ok cool, because my greenhouses are packed and i wanted more airflow in them so i was going to leave all the potted feijoas outside. my in ground ones have no problem with the cold but thought the potted ones would be much less cold hardy.
What is the temperature u have now? Here in Cali itās gotten to maybe 37 lowest n I have lil seedlings,they seem to be still alive lol
California is a big place. What part of the state are you talking about?
For instance, where I grew up in California it was shocking if a winter night dropped below 40. Of course, every summer in that desert has days above 115, some days above 120.
So I was very pleased to move north where a day above 100 is shocking and virtually never gets above 105. This cooler summer does have a bit of a trade off with a few very cold winter mornings.
This week the coldest it dropped was to is 25 for a few hours for three mornings. Low temps are supposed to rise back into the mid 40ās this week. 95% of the days that freeze in the Willamette Valley are between 28 and 32, so not that severe really. Which is why so many subtropical plants flourish here.
I wouldnāt worry about that unless itās forecast to drop below 15. Maybe use 20 as the danger zone that gets you to move them in just to be on safe side.
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Several potted trees died at 16F.
But most survived.
They are hardy but not as hardy as loquats.
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I live in merced.it got crazy hot this year, good amount of times it was ,100-107 .it was wild.
Yeah, it gets toasty there. I used to be under the impression that feijoa wouldnāt do well in the Central Valley, but then I found a YouTube channel from a guy in Modesto who has some really impressive feijoa. He also has cherimoya and avocado. I think the key is to be far enough north in the Central Valley for some cooler temps to mitigate the heat.
I saw a post you made about a seedling blooming. Canāt remember the details. How many years did that take?
All my seedlings bloomed within 5th season. Some bloomed in year 3.
Production is quite good within 2-3 years after that. One of my seedlings is atleast as good as my best grafted varieties.
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Okay really irrelevant but when i was in Modesto many moons ago, i saw THE BIGGEST ufo ever that filled up the entire sky until it took off. And it was silent. Did you know that George Lucas is also from Modesto? After witnessing what i did, i have a hunch that he was abducted and told stories of which, he then told us about 
sorry, the ufo left a mark on me
If we get the house Iām looking at, Iām replacing the landscaping bushes in front with the seedlings i got from that one place where i thought they were grafted on for some reason, and not seedlings
What kind of production did you get from the seedlings on the first year of blooming? And the 3rd season after first bloom is when you typically see peak production?
Very limited flowering on most of my young seedlings in the first couple of years. One of my seedlings was very productive very soon. Its flavor is also outstanding.
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Thatās great to know. I saw the loquat seedling flowered for you. Nice. How many years did that take? Seedling from international district tree?
Loquat is a white variety whose parent is Sugar Crisp. Supposed to be one of the best white varieties.
Realizing I never replied to this
Flavor was disappointing, compared to the Moore. A little bland. And the fruit were a little dry inside, so maybe a watering problem
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I love how thereās not hundreds of varieties of feijoa. I think Iāve caught most of the good PokĆ©mons of this fruit
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Not sure if this is a joke. There actually are multiple dozens if you count the named varieties in Brazil, Colombia, etc. Now there may be only a dozen or so easily available in North Americaā¦
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I have many seedlings that are atleast as good as named varieties. And new ones are developing all the time.
I doubt itās possible to catch all the good PokĆ©mons.
Donāt tell me these things. Iām running out of room
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