My Edibles: Avocado Trees

Avocado - Rincon (Grafted)

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Love all avo's. Is one of my "A" varieties. Is a dwarf variety with a spreading habit, and much slower grower than my others. The tree's not attractive - very gangly looking.  Fruit written off by some, but my family found it nice tasting - very creamy and mild flavour. Fruit not a good storer once cut though, as the invisible strings darken. Best eaten within 24-48hrs. Don't discount this one for the backyard if you have limited space.

Note: Fruit ripe now (April-May) when there is none at any road-side stalls (Tamborine Mt.), so I'm happy!

Fruiting Months March, April, May, June

Planted: 2010

Height 1.3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Fruit Harvest: 2 Fruit Per Year

First Fruited: 2 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Autumn

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Sheppard

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure and Citrus fertiliser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

None yet, but I may net next crop as something (possum/bushrats?) pulled off/damaged most of crop. Only 2 fruit survived.

Question:

When is it best to prune,as I'd like to attempt to shape tree?

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted)

Comments: - I actually have Lamb Hass, which is supposed to be a semi-dwarf variety with larger fruit than Hass.  Hass is my favourite avo. as I love the nutty flavour. ( This is my second attempt of this variety - the first drowned after receiving 400mm rain in 24hrs and it's dish not draining fast enough.) This is my second "A" type. Was planted Oct.'11 and as far as bushiness goes, in 6mth it has doubled.  Nice shape , attractive tree.

Planted: 2011

Height 1.2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Sheppard

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure and Citrus food

Pest Control:

Nil required yet.

Avocado - Sheppard (B) (Grafted)

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Whole family loves the fruit, which is eaten almost every day.  Sheppard is my "B" variety. I've 3 varieties which fruit at different times, so hoping to have continual supply.  Tree did set fruit this year(2012), but promptly lost them when I fertilised and instead had a huge growth spurt (20-40 cm on most branches).  Attractive tree presently.

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Summer

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Cross Pollinator Variety: Lamb Hass and Rincon

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Manure and Citrus fertiliser

Pest Control:

None required yet.

Question:

When is the best time to fertilise? 

Avocado - Seedling (Seedling)

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Settling in happily

Update 2012: Growing strongly

Planted: 2011

Height 1.6 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Winter and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Grafted, bargain bin at nursery (Grafted) ^8/10

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Was looking a bit sad, but is recovering and budding quite well. I bought this to have scion material to graft onto the seedling if necessary, to get some fruit out of it sooner

Height 150 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: When Fruiting and Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Hass (A) (Cutting)

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Planted: 2011

Height 6 Feet

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Nothing yet

Avocado - Grafted (Grafted)

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Grafted avo from Carla, could be a hass or a sheppard Grafted onto Pug seedling from Kyogle. Attempt no. 9.

Grown with protection for first two years, shade house.  Planted into a large mound.

2011 - first flowering & fruit set

2012 - my first crop - now wondering when they will be ready to pick - might wait till Easter.

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Fuerte (B)

Avocado - Reed (A)

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Just planted this one as I love the creaminess of  the Reed avocado.  I have it in full sun, so at the moment I have a beach umbrella next to it that I put up if we are going to have a really hot day.  Seems to be doing ok so far.

Avocado - Hass (A)

Avocado - Seedling (Seedling) ^5/10

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This is an unknown seedling variety, and it has been in for about 9 years.  It finally flowered this year, but unfortunately the 2 fruit that I thought would hold, fell off.  I'm hoping that a few will stay on next time.

Being a seedling tree, it grows very fast, but it's a great shade tree.

I have 4 avocados.......and all are mulched really well with sugarcane mulch which they love, as they have fine feeder roots just under the soil, and this keeps them nice and moist.   

Planted: 2002

Height 4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Cross Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost, horse manure, blood and bone and mulch.

Pest Control:

Anthracnose has been a problem with this one too, but I haven't sprayed yet as it hasn't flowered.

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Secondo (A)

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Just planted. I delayed getting one, as only half the family likes avocadoes and we have clay soil. I have planted it on a mound on a built-up bed on a slope, so I hope that works. I like the idea that you can harvest at any size and they ripen off the plant. Also, you can use the leaves.

Planted: 2011

Growing: In the Ground

Pollination: Self Pollination

Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

Comments: - Hard trees to get established - starting to do well now after a couple of years in the ground.  Literally planted by placing on top of the soil and mounding around it with a mixture of potting mix and compost.  Also, are growing temporary shade trees around it to provide partial shade for the young avocado in its first few years.  I feel this has made a big difference to the success of growing avocados after a couple of early failures.  Good Luck!

Planted: 2008

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Horse manure, worm castings and dynamic lifter

When I Fertilise: Yearly

Pest Control: None

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Sharwill (B) (Grafted) ^1/10

Comments: - They are so easy to grow from seed but slow and fussy whenever I

Pollination: No

Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted)

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Initially purchased with the intent of spending its life in a pot I've decided to pull up some pavers and set it free in the ground! It is going in a slender bed with improved soil (most of it is compost, soil improver and cow poo), and is protected from the worst of the WA summer suns. Fingers crossed that it will make loads of babies with the Fuerte friend I purchased! It is planted about 1.5m from the Fuerte. I'm hoping the Wurtz will grow to be about 2m x 2m

Its leaves have lost a lot of their green so I have added some trace elements (iron and zinc) and new growth appears to be greener. Within weeks new leaves are emerging with the standard red/copper colour which I hope indicates that whatever was missing is back! Now a few months later it has grown about 50cm and is a solid little shrub. The outside leaves get scorched on hot days and the plant will drop older leaves if it has water stress (must remember to water a bit more often) but nutrients and water are resulting in a tough little avocado.

In August 2011 it is flowering like crazy (the leaves are going brown again and being replaced by new leaves - it doesn't look the best but the plant seems happy). By October 2011 the tree has lost all its old leaves and is covered in rich lush new growth.

This tree still struggles with hot summer days - but extra mulch, and water help. I don't think any fruit set - but it continues to put on volumn and looks healthy.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Pest Control:

None require at this time

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Seedling

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Who knows what this one is?. It came up in my friend Mark's compost and it's pretty so I kept it. Probably won't fruit for 10 years but I am a patient woman! :O)

Very thirst. The new growth droops very visibily so you can tell when it needs a drink.

Quite vigorous and the stems and branches seem quite juicey rather than woody.

Planted: 2009

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Charlie Carp, Seasol, Dynamic Lifter, Blood and Bone, worm jouce (in rotation)

Pest Control: Nothing much seems to bother it.

Avocado - Pinkerton (A) (Grafted) ^6/10

Comments: - Survived last 3 Winters (1st with protection). Slow growing but healthy, about to flower. Had a Wurtz in NSW, was the best dwarf tree loaded with fruit after a few years. Bacon is supposed to be the best one for Tassie, so will see how this one goes ? Mulched well with pea straw, full sun outside.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.4 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Blood Bone, Rapid Raiser

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

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growing slowly but steadily. they seem to grow in spurts.

Planted: 2011

Height 0.75 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 2

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Question:

planted in a mound on quite heavy soil. going well now but will the trees die off when the roots hit the heavier/ wetter soil? should i condition soil with liquid gypsum and anti rot now even though no probs?

Avocado - Secondo (A) (Grafted) ^8/10

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would love some avos, so i bought a couple of hass and a secendo.  planted march, established but all slowed nearly to a stop over winter. beginning of spring, secendo flowered and is  now flushed with new growth. hass buds beginning to bloom mid spring.

Planted: 2011

Height 500 Centimetres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 3

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: Self Pollination

When I Fertilise: Spring

Question:

I have used no pest control. noticed stems and trunks of hass avos with brown blotches, any ideas?  Also new growth on secondo is being eaten by small, long, green insects similar to a praying mantis. Pyrethrum spray says do not use on new growth and i would like a safer option. would a garlic or white oil spray be ok on a secendo? 

Avocado - Hass (A) ^8/10

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In ground for around 1 year. I've knocked off first heavy flower/small fruit flush to allow to root well. Growing very quickly and strong. Gets near full sun until late afternoon.

Wanted the Wurtz, but picked up the Hass by mistake. Not dissapointed at all though!

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Top half of tree was knocked off in 2010, regrowth was super fast and much thicker. First fruit set 2011.

Planted: 2008

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Spring

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Hand pick grasshoppers and beetles

Avocado - Wurtz (A) (Grafted)

Comments: -

Update 09-Dec-2011:Showing good growth. New pic attached.

Bought this from Bunnings 3 months ago. Havent seen it grow any new leaves since then.

Height 0.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: No

Question: How long before this one fruits ?

Avocado - Reed (A)

Avocado - Hass (A) (Grafted) ^9/10

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Avocado trees are great looking trees. Bought it at a nursery this year and planted it next to my other avocado tree, with a mix of dirt,cow manure and compost. It is north facing getting full sun.  Seadsoled a month ago. It seems do be doing well so far and has currently produced some flowers.

Planted: 2011

Height 1 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Avocado ^10/10

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I grew this tree from seed 15 years ago while I was living in Sydney. When I moved back to Melbourne I brought it with me. It ended up dying of, I was so dissapointed. I left it in its the pot (it was over a metre high) and forgot about it. About a year later I went to clean the area behind the shed, I noticed that my avocado tree sprouted again. It had 40cm shoot coming out the bottom. I left it in the pot for a few years and then two years ago I decided to plant it in the grown and it just took off. Now it is over 2 metres high and very bushy, lush and green (no fruit yet). I just water and fertilize it now and again in summer and thats all. If it never produces fruit it doesn't worry me, I just love the look of it.

Height 3 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Full Sun

Pollination: Self Pollination

Organic Status:Partially Organic

Avocado - Wurtz (A) ^7/10

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Trying to grow this tree in a pot, so far it is survivng quite well and had a few flowers but it must be too small to give me fruit yet.

Planted: 2009

Height 1 metres

Growing: In a Pot

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pruned By: 20% in Summer and Spring

Pollination: Self Pollination

Fertiliser or Organics Used: fruit tree fertilizer

When I Fertilise: Spring

Organic Status:Organic

Avocado - Bacon (B) (Grafted) ^8/10

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It's a beautiful looking tree and I'm so pleased that it's surviving... we get -7 degree frosts here! Flowered for the first time 2011, so I'm hoping for fruit next year. I'm putting a seedling avocado I've grown in a pot next to it, in case that improves pollination/fruiting.

Planted: 2010

Height 1.5 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Water Given in: Winter

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: Sheep manure, lucerne hay

When I Fertilise: Spring

Pest Control:

Avocado - Seedling

Avocado - Bacon (B)

Avocado - Wurtz (A) ^6/10

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I love avocado or palta as I call them.  My little tree is a dwarf and is a straggly looking, small weeping tree hidden between a camellia and an Aussie hibiscus bush. It is viritually sheltered and hidden inbetween these 2 metre tall shubs. This tree has almost died on a few occasions from waterlogging or sunburn. It is almost three years old and yet to produce a fruit. I have moved it three times and finally it seems happy where it is. Right now it is starting to produce lots of flower buds and hoping we may get our first 'paltita' this year. Heaps of new leaf growth, increase in size, and had lots of flowers which have  mostly all dropped off.  Also discovered another avo type growing ferociously from rootstock so pulled it off.

Fruiting Months November

Planted: 2008

Height 2 metres

Growing: In the Ground

Qty: 1

First Fruited: 2011 Years from purchase in pot

Sun/Shade: Medium Sun

Pollination: No

Fertiliser or Organics Used: compost mulch dynamic lifter for citrus

Pest Control:

none

Organic Status:Organic

Question:

Will it ever fruit- any other Victorians had any luck?