grumichama - nice tree, shame about the lack of fruit (forum)

Peter starts with ...
I've got a 3-year old yellow grumichama that's growing well and flowering once or twice a year, but fails to set a single fruit. They're supposed to be self-fertile. Has anyone else had this problem?

Time: 5th March 2008 10:28pm

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John says...
Hello Pete, i believe what your problem may be isn't that its not producing fruit yet. Its that it must be growing vigourously. Trees dont normally grow fruit until 4 or 5 years old. Those that do earilier generally are not very good in the end.

Time: 6th March 2008 6:32am

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Scott G says...
I had a few bushes when I lived in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. The soil was great and there was a lot more rain than here. The bushes were 2.5m tall by 1m wide. They must've been 8 years old at least. Each bush only produced about a dozen berries per year!

At the moment I have one that has been in the ground for 4 years and has produced a meagre total of about 10 fruits. But it gets loads of flowers that drop. It was about 1m tall when I got it and now is about 2m tall by 60cm wide. That's not that much growth for 4 years, is it?

Can anyone that has a bush producing a good crop describe the bush and its soil and water etc. I am going to make an effort to get it to fruit if it can be done. If there is nothing I can do then the bush will be ripped out!


Time: 6th March 2008 12:58pm

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Bsilver says...
Same problem . No answers. No fruit.

Time: 7th March 2008 7:32am

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Leona says...
I bought my tree several months ago. It is about 1.5metres high. When I bought it, it was not fruiting, although some of the others, the same size, at the nursery were. I chose mine because it was not. HOpefully, I will get a stronger tree as a result of it not fruiting early, and get more fruit later. I am keeping mine in a pot.

Time: 7th March 2008 8:32am

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John says...
Guys I have the same problems with all of my guavas at the moment. Lots of flowers and no fruit. But the last season was extremly windy and hot. The bees dont like these conditions and wont work in them. What I want to know about these trees is; what is the requirements in temps to get these flowers to set. Also will hand polinating help at all.

Time: 7th March 2008 10:25am

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Scott G says...
My Grumichama is in a sheltered spot in full sun against a NE facing colourbond fence.

The big plants I had at the Sunshine Coast were in a row in an exposed position in full sun.

Bot lots of plants are the dark berry varieties.

Time: 7th March 2008 1:14pm

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Peter says...
Thanks everyone for your comments - it seems there is a lot of natural variation - probably beciase the plants Daleys sell are seedlings rather than grown from cuttings or marcots

Time: 11th March 2008 9:27am

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