What are the precautions for growing guava?

We are actually all quite familiar with the fruit guava, but if we say "bale" everyone might shake their heads and say they do not know it, yet switch to another name, "fan-shiliu" (guava), and everyone will suddenly understand. A while ago, in one episode of the show Go Fighting!, a game segment mentioned guava, and I believe many people went to look up what kind of fruit guava actually is. So today, let us follow Qinong Net and take a look at what needs attention when growing guava.

1. Growing conditions

Guava is a tropical fruit. If you want to grow it, it must of course meet its growing conditions, so the first thing we need to pay attention to is the choice of planting site. We should try to choose areas where the climate is relatively warm all year round, with the temperature preferably kept at around 20 to 28 degrees. Next, the planting site should be relatively fertile, with a fairly complete drainage system, and mountain land, plains and other places relatively close to a water source are all suitable.

2. Planting density

The growth of guava requires sufficient light, so the ventilation and light penetration in the orchard must be relatively good. Therefore, our usual approach is to reasonably arrange and plan the planting density at the time of planting. Generally, about 90 to 100 plants can be planted per mu, arranged reasonably according to the fertility of the soil. We usually plant at a row spacing of 3 m and a plant spacing of about 2.5 m, which can be adjusted appropriately.

3. Fertilizer and water management

Fertilizer and water management is a very important point in the process of growing guava. It not only determines the yield and quality of the guava, but also determines the usable lifespan of the guava. Generally, guava planting sites need to maintain a certain level of humidity. When there is no rainfall, watering is needed about once every five days. During the seedling stage, irrigation is used, while mature fruit trees are watered by sprinkler irrigation. Guava mainly relies on organic fertilizer, supplemented by chemical fertilizer, and fertilization is needed at least three to four times a year. The amount of fertilizer can be appropriately increased according to the growing years of the fruit tree. During the fruiting period, attention should be paid to appropriately increasing the application of potassium fertilizer, so that the guava will ripen better.

4. Branch and leaf management

Branch and leaf management is an auxiliary later-stage method for enhancing ventilation and light penetration in the orchard. If guava is to have high yield, then the openness and light penetration in the orchard must be good. But when the guava saplings have grown for a certain period of time, the branches and leaves in some places will become too dense, thereby blocking the light for other branches and leaves. So we need to prune according to the principle of removing old, weak, diseased and damaged branches, so as to achieve a reasonable density. Next, we need to remove the growing tip, which is beneficial to the growth of side branches.

5. Flower thinning and fruit thinning

To improve the yield and quality of guava in the future, flower thinning and fruit thinning are tasks that we need to pay special attention to during the growing process. Guava blooms quite vigorously during the flowering period, so we should carry out appropriate flower thinning when the flowering is at its most vigorous, gently knocking off some flowers that are relatively weak, damaged by pests and diseases, or fragile in vitality. Then, after the flowers fade and the young fruits are as big as a thumb, we also need to carry out fruit thinning. First, still follow the principle of retaining high-quality fruit when thinning. Next, because guava fruits may be very close to each other when bearing fruit, we should appropriately and gently pick off some of the surrounding fruits so that there are enough nutrients to supply them.