Our Guava Collection + Barbie Pink Guava Tasting

[@GraftingTactick]

What an absolute beauty guava fruit 🌿🌿🌲🌱🍃🌴👍

[@kundansinghdhami7523]

Good explanation about gauva

[@maxsanchez8415]

I didn’t know guavas were such a phenomenon in other states. In California they are so abundant!

[@growpuravida]

Every place is different, as you probably already know :) we have mangoes growing like weeds, other states pay top dollar to taste even mediocre ones

[@JazzMeUinFLUSA]

Wow I like that kind of guava. Do you sell rooted stems? I used to have that variety but it was killed by cold temperatures 2 years ago.

[@JazzMeUinFLUSA]

I have 2 kinds of variety growing in pots. I hope they bear fruits soon.

[@keokitsune4293]

ended up buying a barbie pink tree because of this review.

[@benjaminor408]

Dang now i want one also

[@nyuuparadise1183]

I have Cas guava / sour guava good for making juice .

[@tropical-fruit-Florida]

I'm going to be squeezing the leaves and see if it rejuvenates by hair!

[@angeloflight6077]

very nice explication , I like 👍😇🙏

[@llll6332]

Its been a long time since I had a guava..I forgotten the taste! Will have to try at one point :-) Definately liked playing Barbie's, though !looool

[@growpuravida]

It tastes so good yum yum yum 😋

[@snava360z334]

Where did you get your tree from ?

[@growpuravida]

Wild Flamingo nursery in Davie, FL

[@candyman5749]

I just ordered a Barbie pink tree, but I have never tasted one. If I grow one from seed, will it be true to its hybrid name? I keep hearing different opinions about this. I have only tried one guava in my life that I bought from an Asian market, and it was a white crunchy variety. It tasted terrible and had no sweetness. Hopefully, this tree will produce something better.

[@growpuravida]

Haha this was the reason my wife never wanted to plant any guavas; she tasted the green crunchy ones in Asia and said it’s the most ridiculous fruit. Of course Barbie Pink is very different. I’m describing the taste in the video, it’s also extremely aromatic. Good luck with your tree! It usually produces very fast, our air layered tree held fruit same year after separating from mother tree. Seedlings of guava don’t always come true, but worth planting several especially if you have land for that. Sometimes seedlings exceed the parent in certain characteristics, that’s how new varieties are made. If you end up with a mediocre tree, you can always graft it with a known variety. I plant many guava seeds to experiment.

[@candyman5749]

@@growpuravida Do you know anything about mexican cream Guavas. I am trying to grow them from seed. They are supposed to be sweet. I hate the thought of growing something for a few years, and having it end up producing trash. I might try 'approach grafting' two of them together and leaving them connected to their rootstocks, so they will help each other out. Hopefully it will produce a vigorous tree.

[@growpuravida]

I have never tasted a mexican cream but i heard they are very good tasting. The problem is that there are many variations and many sellers selling as mexican cream and they may not taste the same. Variation will be there from seed grown plants as well.

[@caroldavidson-hylton900]

Hope you have plants for sale. Thanks for sharing

[@growpuravida]

Guavas have been so hard to propagate this year for us for some reason… working on it!

[@growpuravida]

Our list of plants for sale can be found here: tropicalfruitforum.com/index.php?topic=46957.0 Having a clearance sale at the moment.

[@braheemmonroe11]

Are the leaves from the pink varieties of guava edible?

[@growpuravida]

Same exact as white varieties

[@danmarcus5270]

Great video! How does your Tikal guava compare in size to the Barbie pink? Is your Tikal also a pink guava? I have a Tikal but it produces golf size guavas and would like to know if they can get bigger.

[@growpuravida]

@Dan Marcus thanks for watching. Tikal fruits for us have been smaller size than Barbie pink fruits. The largest was size of a tennis ball(elongated not round shape), and Barbie pink fruits have been double that size, sometimes even larger. Tikal has a deeper pink color compared to light pink of Barbie pink, and taste is a bit sweeter compared to Barbie pink. Thinning the fruits will give bigger size fruits. Also good rain during the fruiting season will allow for a bigger size fruits.

[@davidmcnamara7006]

Where did you get the bags I have a ruby supreme and the flies can a pain in the. Butt

[@growpuravida]

Amazon, they come in different sizes. The smaller size was too small for guavas.

[@d.mcpherson8724]

ohhh ur from NEPAL! I was in pokhara before the earth quake. hope your family is ok

[@growpuravida]

Yeah we were trekking in Langtang 2 days before it was flattened... got lucky I guess:) got caught up in Gosaikunda and had to run back to Kathmandu - it was intense: deaths, maradeurs, landslides, rockfall behind our backs...unreal. family survived, thank you.

[@d.mcpherson8724]

@@growpuravida WOW, that sounds crazy. well glad everyone is ok man. keep up the great vids.

[@ranchogutierrez5139]

Is the Barbie pink guava better than the ruby supreme or Ruby red?

[@growpuravida]

Still waiting on our Ruby Supreme, hopefully this summer!

[@moj8945]

Any suggestion which pink flesh guava is the best. Looking for a creamy pink with small seed.

[@growpuravida]

Barbie pink and Tikal are two i have tried from our trees. The Ruby supreme is yet to fruit. Barbie pink is big in size, creamy when fully ripe, very aromatic with strawberry and guava aroma to fill the whole room but not that sweet. Tikal is smaller and a bit sweeter. Both have good amount of seeds. I have not tried the Red Crystal seedless too so can’t say about taste but perhaps that would be better if you want few or no seeds.

[@stevetranCA]

Are you sell seeds?

[@growpuravida]

Not at the moment

[@georgefeliz7875]

Hello there my friend - I love to own one of those! But one can never be sure which variety are they selling you. Will you be willing to sell me one? Just let me know how you want to do it. Thanks. Name is German from Tampa Florida

[@growpuravida]

Not selling guavas at the moment.

[@tgward313]

very high vitamin c levels also

[@growpuravida]

Yes, thank you

[@snava360z334]

Could you sell me some seeds from this type of guava ?

[@growpuravida]

E-mail me with inquiries oshomiami gmail com

[@oscarc6800]

Do you bag all the guavas? What size of bag do you use? Once I had bagged a guava fruit. But the fruit had fallen off in the netting bag before it ripened. I don't know why it rotted in the bag...

[@growpuravida]

We bag about 2/3s of the guavas. We remove the rest of the fruitlets, otherwise fruit size of all is not so big. The younger the tree, the fewer fruit should be allowed to ripen. If you leave some unbagged, fruit flies will come to propagate in the unbagged ones and the cycle will continue... We noticed that in winter unbagged fruit there were no larvae, they get active in summer. Standard size sold on Amazon, but some guavas get so big that this size isn't enough and they get trapped inside and misshapen.

[@oscarc6800]

@@growpuravida Thank you.

[@vladdelto7491]

Nice looking guava fruit and tree . I have a ruby supreme 10 30 and no need for fruit bags, it is larvae resistant and fruits almost year round.

[@oscarc6800]

@@growpuravida What size should the fruits reach to be ready for bagging? As far as I can see when they are a little smaller than a walnut...

[@growpuravida]

Yes you are right, i have seen fruitfly damage in guavas fruits of 1 inch diameter so you can check and improvise with experience.

[@ernestolopez2044]

Where did you purchased your Barbie Pink Guava at? Can you let me know please and thank you.

[@growpuravida]

I made an air layer from my older tree.

[@ernestolopez2044]

@@growpuravida Oh, okay. How do you know if your older tree is truly a Barbie Pink quava? Did the plant had a tag that stated from the nursery that the name of the tree when you purchased it?

[@growpuravida]

Of course I bought it as Barbie Pink, just don't remember where.

[@ernestolopez2044]

@@growpuravida okay just wanted to make sure. Thank you.

[@ABCD15334]

where could i buy this plant?

[@growpuravida]

We sometimes propagate them and sell through Tropical fruit forum. Checked online and this variety has gone rare for some reason, couldn’t find a place that sells them now.

[@maggietawadrous7349]

How often you water guava if there is no rain? My trees always drop immature guava, and I am not sure if it’s over or under watering! I am in southern CA close to the coast.

[@growpuravida]

Hi Maggie, here in South Florida it rains pretty frequently but there are some years with months where it may not for 3 weeks. Guava sets fruit during rainy season luckily for us, so we don't have to water the trees, but we water them a couple times a month and mulch deeply during the dry season, otherwise they get weakened and produce much less during summer, and get pest problems. We air-layer/plant new pots early summer and so there is enough rainfall every 3-4 days. If we were to plant in dry months like Jan-March we would do a deep watering every 2-3 days. But this particular tree in the video was planted in summer and watered only 3 times during the winter months. In CA it rains less, so more watering is needed. Dropping fruits early is also a sign of a stressed plant, perhaps from less water. Guavas also get yellow leaves and shed some leaves when they are in drought. Guavas grow fast and give more lateral branches when watered regularly. Also air-layered guavas have superficial roots compared to seed grown guavas, so they are dependent on frequent watering. Mulching with a foot of mulch really helps. We also added beet meal and fruit scraps, like jackfruit and rotten bananas, as fertilizer under the mulch to encourage bigger fruit after the mother plant suffered a pest infestation a couple years ago, and it recovered fully and quickly.

[@tropical-fruit-Florida]

We have had very little rain at our land in SE Manatee County, but the guavas are always prolific rain or shine. The only thing we have to worry about is winter frost on the tropical ones.

[@Gregarious3]

San Jose CA. We are not humid, more water is better but, I have a house that the renter did zero watering all year. Tree still made a couple amazing fruit.

[@monicabilotti3635]

This location is next to a river so the water table should be high so the roots can reach water always

[@Enoch-Gnosis]

5 times the vitamin C than citrus

[@EricM-gm5wz]

What is your favorite guava variety now?

[@growpuravida]

Allahbadi white has always been very good every time i tried. It does not have the aroma that Barbie pink has, Barbie pink has a strawberry flavor to it, but Allahbadi is sweeter. I like them both over all the other guava varieties i have tried.

[@ernestolopez-castro3253]

Can you sell me an air layered Barbie Pink guava? Let me know if you can so we can set up a payment method.

[@growpuravida]

We do not sell plants on a regular basis. Sometimes if i air-layer something or grow some seedling i will put for sale at tropical fruit forum "'buy,sell section". I will be making some air layers of all our guava varieties in a few weeks. Once they are ready will let you know. You can contact directly via email.

[@ernestolopez-castro3253]

@@growpuravida Thank you! Can you let me know please. Give me your email so we can keep in touch. Once again thank you.

[@growpuravida]

Hi Ernesto, you can write to me at oshomiami at gmail.com