Guavas
@allknowing (153544)
India
May 6, 2023 11:25pm CST
We had 3 guava trees. One tree yielding tiny guavas that were red inside. There were so many that we just let them fall on the ground as even maids were tired of eating them. Then there was this faovurite all large size and white instead. Everyone liked this variety The third was seedless. They were good but we did not get many.
We used to not only eat them, I even made juice, halva and jelly with them. One of them - the best one died as the garlic vine killed it and the other two just vanished without reason.
We do not have guavas in our garden despite trying to get new ones and nor do we get the variety I want in stores I am missing guavas.
Guavas are loaded with vitamin C.
Do you get guavas where you live?
Image credit:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psidium_guajava_fruit.jpg
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
May be guavas do not grow in your area just as peaches do not grow here But I have bought peaches and enjoyed them.
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@AmbiePam (120533)
• United States
7 May 23
@allknowing I think you are right, and guavas must just be grown in tropical areas.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
7 May 23
@AmbiePam I think that you’d like them.
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@Tampa_girl7 (54714)
• United States
7 May 23
My grandpa loved guava paste and jelly.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I never get to see guavas that we used to eat while in the city - huge yellow ones.
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@sjvg1976 (42727)
• Delhi, India
7 May 23
@allknowing They maybe of some different breed
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I like to eat it because it is high in vitamin in and yes I do not mind the taste as well
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
@LadyDuck I had them in my garden and now I do not know why they just do not survive But I have not given up
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
7 May 23
@allknowing As they are extremely expensive I prefer to eat strawberries and bell peppers for the Vitamin C.
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@happylearner (1569)
• Indonesia
7 May 23
My family don't have any guava trees. But we had mango trees.
Anyway, guava juice is nice
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@Laurakemunto (13787)
• Kenya
7 May 23
Yes and I had them while growing up it was a kind of fruit that you'll find growing just anywhere
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I am determined to have them again in our garden
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
7 May 23
Usually the guava season is in summer here. But I seldom eat this as I am not very keen on this fruit. I did eat guava once when I travelled in Thailand. The guava in Thailand is a little different than here and they eat them with plum powder. I must say I love it
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@youless (114117)
• Guangzhou, China
7 May 23
@allknowing So is it different from the guavas in India? Do you like the guavas in Thailand?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
When I was on holiday in Bangkok I bought a few guavas and took them me. They were large and remained good till I reached home
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@mayka123 (17083)
• India
10 May 23
@allknowing Yes have seen a lot of destruction. The place where I live in now was once a saltpan and we would look out of the train to see the saltpans when passing by. Now there is very little land with salt pans and the rest is just buildings.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
You are a testimony to show 
what destruction has taken place in your city
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@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
7 May 23
In the village where I lived when I was a kid, I and my playmates often got our stomachs full because of wild guavas. We would swim in the river, play at the riverbank, and when hungry, we would go/swim to the center of the river where the wild guavas grew abundantly. Those were the days. I miss them,
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@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
7 May 23
@allknowing That was decades ago, and I don't reside there anymore. Sorry.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I am not aware of wild guavas Would you have a picture to show please?
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
7 May 23
For me here, I cannot get guavas.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I think they do not grow where you live but I wonder why they are not imported.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
8 May 23
@allknowing No idea these days everything is screwed...at one time, you could get everything here.
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@psanasangma (7910)
• India
7 May 23
I like to eat with salt but haven't tried halva
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@LeaPea2417 (40020)
• Toccoa, Georgia
7 May 23
I have never tried one. I haven't seen it in our stores.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
They are common here. I had them growing a few years ago
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
Looks like what grows in India grow in Bahamas as well.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
8 May 23
@CarolDM That place is more like to find them.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
7 May 23
@allknowing And maybe at a farmer's market.
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@pitsipeahie (5758)
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7 May 23
Yes, its quite easy here. A couple of neighbors here have their own trees and its easily available in the market too.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
We have shops around but they do not have good quality guavas.
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@Beestring (15373)
• Hong Kong
7 May 23
We have guavas. I'm not sure if they are planted here or imported. I have them once in a while.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
7 May 23
I have been to Thailand and I have bought guavas there.
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