Do you have the Vietnamese guava? I eat those fresh off the plant. I also have the Thai white, which are a letdown in the flavor department compared to the former.

-Tom

The store just had them labeled "Guava". They are the ones that are in season now (the store is full of them), bright white on the inside. I ate the original fruit right after I bought it and it didn't have much flavor. I thought I would let this batch of fruit stay on the tree a bit longer and see if that helps.

I have a couple of the little strawberry guavas and can barely eat them fast enough, this year has been a very good guava year.

We have a variety on the West Coast that is named 'Tropic white', it sounds similar to what you have. Green skin, crunchy white flesh with very mild flavor. For me I prefer, Mexican cream and Tropic Pink. Mex. cream has yellow skin, soft white flesh and extremely aromatic, tropic pink has pink flesh and taste very similar to 'sweettart' candy. Mostly I eat them straight off the tree but have made guava nectar, granitas and jelly also.

My strawberry guavas are coming off the tree now, they are good but more of a fill in til the tropical guavas are ready.

One of my trees has fruit for the first time this year, either Vietnamese or Ruby supreme, we'll have to see.

-Ethan

Ethan,

Which guava would you recommend for productivity and taste? I have a yellow strawberry guava currently, but looking at adding another guava (my girl friend loves them).

Talk to you soon Ethan.

-Stephen

@ (Triangle How long did it take for your Guava plant to bear fruit in the pot? I have a plant that's been in the pot for a yr now

I think these trees are three years old getting close to four. I imagine I bought the fruit this time of year (since the store is loaded with them now) and it took a couple of months for the seed to germinate. I had a lot of seedlings and ended up planting two together in a large pot. They bloomed a little last summer. This is the first time to produce fruit. The trees are 6-7 feet tall (not including the height of the pot) and about 5 feet wide. The trunks are over an inch thick. I have to prune this guy way back in order to get it to fit into my winter storage hoophouse.

The Strawberry Guavas are also grown from seed but I think I got fruit off of them after two years - they are much older than the white guava.

I have a three year old Cherimoya that is starting to branch but so far has not bloomed. A three year old Lychee that was damaged severely by a rat (it ate a lot of tree seedlings last winter before I figured out what was going on) but it keeps on growing so I have hope. One two year old Sapodilla that if it keeps on growing at its current rate will over take the guavas in two years. My pride and joy is a monster big 5 year old Theobroma cacao that I got as a tiny seedling from another gardener that is now close to 8 feet tall and has many branches. In addition to these guys I have many citrus (not seed grown) and normal temperate zone fruit trees in the ground.

I like to try the seeds from store bought fruit to see if I can keep them alive for a few years before I invest in a grafted plant.

N/Z, they both taste different than lemon or strawberry guavas. Personally I like the taste of tropic pink a little better but Mex cream is more vigorous, more aromatic, sweeter and supposedly more cold hardy too. Mine were from seed also and the MC took 3 years to fruit and TP was 4.

-Ethan

Just bought my first Mexican Cream Guava tree. Cannot wait to join you all in tasting this delicious healthy fruit. Will keep you informed of its growth.

sueanne777 may I ask where you bought your MC guava from? I have been looking for this variety.

Nana, Bought my MC guava tree at Lowe's for $7.98. Once I read how healthy the fruit was wanted it. So far all their fruit trees are doing well. Let me know if you find it.

Thanks Sueanne. I looked at Lowes near me here in north Texas and did not see any. Come to think of it I have never seen guava trees for sale here probably because they will not survive the winter outside. I have 4 varieties that I grow in containers and bring them into the garage from Nov through Mar. That seems like a good price you got on the guava plant.

Been buying all my fruit trees in Lowe's . Get them for free for buying my groceries and getting a gift reward to use at Lowe's. My yard has what ever it needs now.

sueanne777
You are going to like the MC
i have one about 4yrs old . it gives me lots of creamy fruit every year

mine looses its leaves every year, but, it bounces back easy in the spring.

i had a sucker growing next to it, and decided to cut it out below the soi line
taking some roots with it.
its been about 18 months, and i already have 1 tiny guava on it.

greenman, I noticed you may have seedlings of your guava for trade. I have a few red guava seedlings. I have followed you and if you follow me you can send me a message from your profile page.

nana_7b,

I live in San Antonio. If you have a guava seedling to share, please email me from my houzz page. Thanks.

Gardenlover1.