Is that the tag for the tree under your hand?
I have been eating the flowers and enjoy them…
unfortunately, no…that tag was from a blackberry I bought last week…these shrubs are over 5 years old, I didn’t keep the tags…
Hi, I live in Oregon also, Lane county. I have a small bush that produced (3!) fruits this year. The area they are in is very shady this time of year. Should I dig them up you think and plant them where there’s more late fall sun? Also those fruits are hard but do you think I should pick them since temps are getting low? I think it may have dipped below 30 the other night. I am a novice and want to grow fruit but finding it a little challenging here! This is a question for @LarryGene
I would like to see @LarryGene ’s answer also.
If you pick immature fruit off the bush, they will not ripen.
Better to wait. They will keep ripening even if you get mild frost. I believe the cut off might be the high 20s. But picking them early is a bad idea.
In years past when the crop peaked at or after Thanksgiving, rather than the two-three weeks earlier of recent years, there would be some December ripening. I think drying winds and subfreezing temps do lessen the quality of the fruit, even if no discoloration is noticed.
You might try picking one of the three fruits and bring it indoors as an experiment.
Late-season fruit tends to dry out and become leathery inside; the outer appearance can remain fine.
I don’t think moving the bush to a sunnier area is necessary; my bush has been in the autumn shade of a growing and becoming large cryptomeria tree for many years and the ripening process was not effected.
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This is encouraging to note. I have a large loquat tree that is starting to shade out a Nikita feijoa which is now getting large and productive. I hope it does not significantly impacting production in subsequent years.
I been picking up guavas, mainly nazemetz and coolidge.they taste sour.seems they didn’t develop before falling off the tree.inside has no jelly.here it gets a lot of wind.is it due to the climate or the wind? They got plenty of water in the summer.
Slender fruits, that are not of a rounder shape, will still ripen and fall off the plants. These slender fruits are unlikely to have any jelly inside. It could be a climate thing for Central Valley as this is much hotter and dryer than the Coast where many more feijoas are grown. It would not be due to the wind. Your summer watering is a good thing.
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I still have a lot of fruit on my trees - some are large and well over 100g. They are firmly attached to the tree. In past years they only dropped around Christmas. If we got a hard frost, they needed some protection or the fruit would spoil.
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