How to plant the feijoa

Feijoa is a hardy, slow-growing evergreen. Flowers and fruits are edible. To grow fruit feijoa (Feijoa sellowiana) plants need to shape wood. Feijoa can tolerate frosts and drought, as well as the salty air and the soil. It is popular in cool, coastal areas of the United States.

What you'll need

• Set for testing soil pH
• Lime or peat moss

The process of planting

Decide how the form in which you will grow feijoa Meet feijoa of the myrtle family . This will affect where you have to plant it. While some prefer to grow as feijoa bush, other crop plants to a single stem, and grow it as a tree. Feijoa grow slowly and grow low, so the trees can be grown in containers.

Choose a location with penumbra. Feijoa like penumbra cool during the day. They grow well, even in coastal areas, where often fog.

Check the pH of the soil. Feijoa - tolerant plant that can thrive even in salty soil, but prefers the soil with a pH of 5, 5 to 7, 0. If the value is greater than 7 0, add peat. If it is lower than 5, 5, it is necessary to add lime to the soil.

Dig a shallow hole. The roots of feijoa subject close to the surface, so long as the hole should be deep enough to plant it fit, make sure that it is twice as wide as the root ball. If you have more than one sadite feijoa, to make a hedge, sadite them about 45 inches apart.

Place the plant in the hole and fill it with earth, compacted surface. Generously drizzle. Feijoa like well-drained soil, and they tolerate dry periods, but in very hot weather should keep the soil moist

state.

Tips & Warnings

Feijoa does not require much care, after forming. If you grow it to produce fruit, the lower branches should be lifted from the ground, and the fruit harvested when they fall.

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