How to grow feijoa pineapple guava fruit trees in your home garden. Sharing growing feijoa tips and how to eat feijoa fruit!
Hooray, it's feijoa season! Perfumed green fruits like no other, and the final harvest of our autumn. Here's a few tips for growing, harvesting and eating them, including our favourite recipes.
If you live in a mild temperate or warm subtropical climate, growing feijoa (Pineapple Guava) will be really easy for you.
How to grow feijoa pineapple guava fruit trees in your home garden. Sharing growing feijoa tips and how to eat feijoa fruit!
Tangy, sweet marmalade can be made from any type of citrus fruit, and lemons and feijoas are a particularly nice combo.
These Feijoa Muffins are sweet and tangy flavors from feijoa fruits. If your tree produces too many feijoas this season, this is the recipe you need to use all of them!
The Pineapple Guava tree (Feijoa sellowiana) is a great choice for adding fruit and ornamental value to a garden. Its delicious fruit and attractive foliage make it a standout among other varieties. It is easy to care for and can be used in a variety of ways, making it a versatile choice for any gardener. The tree can grow up to 20 feet tall, but is more often grown as a shrub, reaching about 6-8 feet tall. It has glossy, dark green leaves and produces small, white, cup-shaped flowers that bloom in late spring to early summer. The flowers are followed by egg-shaped fruit that are green when immature and turn to yellow-green or yellow when ripe. The fruit have a sweet, juicy, and tropical flavor, with a texture similar to a pear. It thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. It is hardy in USDA zones 8-11, but can be grown as a container plant in cooler climates. It is drought tolerant and can withstand temperatures as low as 20°F. It needs to be protected from frost during its blooming and fruit setting stage, which occurs in late spring. ___________________________________________ Heat Pack for cold climates: https://www.etsy.com/listing/919968265/heat-pack-72-hours-for-shipping-plants?ref=shop_home_active_1&frs=1 If you reside in an area with cold weather conditions or are ordering plants during the winter season, we recommend considering the addition of a heat pack to your purchase. Heat packs are designed to provide warmth and prevent plants from experiencing cold stress during transit. It is advisable to assess the weather conditions in your region and determine if the use of heat packs is necessary to ensure the safe arrival and well-being of your plants. Heat packs are designed to raise the temperature inside a shipping box by approximately 10-15 degrees Fahrenheit, providing a significant buffer against cold temperatures during transit. This can be crucial in preventing damage and potential death to plants, as they can stop growing or sustain damage at temperatures around 50 degrees Fahrenheit and can quickly perish at 40 degrees and below. Even though USPS warehouses are not freezing, there may be instances where shipments are exposed to the elements while awaiting loading or delivery, making heat packs a valuable addition to ensure the safe arrival of your plants. ___________________________________________ Please note that due to the natural variations in plants, no two plants will look exactly the same. While we strive to provide accurate representation through our product photos, it is important to understand that the plant you receive may have slight differences in size, shape, or color compared to what is shown. We assure you that all our plants are healthy and we appreciate your understanding and support of nature's unique beauty. ___________________________________________ We use biodegradable plant-based peanuts in our packaging. These offer a green-friendly alternative for packaging and are made from naturally derived starches like wheat and cornstarch and will dissolve in water in seconds, making it impossible for them to wind up polluting oceans, lakes, rivers, or waterways. Their compostability and low carbon footprint contribute to reducing environmental impact and promoting a more sustainable approach to packaging.
How to grow feijoa pineapple guava fruit trees in your home garden. Sharing growing feijoa tips and how to eat feijoa fruit!
These Feijoa Muffins are sweet and tangy flavors from feijoa fruits. If your tree produces too many feijoas this season, this is the recipe you need to use all of them!
Making homemade feijoa jam is a great way of enjoying feijoas all year round. This feijoa jam is super simple to make and tastes great.
When feijoa season rocks up, there's usually a wave of fruit that needs to be eaten. Once you've had enough of eating them on their own, try making these feijoa muffins. It's a good way to use a pile of fresh feijoa fruits.
How to grow feijoa pineapple guava fruit trees in your home garden. Sharing growing feijoa tips and how to eat feijoa fruit!
How to grow feijoa pineapple guava fruit trees in your home garden. Sharing growing feijoa tips and how to eat feijoa fruit!
Excerpt from my little pruning book " Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide"
Plan your feijoa season ahead of time by selecting the ideal variety for your garden. Words & images: Jenny Garing MARCH-APRIL HARVEST Anatoki: new variety, very early season, round-shaped fruit Kaiteri: large (up to 300g+), very sweet, very early-season Kakariki: very sweet, very large fruit Unique: prolific from young age, only self-fertile feijoa, small-medium size, mildly-sweet, juicy fruit APRIL HARVEST Kakapo: pale green skin, mild, sweet flavour Apollo: medium-large size, excellent flavour, early season Pounamu: very dark coloured fruit, medium size, tangy flavour, aromatic Wiki Tu: dwarf tree, huge, sweet, fleshy fruit APRIL-MAY-JUNE HARVEST Antoinette: large, sweet, mildly aromatic fruit,
Savor a taste of the Southern Hemisphere with this homemade Feijoa Chutney! This traditional recipe showcases the unique flavor of feijoas, a beloved fruit in New Zealand and Australia.
Excerpt from my little pruning book " Pruning Fruit Trees: A Beginners Guide"
This Feijoa Crumble Slice is the perfect way to celebrate feijoa season! It's a quick easy slice with an oaty base, feijoa filling and a crumble topping that's perfect served as a warm dessert or as a lunchbox snack!
I love feijoa season. As a child we always had an abundance of these beautiful fruits falling from the old tree in the back garden ranging from sweet and fermenty to tart and zesty. The tree is long gone now but somehow I still manage to be gifted bags and bags of feijoas when they're in abundance, sweetening the chill of early autumn. I posted about feijoas last year and all the things I was doing with the skins. The fizzy feijoa drink is my easiest and most delicious invention. All I do is put the empty skins in a jar with a bit of brown sugar and leave them for a few days. All the delicious flavor comes out of the skins and into the liquid which I strain off and put in a seal-able bottle and leave for another day or two before putting in the fridge. This is a bit like making water kefir or kombucha but no culture is needed. Feijoa skins, like grapes and plums, are naturally coated in yeasts that make them self-ferment (that's why they look frosted). The results range from a sweet fizzy drink that my three year old loves, to a more sour cider or sparkling wine type beverage that is very drinkable and still probably quite low in alcohol (although I've never tested it). I also intend to make feijoa ice cream by blending feijoas with cream, egg, lemon juice and agave nectar. I tried the Rush Monroe's version of this the other day and it was divine! I was also thinking of trying feijoa curd. Does anyone have any experiences of this? Any other ideas for using excess feijoa bounty?
Cardamom adds a touch of smokiness to this feijoa chutney. Words & images: Jenny Garing I got this recipe from Pam in Ohingaroa Bay, who also supplies me with bucket-loads of feijoas. It is based on a Peter Gordon recipe, but he adds a stick from a manuka tree into the roast mix. I have tried it with kanuka as we have so much on our property. Gordon’s recipe is very sweet, almost a jam, so this one has less sugar. You can use the feijoas with their skins on if you wish. The roasting process and the mix of
Feijoas Infused Vodka D.I.Y.A drink to look forward to sipping sharing and just enjoying so start making it today!
When you are one of the lucky people with access to a feijoa tree, then for a month or two every year, you will be wondering what to do with...
Freezing feijoas will allow you to enjoy this fruit all year round. Check out our handy guide that includes tips to keep your fruit looking its best.
Now time to stock up on Feijoa Chutney so I can enjoy it year round! I LOVE feijoa - the smell, the taste and the convenience of having a tree absolutely laden and ready at my disposal....for the month-long harvest that is.
Pineapple Guava: 1 year old - current height: 20-30 cm The pineapple guava has hermaphrodite flowers but is not self-fertile, so two individuals are needed for fruiting - not necessarily two different varieties, although it is said to improve fruiting. Common names: Pineapple guava, Feijoa Scientific name: Feijoa sello
After collecting roughly 8 kilos of Fiejoas in 2 days from our monster tree it was time to make jam. Looking over a few recipes and trying ...
Kristina has seen the light when it comes to the magic flavour of her favourite fruit. Words: Kristina Jensen If you were watching me eat feijoas right at this minute, the thought would not even cross your mind that I may be a person who has had a life Before Feijoas and a life After Feijoas. It would appear obvious that I am someone who has always adored these unassuming egg-shaped fruit with their perfect balance of sweet and sour. I eagerly await the inevitable annual feijoa glut and delight in the seemingly huge variation in taste, size and number
Now time to stock up on Feijoa Chutney so I can enjoy it year round! I LOVE feijoa - the smell, the taste and the convenience of having a tree absolutely laden and ready at my disposal....for the month-long harvest that is.
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When feijoa season rocks up, there's usually a wave of fruit that needs to be eaten. Once you've had enough of eating them on their own, try making these feijoa muffins. It's a good way to use a pile of fresh feijoa fruits.
