Psidium guajava
Guava · Guava Tree · Guave Tree
About the plant
What it is and where it grows — not part of any germination protocol.
The plant
- Habit
- shrub or treePlants of the World Online
- Habit
- Perennial, Shrub, TreePLANTS Database
- Height
- 25.0 ft7.6 mPLANTS Database
- Flower
- WhitePLANTS Database
- Blooms
- SpringPLANTS Database
Growing conditions
- Sun
- Shade tolerance: MediumPLANTS Database
- Soil
- Adapted to coarse, medium, fine textured soilsPLANTS Database
- Soil pH
- 5.5-7.0PLANTS Database
- Moisture
- Moisture use: MediumPLANTS Database
- Watering
- Drought tolerance: MediumPLANTS Database
Toxicity is noted only where a source states it. No note here is not a finding of safety.
Sources: Plants of the World Online — Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; PLANTS Database — USDA NRCS.
Worth knowing
- Native to South America; when grown, honey bees are its main pollinators. In some tropical places it is invasive, and it has become a major problem in the Galápagos. Wikipedia: Psidium guajava
Protocol
DerivedN. C. Deno, 1998Difficulty Moderate
Sow and cover
Temperature: 70°F 21°C Light: dark
No stated waiting before sowing. Then 35 days to germinate.
65% germination in 21–35 days.
How each step is done, in Deno’s words, and what Verified and Derived mean.
Germination trials
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