Lauren Kurtz is a Naturalist and Horticultural Specialist.

The guava fruit emerges from new shoots, meaning that you can safely prune without reducing next year's crop.

Unlike evergreen trees, pineapple and guava plants cannot tolerate pruning during the dormant season in winter, as this may result in you accidentally chopping off new shoots. You can get away trim up the tree the grinch. Jul 20, When to Prune Guava Trees.

Prune guavas 3 to 4 months after planting to train them to the desired shape. If you are pruning yours to a tree shape, select a single trunk and 3 or 4 lateral (side) branches.

Additional positives: pineapple guava tolerates cold weather to degrees and is virtually pest-free.

Remove all other shoots. Pinch back the tips of the selected side branches when they are 2 to 3 feet (1 m.) long. Jun 27, A: Yes; prune it to shape it after the fruiting period. Pineapple guava is an attractive large shrub that matures to about 12 feet. The red-white spring flowers are followed by fruit that makes a Estimated Reading Time: 30 secs. The pineapple guava tolerates almost any amount of pruning and can be used as a hedge or screen. After the first growing season, I removed the nursery trellis and placed tree stakes about six feet apart on either side of the shrub and lashed two bamboo poles to the stakes that loosely lace through the guava’s.

Nov 23, Pruning As a tree, most offshoots are trimmed away, and one main trunk is trained upward. Source: Lorin Nielsen. Prune in late fall or early winter as your plant enters its dormant winter state.

The goal is to prune when it’s not actively producing new treedelimbing.bar Name (s): Pineapple guava, mangosteen, feijoa. Sep 29, When pruning this plant, find any parts of the tree that have been damaged and remove these completely, as well as any dead looking branches.

These plants need pruning every four.