety of things that aren’t supposed to root from cuttings this year.
I was thinking grafting would speed it up significantly. I’m hoping my seeds will sprout and put on enough growth this summer to be ready for grafting next year.
I’ve never grown them from seeds, but I’ve never grown anything from seed ready for grafting the next season. I’d say two growing seasons likely needed at least.
Ok, maybe I’ll adjust expectations. I haven’t had any experience with it, seed grown or otherwise to know how they grow.
Mine are crawling along. I do not think they grow very fast at all from seed. At least not that first year.
I have good luck with persimmon seeds growing to almost 1/4 inch in one season and can be grafted the next year.
Yeah I know others have, mine have grown slowly
How are you growing yours? I am wondering if they may be care sensitive like figs. I’ve noticed my figs are highly responsive to good care. Obviously most everything responds to being well cared for, but I’ve noticed some plants it makes a massive difference. The figs I grew in a greenhouse for example really outgrew the ones I left outdoors, especially in spring. I also found the figs I put in pots that I thought were way too big filled them out while the ones I potted small barely filled out their little pots.
Has anyone had experience where they were able to “push” growth on their feijoa? Either with heat, cool, water or fertilizer schedules? I’m sure like anything marginally hardy you’d want to be careful to stop the push before fall.
Some are outside getting neglected, others are in the greenhouse. The only thing they aren’t getting is fed alot. Fertilizer will definitely speed up growth some, but I would still imagine it will take 2 years before they are ready to graft.
I had a decent germination rate on the seeds, so I usually put them in slightly different enviroments to see which ones do the best. They did not like sitting in water puddling on the table, but other than that I haven’t had any issues with them, just slow growing. My in ground plant also isn’t exactly growing like a weed either, although it did fill in really well.
It’s nice to experiment with different methods! Sounds like they may just be something not destined for quick growth. Things like figs and blackberries really spoil us, but it sounds like feijoa is going to be more similar to blueberries in timing.
In my experience the feijoa I grew from seed grew very slowly.
Yes, i fertilized mine with a diluted amount of fertilizer every 2 weeks but sometimes… every week if they’re drinking a lot. I stopped fertilizing about 2-3 months ago when it started to get cold and they still pushed growth until about a month ago amazingly enough.
I’ve noticed mine have put on over a foot of growth since i got them earlier this year. The same ones at One Green World and Restoring Eden are about a foot shorter than mine and they’re all created/grafted at around the same time since they all came from the same batch to my understanding.
In my photos, with the 20 inch tall pots, they’re taller than me. I just came from one green world with this one and was looking at their other smaller ones as well. Even though the pallet they were on came up to my hip, the plants were barely over my head. Where as those in my photo, the pots come up to my knees and they’re taller than me.
Can order some online
Places like frog hollow farms to taste the unnamed fruit
I love them
I think they like some water for growth
Not wet feet but not dry
Some fertilizer also helps
They’re similar to figs in terms in terms of the triggers for growth but not gonna put on several feet of growth in one year like a fig
My pineapple guavas survived 13 degrees with mulch only, still evergreen and beautiful.
they are fairly small, 2x2
Cant wait for them to fruit
I didn’t like the look of their feijoa so I’m going back to Restoring Eden to pick up more. I like the look of theirs better last I remembered.
There’s a 10 gallon Takaka too but I already have 2, maybe 3 of them. Wanted to get more Kaiteri and Marion.
Yeah, they’re quite hardy. I think even to single digits is totally realistic.
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The squirrels or rats did eventually find them so not totally pest free for me. But at least no bird pressure in my yard.
I’ve grown 30 Feijoa seedlings since 2018 (some planted 2019) in zone 8B in southwestern Canada. I’ve found that the above ground part of the plants is mostly killed by temperatures of -12C (10F) or colder, but the base of the plant survives and new sprouts grow vigorously during the following season. This has happened during the last three winters, and none of the unprotected plants has flowered. I assume that some varieties are hardier than these seedlings, from what I’ve read in these forums.
Time to first flowering must also be variable because the only 2018 seedling that I protected had 1, 6, and 11 blossoms sequentially during the summers following those cold winters; but a nursery-bought seedling that was planted in 2018 and also protected has never flowered.
The one seedling plant that bloomed must need cross-pollination because it has never set any proper fruit despite hand-pollination from its own flowers.
Feijoa is relatively common in Australia. They are not as popular as they ought to be and most people who have a tree don’t know what to do with the fruit.
Fruit fly (if you have this pest in America) hits feijoa really bad. They seem to infect every last fruit on the tree, the fruit smells incredible but once fruit fly get in it is brown and rotten when you cut it open.
I am surprised at the people saying feijoa cope with dry. They survive but won’t fruit here unless watered, or we have a wet year. In my opinion they are well worth the water.
I feel I need to make a video on grafting feijoas. Yes, grafting onto established plants in ground works much better. Potted seedlings are often root bound and will not accept scions. Make sure they are actively growing if you need to graft onto potted plants. I made many grafted plants in pots too, after failing with a dozen or so. In most cases you need to examine the root system of the rootstock, up pot it, grow for a month or two, and then graft
