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Don’t fertilize fig trees, pomegranate, pineapple guava, tropical guava and loquat, Instead, mulch them with a 3-inch-thick layer of coarse wood mulch.—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026 Landscaping the backyard and adding privacy plants while maintaining existing varieties, such as quince, pomegranate, apple, plum, orange, pineapple guava and fig trees.—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 5 June 2025 In the venerable citrus belt of the San Gabriel Valley, maggots turned up in a Baldwin Park garden, eating their way through their favorite peaches, and doing the same not far away, in a pineapple guava tree.—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024 Known in the United States as the pineapple guava, it was first brought to New Zealand from South America via France and California in the early 1900s.—Kate Evans Tatsiana Chypsanava, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024