How to tend a Psidium guajava
Also known as: Myrtus guajava (L.) Kuntze, Psidium angustifolium Lam., Psidium aromaticum Blanco, Psidium cujavillus Burm.f., Psidium cujavus L., Psidium fragrans Macfad., Psidium globosum Larrañaga, Psidium guajava var. minor Mattos, Psidium igatemyense Barb.Rodr., Psidium intermedium Zipp. ex Blume, Psidium longifolium Schumach., Psidium pomiferum L., Psidium prostratum O.Berg, Psidium pumilum Vahl, Psidium pyriferum L., Psidium sapidissimum Jacq., Psidium vulgare Rich., Syzygium ellipticum K.Schum. & Lauterb., Psidium guajava var. cujavillum (Burm.f.) Krug & Urb., Psidium pumilum var. guadalupense DC., Psidium pyriferum var. glabrum Benth., Myrtus guajava var. pyrifera (Kuntze) Kuntze, Guajava pumila (Vahl) Kuntze, Guajava pyrifera Kuntze, Psidium igatemyensis Barb.Rodr., Psidium guayava Griseb., Psidium pomiferum var. sapidissimum (Jacq.) DC., Psidium chodatianum Barb.Rodr., Psidium ellipticum Barb.Rodr., Psidium guajava var. guajava , Psidium crispum Barb.Rodr., Psidium subcrenatum Barb.Rodr., Psidium pumilum var. intermedium Blume, Psidium pumilum var. rufescens Blume, Psidium guajava f. cujavillus (Burm.f.) O.Deg. & I.Deg.
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Keep soil moist
Sunlight
Put in sunny places
Soil
Peat or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Mainly use base fertilizers, top-dressing at the late stages
Pruning
Trim and shape to dwarf its canopy
About this plant
- Origin
- Tropical Americas
- Category
- Myrtaceae, Psidium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠20 cm, height 20-30 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering and fruiting period August-October
- Flower colors
- white, fruit color green
- World Flora Online
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