cold tolerant avocado (forum)

Louise starts with ...
I want to try an avocado. We live in cold temperate climate south of Canberra , but I have good rock walls against which I can put potted plant or sheltered mid slope north facing gardens. Site generally is also mid slope and north facing

What is the best variety for pot growing against a rock wall? Would any grow in ground in well protected north facing site?
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Louise

Time: 14th January 2012 9:18am

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ringelstrumpf says...
Apparently the most cold hary avocado is bacon. But I haven't tried it yet, I didn't find one.

Time: 16th January 2012 10:37pm

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Jason says...
Bacon is medium in the cold tolerance but unless you are really in a valley floor or something it should be enough, Bacon will handle -5c or more once it's established. Some Avocados will go -8c but are harder to find in Australia

Time: 17th January 2012 7:44am

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Rowan says...
Here in Casterton, Vic we go down to -3 frosts sometimes in winter and there are a few people growing hass and bacon avos which are all growing well. Planting next to a wall will mean that you could probably grow most kinds.

Time: 17th January 2012 7:58am

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Jason says...
Rowan, how did you go on that really hot day a few weeks ago? I had some fair serious damage to a lot of my Avocados from sunburn, even fairly large branches

Time: 17th January 2012 11:40am

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Jantina says...
Even the bracken got fried here Jason, most of the new growth on things was somewhat crisped, but some came thru unscathed, including, surprisingly, a new avo planted only days before.

Time: 17th January 2012 12:07pm

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Rowan says...
Yeah, many of my plants got fried over the last couple of weeks. I was banking on a large melon harvest from my 35 varieties of melon this year but the heat and wind has damaged the plants and sunburnt the fruit so I will barely get anything :(
Well, what can you do. You get years like this, sigh.

Time: 17th January 2012 1:27pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Rowan what's the secret to growing your melons? Every year I start off a few seedlings but they never thrive, the leaves remain small and they never amount to anything more than about an 18" vine.. I live here in far north NSW and I thought the climate would be ideal but have yet to see one set fruit bigger than a marble.

Time: 17th January 2012 4:43pm

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M Nash says...
Phil, Bakers creek seeds told me they dont like excessive rain and high humidity. Told me to plant on a mound or on side of a hill.
I sent them a graph of our climate and rainfall and he didnt hold much hope for me.
None of about half doz varietys of pumpkin worked this year , No rock melons at all. However The Orangeglow water melon did only just ok. I saved seeds of the best plant and first largest fruit if you want some seed to try next spring?

Time: 17th January 2012 6:13pm

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Mike says...
People seem to do alright with various watermelons and pumpkins up here in the high rainfall areas. I was impressed by the melons and pumpkins in Thailand and wondered why we don'tget some of their good ones here.Lately a melon I saw in Thailand that is getting called mango melon here is turning up in the markets.It is a yellow skinned,deep orange fleshed honeydew with a sweeter,richer taste than other honeydews.

Time: 17th January 2012 6:33pm

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Jason says...
Rowan you have enough heat in Casterton for Watermelon? anytime I've tried to grow them it takes all Spring, Summer and Autumn to just get a flower :P then it's Winter and the shows over

Time: 17th January 2012 6:55pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Thanks Mr Nash, I might take you up on that offer, the one's I've been growing have been hugely disappointing...

Time: 17th January 2012 7:18pm

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Rowan says...
Jason, I grow many varieties of watermelon as well as other melons and do well with all of them. You should come up one day and I will show you my patch - and you can get to taste some.
I have some watermelons about to ripen now.
I can't see why you wouldn't have success in Portland, it is milder and they should do even better.

I have been growing them for years and I will be happy to give you some help next spring if you want.

Bit of a plug - my new website: www.melon-master.com

Time: 17th January 2012 7:19pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
Rowan which variety is the green one with the rippled rind at the top of your home page? Some lovely varieties you have there..


Time: 17th January 2012 7:36pm

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Rowan says...
That melon is called "Green Bosnian". It is from Turkey and is probably the most delicious melon I grow. My mouth waters at the thought of eating them and they are almost ripe, yay.

Time: 17th January 2012 8:49pm

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
k - maybe I'll give melons one last try... hope you have seed in stock


Time: 17th January 2012 10:21pm

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Jantina says...
Good one Rowan, looks great.

Time: 17th January 2012 11:05pm

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sarahk says...
We live in a frost prone area of QLD and planted a bacon avocado last season. Last night there was a particularly bad frost and the avo sustained pretty bad damage despite being covered. It's dropped all its leaves now - will it recover?

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