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[StevieNZ]

just wondering if feijoas are grown in tasmania or if you can buy them???

they are the one major thing i miss from nz so if you have them there i will be down in a flash!!!!!

can't grow them up here as it doesn't get cool enough for them. hah and perth had them for $1 each - crazy considering we used to let them rot haha.

[Mystic]

this subject was discussed once before in this thread. Maybe you might do well to PM kiwibird to find if they ever found them.

Good luck

[Shane V]

Would love to try these things...so maybe I'll have a look around...not promising anything though

[StevieNZ]

hmm i was hoping that if nz could grow them then they would in tassie, being a similar climate i thought ??

I will just have to give it a go !!! then i can share them all with you guys lol

there is a fruit tree shop i've found that sells the plants so guess its trial and error

haha these such discussions are of course the most major ones when considering a move interstate!!!

[Mystic]

The fruit tree shop you found Steph, is it in Tasmania? I just did a bit of a quick search and found a few places on the mainland that sell them, but nothing specifically here. Quarantine is quite strict here too, so importing plants could be tricky.

I did discover though that Peter Cundall was growing them at the Botanical Gardens in Hobart, so all may not be lost. They may be better known down here as Pineapple guava.

[StevieNZ]

oh true i didnt think of quarantine hmmm good to know.
well least its being grown there
and hamish's aunty in hobart told us last night she has them in her back yard so fingers crossed except she doesnt have a hybrid so one of the pollinator trees died so the other isn't growing any fruit lol

heheheh good thing i actually have to get down there first

[tasaholic]

They grow well here on the East Coast..I have two ..(not fussed on them tho) You can buy the plants at Allen's Nursery in Launceston

[StevieNZ]

Oh Tasaholic - hehe thats awesome they grow well and now I know where to get the trees. but oh the horror - you're not a fan of them lol i'll forgive you

[Mystic]

Look what I found

Is this what you guys are looking for?

I have read that they fruit 5-6 months after they flower? Is this true. I know where this plant is and have access to it when it fruits, If I was reminded when the fruiting season starts, I could go and grab some seeds, and maybe try a couple for myself

[StevieNZ]

that looks like it!!

Umm not sure about the 5-6 mths - I do know they are everywhere in winter at home so you're prob right. I'm so excited!!

My Mum just bought me the "Feijoa Recipe Book" back home in NZ so cant wait to get my hot hands on that. I only know how to make feijoa ice cream and feijoa cake so need some more ideas. Can't wait to do preserve feijoas too they were yummo!!!

Hope you do get to try them.

Hamish got down to Hobart on Sunday so fingers crossed all goes well and by May I should be moving down just in time for feijoa season lol

[Cascade]

Hmmmmm.

I think Mystic has been playing in my front yard.

I have one. Its growing at 375 metres above sea level. Very frost hardy. Flowers spasmodically, never had any fruit. Or maybe the possums get it first so I never see it.

[Mystic]

Cascade. Unless you live in Rosebery, I have not been sneaking around your feijoa. Strange that if it flowers you don't get any fruit. Not that I know a thing about this particular plant but most fruiting plants produce flowers through the flower or blossom. You may have to learn to be faster than a speeding possum.

[Shane V]

It wasn't Mystic who was playing in the front yard LOL

Nice to see you here Cascade

[Mystic]

oops, I did forget to explain that the post with the image was actually made by Shane, using my computer.