I live in ranch and there’s tons ground squirrels rats n mice n they don’t bother the trees.wjat bothers the flowers petals is the chickens or birds.also caterpillar will eat young leaf.i.have dynatrap set to collect the moths and a bug zapper.the mice once in a while go inside pots to nest.
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In cold winters when snow is deep mice will girdle young trees and entirely eat seedlings that were sown directly sometimes, and rabbits will girdle large trees if they can do it under the snow out of the sight of hawks.
But with your being in such a warm area, you probably don’t deal with any of this even I only had one patch bigger than a quarter missing on my trees because of the mice, so the hawks and fixed are doing their work. We’ve got lots of foxes now.
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Bloop. So it begins…
I hand pollinated them but by the pecks of the flowers lately, it looks like the birds have started to helped as well.
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Please describe in more detail “the pecks of the flowers”.
Pecks of peppers. Hehe
Is this Feijoa going to make it? I up potted it about a month ago no probs then about a week ago dropping leaves. It’s been mid to upper 90’s but I cover it with shade cloth and misters every hour but it keeps dropping. The other one next to it I up potted the same time in same great soil it’s growing and healthy. Not much I can do at this point but since this is my first Feijoa it can’t hurt to ask opinions.
They’re extremely resilient. 2 of mine did the same thing too and they recovered. Just keep the soil most and keep it in the shade for a little bit.
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Thanks that’s what I was hoping to hear lol. I’m wondering if I went a little heavy on the water so been backing off a lot.
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@Melon I might have had some flowers with the new plants I got this year… had I planted them in ground! 
Analysis paralysis had me and in the end they sit where I think I want them, but they are one of those things that keep getting pushed back! Thus, have not been planted!
I will probably wait until fall, now.
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I have all of mine in pots and even the 1 gallon potted ones are flowering for me
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Feijoa will drop green leaves when summer-stressed. Perhaps the one plant has more transplant shock than the other, for whatever reason. It is best to keep the black pots shaded and the plant itself in at least partial sunshine.
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Thanks for the images. This is the same bird beaking-off (rather than a peck) of feijoa petals that my plant has experienced over the years. It varies greatly from year-to-year. This year, no bird activity. The birds in my case were almost tiny and very furtive, seldom actually seen in the bush by the time I got in the vicinity. The pollination benefit would be minimal, as the pollen area of the flower is not affected. Bird activity leaves nearly all the flowers on the bush, whereas squirrel activity leaves the entire flower on the ground, plus the occasional brachlet tip.
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Hi Everyone, I am new here, writing from North Vancouver zone 9a. Found this forum as I was looking for more information on Feijoa varieties and loved reading the various comments and growing updates. I recently worked hard to redo a weed-overgrown area of my property and decided to move some of my more deer resistant potted trees there including two ~6 year old Coolidge feijoas and 2 pomegranates. I liked how the Feijoas were looking so much that I got 3 more (Kaiteri, Anatoki, and Kakapo) in June. I think I can fit in probably 1 more variety (maybe 2 if I rearranged the pomegranate to both be on the “upper bunk”). Which 1 or 2 varieties would you recommend I should get and why?
Some considerations: this space is east facing but also gets decent south exposure. I measured sunlight hours and in June this area got sun from about 7 am to 4:30 pm (9.5 hrs). Im also thinking that the gravel base creates more of a hot microclimate but not sure how well that will translate for accommodating later ripening varieties.
So far both of my Coolidge trees have flowered in past seasons although this year only one exploded with 40-50 flowers over 2 bursts, well timed enough to pollinate my new kaiteri tree that was flowering in June. The other Coolidge tree focused all its energy on growing a LOT of new green vegetation and filling up.
The Anatoki is still young and the Kakapo (not in the pictured line up) was purchased at a huge discount as it almost died at the nursery and I bought it with the intention of nursing it back to health. It will take one of the empty spots when it rebuilds its vegetation enough.
Im growing in containers so that I have the flexibility to move around and rearrange my plants. Also this area is close to / on the property line (the hedge is technically beyond the property line) so I dont think I should be planting new trees in the ground here.
Here is a photo of the set up. Looks like I can only post one photo at a time as a new member.
Let me know if anyone has suggestions for 1 or max 2 varieties to add to this set up and/or if you have any feedback or questions in general 
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Thanks Larry will do!
Hi Luba and welcome. I just got a few and new to PG but Den’s Choice, Marjane and Albert’s Supreme are supposed to be really good. Abbabadaba Moore and Apollo too.
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Thank you Plants. I looked these up and seems like unfortunately they are not available for sale in Canada (except Apollo) due to import restrictions (unless someone knows something I don’t). Saw great comments about a few of these on this thread.
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I bought and planted Takaka last year, based on comments in this forum. It is supposed to be early and self-fertile, but I can’t verify that it is good for this climate (northwest corner of Burnaby) because it hasn’t bloomed yet. It should be available from Amsterdam Nursery and/or Phoenix Perennials in late summer or fall.
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Thanks vitog, Takaka is a top contender cultivar I was thinking about - will check local inventory. I also saw comments about Waingaro being tasty but not sure if anyone has tried to grow it in our area and had success given its a later ripening one. Im also considering Kakariki but perhaps its too similar to what I already have. And lastly, I was really curious about Wiki Tu given its a more dwarf variety and known for large tasty fruit but can’t find anyone that imports it into Canada.
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Is this new proposed location similar [in surface (hot gravel) and sun exposure] to the previous location? Pomegranates like it hot; the feijoas planted down here (Portland) seem to grow fine but fruit poorly in hot locations.
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