They are self fertile and will produce huge amounts of fruit by themselves.

Good luck getting to eat the fruit.. Fruit flies ruin all mine. I'm pulling out my 20' gorgeous Cattley Guava (Strawberry Guava) and replacing it with a Sapote. There is no good weapon against fruit flies, and I've given up the battle after trying to win for years.

Before you bite into a ripe fruit, open one up and look very closely inside. The maggots look very much like the normal inside of the fruit, but they wiggle.

Lisa

Ick! The fruit flies I have in Sacramento are teensy things... like gnats... so I don't have to worry about that. I am wondering why the darn nursery said that... I started wondering about others who said they hadn't gotten fruit either. I am short on room and it wasn't happy in a pot, I'd like to put my tropical guava there... :o)

I keep my guava in a 24" pot because it can't winter over outside. I don't know what kind it is, I got the seeds from a package bought in Hawaii. My tree is about 5 years old, looks great and healthy. It's about 5' tall. I trim it back some in the fall early Sept. It comes indoors to the garage end of October. I take it out in the spring end April. It has never bloomed and I've tried and tried to get someone to tell me why. Is there anyone in this forum that can help me please?

What color leaves does it have? are they sort of silvery gray on the bottom? Kind of sagey colored and small? or does it have leathery green long leaves? I am thinking if you have a strawberry guava, you might be overwatering it. You didn't like my suggestion before... but I still think you might be overwatering it. Or you over prune it... you might not want to prune it. I don't think you are going to get any other suggestions.

I've found Cattley (Strawberry Guava) to be very easy to grow, either potted or in the ground. They take well to pruning, becoming more lush after a good trimming. They have rounded, rather small, shiny, deep green leaves. I have two, one in the ground that is covered with ripe red fruit now, and a 6' tall one in a whiskey barrel that is in bloom. They fruit twice a year here. My big tree sits in standing water for weeks, with no ill effects. It was planted in an area that now stays flooded after heavy rains. The Cattleys are common decorative plantings here in Florida-we see them everywhere. They look beautiful with the red, peeling bark and dark, shiny leaves.

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/cattley_guava.html

My Tropical Guava trees (produce large yellow fruits with pink centers) are not attractive at all. They have long, dull colored, crinkly leaves and are very prone to aphids, scale, etc. Mine have not grown much in a year in the orchard. They have not fruited or flowered yet. I bought them in an attempt to actually get to eat home grown guavas, since bagging the larger fruit is easier than trying to do it with the small, heavily fruiting Cattleys.

The link below is helpful in learning about Tropical guavas. I sure wish the trees were better looking!

Lisa

Here is a link that might be useful: Tropical guava info