Phoenix Tropicals Gardening

[phoenixtropicals]

I have been growing pineapple guava trees for about 3 years and I am already getting some fruit. I have both Coolidge and a Nazemetz pineapple guava trees, and they are planted relatively close to one another. Also, when they flowered I hand pollinated both of them with each other. Interestingly, only the Nazemetz bore fruit. The fruit was small and fairly tart but still tasty. See the included photo.

[Dauntless]

I just planted mine a month or so ago. I'm glad to hear that after 3 years you are getting fruit. I have read that it can take 10 years. Three is so much better!

[obietrice88]

Do these grow well in Southern California? I would like to plant some exotic fruits and these look beautiful.

[phoenixtropicals]

Yes, they are actually easier to grow in SC than in the Phoenix area. In fact, all the ones we buy here come from SC.

[tropicaltree]

can you tell me which variety of pineapple guava grow and taste better in Phoneix? Coolidge or Nazemetz?

[phoenixtropicals]

They both taste good. If I recall correctly the coolidge is a little more sweet while the nazemetz is more tart, but both good. The nazemetz is more oblong in shape and a little bigger. I recommend buying both because they cross pollinate each other.

By the way, that first post was a while ago. I got a lot of fruit off of both of them last year.

[CardinalTetra1]

The pineapple guavas also do well here in Las Vegas. I am hand pollinating them because of the lack of bees.

Dale