Hi all, thought I’d share this photo of the feijoa leaves hit by frosts. Don’t worry they’ve been through harder, they survived the UK winter of 2010 when it got down to -20C as well as the 2018 beast from the east when they had new growth on the plants and were covered in snow. You can see a few photos of the feijoa cuttings and seedlings in the snow of the beast from the east on here: Feijoas in the snow – just scroll to the bottom of the page.
Photo of Feijoa plant leaves in the frost 2019:

Hi, I’ve been growing my feijoa trees for 3 years now, and this is the first year they have produced fruit.
A fe looked like they would be good to eat, but this week we had snow and heavy frosts.
Will the fruit continue to ripen or has the temperature put them into some sort of hibernation?
Any tips on what to do?
Thanks
Hi, sorry for taking a couple of days to reply to this question when it’s time important. Frosts can be bad for feijoa fruit and turn them to mush. Here in Scotland the frosts normally come weeks if not months before the snow but on the very rare occasion that snow falls earlier the fruit have been fine, but it’s generally a tiny sprinkle. If the fruit is decent and there’s frosts forecasted, I would pick them and try and ripen indoors, putting them in a paper bag with a banana can help. If they need more time on the tree I’d try and protect them, this time of year it’s slow going but I have had them fall a couple of days before Christmas in the past. On the small plants I am currently protecting from the frosts and snow they’ve been putting on growth whereas the outdoor plants have gone dormant due to this sudden cold snap of the last 2 weeks.
Cheers,
Gav.