Feijoa FAQ
Can feijoas be dehydrated (dried) like many other fruits and vegetables?
Yes they can be dehydrated, we did them this year. Some varieties are better than others. If too thick they take a lot longer to dry.
Not flowering
I purchased from Mitre 10 Taumarunui almost two years ago 8 bushes. It states that I do not need another variety as they are self pollinating. I have just read in the latest Palmers that the only reliable variety that is Self pollinating is UNIQUE.
Is this why mine have never flowered or fruited?
They are planted as a hedge they are in very good free draining soil.
Look forward to your reply, Thankyou
This is very hard to understand. Firstly are these plants incredible ediblesŪ? As all our plants are cutting grown or grafted plants, it makes me think because they have not flowered that they are seedling plants. If they are our plants has the top plant died and the rootstock is only growing? The rootstocks are grown from seeds.
Apollo is a semi self-fertile plant and with any feijoa in an urban situation because the birds pollinate them, they will cover a large area and pollinate between several gardens. But pollination is not a problem because you are not getting the flowers.
I did wonder if you were pruning wrongly as the flowers are borne towards the base of currents seasons shoot growth. But this would be very hard to do. If you were pruning too hard you would still get the odd flower.
I then did wonder if your temperatures were too cold but the flowers are not affected by very cold spring so this is not an issue.
Feijoas are one of the easiest plants to grow so it makes us think that your plants are seedlings as seedlings can take many years to flower and fruit.
I would love to hear any comments about the above as it is an unusual situation.