The importance of thinning guava fruit - A comprehensive guide
Thinning your guava fruit is a crucial part of growing guava trees and guava tree care. It is also the step that is required in order to get bigger guava fruits that taste absolutely incredible! In this video you will get some great guava tree growing tips as well as tips on how to get bigger guava fruit.
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Video timeline:
00:00 - Introduction & Overview
01:29 - What NOT to do when thinning your guava fruit
04:04 - When should you thin your guava fruit
05:23 - Why you need to thin your guava fruit
07:59 - How to thin guava fruit
10:42 - Recapping the importance of thinning guava fruit
Why you need to thin fruit on your guava tree
1. Increase fruit size & quality: When too many fruits are growing on a tree, they will compete for nutrients, water, and sunlight. This can result in smaller and lower quality fruits. Thinning the fruit will help the remaining fruits grow larger and healthier that taste amazing. After all, aren't we all looking for bigger guava fruits! So, if you want to find out how to increase guava fruit size then this chapter is for you.
2. Maintains tree vigour & prevent overbearing: Having too much fruit on the tree can drain it of nutrients, water and energy - leaving it weaker after each crop. This means the tree needs more feeding and more external inputs to support it. It may also result in the tree bearing a heavy crop one year and nothing the next, although guava trees are more forgiving. Thinning guava fruit also allows for a more balanced tree with needs that are lot more sustainable.
3. Prevents branch breakage: The weight of the fruit can be too much for the tree's branches to support, which can result in branch breakage. Thinning the fruit will reduce the weight on the branches, and help prevent breakage.
4. Controls pests and diseases: Overcrowded fruits can create a favorable environment for pests and diseases to thrive. By thinning the fruit, the remaining fruit will have more space and airflow, which can reduce the risk of pest and disease infestations.
5. Easier harvesting: Thinning the fruit can help with easier and more efficient harvesting. It can also help with the timing of the harvest, ensuring that the fruit is picked at the right time for optimal flavour and texture.
Overall, thinning guava fruit on the tree can result in healthier and larger fruits, prevent damage to the tree, reduce the risk of pest and disease infestations, and make harvesting easier.
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Do you have any questions about how to thin your guava fruit or why this is such an important step? Please drop me a comment below 🌻
Thank you. My guava tree is flowering for the first time so this useful info came the right time.
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Ай бұрын
It is a pleasure and I'm glad you got value out of watching this video and that it was the perfect timing for you and your guava that is currently in flower 🌻
Very helpful thanks! I couldn’t believe the size of my cherry guavas a couple years ago on a young tree that had very few fruits, they were like golf ball size and way more juicy and delicious, double the size of fruits from older trees that were loaded with fruit so I experimented with the other older trees the next time they fruited and did thinning and sure enough they produced huge fruits too! My 3 bigger guavas are all fruiting properly for the first time this year so I will be following your suggestions. Thanks again for the logical and easy to understand video!
@MySustainabilityJourney
6 ай бұрын
Oh wow thank you so much for your supportive comment 💚 I'm so glad this video helped you and verified your experiment! Also super happy to hear you got nice big fruits again and I hope you get lots more in future 🌻
And another phenomenal video! Appreciate your sharing of knowledge !
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Жыл бұрын
Ah, amazing feedback, thank you so very much 💚 it's positive and wonderful comments like yours that keep me motivated 🌻
Great video,Thanks
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Жыл бұрын
It is only a pleasure and I'm glad you got value out of watching it 🌻
Nice information.
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Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad to hear you found value in watching this video - thank you 🌻
I have a question - what kind of fertilization schedule and what kind of NPK you use? I’m in South Florida, so my guava was growing through winter months as well, everything grows here year round. How many crops do you usually have? 2? I’m particular interested, because I am too planning to keep my guava dwarf and I think I have the same variety - Ruby Supreme, leaves and fruit are the same, only mine hasn’t fruited yet. Thank you in advance !
@MySustainabilityJourney
Жыл бұрын
Great set of questions here, thank you! So all I do is regularly add horse manure compost that I make at home, worm tea and wood ash. I find that works for me as I am trying to not bring in any external fertilisers, but if you do, it needs to be a balanced fertiliser. This is because guava trees put on lots of growth so they need nitrogen, but you don't want aggressive growth, so you shouldn't go with a N-heavy fertiliser. You then need the support of the P and K for flowering and fruit set, so balance works best. I do find that the most important thing with fruit set on guava trees is that they are well watered and maintain consistent moisture during fruit set and any dryness could cause the tree to drop its flowers and young fruit. I also usually only get one crop per year, but if you are in a more tropical climate then you could possibly get 2. I hope this helps? 🌻
@xvolkodavx446
Жыл бұрын
@@MySustainabilityJourney perfect, just what I wanted to know
What guava variety requires thinning?
@MySustainabilityJourney
Ай бұрын
As far as I know you would need to thin them all besides a cherry guava we that's more of shrub/bush and puts on much smaller fruits so it can handle the full load. You don't technically need to thin guava trees, but if you don't you will end up with much smaller fruits that are not as sweet with lots of them staying green and not ripening, which is a waste 🌻
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Жыл бұрын
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Жыл бұрын
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