Eat The Weeds: Episode 97: Strawberry Guava

[masterkronixster]

looks like a tree to mee

[LeonRFpoa]

how about alligator apples Green Deane? =)

[ScottfromTexas]

Oh, sorry for the seemingly unrelated question but the bit about the worm in fruit you have spoken about recently made me think of it. I opened up some acorns that had weevil worms in them and their appearance, so much like maggots, really shocked me.

[ScottfromTexas]

There are all sorts of parasites that are passed on when eating infected meat. The only one I know of that can be acquired via plants is the fluke - are there others one needs to be concerned with eating uncooked plant material?

[kur0za]

how does the STRAWBERRY guava taste? I like guava, but i never really tasted strawberry one, seems yummi.

[EatTheWeeds]

@kur0za Tart if you get them between green and red.

[paultmckay]

@kur0za we have a 10 yr old tree in melbourne and love them - we prefer when they are quite dark - one of my favourites from our garden

[Zephyranthescandida]

Forget the flies. We should just start eating them.

[EatTheWeeds]

A few larva don't bother me but when they become the dominant flavor.....

[TheTruthPusher]

I want to grow Lycium Barbarum

[nbarca]

Very informative. Gonna have to try that guava leaf tea

[wigglebump]

Ahahaha, free protein!

[EatTheWeeds]

Free ranged and without growth hormones....

[66scjohnston]

I appreciate Your Videos!

[origirox]

Oh, I wanted to see the flesh of it. ^^^

[EatTheWeeds]

Thanks for writing.... I think I did show the flesh....

[permacultureli]

hey duane...I have 5 bushes in my garden, and find their fruit to be insect-free when ripe...but will check...I got them at miramar nursery in north San Diego...i am probably the only person who has them here...35 min south of the border. They are growing and growing...two of them are over 5'...the other three are 2' tall.

I also have 10 pinneapple guava...feijoa sewaiana....great aromatic variety, great taste and size, ...from same outlet.

[EatTheWeeds]

Enjoy... Dean

[beautifulsenseless]

Thanks again Dinos, you're very consistant. I just finished a wild edibles course at my local Ontario college. Thank you for sparking my interest in wild edibles. It's the best compliment to my passion for fishing and bushcraft.

[WhyYouSo]

Oooh I always wanted to see a strawberry guava :-D

Hey Deane, I know you carry your pocketknife with you...would you please, please, please, cut one open for the camera when you pick something? Pretty please? Thanks! Respect!

[odin422]

aint-inflammitory=increased longevity

[enjoistaind]

what a great plant. wish it would spread to other climates other than just the warm tropical areas.

[MadBadVoodo]

Five Stars!!

[noweirdbeard]

Cool video. Green Dean I hope you don't stop making these videos after you reach 100. Your getting very close. ;)

[EatTheWeeds]

No, I'm not going to stop, life willing... but it is a bit of a watershed...I might include more preparation material and slow down a little.... I may also move so my base might change....

[Caveman0713]

Great vid dean, is there anyway way to cultivate this "weed"? I ask because its gets moderately cold here in north alabama.

[EatTheWeeds]

Yes, if you can protect it from frost with banking et cetera.

[Organjic]

If they threaten areas of the world, we better start eating :P

[EatTheWeeds]

Eat The Weeds.....

[nikrguy]

Eat The Weeds!!!

[pastorgeorgec]

Great Video

Too bad they don't grow here

[EatTheWeeds]

True ... but you never know when you may go to where they grow, or someone at a party may say: What about the scale issue and strawberry guavas in Hawaii?

[DGAF2000]

looks like a mini pomegranate

[EatTheWeeds]

That they do, at least on the outside, not on the inside. Their botanical name, psidium, is Greek for pomegranate.

[dazigg]

Is the yellow variety the one sometimes referred to as pineapple guava? They used to sell both varieties in a garden catalog we used to get.

[EatTheWeeds]

The response system has been acting up today. This is my third reply. No. Pineapple Guava is a different genus. The yellow ones in this psidium genus are called,,,, Yellow Guava...not too imaginative but.....

[laraskye]

Eww you ate the worm! Haaaahahaaa

[EatTheWeeds]

That's what knights do... eat worms and rescue damsels in near distress....

[laraskye]

Ok then, you'll be my weed knight. LOL

[EatTheWeeds]

Okay,,, but night knight is better.....(just having pun.)