Reed, You live in a fantastic neighborhood for growing avocados, as you obviously know. This way, if one performs significantly better than the other, then you could replace the poor performer with a tree on the rootstock that you know does well in your soil. I would love to grow one or graft a branch onto a tree I have after researching about how great the fruit tastes. Theres likely to be at least a little variation in your yard. Kindest regards, The best months for planting are typically March through June, depending on where you live. Yet Pinkerton, Mexicola, Bacon, Jim Lamb, Wurtz and Reed do well here. Still, what most people prefer to do is plant multiple trees close together, even in one hole. I havent seen any other Gwens growing in exactly those conditions. I decided to go pairwise; Im curious and want to understand whatre the best varieties to eat & grow here in our climate and my particular soil and I hope to avoid alternate bearing issues. Thanks! It doesnt matter which variety you plant in clayey soil. Give your avocado tree about 15 feet of space from other trees and plants. Theyre rich in flavor and creamy in texture without any strings. As for Reed, it can handle the heat fairly well as far as Ive seen. Im considered to be in zone 9, and yet my Reed does well. But I will say that it is definitely precocious in my yard. Watering. Greg, thanks for the article and all the comments. Id probably still go Fuerte. Plus 1 GEM, 1 Lamb and 1 Bacon. So, in a sense, you dont want to disturb them. For example, Ive got some avocado trees planted at 7.5 feet apart, and thats a spacing that some commercial growers use. Hi Greg, Linda And along with Reed and Hass, Id have a great threesome in a backyard because Fuertes season starts a couple months before Hass. I wish I could visit that old Puebla. I live on the southern hemisphere so can you please take this into account. Of course, they dont understand the function of that leaf litter. Hi Greg, Thats because after choosing the variety I decided that time has come to choose the rootstock)))) Pollinators for the Avocado - Sharwill (B) Cross pollinate with one of these varieties for fruit set Avocado - Hass (A) $ 54.00 ($54.00-$79.00 choose a size) Most popular variety due to both its superior taste and excellent keeping qualities. The taste of a Sharwil avocado is excellent, on par with any avocado that Ive tasted. Theyre similar to Reed in both taste and appearance (round and green skin), except that the Nabals I know have a thicker, shell-like skin. Ive got more than one Hass tree planted (although only one is full grown) in part because my family of five is all avocado lovers, plus I love sharing with friends, neighbors, and extended family, and everyone loves the familiar Hass. I can go into the reasons for this if youre interested. (This is June 22, 2019.) Flower Type: Type A. The Florida avocado. Its season should complement the GEM well, and the growing pattern shouldnt be too intrusive. Im planning on planting a Reed. Fertilize every few months with a well-balanced citrus and avocado plant food. Ive found a Gem and a Carmen Hass semi-locally and am torn about which to plant! Im about to head to subtropica nursery to buy three trees. They have plenty of space, but Im leaning towards the GEM, since its so easy to get a hold of Hass at the markets. They have been so helpful for me starting my garden. Or is Dusa just the best variety to this day (as these articles say), and in any case it will be better than Duke 7? Avocado oils are high in monounsaturated fats, which are beneficial for your heart and skin. I really appreciate reading your expert advice and opinion about your experiences. We made and wholesaled guacamole on Kauai, Hawaii for 10 years. If you want to maintain that upright growth, then its best to limit the fruitset or pinch the tips of branches as they grow so that they fork more and are better able to hold a load of fruit. Jan Boyce Avocado. Thanks. I have a 60% shade cloth for my Fuerte. Thank you! I read your articles about pruning and also about hass being a great choice for a single tree. Holiday doesnt produce great in the heat (or even without heat) compared to Pinkerton. Peterson.) Thanks for the input, and its really along the lines that I was looking down. have a question about sizing when purchasing. These are the first trees I have had success with and just dont want to mess things up. But keep this in mind: each of these three varieties is capable of producing a hundred avocados on a tree thats less than 15-feet tall even if its not close to an opposite-type tree. I read a few older stories about it that led me to believe its a great fit for a small yard in the Downtown LA area and that its fruit are amongst the best tasting even better than Hass. By the way, I have a few other Hawaiian varieties growing that Ive never tasted and am wondering if youd recommend giving any of them more or less attention and space: Murashige, Malama, Nishikawa, Kahaluu? Id like to plant an avacado tree in my front court yard. I am familiar with Fuertes history and that it grows wide making dense planting difficult and that some years the production is very low. The tree looks healthy and fruitful: auspicious for your plantings. If I eat some Fuerte fruit blindfolded, its so easy to identify it as Fuerte. I never feel like I have a palate that is refined enough to give a sufficiently florid description. I found one at a small nursery in south county and planted it in between the 2 existing trees. Sharwil avocados have a dense, nutty flavor and a high oil content. I have to do that with my avocados here in Sunset Zone 20 too. (Both Reed and Hass produce more than Fuerte in my yard.) It is probably the climate but since I have been surprised by other varieties nothing like finding out for . And thats what a five- compared to fifteen-gallon tree is: younger. And such dense shade cloth (60%) right above the trees for the whole summer would be too much shade and would reduce growth. Do you need two avocado trees to get fruit? Ill write it within the next couple weeks and title it something like Avocado varieties for year-round fruit.. About 8 miles inland in Southern Sonoma County. This is a very informative blog. Eventually we could put up a larger greenhouse, but Im hoping that we can proceed without having to do that. I just put down the mulch and leave it be. So a small Lunchbox avocado becoming available soon is not likely, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, they do not have a webshop, but I was able to call them, and they spoke both French and English. Wish Id read something like this a few years ago. Before I get to that, do know that if you live within a mile or two of the beach in Carlsbad, you can get nearly year-round fruit from a Hass tree because of the mild summer temperatures: by the time one seasons fruit is overmature and tasting too oily, its almost time to pick the next seasons fruit. Mexicola is the oiliest variety that I have tasted but its a bit too intense for me, and I wouldnt say its one of my favorites. It seems that Reed has the advantage in terms of fruit production. The fifteen-gallon avocado trees Ive planted have all continued to be far bigger and productive earlier than five-gallon trees planted at the same time. The answer depends on a few things. So I tried a Reed for the first time today from the farmers market. I understand that Wurtz, Holiday, Pinkerton and Gem are my options. The texture and taste were very very good, top notch, with only a couple of very minor fibers. Anyway, usually its for the best that trees shed some of their fruitlets. Mites like a dusty leaf surface. Congratulations on your house in Covina. Much larger in size, these avocados . Your email address will not be published. My 15-foot Hass averages roughly 100 avocados per year, and Ive found that we need more than that during the Hass season. THANK YOU for sharing such a wealth of information! Thanks a lot for contributing this. So much amazing information here youre helping me gain confidence in my dream of planting an avocado tree in our backyard. This has happened before when a local avocado grower put a video of a seedling with huge avocados up on YouTube. I will be planting your suggested trio this spring. The Sharwil avocados have a 15-26 percent oil content and are very popular in Hawaii. The Hass avocado is one of the most delicious varieties of avocado around, with a rich creamy flesh and superior taste. Hi David, Shot hole borers being involved didnt even occur to me, but now that you mention it that seems like a definite possibility. Also someone mentioned tree size and I think I have seen better luck with fresh smaller trees since they were not sitting in pots too long. But first let me say thank you. Florida avocados, for one, have less fat; one cup of the fruit has 23 grams of fat compared to a Hass avocado's 35 grams. A whole avocado contains around 11.8 grams of carbs ( 1 ). Ive been looking for a long time where could I purchase sharwil avocados. But Fuerte can produce (see the photo above). Was looking at Sir Prize, your article leans toward Haas, stay with Haas? Also, there is nothing written about growing avocados in France. On second thought. I have been in contact with them for Carmen, GEM and Ettinger trees and late January was told to ask later in April for the trees. See his website for details: https://www.elisfarms.com/farmers-markets. I dont think youll regret a Hass/Bacon pair unless you dont like the milder taste of Bacon. It is an effective way to manage closely planted trees. Our climate is supposed to be similar to South California (I have never been to California though))), we have no frosts, summers are a little more humid than in California. I was also able to confirm that a huge tree in Napa which got me growing my own avocados was indeed a Puebla because of your video. Then I would give the slight nod to GEM due to the likelihood that the tree in general will look prettier. However, if youd like a B type to complement Hass for pollination and season extension then Id go with Fuerte, Sharwil, or Nabal. Both trees have been prolific. Weve got room for one, or maybe 2, avocados. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); I'm Greg. So even though I had anticipated buying for a few months, it seems that the winter avocado is more expensive, historically. I ate it on April 26, 2018, and my notes say that the Kahaluu avocado skin had thrips scarring, was about as large as a Reed but with more of a pear shape, did not peel easily, flesh was very easy to spoon out though. Theyre really small. As for rootstocks, I havent seen them make a difference in my yard in terms of cold tolerance of the tree as a whole. This variety is productive in both coastal and inland areas. If they dont get a good start to life, they usually struggle forever. Even in warm-winter locations it doesnt always bear as well as some A types. Hass has done very well on Duke 7 for decades in many locations. In fact, cross-pollination is promoted in the flowers by the stigma of a flower being receptive to pollen prior to pollen being released from that same flower. I say sad because avocados must be the easiest trees on the planet to prune. A homegrown Hass, picked at prime time around May or June in southern Southern California, but some months later up near Point Conception and ripened at room temperature on a kitchen counter (not refrigerated and gassed with ethylene during its mishandling on the way to a retail outlet) is a knockout. So since youre buying from Subtropica, Id get any clonals they have, if available, and then plan to wrap the trunk next winter to protect the rootstock and graft union area from cold. Some percentage of fruitlet drop always happens, due to incomplete pollination and other unknown factors. I would call them and see about buying trees from them if you have trouble locating trees elsewhere. Ive been looking at farmers markets in San Diego, no luck so far. But the important thing is that Reeds taste great a couple months after Hass are at their best. However, I did a lot of research, and read dozens of artciles in English, mostly about growing avocados in the US and all the different varieties (when it come to planting something new, I pay a lot of attention to the variety choice) Greg, youre awesome! They will never let you down or change their form. In my (very limited) gardening experience, I noticed that choosing the right variety is not everything, one has to be sure it will function well in the conditions ones got. It has set more fruit while young than most of my other varieties. Anyway, Id focus on A types, and with the 14-foot ceiling you could prune any variety to keep its size in check or go with a naturally smaller variety such as Gwen, GEM, Pinkerton, Lamb, or even Reed (these will all ultimately get taller than 14 feet, but not as soon). I also purchased a Sharwill and Green Gold from Atkins Nursery last year, but they arent the best trees as they were burned pretty bad from last summers heat wave. Years ago when I started planting it was hard to find out what to grow up here. The fruit is the 'Hass' type, with a pebbly green skin that ripens off the tree to nearly black. I use foam or bubble insulation to wrap the trunks of my baby trees their first winter. I hope you get a chance to plant a real avocado tree or three this spring. Theyre both great varieties, and good complementary trees for a Reed. One is related to a nursery based in California called Brokaw: https://www.viverosbrokaw.com/?lang=en. One I chose was Pinkerton, and I chose it because I knew very well that its bloom always overlapped with Fuerte since I have trees of both in my yard. Let me get things together on my side before I share too much about the Lamorinda tree. I am looking for a variety that would : There is no bitterness or bacony note. Hi Peter, Thanks for everything. USDA zones are not very useful for deciding these things, unfortunately. Yes, heat tolerance would be a desirable quality indeed. It generates more than $1 billion a year in revenues in the U.S. And it all started with one tree planted by a postman in his own backyard. Youre right Walter. On your south-facing slope it might not be as happy. impossible (or almost impossible) to ship American varieties from the US to Europe. They explain about varieties and rootstocks and even about clonal vs seedling rootstock (that was an amazing discovery as well). Will do. Thanks Greg! Were trying to get avocados all year round with varieties weve tried and like. I wanted to plant them next to each other. I moved mine into a barrel. The Hass Avocado is large and symmetrical in shape with black skin when ripe: Fruit Ripens: February to October. On the other hand, I have read of some Gwen trees that dont set fruit well without a pollenizer tree nearby. I dont have extensive room for so many trees through which is why I want to graft (actually its that my wife will kill me if I try to plant more than 3 avocado trees). This is important information indeed. Three, how big will you let the Hass trees get? (Alternatively, if I had a neighbor with a Hass or a vendor at a farmers market who sold good Hass, then I could plant a Reed as my only tree.). Terrific! Thank you. One of the challenging things is actually figuring out the season for each time and what that season is for those varieties in the location it is planted. In that case, the tree needs to be kept cool and hydrated as far as possible. Thats a fun project. The Sharwil is a Guatemalan avocado of Australian origin, very similar to the Fuerte (although the Sharwil avocado is more ovular). Zutano, Hi Greg, i live in north OC, and new to growing fruits in general. Thank you, Elizabeth. Hi Robert, After watching your wonderful Fuerte tree video I was inspired and replaced my young Ettinger for the real thing besides Fuerte might be my personal favorite flavor probably because I remember the taste of Fuerte guacamole as a kid. About the winter/spring varieties that you mentioned: I dont know how much heat Wurtz can handle. Maybe one day you will see it. . The wood is soft, the leaves are soft. Im also wondering if I might be happier going with a pair of smaller trees that let me enjoy avocados closer to year-round. I am going to try to graft new ones and see if the results are the same as well as see if it fruits every year or every two. Will do. those seedlings are just what i was able to get locally that have excellent flavor from what i research online. Im sorry but even though that farm has Sharwil avocado trees growing, the trees are too young to have a substantial crop and so they havent started selling the fruit. Fuerte would work here since its bloom season is long and overlaps well with these two varieties. Oliver Atkins, the founder of the nursery, was the longtime chair of the Variety Committee of the California Avocado Society. Oops! All of this is very complicated, but very inspiring!!!! 96 9GreenBox - Pineapple Guava - 2 Pack 1,083 Black on trunk and brown leaves suggest sunburn and lack of water. Whats your take on planting it as the only Avocado tree in my yard? [About our soil: it is not acid at all, for sure. Vasco, thank you for your kind message. If I was going to do it again here in the Southern Vic, I'd just go for Hass and Reeds mostly with maybe three Bacons and an Ettinger for a pollinator. What's more - I don't want to mush up my avo on my toast. I have read about predator mites to purchase but not sure how to apply them. Where to find Sharwil Avocados? This weekend, Im going to be using your tips for planting an avocado so I can put mine in the ground. Its single disadvantage is its black color, which has been associated in the minds of the public with poor quality fruits, wrote, Then why isnt Fuerte my top choice? GEM with a friend is a great idea. It was at Lowes with just an Ettinger tag. The tree bears regular crops of large, round fruit of exceptional eating quality. Especially since I have a big interest in Hawaiian varieties it is difficult to know what the season will be in OC. fireduck. An American friend of mine bought me a Sir Prize tree, but we learnt that the shipping to France was way too expensive (8 times more expensive than the plant itself), and we also had no garanties that the plant would pass the customs. In addition to irrigating the tree before the heat hits, watering down the foliage (and fruitlets) during the heat helps. A mature avocado tree may produce in excess of a million flowers during the flowering period, most of which fall without producing fruit. The Hass is a medium spreading tree, whereas the Reed is more upright in stature. Which town or area are you in? SHIPPING. As far as Reed vs. Sharwil for this type of climate, Id tentatively give the edge to Reed. http://www.avocadosource.com/Journals/2_Seminario/2_Seminario_Talks_Kohne_Rootstocks.pdf, This is when I realised the tremendous importance of the rootstock (some rootstocks have three times bigger yields than the others!). Greg suggested me the Viveros Brokaw. Contemplated stopping by Fallbrook and talking to a grower, but returning on Sunday meant I was a bit eager to get home. Really, grafted avocado trees can kill themselves by fruiting too much too soon. As your commenter mentioned above, this list might not be optimal for those of us in slightly cooler areas. Good luck with the Reed. I have two questions for you: Weve been in our San Diego (San Carlos) home a year and are finalizing landscaping. It is only slightly pebbled with yellowish bumps, much smaller than the ones found on a Hass. See if you can find a Reed to try again in September and youll probably get a richer flavor from it. For example, they had Hass planted at 10 feet by 10 feet in 2004, but just topworked that block this spring, 15 years later, because it had become too costly to manage. The last tree has very little green although it does look like new green. I confess I began gardening only very recently, and I am super interested in all the different varieties and the scientific details. And compared to Reed, Fuertes production isnt as consistently high. Ive been told that landfills in other counties offer similar products. And compared to Reed, Fuertes production isnt as consistently high. Then, I found out that none of the French nurseries provided any information about the rootstocks. Youve spurred me to finally post on some portion of the topic at least. I sprayed today and will keep it up. That sounds like a nice combination of trees, and it sounds like theyre growing very well. B types might not open many flowers as female in your cool spring conditions. Stay sharp! The problem is that theres so much to say. (Then again I let mine hang until June.). Sharwil, Stewart, Sir Prize, Hass and Holiday dont seem to do as well here in comparison. If you want to know how to kill an avocado tree, ask me Ive done it all. If youre planting trees at six feet apart, you might find it necessary to remove every other tree after a handful of years. Thank you for sharing this. Lamb, Reed, Pinkerton (and Grande) seem to be the happiest and healthiest. Type B is a plus, but also read that it is not as great of a producer. If we are successful. This avocado is the only Hawaiian avocado authorized for . Its season should complement the GEM even better, and the growing pattern seems like its columnar as well. But the intention is to have overlapping seasons for both A and B type so there is always cross pollination available (I know that doesnt guarantee it will work, but I like the idea of having that potential). I am still waiting for an answer about my order, which, I hope, will be possible. Whats Reed like? So from Armstrong and Evergreen and Walter Andersen, etc. In some parts of our garden, good rich garden soil was added in big quantities.]. Thank you! USDA Certified Production Facility: Volume up to 6,000 lbs. I have downscaled a bit.and now I have just 20 trees and 16 varieties. If your Reed is on Dusa and its doing well so far, then I would get those other trees on Dusa too. (Theyll both produce some without a pollenizer.) We recommend storing your avocado at room temperature in the fruit bowl until it reaches the preferred ripeness for eating. Suggestions? These trees are classified as evergreens, although some varieties lose their leaves for a short period of time before and during flowering. (Both Reed and Hass produce more than Fuerte in my yard.) Thats a good question. I dont have a lot of firsthand experience with avocados in your area so I try to be keep quiet about what will grow well there and how to do it. 2) in the same context, which would be the best pair for Pinkerton tree Hass, Fuerte or Bacon? Then I would eliminate the Holiday on the basis of its lower production in comparison to Pinkerton and GEM. Hi Joseph, In the meantime, there are heaps of other varieties that are already publicly available to explore. (Actually, Lamb drops more fruit in spring compared to Reed. The big difference: these avocados have significantly less fat. As for heat-tolerant avocado varieties, I wrote a post about that some years back and Ill be updating it soon: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/heat-tolerance-of-avocado-varieties/. I think they do not sell avocado trees on Dusa in nurseries, because it is still under licence (I had to pay a bit more for the patent and had to communicate to Brokaw the addresses of the orchards). how come i never thought about this! Most of them dont usually produce as well in such climates as A types. What I would plant after these is less solid though. I see a lot of posts about cold tolerant avocado trees, how about heat tolerant (besides reed)? I have records of the bloom seasons of all of my trees, and Id be happy to share about specific varieties. Hass, Carmen and GEM are definitely both worth adding to your collection in terms of being great tasting, high yielding, and having good hang time. Thats nearly year-round, top-notch avocados from three trees. Seeing as you can go buy a Hass avocado in your local supermarket any day of the year, maybe you might consider a different variety that you can't otherwise find. A lesser-known variety but one still popping up in supermarkets is the mighty Florida avocado, also sometimes called the Dominican avocado. Elizabeth. When your Hass avocado tree is newly planted, it will need to be watered every two to three days. I just cant say for sure. It even has an upright variety (seedling actually) with a spreading variety (Fuerte), and it still works. Option 1: Reed. I counted 51 fruits in this picture. FRUITING VARIETY Hass Carmen Hass - subject to $5.18 + GST per tree royalty payment Maluma Hass - subject to $5.00 + GST per tree royalty payment Reed Sharwil They call it Standard or 4 mulch. Hey Greg, You could eat Sir Prize fruits starting pretty early in winter, and then you could let the GEMs hang late and eat them even through summer maybe into fall except that Covina gets hot, so maybe not. On the other hand, if a tree doesnt have a heavy set and you want to try to prevent the few fruitlets that it has set from dropping, the best thing you can do is make sure it doesnt become stressed from heat or thirst. Would appreciate any information that you might wish to share! I saw his GEMs on Toro Canyon and they looked perfect and vigorous. But just a few years later, in 1992, fruit flies ruined everything. Distinguishing characteristics of the Sharwil avocado include its size, shape, and color. Just so you and other readers know, my yard is in inland San Diego County near the town of Ramona. . This is the experience of many others as well. This cultivar is responsible for almost 60 percent of commercial avocado acreage in Hawaii. I appreciate all the documentation! So, right now I still want to plant two avocado trees))))) I still want to plant a Hass, but I havent decided on the second variety. And when I hear one in my neighborhood, I find the tree trimmers and ask if theyd be willing to dump their chips by my driveway. But this is just theory, and I lack experience in so many other aspects of gardening. Whip vs. side grafting considerations. One, how well does your Fuerte produce? This is one of the reasons that Hass went from obscurity in 1945 to over 95 percent of the commercial avocado production in California today. Ive enjoyed reading your posts as I consider my Avocado plant. At best, carrying a super heavy crop load usually means that the following years crop will be very light. Fruits are of high market quality due to its exceptional flavor, high oil content and small seed. But now with youtube it has been easier to see what can be grown up here. Thank you for your great thoughts on Avos! Should I avoid planting a Reed here? You are going to be in avocado heaven soon. I planted a Hass and a Fuerte in a fairly small backyard in the Pt Loma/Sunset cliffs area. I am from Nice (France, Europe), and I would like to plant two avocado trees in my garden. What do think of a Reed vs. Sharwil in temecula where it can both get too hot and too cold some avocados? Its significantly bigger than Hass, as seen in the photo above, andReed also stays green when its ripe. You just need to make sure that you plant on a mound. My goal is to help others grow food at home, with a focus on vegetables and fruits -- especially avocados -- in Southern California. I saw such a video recently displaying some trees in the front yard of friends of mine down here in San Diego County and it made me very angry. There are other varieties that taste as good or possibly slightly better than Hass. Its one that I have thought a lot about, read a lot about, still wrestle with, but have some good experience to share. The difference is that the A type trees have flowers that will open as females in the morning one day, close in the afternoon, then open the next afternoon as male and then close in the evening. Avocado oils are considered heart-healthy and good for your skin. We will sell trees at various ages and transport to other islands. One of his favorites was the Nabal. Reed also stays green when its ripe. Both can be considered "creamy," but Hass has higher levels of fat which makes. Get a tree from the nursery that looks perfect, get it into the ground right away, and follow the advice in my post about watering new avocado trees: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/how-to-water-a-newly-planted-avocado-tree/, Also, be sure youve assessed the drainage of your soil before planting, and consider planting on a mound if necessary: https://gregalder.com/yardposts/how-to-plant-and-stake-an-avocado-tree/. I also gave some wood to others up here who are much better at grafting in case the tree disappears. A handsome tree to about 9m x 10m, Hass is fairly cold and frost tolerant once established, and will bear its delicious fruit between September and January. As Adrian alluded to above, Hass and Reed are A types while Fuerte is a B type, which makes cross-pollination all the more likely, enhancing fruit set. Thank you for all the great information! I watered it every day, but the young tree literally burnt alive and became all black in just one month. Carmen Hass is similar to Hass Avocado but smaller 6-14 oz fruit. The problem with Fuerte is that it tends to grow horizontally so youd have to be vigilant about training it up a stake and pruning as necessary. Reed (another type A variety) was a late season flowerer. And if you dont care about getting lots of fruit, then Holiday is a fine choice; it also naturally grows more like a shrub, which might look appropriate in a pot. 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