Looking for guava seeds

[luna]

Hello... I have a few questions about growing guava.

First I would like to know if it can be grown indoors in a room with lots of windows and a southern exposure. I am living in the southeastern corner of PA which is zone 6. The room will be heated like the rest of my house year round.

How easily is it grown from seed? I saw some things at other sites about it not always being true from seed but I am only interested in the leaves right now... although some of the guava products sound both nutritious and delicious.

Are there any varieties that are better for stick food?

I would like to just order a few started plants but the shipping on small trees is even more outrageous than the shipping for inverts. That is why I am looking for seeds instead. I had seen that root cuttings can also be used for propagation.

If you know where I can purchase seeds or roots or even reasonably priced plants, I'd love to hear more. I'd also appreciate any good growing tips.

Thanks for your help, Cheri

 

[Ganoderma]

i can send you free seeds, but you would have to pay for the mail. mail from taiwan to canada is about $8 cdn i believe. if your interested i can get the price from the post.

I'm looking into how to grow them myself so keep in touch if your questions arn't answered.

 

[insect714]

Are there any varieties that are better for stick food?

Thanks for your help, Cheri

Well lets start with what type of Phasmids are you trying to feed? But even beyond that I have had the best luck with Pinapple Guava (Acca sellowiana)
this plant can be grown indoors during the winter months next to a sunny south or west-facing window or in a warm greenhouse.Prefers average room temperatures between 65° and 70°F and thrives in a bright sunny
location. It benefits greatly from being moved to a sunny patio outside from summer to early fall.

There is also a number of other plants that grow very well and are easy that are loved by many phasmids...
Hope this helps

Jonathan Insect714

 

[luna]

Ganoderma, thanks for the offer but I'm afraid to try international shipping with living things...even seeds. I guess I'm whimpy and don't want to get caught! I need to find a source here in the US.


I think I remember somebody else mentioning the pineapple guava. I grow pyrocanthea and ivy but my latest sticks don't seem to like either.
I know where wineberry and blackberry grow at my school... I should just go out and cut some of that. I can't wait till spring; so many good foods to choose from then but winter is difficult with fussy eaters.

 

[Mendi]

Grow your blackberries in pots, that way you can have them happy and growing indoors in the winter. You can also grow privet hedge, and for neat indoor growth, train them into topiaries. As for finding seeds, check eBay, I found privets, guava, eucalyptis varities, and other stick-feed

 

[luna]

My yard is surrounded with privet and I have never had a stick that was willing to eat it.

Looking forward to multiflora rose and oak... as warm as it has been in PA, maybe by next month.

I think I will try Ebay... Thanks

 

[DoubleD's]

Guava seeds

My Company has recently started to offer both fresh guava cutting and fresh Balck Berry cutting for Phasmids, and we can offer you guava seeds.
Guava is easily cultured indoors in a make shift green house, or if you have the proper set up you can do it in your basement with no problems, the fruit makes great Jam and the leaves are evergreen.
Black Berry is also easily cultivated but indoors requires a bit more care than guava, they do not do ewll in very hot conditions and rewuire a temperate zone as the leaves wilt if it is too warm.

Check us out hopefully we can help you out.
Sincerely
Dexter D
DoubleD's
http://www.doubleds.org