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Understanding when and how to prune a guava tree allows you to maximise your potential harvest and structure your guava tree in the best possible way.

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Growing your very own guava tree is easy and a very rewarding experience as this tree provides massive harvests of yummy fruits and doesn't need much care in return. Guava's can be enjoyed fresh off the tree, preserved, made into jams and syrups and are an absolute delight in deserts and pastries.

Guava trees are incredibly low maintenance and in my opinion make one of the best sustainable living trees. If you are looking to eat clean and live a more sustainable lifestyle then growing guavas in your backyard, urban homestead or smallholding is one of your better options.

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Video timeline:

00:00 - Introduction & Overview
01:45 - How do guava trees grow
06:24 - When to prune guava trees
07:49 - How to prune a guava tree
09:58 - Recap on when and how to prune a guava tree

When we look at how guavas grow it is important to know that guavas set fruit on new growth, meaning growth from the current year. To get the best out of your guava tree make sure you leave enough of the mature, older branch to support the new growth and guava crop that it will be setting. If you don't have a strong enough scaffold then your branch can easily snap under the weight of the bountiful harvest.

What conditions do guava trees grow in? That is a really good question and there is the answer:

1. They like full sun more most of the day, at least 6 hours of direct sunlight, but remember that it is a tropical tree so in desert or very hot, dry conditions, it is best to provide some shade cover during the mid-day heat.

2. Soil conditions are pretty flexible as long as it is free draining. Guava trees do not like wet feet for prolonged periods and will suffer as a result. In terms of soil PH they are just as tolerant and grow from very acidic to very alkaline soils, so nothing to fuss over here.

3. Guava trees are frost tender, meaning that they will suffer, and potentially die back when exposed to frost. If you live in an areas that experiences frost then make sure you have frost blankets/covers or that you grow them in pots to be moved indoors when the cold sets in.

Now that we know what conditions guava trees like to grow in, how about, when to prune guava trees?

1. You want prune your guava tree 2-3 weeks after you have harvested the last fruit from the tree. Why you might ask? Because the tree would have shifted its energy from ripening fruit to pushing out new growth. You will then also have extended new buds to select the growth that you want on a specific branch.

2. When it is the best time of the year to prune guava trees? Well that depends on your location. In the Southern Hemisphere you want to be pruning your guava tree around mid-October and in the Northern Hemisphere around end March to early April. Be warned with time of the year though, that your tree might be telling you something else, so always look at what your tree is telling you and work with the 2-3 week timeline after the last harvest to play it safe.

The next step is how to prune a guava tree. Pruning a guava tree is very easy and straightforward. You just need to take the leap and prune hard, knowing that the tree will bounce back with lots of new growth.

1. To prune a guava tree you want to leave no less than 4 leave nodes in place. You can work within the 4-6 leaf node range. Opt for the shorter range if you want to keep your tree smaller and more compact.

2. As with all other fruit pruning, remove all crossing, dead and and diseased branches.

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