How to care for a tree Feijoa

Feijoa is a shrub that grows from one to six meters in height and brings a sweet, fragrant fruit, guava or pineapple nicknamed guavastinom. The fruit tastes like a combination of pineapple and strawberry or pineapple and guava. Feijoa originally from South America, so it grows best in a subtropical climate with low humidity. Feijoa tolerate winter temperatures up to - 9 degrees and prefers summer temperatures of 27 to 32 degrees. Under the right environmental conditions myrtle bushes Meet feijoa of the myrtle family   It does not require special care, in addition to regular watering and a light fertilizer.

What you may need

• A garden hose or irrigation system
• The organic humus
• 8-8-8 NPK fertilizer
• Mulch of straw
• Clippers or delimber

Pour pineapple guava profusely and regularly to ensure a better fruiting. Pour pineapple guava once a week during flowering and fruiting, when watering should be thoroughly moisten the soil around the entire root zone. During the long hot and dry periods of the plant should be watered two or three times a week.

Spread a layer of organic mulch 5-8 centimeters thick on the ground around the base of feijoa. This will keep moisture in the soil to prevent the emergence of weeds and protect the surface roots. Do not use a hoe or cultivate the soil around the feijoa to remove weeds, as this may damage the fibrous roots of the plant.

Fed feijoa 8-8-8 NPK fertilizer once every two months, until the plants are in active growth stage. It is possible to use another type of complete fertilizer with low nitrogen content, following the dosage and application instructions on the package.

Collect fruit feijoa as soon as they hit the ground. Collect fruit of the earth and store them in a cool, protected location in a straw mulch, until they are soft to the touch and ready for adoption in food. Collection of the fruits from the tree before they fall usually leads to that crop will not fully mature.

Feijoa should be trimmed slightly in summer after harvesting the fruit, remove the old shoots and infertile shoots. It is thin and densely arranged and intersecting branches. Light pruning can help improve fruiting and facilitate cleaning of the following year.

Tips & Warnings

Feijoa should be planted in sheltered from the direct and reflected sunlight. Feijoa can grow in places with moderate illumination, and even in partial shade. Feijoa also prefer a well-drained soil with a pH of 5, 5 to 7, 0.

If you do not want the fruits of feijoa fell and lay on the ground, every few days, you can shake the tree and collect all the fruits that have fallen to the ground. If you pull the cloth or tarpaulin under a tree, it will help prevent injuries fruit.

Although feijoa quite resistant to most pests and diseases, they sometimes become infected black scale insects and fruit flies. If your feijoa was infected by insects or shows signs of illness, call your local agricultural extension, to learn about the most effective methods of treatment.

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