1, Fujian area

Fujian is located in the eastern coastal area of China, where the climate is more suitable for the growth and development of guava. Guava produced here has high sweetness and some sour and sweet tastes, which is very suitable for salad. The pulp of guava is not crisp, a bit like pitaya, very slippery.

2. Guangdong area

Although Guangdong borders Fujian, it has an inch of land and an inch of climate. Guangdong has abundant precipitation and high temperature all the year round, which makes guava unique. Guava produced in Guangdong has a thin skin and few seeds in the pulp, so there will be no seeds in the mouth when eating.

3. Guangxi area

Guangxi is rich in red-heart guava, which has a great feature that its pulp is very soft and waxy, so some people call it glutinous rice guava. The meat quality of red-heart guava is very similar to that of cooked glutinous rice, which is very sticky, and may be a little sticky when eaten. Guava with red heart will also have some unique fragrance, which can be smelled when cut open.

Cultivation techniques of guava

1, planting

Early-maturing varieties and poor soil quality can be planted with row spacing of 4m×4m；; Middle-late maturing varieties, fertile soil, can be planted with row spacing of 6 m× 4 m or 5 m× 5 m, combined with soil improvement, dig 80 cm wide planting holes and bury weeds, green manure, organic fertilizer and lime in layers. After backfilling, it should be more than 20 cm above the ground. It is best to apply base fertilizer and fill the planting hole in advance 1 month, which is beneficial to the settlement of the planting hole soil and avoids the settlement after planting, resulting in over-planting.

prune

Pruning and shaping, dwarfing the crown, cutting off the seedlings when they are 50-60 cm high after planting to promote new shoots. Select 3-4 oblique branches with uniform distribution and suitable branching angle as main branches, cut the main branches by 30-40 cm, and select 2-3 branches as auxiliary main branches. Then the bearing branches are cultivated on the main branches and auxiliary main branches. This can form a round crown with short trunk and many main branches, short tree shape and many effective branches.