Pineapple guava varieties

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I’d suggest searching on here for threads about feijoa, there are a few very active threads with lots of discussion of various varieties. Here’s one:

Tracking Feijoa in the PNW

This is my third year growing Feijoa — one of my favorite fruits. It is likely marginal in the Puget sound region — Portland and Willamette valley may be better suited. I am creating this topic to track how Feijoa varieties do on the PNW. Please post your variety and photos below. My first blooms of the season. In ground Kaiteri. No special microclimate. [image]

Here’s another:

Feijoa (pineapple guava)

A forum search showed no recent feijoa-exclusive topics and Brady asked OT in the recent SWD topic, so here goes: My single-bush 22nd year planting hand-pollinated un-named variety feijoa produced over 2,400 fruits this year weighing over 150 pounds. Year 2014=30 pounds, 2013=90 pounds. It is good to hear Brady up in WA finally got a few fruits. Another PDX gardener treated me to his first-ever feijoa from a sixth-year planting, he went on to harvest dozens of fruit, some quite large, Apollo s…