From the Tropical Fruit Photography Archive
by Ian Maguire



Guava Growth Progression from Pruning to Harvest


The pictures below were taken around this time last year in TREC's guava collection. I had tagged a number of the pruned branches to track the growth and development. I found the guava to be just as interesting as the other tropical fruit crops that I have spent time shooting. Nature, again, has proven to provide a wealth of analogies when observed closely.

Guava hedging Guava branch 1 month after topping & hedging

Fig. 1

Guava hedging

Fig. 2

Guava branch 1 month after topping and hedging

The same guava branch 20 days later The same guava branch 30 days later with unopened flower buds

Fig. 3

The same guava branch 20 days later

Fig. 4

The same guava branch 30 days later with unopened flower buds

Guava Flower Set guava fruit developing

Fig. 5

Guava flower

Fig. 6

Set guava fruit developing

Maturing fruit 'Blanca' guava

Fig. 7

Fruit maturing

Fig. 8

'Blanca' guava




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Photographs

Maguire, Ian. "Guava growth progression from pruning to harvest." Tropical Fruit Photography Picture Archive, 2002, trec.ifas.ufl.edu. Accessed 14 Dec. 2014.

Published 14 Dec. 2014 LR
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