Pineapple Guava | Acca Feijoa Sellowiana | 20+ seeds

Please find for sale 20+ fresh seeds for Pineapple Guava (Acca Feijoa Sellowiana) As I love growing Feijoa and, I became frustrated by the poor germination rates of many of the seeds available on the internet  - so (at quite a lot of expense) I have imported the actual fruits myself and extracted a prepared the seeds!I also sell Feijoa plants when in stock. See pics of the seeds and my own plants at various stages.

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 Acca sellowiana is a species of fruiting flowering plant native to South America. It is widely cultivated as an ornamental tree and for its fruit. Common names include feijoa, pineapple guava and guavasteen.It is an evergreen, perennial shrub or small tree.

5 reasons why you should grow these:

1. Interesting and Attractive Foliage.Pineapple guava is a handsome shrub with thick, oval, silvery-green evergreen foliage that provides year-round interest.

2. Beautiful and Interesting Flowers.The flowers are similar to those of passion fruit. Sugary pink petals are pulled back and down over the stem allowing rose red stamens with gold tips to fan out. Very popular with bees, butterflies, and birds.

3. Edible Fruit and FlowersThe flower can be eaten right off the plant and used to jazz up salads - they have a fruity-sweet-with-a-little-tang flavor. The fruit is ripe when they drop off of the shrub and are eaten the same way a a kiwi fruit - cut in half and the flesh scooped out with a spoon. The taste id a mix of pineapple and a true guava.

4. Carefree.Pretty easy to grow and seem to have few pests - in fact even my chickens don't touch them! - see last picture. They love my enclosed south facing garden on the South Coast but should grow well in most of the UK - the two things they don't like are hard frosts and strong cold winds. For most of the UK my advice would be to bring into greenhouse or conservatory for winter if they are in containers.

5. Container friendly.  Thrive in containers in enclosed gardens as long as a decent amount of sun - so perfect for small urban gardens for example.

Germination Guide

Soak the seeds tepid tap water for 24 hours

Prepare a seed tray filled with moist (but not wet) seed compost, lightly firmed down -Ideally a well draining mix of 50% sieved compost and 50% vermiculite or horticultural sand

Sow seeds circa one inch or 0.5cm deep evenly space and gently cover.

Keep surface moist but not wet  - best to water from the bottom by having seeds tray inside a waterproof container.

Keep at 20-25 degrees but out of direct sunlight

Seedlings should appear in 21-45 days. 

Pot on once large enough to handle

TOP TIP! Don't use all your seeds in the same tray just in case rot sets in.