If you know of any locations where feijoas are growing in UK public parks would love to hear. Feijoas in London If you’re in or near London there are a few plants that fruit in public places as well as Kew Gardens. Hyde Park / Kensington Gardens I haven’t been there since 2013, but there…
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Grow your own Feijoas – where to buy plants
30th of December 2020 Update: Colombia feijoas for sale in ebay! With my health being bad the May frosts destroying most of the flower buds and new growth we only got a very small crop of fruit. I have however come across a seller on ebay with Colombian feijoas: Feijoa – Fresh. *FREE UK POSTAGE*…
Growing Feijoas in the UK: Pollination.
Happy New Year everyone. Update a new post on where to buy feijoa trees has been added: Grow your own feijoa plants. Since starting our small feijoa farm we’ve had a few people ask “how are the plants pollinated in the UK?” Funnily enough much the same way as in New Zealand. One of the…
Have a happy New Year Everyone!
Hoping everyone will have a great new years party wherever you are in the world! I was spoilt at Christmas and now well prepared for 2020 with 3 bottles of feijoa booze. Bottle 1 is Zumwphl Feijoa German Style Schnaps Bottle 2 is a boxed bottle of 8th Tribe Feijoa Liqueur Bottle 3 is a…
Size of UK grown feijoa fruit
A few questions have come in about the size of the UK grown fruit. As many people have found you can occasionally come across small imported fruits to buy in stores such as Harrods, Sainsburys and Tesco that have been picked before they’re ripe to send to the UK. These can taste OK, but are…
New Feijoas frost cover made
Over the last few days we’ve been putting together a new frost and snow cover for the seedlings and young cuttings to protect from the frosts and snow. The strong winds! Monday the 9th of December 2019 we checked the BBC weather and it said calm night, at 6 am I was woken as there…
Feijoa plants hit by frost.
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….
2019 Feijoas Sold Out
Hi everyone, thanks for the interest in this years harvest, it’s been a good one with very sweet and decent sized feijoas, however they went very fast! 2020 Feijoa UK SeasonIf you’re interested in finding out about buying UK grown feijoa fruit for 2020 please sign up for the newsletter and we’ll let you know…