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 Feijoa. I have planted a hedge of 93 feijoa seedlings. They all survived frostwise but there is big differences in growth. Some are very strong growing, a lot of others normally and some very poorly. I suppose fruit size and quality is not linked to plant vigour but i don't know really. The healthiest vigourous ones will be the ones that will best fill out the hedge anyway. Maybe next year there might be the first flower somewhere. I doubt they will flower this year. Here is an example of a rather less well performing individual. And even worse.

Feijoa. Photos of my plants, planted very close on pourpose thanks to Miyawaki. They will create a hedge and since all plants are seedlings the close planting miyawaki style will enable much easier selection. Anyone can enhance/adapt/make grow better any given plant by sowing diverse or cross-pollinated seeds from several varieties grown together and then selecting the best fruiting individuals and either taking them out or cutting back the other less good ones around it.

 Feijoa. The vlies was blown off, but all seedgrown Feijoa's look very good. We had a strong frost recently. They were protected with P17 vlies. They all look very good, even the small ones. Feijoa seedlings doing ok. Over a hundred seedlings were planted outside.

 Feijoa. I planted out all feijoas that i grew from seed. The idea is to find the ones that grow, flower and fruit the best here by mass sowing seeds from different varieties. They are protected by a P17 vlies. For now there is no damage. They are looking good. I planted them very close on purpose. Planting very close is the only real way to make mass sowings and selection possible by using less space and profiting from the accelerated growth.through the "mini big forest" effect. (Miyawaki) Best adapted individuals will show by earlier flowering, vigour and better fruit production.

 I am growing out feijoa seedlings in hope of finding plants better adapted to my climate. Inspired by an internet site about growing feijoas in the UK i thought i would try mass seeding and subsequent selection. Feijoa seeds, difficult to separate and clean from the flesh, germinate quite easily with sufficient heat (minimum 20 celsius, i'd say) They are rather slow growing and need good care. My hope is to plant all seedlings outdoors and to screen for the most vigourous and quick flowering. I have several varieties of feijoa growing in my polytunnel that i planted last year and i am looking forward to taste really ripe feijoa for the first time (meaning grown under heat) i tasted friends outdoor feijoa and it was good, but you could tell it could be much better.

 Feijoa (acca sellowiana). I ordered 5 different varieties of feijoa sellowiana to try and grow them here outdoors. I am keeping them in pots until they are a bit bigger. This ensures that the plants have a bigger root system and is generally helpful to increase your chances of success when planting a borderline plant outdoors. Borderline because they come from Brazil and even if they have a surprisingly high frost tolerance, growing here in cool, rainy brittany is entirely different to the climate they are accustomed to. There is one additional advantage to feijoa, however, and this is that even if they never manage to fruit well here, the flowers they make are absolutely delicious and edible. So if nothing else we will get really nice tasting flowers from these plants.