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["Idell Weydemeyer" <iwgarden@earthlink.net>]

I like the fruit on the lemon guava better (very similar to the strawberry
guava) --sweeter, despite the name and slightly larger fruit. For me, they
are outside plants and if they ripen in October, they have a great flavor,
if not until mid November or later, they are tart(this year with cold late
spring). You may have some tartness if the temperature goes down in the
greenhouse. 

My pineapple guavas, also outside, ripen anytime between October and
January, depending upon the weather and I get loads of them for at least a
month-- so many that people see me coming and run, just like the zucchini
deliverers on the porch in the summer at midnight.-- they will take cooler
temps than the strawberry/lemon guava do. 

And the citrus --Clementine does very well and can handle the cooler temps
and foggier weather here in the winter--we get fruit from Jan to Mar/May and
some hang on for months without losing flavor. They may perform this way in
the greenhouse but I do not know. There was an indoor citrus society for a
while that did a lot of experimenting. http://www.crfg.org/fg/icrfsn.html 

Idell
Zone 9 b San Francisco Bay area, on the sunny side

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Michele Stanton
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:53 AM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fall/winter fruit for cool greenhouse?

Psidium littorale (the strawberry guava) fruited well for me under the same
circumstances.
Plus it stays smaller.  I'd recommend it.

Michele

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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of V. Michael Bove, Jr.
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2011 11:57 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] fall/winter fruit for cool greenhouse?

We already have citrus and hylocereus and passionfruit in there but  
they don't do much in winter (except the hylocereus likes to grab me  
when I'm looking the other direction), that's why I'm looking for  
something that will ripen some fruit. We had bananas in there for  
years, too, but they tended to get pretty sad-looking by late winter  
and took up way too much room. Guavas sound like the best bet so far;  
does anyone have an idea as to whether Psidium littorale might work  
better than Psidium guajava?

Michael Bove
Teakettle Farm, Z6 (MA/RI border)

On Nov 28, 2011, at 5:50 PM, mIEKAL aND wrote:

> That should read:
>
> I _have_  had those going for years, inside my house in the winter,
> they would do a lot better in a greenhouse situation such as that.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 4:49 PM, mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>> I would try dwarf bananas, figs, guavas, feijoa, meyer's lemons,  
>> other
>> hardy citrus....  I had those going for years, inside my house in the
>> winter, they would do a lot better in a greenhouse situation such as
>> that.
>>
>> ~mIEKAL
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