Thanks for raising the feijoa profile. I liken the feijoa season here in NZ to the mango season in Australia: a wonderful time to be a fan of their fruit. With newer varieties - including many bred here in New Zealand - they do appear each season in supermarkets. They may not have the shelf life of some fruit but it's enough to make them available and marketable. And there are some self-fertile varieties too. Pollination here (at least in home gardens) is done by blackbirds and they do that job very well as long as the plant has been opened up a bit. There are early, mid and late season feijoas. And feijoa kombucha is amazing! And they're full of nutrition and fibre. And they are very tough plants too. I hope you enjoy future seasons from the fruit - they're almost certainly ripe when they drop.
Yes, they are certainly ripe when they drop (mostly). I will have a better strategy next year for harvesting and using them (before the dog gets them).
Thanks for raising the feijoa profile. I liken the feijoa season here in NZ to the mango season in Australia: a wonderful time to be a fan of their fruit. With newer varieties - including many bred here in New Zealand - they do appear each season in supermarkets. They may not have the shelf life of some fruit but it's enough to make them available and marketable. And there are some self-fertile varieties too. Pollination here (at least in home gardens) is done by blackbirds and they do that job very well as long as the plant has been opened up a bit. There are early, mid and late season feijoas. And feijoa kombucha is amazing! And they're full of nutrition and fibre. And they are very tough plants too. I hope you enjoy future seasons from the fruit - they're almost certainly ripe when they drop.
Yes, they are certainly ripe when they drop (mostly). I will have a better strategy next year for harvesting and using them (before the dog gets them).
Loved this! Didn't realise you were a kiwi. Enjoy your insights :-)
Yep. Grew up on a (mostly) sheep farm in North Canterbury.