Chilean Guava 'KA-POW' Ugni molinae requirements

Hello i am thinking of planting this is an area that has not got much soil. I am going to use one of the recycled rubber planter borders which has a height of around 9cm. Is that depth of soil enough

Does anyone have any other tips for growing this plant ?

 

I think I have one of these, I've lost the label.
To be honest I don't know much about it, mine is still fairly small and due to be potted on.

9cm depth doesn't sound very deep to me.
I'm using acid compost.
I had some fruit last year, but not much.

 

does it need acidic compost, i didnt find anywhere that said this so was going to use normal compost .

 

Seems to grow in acid, neutral or alkaline soil. I've had it in the corner of a flower bed for quite a few years. Good foliage colour, relatively slow growing, edible fruit.
I would have thought 3"of soil was not really enough. Probably get plenty dry enough in a relatively shallow planter which it won't like.
Relatively hardy, but doesn't like cold drying winds.

 

Going by it being in the myrtle family was my reason for using acid compost but maybe I shouldn't have bothered.

Plus it's just got that acid lover look about it.

 

I have the normal non ka pow cultivar and don't use acidic compost with mine which I've had for several years now. As they aren't completely hardy I grow them in pots, so I can move them to a sheltered spot in the winter, cold drying winds are definitely a problem. The pots are about a foot deep and they seem happy, if slightly stunted/slowed, as they are now about 18 inch bushes. I wouldn't want to go with to shallow a planter.

They fruit quite well and cuttings seem to be simplicity itself, so it's worth experimenting.

 

I should have said that my soil is acidic/neutral and as Pete said it looks like an acid soil plant.
Mines a bit straggly and about 4ft high at it's highest.
This morning I picked and ate some fruit from it. I use the fruit on muesli and add some to apple crumbles.
What's the difference between the normal form and "Ka Pow"?

 

About £10?

 

i thought it was meant to be a little plant . Ive got some bricks which i could make a bed/planter that would be about 20cm deep. Is that reasonable or should i just get a pot

 

Full size (RHS after 5 years) 1 m wide by 1.5 m high.

 

This is the plant in question. Im afraid its going outside but according to this website i will need to get a planter box as i dont have great depth of soil. I hope its hardy as im not going to be able to shuffle it about when winter comes !!

 

I'd get a pot, or fancy container if you like, that is about 10ins in diameter and plant it in that for this year, you can then I put it into a bigger pot next year or plant it in the ground depending on growth.

 

Thanks ive ordered a charles taylor 320mm planter but it wont come until next Friday.

Do you think it will be ok in the little pot its in until then?
Should i take the plastic off ?

 

Supposedly it's a cultivar with bigger fruits than the straight ugni molinae. The ones I have were just labelled as ugni molinae and the fruits aren't particularly big but they are quite plentiful.

 

It will be fine in that pot for a while just check its not bone dry. You will need to take the plastic off and I would tip it out of the pot if you can't see any roots coming out of the bottom of the pot, to see how well rooted it is. It's not much bigger than the cuttings I took last year and they will stay in a pot a similar size for quite a while yet.