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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.
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I am starting this thread to track loquats budding out, flowering and hopefully fruiting here in the PNW.
Unlike pretty much most fruit, loquats bud out in late summer/early fall and flower in winter. This means that your yard will stay perfumed all through winter and give you an incentive to go out in the cold.
While loquats are tropical/sub-tropical, they do surprisingly well far north of their ideal climactic region. They can handle very low temperatures with little to no damage. They are d…
And this one of course:
Do you live in the Pacific Northwest?
Post here so other in the area can know who you are and what you are interested in.
Also, feel free to chime in and talk about where you are and what ever is on your mind.
P.S. I original thought about calling the topic “Pacific Northwest Fruits and Nuts”
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Most of my zone pushing stuff is still too small to fruit, but the thing that has surprised me the most in terms of taking minimal damage even in our worst freezes is guabiju, but it’s been very slow growing and probably won’t reach fruiting size for many many years:
I did a search for this species (also spelled guabiyu), but there doesn’t appear to be a thread dedicated to it even though it’s been mentioned in passing by a few people (@Carld @Luisport @SnacksFromPlants e.g.).
I planted a pair of tiny seedlings last spring, here’s a photo of one of them shortly before it went in the ground about a year ago:
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They grew slowly but steadily through the growing season, and I was hoping they would get a couple mild winters before reall…