How to grow Guavas at Home - Home Gardening
How to plant Guava in containers:
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Take a ripe guava and cut he guava into slices to propagate guava plants from guava seeds
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Then prepare the pot filled with potting mix with equal parts compost, sand, and soil and place the sliced guava fruits into the center of the pot
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Cover the slices guava with thin layer of soil and water them thoroughly for easy germination of guava seeds
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Place the pot in a warm place as the guava plants grow well in humid and dry climates.
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But the guava plants have very little tolerance for frost or chilly weather
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Keep the soil moist by watering when the top of the soil starts to feel dry
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After 30 days the guava seeds will start germinating and have grown upto to 2 inches.
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Transplanting Guava:
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After 90 days, the plants would have grown well by 1 feet and now we can transplant them to individual grow bags for better growth
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Choose garden grow bag of 12 inches wide and 12 inches deep and am transplanting the seedlings into Individual garden grow bag
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Dig a hole half again as deep and twice as wide as the tree’s roots. Add a cupful of all-purpose fertilizer to the bottom of the hole
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Set the plant in the hole so that the soil mark from the sapling on the stem is at the surface level as the surrounding soil.
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Spread the roots out in all directions.
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Spread 5-10 cm. of organic mulch over the root area
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Water the plant well just after transplant.
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Continue irrigating it throughout the entire next growing season.
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Fertilizing Guava:
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Guava is a heavy feeder and responds well to manuring.
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Guava responds well to the monthly fertilizing.
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Hence, fertilize your potted guava tree to speed up the growth of the plant.
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Incorporate lots and lots of compost and plenty of cattle compost before you plant your bananas.
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In case of young plants, the fertilizers may be applied in circular trench along the periphery of the root zone.
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In case of older plants the fertilizers may be broadcasted over a radius of 120cm from the base and forked in lightly without damaging the roots.
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The organic manure may be applied as mulch on the surface.
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Then mulch them very thickly. And keep mulching and feeding them
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Once your Guava tree becomes mature enough to produce fruit, fertilize it with 15:5:30 fertilizer regularly
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Harvesting Guava:
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Guava tree will take 2-3 years to mature and start to form fruits.
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The guava tree blooms in early spring, but may bloom all year in mild climates
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We need to prune and trim the guava tree regularly to encourage the growth of large, high-quality guava at the edges of the trees.
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Keep the soil evenly moist for best fruit production; allow the top 2 or 3 inches of soil to dry before watering again.
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If the soil goes completely dry, flowering may be delayed or fruit may drop. Reduce water in winter.
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Guava fruit will be ripe and ready for harvest about 120 and 150 days after pruning the Guava trees
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In warm year-round locations, guava can produce two crops each year, a large crop in summer followed by a smaller crop in winter.
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Ripe guavas will develop mature light green as they ripen
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