Growing Feijoa as Screen hedge in SEQ, Brisbane - 12 month update. Doing well!

[@eraserheadarts]

Thank you for this video! Great to see how well (most of) the plants grew in 12 months. We've just planted feijoas for hedging in our backyard so it's great to see how it could look in 12 months' time.

[@marieelnep9643]

Salut, bravo merci pour cette vidéo 🌸 👍 🌸

[@glenmckay6160]

Hi, nice hedge. Just wondering if the Qld fruit fly is a problem in your area? If so, how will you deal with it? Here in suburban western Sydney feijoa fruit are ruined by fruit fly. After trying to get a crop for two years I bought fruit fly nets. They work very well. I have 12 feijoa trees, four of them in a hedge. I use two nets for the hedge - each covering two trees. The trick with all my feijoa trees is to prune back to about 8ft height. Nets are weighed down on the ground with bricks. What variety of feijoa did you take cuttings from? I have Mammoth and Apollo that I am marcotting (air-layering) at the moment, but I also want to succeed with taking cuttings. Watched your earlier video on your success with feijoa cuttings and hoping I can get a 60-70% take too! Very impressive.

[@LivingontwoacresQueensland]

Hi! Thanks for your comment!We do have a fruit fly here in SEQ as well. I think netting is the best way to go. I think I mostly have the most common Feijoas, which is sold as Seloviana type. At least that's what the label on them said. I do have 2 Mammoth Feijoas, which I planted purely for the fruit. No fruit on them yet, but once they start to produce- I will definitely put nets over them. Good luck with your project!

[@rangerismine]

You ever try growing Chilean guava? It’s also called tazberry I believe.