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My pink guava, pomegranate, and lemon trees are poppin off
What's the fruit fly situation with your guava(s)? I've heard over and over that in South America the fruits are almost all full of maggots but that in Asia it isn't a problem.
The maggots taste like guava though. Just don't look at the bitten fruit.
Im in socal and haven’t had maggots in the fruit that is picked regularly. Theres lots on the ground though that get covered in fruit flies. So picking at the right time is the way but my tree is producing so much that i have to give most away.
Due to them having a lot of small seeds, i run them through a food mill and pour the seedless puree in silicone ice cube trays and freeze them.
There's something to be said about tree ripened fruit though. I had a white guava tree in my backyard while growing up, and while we knew the green ones had nothing, we risked a maggot or two for the reward of a full flavored fruit.