When and how to prune guava trees for maximum yields

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@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
Do you have any questions about pruning guava trees, when to prune or how they grow? 🌻
@zyante1
@zyante1 9 ай бұрын
My little guava tree has two branches at the top of like a 4 ft trunk. It’s winter and there are no leaves except a few left over from last year. I see buds for leaves but the two branches only is a problem. How can I help it to have more branches instead of just getting taller
@donaldhessler8915
@donaldhessler8915 7 ай бұрын
Greetings from Tampico, Mexico! I have several young guava trees, all in pots. Thanks so much for the info on pruning them. I'm disabled and running up and down ladders to harvest the fruit is problematic for me, to say the least! The biggest issue I've had with guavas is whitefly infestations, which I've managed to control by spraying the undersides of the leaves with a 1 to 4 mixture of dish detergent and water. Also, be very careful stepping them up into larger pots as they don't survive damage to their taproots...
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 7 ай бұрын
Wow, what valuable insights you have shared here with us, thank you so very much 💚 it's really great to know about the transplanting and tap root damage as that is such an easy thing to do. Also, very well done for problem solving and finding solutions to the challenges you faced with growing your own guavas at home 🌻
@Shlin1
@Shlin1 3 ай бұрын
I've been growing a guava tree for roughly ten years in the sandy soils of the False Bay area. Despite its size (approximately 800mm), minimum knowledge, and a period of neglect that slowed its growth, it has recently started to yield an abundance of fruit, regardless of its modest size. Thanks, I appreciate the information on pruning.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 3 ай бұрын
Oh yaaaay, I am so happy for you! Having lived in the Fish Hotel for many years and where I shot most of these videos I know some of the struggles on your hands. You need to please find a time to also watch my grave fruit thinning video, especially if this is the first time it is fruiting. Too much fruit can set it back again, so thinning is crucial. I'm so happy for you and I hope you get some really delicious guavas soon 🌻
@HackerKid1
@HackerKid1 Жыл бұрын
I’m South African from Cape Town so hearing your accent is so comforting!!! 🎉
@HackerKid1
@HackerKid1 Жыл бұрын
I’m living in the US now but definitely subscribing ☺️
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Ah, what an awesome comment 💚 Thank you so much and I hope you get to enjoy lots more content in future 🌻
@elisemenne8758
@elisemenne8758 Жыл бұрын
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@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, that's soooo cool! You must know heat then 😂 It's really great that you managed to get some of our seeds over there! The distinctive white of the boerpampoen really is something. I am wishing you many a successful harvest ahead and hope your SA crops flourish there in AUS! Enjoy 🌻
@jeffersontorio9512
@jeffersontorio9512 2 ай бұрын
we have guapple plantation iver 1,000 trees here in Philippines when I'm was just a kid, my father rarely cut branches, he only cut the branch where he harvest fruits, that's why now that I have my own guapple plantation I adopt that farming practices, now my guava trees was 3yrs old my highest tree probably reaching 20 to 25ft lol 😂, that's why I want to learn how to prune for my new plants
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
Wow! It's amazing that you have the opportunity to create something great with your big guava orchard! Yes, aggressive pruning on guava trees to maintain height and increase fruit production is really important. Guava's fruit on new wood so hard pruning is good for them. Good lick with this amazing opportunity you have 🌻
@kirabladergroen3087
@kirabladergroen3087 10 ай бұрын
I have a massive Guava tree in my garden in The Crags north of Plett, never got fruit till last year because the monkeys and baboons raided it. I was also told it was a wild guava so never bothered much. It is currently flowering and there are masses of blooms, glad to know I can cut it back in October after its crop which no doubt will be shared with the Lorrie’s, monkeys.. etc 😅
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын
Ah that's awesome (the big guave tree) but it really sucks about not getting fruit 😕 you might need to get some bird netting to put over because loeries and mouse birds simply love ripe guava fruits. Not sure if you have seen my guava thinning video which is your next and very important step. Keeping too many fruit it not good so if you can watch that video it will help you a lot for your next steps 🌻
@sbcaliforniakitty
@sbcaliforniakitty 11 ай бұрын
Santa Barbara California here! Nice video! My tree is 50 yrs old & sooooo many (Small) guavas…I’m going to try thinning fruit as you do in ur video & hopefully Larger/Ripe fruit!! (Before the fall to the ground)….I❤GUAVAS!!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын
Oh wow, thanks so mucb for taking the time to leave me a comment from the other side of the pond 💚 You must have an absolutely magestic guava tree at that age and with older trees energy management also becomes important so I'm glad you found this video too. I hope you have delicious, massive and sweet guava fruits for many years to come 🌻
@ThelmaThobekaDipomzahMdiya-Kan
@ThelmaThobekaDipomzahMdiya-Kan 6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the info. This is going to be very helpful as we have only harvested our first fruits and we enjoyed them very much. Interestingly our last one was the size of a tennis ball in the shape of a 🍐👌👌👌 We have a few still not ripened on the same tree. We have 2 trees and only 1had ripened. The other tree has numerous fruits - I think it could be a whole 20L, but they are as hard as a rock, but we treated them both the same way.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 6 ай бұрын
It's only a pleasure and I'm glad to hear you found this video useful and informative 💚 It's awesome to hear that you have gotten some really nice sized fruit already and my assumption, without being there to see the tree, is that the one with the hard unripe fruit probably had more fruit on it and it's struggling to ripen them all. I would suggest watching my other video on thinning guava fruits to better understand how many fruits to leave. You can even remove some of the hard, unripe guava fruits now and you will see how quickly the others ripen up 🌻
@mariolottering7360
@mariolottering7360 10 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great video. I live in Brits North West and my guava is fruiting at the moment. Very excited to prune back my pineapple guava, white guava and then later the year the fruiting one.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын
Yaaaay, I'm so glad you are starting to get fruit and it's perfect timing for them to be flowering and setting fruit! The next job for you is thinning the fruit to make sure you get nice big, juicy guavas. Here is the link for you - kzbin.info/www/bejne/noiZf3t6l6Z-i8Usi=tQGoMDeIuH_UM0RW I'm glad you got value from watching this video and I hope you get big, yummy harvests 🌻
@JeromeDas-l8k
@JeromeDas-l8k 27 күн бұрын
Thanks so much was very helpful, I also live in Cape town, where can I kind a blueberry tree I love them
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 23 күн бұрын
It is the greatest of pleasure and I'm glad to hear this video was helpful to you! Most nurseries will stock blueberry ants and I agree, they are so yummy 😁
@vnrkain1169
@vnrkain1169 Жыл бұрын
Thank you. Most informative for me and nicely presented Ted. Cheers from Việt Nam.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Thank you so very much for taking the time to leave a comment and I'm so glad to hear your found value in watching my videos 🌻
@simonemary8559
@simonemary8559 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Looking forwards to some fruit soon!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
It is only a pleasure and so am I! We ate off this tree for so long and it was so delicious. Cannot wait for the new fruits to show up, thin them and tap those feet in anticipation for that first ripe one 😂
@cellpluscellplus4078
@cellpluscellplus4078 2 жыл бұрын
I'm in Kzn. Guava trees grow like weeds in my garden. Also the white guava. This is a huge problem. The guavas are huge and healthy though.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah I have heard that in some climates they can be terribly invasive. That being said, if you look at the wildlife they support such as birds and monkey's then we realize it's actually all just part of the ecosystem and very important. I do make sure I kee mine very small (within tippy toe reach) and that all fruits are harvestes to reduce the risk of them spreading 🌻
@krissifaith6709
@krissifaith6709 Жыл бұрын
Growing food should never be seen as a problem. Lol
@Theyluvcats726
@Theyluvcats726 3 ай бұрын
You can do one thing, pull out the guava plants with their roots and then plant in ur front or backyard if u have like ALOT of empty space! Or u can give some of the plants to the people you know! So yeah!
@marthawoll72
@marthawoll72 Ай бұрын
You are LUCKY
@stevencarril6665
@stevencarril6665 Жыл бұрын
Hi, my name is Steve , I live in South Florida in the U.S. just want to thank you for this Video. I trimmed my guava tree just like you explained. But if you don’t mind I have A question on, what is the best food for the plant to help to produce fruit. Thank you!!!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Hey Steve, thanks for taking the time to drop me a comment! I am so glad you got value from watching this video and I hope your trimming is going to result in a well structured and heavy bearing tree! In terms of food they are pretty easy and really don't need much. I put horse manure throughout my garden and that is pretty much all anything gets. Guava trees can grow and bear fruit in pretty poor soils so I would be cautious of too much food because then you could end of with more growth and fruit. I would suggest just compost in the Fall and again in Spring 🌻
@PAMOJA4LIFE
@PAMOJA4LIFE Жыл бұрын
thank you for the detailed information. Great content.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
It is the greatest of pleasure and I'm thrilled to hear you found value in watching this video 💚 It's comments like yours that keep me motivated to continue delivering content 🌻
@joangriffin2837
@joangriffin2837 Ай бұрын
thank you I have tree in pot since 3.3/24 had 6 fruit one it and one still on never ripen 10/19/24 I live in zone 9 what is time line on the fruit to set and ripen
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
Do you perhaps know the variety you have? Some of the varieties, like the tiger/penache fig take a full growing season from spring to autumn. Also, how old is your tree and is it in a pot or in the ground? 🌻
@tubbystander3874
@tubbystander3874 2 жыл бұрын
Hi, do you have to prune at this stage of the year, I have a lot of branches coming from the bottom. I just want to add, I pruned my tree heavily in August, was that to late?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
Great questions you have there! If you want to get a summer harvest the best time to prune is late spring. You will then get a summer crop and in autumn is should flower again to give you a winter crop. After that crop you then prune to stimulate the summer crop again. If you prune too late you will most likely only get one of the two crops 🌻
@littlerayofsunshine69
@littlerayofsunshine69 8 ай бұрын
Very useful. We've had problems with deer and raccoons in the garden in the past. Can't imagine having to deal with baboons.🤣 😂 🤣
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 8 ай бұрын
Ah, I'm so glad to hear you found this video useful 💚 Yeah, baboons are a next level menace! They are extremely intelligent, strong and protective. I have seen grown up baboons pushing a baby through a small opening of a window so the baby can open the window from the inside. It's insane 😂 I'm sure keeping deer and racoons out your garden is a breeze in comparison and I wish you many a bountiful harvest 🌻
@xvolkodavx446
@xvolkodavx446 Жыл бұрын
Great video! One of the best Thank you so much!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Wow, thank you and I'm so glad to hear you got value in watching this video and thank you for taking the time to leave a comment 💚🌻
@thespaceinbetween9356
@thespaceinbetween9356 Жыл бұрын
I'm in JHB. great content thank you! so pleased I found your channel!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Yay, thank you so much for your comment and I'm so glad to be finding more and more South Africans! I hope you get lots of value out of my future videos too 🌻
@praveenthomas1395
@praveenthomas1395 Жыл бұрын
Great video, I’m from South India where we hv 6 months of rain and humid summers otherwise. It’s rainy season right now. Can I prune Guava trees when the tree starts to bear fruits?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment from the other side of the world 😀 I would not recommend pruning once the tree starts to bear fruit as you will end up losing lots of fruit but most importantly you will end up severely weakening the tree as it will try to put on lots of new growth (that's what they do once they get pruned) as well as try to ripen fruit. It could probably be done, but you will more than likely end up with a pretty weak tree that will, over time, start to produce less and poorer quality guava fruits 🌻
@bernadetteklukowski1660
@bernadetteklukowski1660 Жыл бұрын
My guavas trees started flowering but doesn't seem that the fruits are forming, I am from Namibia, we have very hot and dry weather.
@katestewart716
@katestewart716 5 ай бұрын
Hi we have inherited a guava 'orchard' that is overgrown with bush. I am busy clearing around small trees which ore more like bushes. How do I bring them in to prevent horizontal growth.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 5 ай бұрын
Good question and congratulations on inheriting something so great 👏 Guava trees regularly send our suckers from the base of the tree and even send out suckers growing off the roots directly around the base of the tree. Removing suckers is going to be your No.1 chore for effectively managing your guava orchard. Then, you need to ensure you only have a single primary trunk. You can choose the thickest and strongest one and remove all the other trunks or branches competing for the main leader position. By having a single truck you can better control the movement of nutrients and waters to where you want it, rather than the tree deciding. This will result in significantly better yields. Once you have your single trunk you need to manage the number of side branches to ensure branches (when they droop with fruit) don't cross or shade one another out. The great thing about guavas is that they are incredibly aggressive growers and can take a beating when it comes to pruning, which is great as it means you can make as many mistakes as you want and the tree won't suffer. The most important thing to remember is that guava trees flower and fruit on new growth 🌻🌻🌻
@elizmaclaassen6615
@elizmaclaassen6615 5 күн бұрын
My daughter has a guavatree. Can she still prune now? Nov 2024 and if so can she prune harsh. She is in Hartenbos Mosselbay SA
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 4 күн бұрын
Hey, yes, absolutely, now is a good time! Mine are just starting to form flower buds so if she prunes it now they will flower and set fruit during summer to be ready by winter. I'm in George if she wants any advice. Happy to help 🌻
@abdurahmandavids8628
@abdurahmandavids8628 Ай бұрын
hi your video is interesting 'however i would like to prunne my quawa tree it is a big tree .Can you advise me how to start, .
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
Thank you for your comment and I'm glad you found this video interesting. I have not personally made huge cuts on massive trees, but I have seen videos where they cut trees down to lower trunks and the tree is just fine. Guava trees are incredibly resilient trees and can put on 2-3m growth in a single year. Alternatively, you can follow the more practiced technique of pruning 1/3rd of the growth away every year until you reach the desired size. This is a lot less stressful on the tree so you have options 🌻
@LurkenU
@LurkenU 5 ай бұрын
Awesome video man this helped me out a lot! Here in south FL and just got my first guava
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 5 ай бұрын
Ah, thanks so much for the wonderful comment and I'm so glad it helped you out and that you managed to get your first fruit! That's super exciting 🎉🎉🎉
@elisemenne8758
@elisemenne8758 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your valuable info!! i wonder if this applies to my 3 7year old strawberry guavas - psidium cattleya, who have been neglegted under a shady huge mulberry tree, and became utterly leggy. Your help will be so very welcome. oh, I live in Perth, Australia!! Thanks, and GOD BLESS!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Hello from the other side of the pond 😀 Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment and yes, the principles would be exactly the same with the cherry guava. My only suggestion would be to be less aggressive and feed it more as they grow slower in the shade so may not bounce back from pruning as quickly. Giving it some extra food will help so that it doesn't have to rely too much on photosynthesis to create its own energy! As we share the same seasons I am sure you are just as excited as I am to see summer arriving...🌻
@EddieNuffSaid
@EddieNuffSaid Жыл бұрын
Hey! Any update on the tree?? Did it give more fruit??
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Hey! Thanks for the follow up and yeah, this is the follow up video on it where I got massive fruits. Check it out 👉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qHyyqYarirufebM
@christinaimeldanalam9570
@christinaimeldanalam9570 Жыл бұрын
Lots of learning. Tnx
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
It is only a pleasure 🌻
@tommockel8853
@tommockel8853 9 ай бұрын
Great job, very informative video,thank you👍
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so very much, I'm so glad to hear you found this video to be informative 💚🌻
@nghiton08
@nghiton08 9 ай бұрын
Why do you still use the stake to hold your plant? Shouldn’t it be strong enough to stand on its own? Or is there extra benefits to that? Thanks!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын
Really good question and thanks for asking! There where I was based we regularly had incredibly strong wind that last for days and weeks on end. Most of the winds were also in the summer when the tree is in full leaf so it is more of a support against the wind than anything else. We also had very sandy soil and the combination of very strong winds and sandy soil is a recipe for disaster 🌻
@StuartDonaldson-b3d
@StuartDonaldson-b3d 9 ай бұрын
When would you prune a guaver tree in Costa Rica. Thanks Stuart
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын
You share the Southern Hemisphere with us so the timing would be roughly the same which can be anything from Oct to Jan depending on when you harvest your last quava fruit. I usually prune 2 weeks after I harvest my last fruit which gives the guava tree enough time to switch it's energy from fruit growth to vegetative growth. Hope this helps 🌻
@grantfreeman681
@grantfreeman681 5 ай бұрын
​@@MySustainabilityJourneyCosta Rica is northern hemisphere. Great video!
@monicacruz4407
@monicacruz4407 Жыл бұрын
Useful, thank you 🙏
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful! 🌻
@VickyGR96
@VickyGR96 Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 💚 I'm s thrilled to hear you found value in watching this video - lots more to come 🌻
@KarelRode
@KarelRode 2 жыл бұрын
Die plot het 4 sulke bome. Wel 2 is deur bokke van bas gestroop en dus nou brandhout. Ek was op soek na hoe om die twee wat ons oor het te snoei. Vruggies was maar klein, so 'n snoei en meer water is op die agenda. Groete uit Koekenaap.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
Dankie vir jou bootskap Karel. Dit klink as of jy n plan bymekaar het so ek hoop alles werk uit en jy kry verskriklik baie koejawels 🌻
@shaheedsimons779
@shaheedsimons779 2 жыл бұрын
Hi I noticed buds for first time on my young plant ,can I cut while buds are there
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 жыл бұрын
I would suggest letting it just grow out if it is a young plant and rather prune next spring. I will be doing a video on thinning, which will be very important for you as you don't want the tree to be weakened by bearing too many fruit, but I would suggest leaving it to do its thing for this season 🌻
@tarasooknanan3926
@tarasooknanan3926 2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the information
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 2 ай бұрын
It's a big pleasure 🌻
@JulianGaerdes
@JulianGaerdes Жыл бұрын
Very helpful, thank you
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
It's the greatest of pleasure and I'm glad you found value in watching this video 🌻
@HoneyMarketingBoard
@HoneyMarketingBoard Ай бұрын
Great Video Thankyou.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
It's only a pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it 🌻
@LeonSaayman-vi7rn
@LeonSaayman-vi7rn Жыл бұрын
Hi it is Aug can i prune my Gauva tree know i stay in Port Elizabeth
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Good question and yes you can! Just make sure all your fruits have matured or that you have harvested the ones that you still want and remove the rest. Make sure you don't have unripe fruit on the tree so 100% of the tree can go into new growth 🌻
@zasr7171
@zasr7171 7 ай бұрын
Hi, can I grow a gauva tree in the uk with its climate ?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 7 ай бұрын
Hey, good question! Guavas are tropical trees so they are not ideally suited to the UK weather, but that doesn't mean you can't. You can consider growing your guava tree in a pot and moving it to a warmer place in winter or wrapping it with a frost cover 🌻
@vickyfarquhar3476
@vickyfarquhar3476 Жыл бұрын
I’m in Cape Town and our guava tree has produced a huge amount of fruit but all the fruit seems to have been attacked by fruit flies. Any idea how to prevent this from happening next season?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Oh no, that's terrible! I also really struggle with fruit flies and don't have a single sting, so I'm thinking it could be the false coddling moth? The reason being that fruit flies activity drops down heavily in late summer when false coddling moth start to increase theirs. It's also a massive pest for citrus which ripens now, so maybe that's your culprit? If so, luckily it's easy to control numbers with a Delta trap that you hang in trees. They are a lot easier to control than fruit flies, thankfully 🌻
@aidandavies7232
@aidandavies7232 Жыл бұрын
Heyo! another capetonian here. I have two successful guavas. one is a white guava and one is a pink one. i dont know if theres better names for them😅. anyway, the white variety gets bitten and the pink one has very minimal pest damage.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
@@aidandavies7232 that's awesome! So happy to hear more and more people growing and enjoying guava fruit! I only have pink as I prefer the flavour and also have little to no pest pressure. Happy growing 🌻
@aparnakumta2291
@aparnakumta2291 10 ай бұрын
@5:34 how do you control the height if 1 branch pruned, gives 2 which then gives 4, so height keeps growing, how to restrict the height?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын
Good question! When I refer to controlling height I don't mean keep the tree small forever. What I am meaning is that if a strong bring grows 1m in a growing season the next year's growth is going to be 1m higher and so forth. By significantly cutting down growth you get significantly more branches at a lower hight. For example, if you cut that 1m branch down to 20cm then your next 2 branches (that will both bear fruit) will be around 20-30cm high. Those 2 branches will then put on lots of growth and you will cut that back and get 4 branches. What this mean is that in 5 years your trees height will be at the height it was after 1 strong year of growth. If you left that same guava tree u pruned that tree will be 6m+ in height. I hope this helps 🌻
@aparnakumta2291
@aparnakumta2291 10 ай бұрын
@@MySustainabilityJourney Thanks for your response. My question was more on how to control the height each successive year so as to maintain a smaller height. so year 1 i cut as 20 cms, get say 2 branches which grow to 20 cms, i cut at 10 cms and then get 4 branches that grow 20 cms, i cut at 10 cms, so effective height is now 40 and it keeps growing. How to restrict this height? I would like max height of tree not to exceed say 6 feet.
@AdreanNaude
@AdreanNaude Жыл бұрын
If you prune within the three to four weeks after last harvest and this happens to be end June, wont your new growth be excessive by October? Would it be advisable to wait a month or longer, closer to October?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Good question and point you raise here, thank you! I believe it all comes down to when you would like your fruit to ripen. The earlier you prune, the earlier you will have fruit set and the earlier you can harvest and you can control this with pruning. That being said, guava trees are known to grow 6-8ft in one year and hard pruning does them well, so the amount of growth also would not be a concern to me as more growth = a happier and stronger tree Like I said, you can realistically prune whenever you want, but just know it impacts when fruits ripen 🌻
@geriannroth449
@geriannroth449 Жыл бұрын
Hey thanks a mil
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
It is the greatest of pleasure 🌻
@antoniiocaluso1071
@antoniiocaluso1071 9 ай бұрын
great though "lengthy" presentation! subd/liked. hope you have a vid on grafting Gs!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын
Thank you so much and I'm glad you managed to get value from watching this video 💚 I'll most certainly take your feedback on board for my future videos. I have a bunch more guava videos planned so I'll get to those asap for you 🌻
@ZelleNoAddictGirl
@ZelleNoAddictGirl Ай бұрын
new sub because i love grava, hope you'e make an update
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
Ah, yaaaay, thank you so much for your support, I really appreciate it 💚 Yes, I am most certainly going to do more videos and if there is anything specific you want me to cover for you then please let me know 🌻
@ZelleNoAddictGirl
@ZelleNoAddictGirl Ай бұрын
@@MySustainabilityJourney can't wait to see it, thanks so much
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Ай бұрын
It's only a pleasure 💚
@vasanthanarayanan9821
@vasanthanarayanan9821 Жыл бұрын
In Australia when to prune small Gouva tree
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
It would be the same as here in South Africa so you can follow the timings in the video. Luckily we share the same seasons and very similar climates 🌻
@sidneywhite749
@sidneywhite749 Жыл бұрын
I live in zone 9b , Florida. My Ruby supreme does well but the fruit flies are a issue and trying several strategies to counteract their damage.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Oh no, the dreaded fruit fly 😭 we have them here too but luckily I have a winter ripening variety which means the fruit is mostly unripe during the fruit fly season and they leave them alone. I am crossing my fingers it stays this way because bagging individual guava fruits when they are such prolific bearers will be a really pain! I hope you find something that works for you 🌻
@scottehnes4299
@scottehnes4299 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever grown it inside?
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Nope, I haven't as the climate here in South Africa is just too hot in my opinion. They also put on 1-3 meters of new growth a year so you would need quite a bit of space, but I am sure it could be done with great success🌻
@adeadcrab
@adeadcrab Жыл бұрын
peter rubbing his hands with glee edit - disregard that, lol - this is not lemon guava, seems to be a different pruning methodology
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear you enjoyed it 🌻
@RomeliaGomez-Calmell7934
@RomeliaGomez-Calmell7934 Жыл бұрын
👍
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 🌻
@zyante1
@zyante1 9 ай бұрын
My guava hasn’t had fruit yet it’s 2 yrs old
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 9 ай бұрын
Two years is very young and just remwber you need to have a decent size trunk to be able to support the guava fruit, as well ass the branches needed to hold the fruit. Personally I would not try get fruit from the tree in the first 3 years as the risk of branches breaking is just too high. Then, also remember that guava trees flower and fruit on new growth so pruning plays a big role. However, a 2 year old tree needs to grow out to thicken up and get all the energy it needs for future fruiting years 🌻
@Agustin-jo8mv
@Agustin-jo8mv Жыл бұрын
Man the whole issues with bamboos is terrible. SA is sketchy. 😬
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
Bamboos or baboons? 😂 If baboons then yeah they are a real pain and super destructive!
@Agustin-jo8mv
@Agustin-jo8mv Жыл бұрын
@@MySustainabilityJourney baboons!
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney Жыл бұрын
@@Agustin-jo8mv then yes, they are an absolute pain! They even ripped 2 roof panels off my roof! 😂
@abelvargas5473
@abelvargas5473 11 ай бұрын
Long video 👎
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 11 ай бұрын
Use chapters 👍
@jupitermoon3644
@jupitermoon3644 10 ай бұрын
good amount of information.
@MySustainabilityJourney
@MySustainabilityJourney 10 ай бұрын
Thank you so very much, I'm glad you got value from watching this video 🌻
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