One of my mom’s friends loves Pineapple Guava. I tried it because she raved so much about it and I have to say she’s right. They are so very good. She has a very small yard with no room for a Pineapple Guava tree in it so she bought me and my mom one to try and grow. I’m in the Los Angeles area while my mom is in the San Francisco Bay Area. So, two different localities. She’d love it if it grew well at my mom’s house because it’s closer to her and we know of one of my mom’s friends who grows and sells the fruit when they are in season. Hopefully mine does well too.

I received the plant around 11/11/2025 in the mail and immediately planted it in this shallow pot not meant for a tree. I was heading out of town and needed to get it planted in something so that it wouldn’t die. It’s been about 6 weeks and it’s interesting. The first picture from 11/11 looks to be taller and fuller than the second picture a couple of weeks later – 11/29. It might have been the angle because I was standing up whereas the previous one I was kneeling down. But even so, I had to look several times to make sure they were the same plant.

The pic from 12/14/2025 shows a taller more fuller tree again so I really think it was the angle. But it still looked the same or very similar to the first picture. The final picture from 1/2/2026 looks really good. I finally figured out to put a background behind the tree so the leaves wouldn’t get lost with the grass. It had been raining a lot in LA at this time so I turned the water system off and the leaves look more green and stronger. I plan to buy another tree or two in the next couple of months. But I do have quite a few to plant in the ground.

The tree guy is coming sometime next week to trim my non-fruiting trees. He was supposed to come out a few weeks ago but it’s that time of year and he’s swamped. He was going to come this week but along with the rain came the Santa Ana winds. They brought down some trees that he had to take care of first as my non-urgent need got pushed out another week. I’m not complaining, it’s going to cost me $2500 so another week to not have to spend that kind of money is fine with me. I have one big tree in the front of the house that I will eventually have him take out. I want to plant more fruit trees in the front but that one big tree puts most of my yard in the shade. But for now, I can plant the trees as bare roots and they will have enough sun for now. In the next 2-3 years I’ll need that big one to come down and will do so then. For now, he’s trimming that tree, along with the trees right by the garage, and then he’ll move to the back where I’ve got another huge tree and then my neighbors trees that hang over and interfere with some of my landscaping. Once the trees get trimmed, I’ll be planting the baby trees that have been in pots the last year or two. I want to replace some of my non-fruiting trees that are being used as a privacy fence” between my neighbors. I will plant the baby fruit trees between the non fruiting trees I will be replacing and as the baby fruit trees grow I’ll be trimming the taller non-fruiting trees. I hope this works. I’m not very good at making sure everything looks good so the yard generally looks a mess. I am okay with that but eventually I hope to make it look nicer as I figure out where I put my plants.

Happy gardening!

Melanie