Hello! Link 4 u.

Here is a link that might be useful: Philippino guide to guava

Erict thanks for the very interesting link on Psidium guajava (which I also have and are doing great and I know nothing about) rather than P. cattleianum (what I'm trying to make) :) Yesterday I did even more googling and found some Hawaiian studies showing that it is just a matter of time. Germination rates of seeds in pig scat (having traveled gut) germinate at 90% as do seeds on their own -BUT the piggy cookery reduces the time required for germination as much as 50% - and my unpiggied seeds could take 50 days to germinate!

50???

O_O

Too long!!!

Did you take seeds from mouth to soil immediately? I germinated some easily a couple years ago and now have 3 foot tall plants in pots. I have to give them away as no one knows what they are. My fruit are rather bland and I wouldn't plant them again, famine food!

Gentlemen, I think they may have sat on a dish out of sun for 24-48 hours before planting, but they've been hot and misted since and still no reaction. And I'm using SlugGo on the trays so they aren't being eaten. Yeah 50 days is a real drag but a lame veterinarian killed our lunchmeat dog so I don't have a pig to run fruit through. The quarter-size fruit my seeds are from was absolutely delicious and succulent and a pretty red, I could snarf them down all day and make a complete pig of myself. I'm sorry Mr.Texas yours were lousy and appreciate hearing they germinated easily and grew - although Cherimoya for example would have grown much faster.

I recently got some yellow strawberry guava from Madeira Island from my cousin, I stored some of the seeds in a baggie for about three months and then planted some of them in potting mix. After 5 weeks the seedlings started to sprout. I also tried the paper towel method with these seeds and had the seeds sprouting after two weeks.

Anyone know when the Strawberry guava seedlings can be transplanted into bigger pots? I currently have 6 Seedlings in the Jiffy Pellets they are starting their third set of leaves now and are about 3" tall.

Sure- you can do it now. Just place the whole peat pellet into a larger pot with dirt. Don't go overboard- maybe put it all into a 4in pot and keep up potting as it grows.