Pineapple is one of my favorite plants. It fulfills many purposes in the edible garden. It is an easy care, evergreen bush that contains edible flowers, edible fruits and somehow, deer do not eat it.
How can you know?
Where I live, the deer eat almost all our plants, so it is a real treasure that performs all these good things.
Climate: The pineapple grows in the guava zone 8 – 10. F, 30 ″ – likes rain in the range, and does not like the extremely hot weather of the day –
not so good in the desert.
Water: This drought is considered a tolerant plant, meaning that it lives relatively with a little water, but good fruit production requires adequate proper water. You should give it extra water during dry spells. In fact, this means observe your plant. In real terms, in the garden, you always necessary to observed your plants. Everyone’s garden is different from the usual that all these books talk about. You always want and need to adjust the needs of your situation.
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You can cut it, you can eat it,you can see the Humming Birds feed on the flowers
Sun: The whole sun is excellent – but it can withstand partial shade
Air: Pineapple guava makes a good wind brake.it may have some salt air, but I will not put it on the dunes as a first line of air.
Care: What I really like about this plant is that it needs so little care. It only increases itself with happiness. You can cut it for shape or leave it alone. If you cut it strictly, you will lose some fruit production.
Pests: Almost no one. Well, I didn’t see anyone.
Fruits and flowers: The flowers that open at the end of the spring are edible. Thick petals are spicy and fresh. The petals can be drawn without interfering with the fruit set. The fruit is ripe in late autumn, which is a great honor, as almost everything in the garden is gone. The fruit in the picture below, came after several days of frost from my garden on December 22. They taste fresh and tango. We eat them with a spoon and eat them. Or you can cook them in cucumbers, pastries, baked, baked, fruit sponge cakes, pie or tarts.
If you live in the right climate, I really feel that you should try to increase the pineapple guava. This is a giving and forgiveness plant for your edible landscape.
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