So this is my first season with these 2 trees. One is a little cado which grows to about 10 feet and the other a mexican which I will put in a bigger container next season. The smaller tree has about 18 avacados and the larger tree about 2 dozen. Keeping them close together for cross pollination worked. I'm stoked.
Beginners Luck with Avacado's
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SavinaRed said:
NICEI am Sooo Jelly
Congratulations!!
I want sooo bad! This year I've been avacado crazy. I used to think eating em alone was gross and now I can't get enough!
I want sooo bad! This year I've been avacado crazy. I used to think eating em alone was gross and now I can't get enough!
Nice -- were they grown from pits this year ?? Also are they from store bought avacados or did you get them from a tree or supplier ? I've heard that many varieties will not fruit for many years, so nice that you got them fruiting in one years time. 
Are you planning on keeping some of the pits for planting next year ?
Are you planning on keeping some of the pits for planting next year ?
The smaller tree which is a Mexican type I bought at home depot for $29 and the other larger tree is a Little Cado tree I bought last summer at a local nursery for $129. I found out after the fact of purchasing my Little Cado tree that I needed a cross pollinator of a different type of avocado. I also leaned that lesson with apple trees which is why I have 2 different apple trees as well.JDFan said:Nice -- were they grown from pits this year ?? Also are they from store bought avacados or did you get them from a tree or supplier ? I've heard that many varieties will not fruit for many years, so nice that you got them fruiting in one years time.
Are you planning on keeping some of the pits for planting next year ?
This is the first year for both of them bearing fruit. I'm not planting them in the ground but leaving them in containers. So as they grow I will put them in larger containers. I'm not letting them get over 10-12 feet and will try and get them to grow really wide and bushy.
These are grafted trees and produce much faster than one from a seed. I've heard it can take up to 10 years by seed to produce fruit. I wanted fruit much sooner hence I bought these 2 grafted trees.
SavinaRed said:
Ah ok -- that makes sense as it seems the grafted plants are the best route to go to ensure fruiting sooner (rather than waiting 5 - 15 years !!) Was looking around a bit on the web and it seems the little cado actually is able to fruit without a pollinator as it has both a and b type flowers so can pollinate itself but having others nearby does help them. (seems avacados flowers spend half of the day as male and the other half as female and the different types swap the portion of the day spent as that sex - so a flowers are for example giving off pollen in the AM and then accept pollen in the evening where b types are accepting pollen in the AM and then giving pollen in the evening - which is why they will sometimes self pollinate by themselves but have much better rates of success if other plants of the opposite type are around)
Those are really nice looking avacados - let us know which type has the better flavor once you harvest !!
Avocado gelato anyone? I prefer mine sliced with lime juice, salt and just a pinch of Bhut powder.
Thats a good question which would depend on many things. Are you married or single, children, career,family etc................Maligator said:
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Here are the same trees in their permanent new containers
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Awesome that's great success 