Tigerlaff

I do not care if Iran has nuclear weapons. In fact, I think they have the right to develop them just like any other sovereign nation. I want nothing to do with that part of the world and all of our tax-funded involvement ended.

You've got that guava going perfectly. Central leader will shoot branches off later. Your goal is branches at good angles and high enough that they won't touch the ground when loaded with fruit. Ruby supreme is about the size of a softball and heavy. Once you have your structural shape built, you will prune those branches back hard every year and that's where your new fruiting wood will come from.

Yeah the whole "don't use too big a pot" thing is bunk. As long as you have excellent drainage and you water all the soil evenly, almost everything does best with more room. There are a few things I keep constricted for reasons like bougainvillea and bird of paradise, both of which flower best in a cramped pot. Everything else I give as much space as possible.

I have a lot of experience with Nagami. They are tough as nails and vigorous. My ag extension agent will tell you to plant in any month that is not July or August. You could probably get away with planting it now especially if it will get some afternoon shade.

BUT... we are on a 5-6 year streak of extremely cold lows and my bet is we see sub 20F again this winter. I wouldn't want a tree to struggle through the summer then get walloped in the winter. I would wait until February to plant.

They do great in pots and will give you more fruit than you can eat.

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They also knew it was far superior to the alternative.

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That question has not been answered and is still up for debate. 250 years is nothing. If stability is the measure of success, then monarchy absolutely owns our arse.

How old is that republic?

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Have you tried propagating guava cuttings? I need to prune mine and was thinking about trying to root some of them.

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I have tried it exactly once. I have a very rare and sought after cultivar called Jalisco Red that I had to prune into a better shape. I took the 5 cuttings, which were all green growing tissue, dipped them in rooting hormone, and planted into a sterile perlite and peat mix with a moisture dome. They all died.

There are a lot of YouTube videos that make it seem simple but if you read the tropical fruit forums you will see that it is not.

Guavas are extremely easy to air layer and that is the preferred propagation method if you need a clone.

Kari starfruit is about to bloom. The fruit mature in about 60-75 days, so I should get a few fruits in late summer if the fruit set holds.


Makok sapodilla has a few immature fruit setting and more blooms on the way.


Mexican cream guava is loaded with fruit and continues to flower and set more. Probably 30-35 guavas on a 7gal lanky tree so far. I had planned to thin the fruit severely but it is growing and lignifying at a rapid rate so I don't think allowing the fruit set is really impeding the structural growth. Very vigorous tree and I'm impressed at its ability to both put on tons of new growth and set/develop fruit at the same time. Those lower branches will be pruned off after harvest to facilitate a better tree shape. It just set so much fruit that I couldn't bring myself to lop it all off. Central leader is looking good and about 7 feet tall.



The ruby supreme and cattley lemon guavas are also loaded.



My emperor lychee is flushing new growth yet again and continues to perform much better than anticipated. I'm using sulfur to fight the lychee erinose mite so it's sitting under my covered garage for a few days out of the sun. You should never spray sulfur when temperatures are this hot, but the mite is a more pressing issue than some leaf burn.

That's your underfed tree trying to take off. Meyer lemons are VIGOROUS growers. They want to get huge fast. I prune like 4-5 times per year (in ground tree).

Very welcome man. Just make sure to come back and post pics when the tree takes off and starts blooming!