Anything you can pass my way will be appreciated. Ive been looking at farmers markets in San Diego, no luck so far. My question is how do you recommend getting rid of the persea mite? If I had the space for three avocado trees, I would add a Fuerte to the mix. The color of a Sharwil avocado stays green when ripe, and has a cold grayish-blue tinge to it. Im considered to be in zone 9, and yet my Reed does well. If either gets too tall for your picking needs, just give it a haircut! For your milder location though, this might not be important. I know you know the pruning game so Im sure youll have no problem keeping the trees at 12 feet. Thanks for all of these wonderful updates. But I will say that it is definitely precocious in my yard. Three, how big will you let the Hass trees get? Screw the big/medium locals, I am going to Fallbrook from now own to get my avo trees straight from the growers. On the other hand, I doubt youd be disappointed with Pinkerton, which is widely available. I have no idea if it was a great one or a terrible one. The Kona Sharwil Avocado is a pear-shaped fruit that is green when ripe. Perhaps if youre willing to protect your tree during occasional cold spells in winter, especially during the first couple winters, youll have success. Im about to head to subtropica nursery to buy three trees. On your south-facing slope it might not be as happy. Two, how many people are you feeding? Your message is very fun for me to read. But for others like Hass and Reed and Sharwil, to take the ones you mentioned, they just taste like awesome avocados. I grew up in the San Gabriel Valley. So sorry to hear about your trees. Together you will get year round fruit, theyre small for avocado trees and better tasting than what you find in stores. Thank you! My guess is that you can grow just about any variety that does well in Southern California since your greenhouse probably stays warm enough in spring to make B-type varieties set fruit well. 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. Thanks for all the resources. Florida's avocado trees grow to be between 30 and 65 feet tall. Ive never heard of anyone who is unsatisfied by Gwens eating qualities, and there arent many avocado varieties that achieve such distinction. We will also compliment with other varieties to have ripe fruit all year, (varieties including malama, yamagata, ota, murashiga, kahaluu, fujikawa), for value added products. Aside from their physical differences, the main difference between Hass and Fuerte avocados is their textures. 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. If you knew a lot about your soil, then you could make a better guess as to which rootstock is likely to perform best, but I wouldnt worry about that. Highlights. I actually removed my small Fuerte to grow thie Lamorinda because my backyard is tiny and with 5 other avos in the ground I already have more than enough on my plate. My goal is to help others grow food at home, with a focus on vegetables and fruits -- especially avocados -- in Southern California. I write a new "Yard Post" every Friday. "Hass avocados are alternate bearing - they will produce a big crop one year, and a small crop the next. Two, get a combination of hardier varieties and others like Hass, Reed, GEM, etc. So I tried a Reed for the first time today from the farmers market. i have small seedlings of sir prize, stewart, lamb hass, and some hybrid unknown from home depot. Im glad you have shared how things are doing at your place so others nearby are clued in. I get my first 14th trees from 2 Spanish online shops and after a couple of months in the dirt and under mulch, all of them are doing fine: See this article about mulches and controlling root rot in avocados: http://www.avocadosource.com/WAC5/Papers/WAC5_p561.pdf. I have seen, in person, happy Hass and/or Reed trees in other parts of Southern California considered Sunset Zone 18, such as Rancho Cucamonga, Corona, and Redlands. Avocado strains include Nishikawa, Sharwil, and Lamb Hass. A hybrid cross of the Mexican and Guatemalan subspecies, 'Fuerte' was the industry-standard avocado in California before the Hass came on the scene. Do you like its eating qualities about as well as Sharwil? 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!). I plan on keeping the trees no taller than about 12, so I dont have to get on a ladder. I have a spreadsheet of many varieties and their seasons and how they all align based on flower type. Trees are medium growing and yield nearly year round. Sharwil avocados have a dense, nutty flavor and a high oil content. Greg, what rootstocks would you recommend for GEM, Lamb and Bacon? (GEMs harvest season is basically spring into summer.) maybe you missed my question on May 2, 2020 or I missed your reply, with 3 citrus trees and room for one avocado on the central coast of California, Cayucos. Just got some bee hives in this year and a decent fruit set, just hope the heat stays mild this summer. Great to hear all of this. Avocado - Hass (A Flowering Variety): Possibly the most popular of all avocados, Hass bears incredibly flavoursome fruits that keep well. I also dont know anything about growing avocados in France, but Ill do my best to help you get started. Also, what are your thoughts on a multi-variety grafted tree? I have a friend down here in Southern California who also is very happy with his Zutano tree. I just dont understand it. Incidentally, similar spacings can often be used in a yard as on a farm. Yes, I like Nabal. So, I found an avocado variety calendar, on gregalder.com, https://gregalder.com/yardposts/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/IMG_20170831_071354-1-e1504273347755.jpg, https://gregalder.com/yardposts/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/WP_20160104_09_07_06_Pro.jpg, but I am still struggling and have no idea what second variety would be the best choice. 96 9GreenBox - Pineapple Guava - 2 Pack 1,083 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. I read about GEM, and it sounds like it would fit easily in our space and produce great fruit. About high-density avocado plantings: I visited a grove that has been doing it for decades and theyve found that the spacing that works in the long run depends on the variety. 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. Take out the two dead and the one just barely hanging on and plant three new trees or find an entirely new place to plant away from the pool? Unfortunately, people here seldom grow avocados, it is just not in our culture which is strange, because people do eat avocados a lot, and you find them in every supermarket. I would like a dwarf variety to keep in a large pot on a deck about 4 miles from the San Diego Coast. I dont know of any other commercial avocado grove with many Sharwils, unfortunately. My Gwen is only a couple years old now so I hesitate to say a lot about it since my firsthand knowledge is limited at this point. Id like to plant an avacado tree in my front court yard. Oh I wish! I have two Hass and a sir prize, and my next door neighbor has a Big Florida type avocado and a friend down the street has a seed grown reed type with round fruit. Thanks! Thanks again. One thing I didnt consider was the price of avocados during the months where I would likely have to buy. The only published information about the bloom seasons of avocado varieties that I know of is about common commercial varieties. Historic photo of Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Hass in front of an avocado tree Buddy, youre the best. We recommend storing your avocado at room temperature in the fruit bowl until it reaches the preferred ripeness for eating. They are located in Fallbrook, and possibly in 2020 theyll start selling Sharwils. In fact, Hass also produces more reliably than Fuerte in most places. THANK YOU for sharing such a wealth of information! If you can send me another email address then please do. Ive been binge-reading your site after finding it yesterday. Reed (another type A variety) was a late season flowerer. I am curious to hear your thoughts on these varieties or think something else would be better suited. The challenge is that many of them have similar harvest seasons, which are spring into summer: Hass, Sharwil, GEM, Gwen. 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. For example, Ive got some avocado trees planted at 7.5 feet apart, and thats a spacing that some commercial growers use. I will tell you later how my adventure is going! I concluded that it was worth growing. Thanks a lot for contributing this. Sorry that I bad-mouthed Zutano in the comment above. Thank you for your response and info. Great article, and I agree with your choices of Hass, Reed, and Fuerte, but only if you live in a true mild avocado climate. CA avocados like Lamb Hass don't do well in FL and vice versa. No one even the owner knows what variety it is, but there is a lot of fruits on it. Nevertheless, even compared to other trees the same size, Holiday is usually later and lighter in production. But the important thing is that Reeds taste great a couple months after Hass are at their best. Hass has done very well on Duke 7 for decades in many locations. Great for guacamole, or just eating out of hand with a dash of salt. Our water on the Mesa is exceptionally hard, and Im wondering if perhaps we should try a Lamb or Reed instead, or how salt tolerant a Fuerte is? Ill suggest other varieties and give lots of reasons and scenarios in the upcoming post. You ought to add either Lamb or Reed for avocados to be eaten in summer into fall, yes; your grafting idea there is a good one. Hi Greg, I will be planting two avocado trees in the spring. Maybe I shouldnt have put Reed in that list, but Reed isnt as vigorous as some other varieties such as Bacon, Fuerte, or Hass. But the distinctive smooth texture and nutty yellow flesh of a perfect Fuerte is so appealing to me that I dont even want to adulterate it as guacamole. I pre-irrigated and sprayed down the trees during the heat and prevented fruitlet drop too well. You found an avocado tree in Nice! Thank you, Elizabeth. Sir-Prize is a very good avocado but I dont think its quite as good as those three, especially for your situation since its harvest season is only a little before Hass and overlapping with Hass. (Not that Pinkerton avocados arent delicious though. Pollenizers havent been shown to make much of a difference close to the ocean like you. Usually the soil we get up here for avocados is more suited for stone fruit. Now I have all three. As good as some other avocados are, nothing pleases me quite as much as eating a high quality Fuerte. It has set more fruit while young than most of my other varieties. Which town or area are you in? I have records of the bloom seasons of all of my trees, and Id be happy to share about specific varieties. Its not the worst soil in the world, as many fruit trees as growing nicely here, but which types of Avocado you think would thrive best in these conditions clay-ish soil, can be quite wet in winter and hot and super dry in the summer? In the Southern Hemisphere, I would arrange them with Reed toward the equator (on the north end) since it is slightly less vigorous and it will get extra sun in fall-winter-spring, Fuerte in the middle since it has a B-type flower and will enhance the fruitfulness of the adjacent A types, and Hass on the south end. So a small Lunchbox avocado becoming available soon is not likely, as far as I can tell. Hi Joseph, Multi-grafted avocado trees can work. And the sharwil does not have the nutty notes like the hass. I would recommend buying a new and healthy tree within the next month and planting it straight away no keeping it for months on your deck first. 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. Marin, known for cultivating new crops, also grew Isabella grapesthen sold the resulting wine to sea captains, off what is now Vineyard Avenue in Honolulu. In your climate, dangerous heat in spring and early summer just doesnt happen. You were right, Greg, they are the best!!!!!!!!!!! USDA zones are not very useful for deciding these things, unfortunately. Sharwil Avocados from Hawaii. I just cant say for sure. Also, avocado flowers are primarily pollinated by bees, and bees readily fly between trees that are 50 feet apart. Im planning on planting a Reed. Avocado oils are considered heart-healthy and good for your skin. Hi Greg, Reed, I live in Santa Barbara, CA just less than a mile from the ocean. I know avocados love full sun but Im my area the sun really is strong. GEM trees are a bit hard to come by, unfortunately. Thanks. This is important information indeed. Atkins has a bunch of other varieties that you never see around. Thanks again for all the information. 1) which two varieties would you recommend as being good pairing for quite heavy clay-y soil?! However, apart from my own garden, I do some gardening in my parish churchs park, also in Nice. The only caveat Id make is that Pinkerton and Gwen both seem to like to have a B-type avocado nearby in order to produce their maximum. Just to imagine your future for a second: Youll be eating SirPrize avocados around now in March, then youll switch over to GEM sometime around late spring, then youll end the summer and head into fall with Reeds; oh, here comes the next crop of SirPrize fruit starting to blacken its skin and tell you that its time to pick. All the wood from the Gwen is going to the beach soon as possible for a bonfire. Whip vs. side grafting considerations. As for Reed, it can handle the heat fairly well as far as Ive seen. Let me get things together on my side before I share too much about the Lamorinda tree. We dont need a shade tree (probably that was obvious. 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. What do you think? For example, GEM (and some other varieties) on Dusa is a poor performer if the soil pH is high. The fruit has black, medium-thick skin and an oval shape. If you only eat half, that's 1.3 grams of net carbs. The tree is supposedly over 40 and is a seedling with both Fuerte and Hass characteristics yet again the flavor has that tanginess only Fuerte has. I found several great articles: http://www.avocadosource.com/WAC8/Section_02/DeVilliersAI2015.pdf Thanks. Or, just to be on the safe side (in case Dusa doesnt function well in our soil) have one Dusa and one Duke 7? I cant speak from personal experience about my own Sharwil trees because theyre too young, so this guess is based on what Ive seen in others Sharwil trees in Southern California. I see a lot of posts about cold tolerant avocado trees, how about heat tolerant (besides reed)? The tree is vigorous and upright, but apparently can be keep to about 2.5 metres in height by intensive pruning. I couldnt send the photos here. Medium thickness of skin - Sharwil and Hass - handles shipping better than thin-skinned varieties (Kahaluu); easier for consumer to determine ripeness than thick-skinned varieties (Murashige, Yamagata). Avocados dont ripen while hanging on the tree. I love my Hass. This high quality, black-skinned avocado is up to 25% larger than its parent, Mexicola. Is there something I can do to prevent the drop, or is it just survival of the fittest? Tamp the soil down around the tree's . As your commenter mentioned above, this list might not be optimal for those of us in slightly cooler areas. Spacing six feet apart with ten feet between rows is very workable, depending on a few factors. And a friend showed me an old tree of an unknown variety that hed found growing without irrigation near Shelter Island. Where I am now (Ramona) gets a little chillier even than there but Lamb does fine in my yard. Vasco, thank you for your kind message. "The Hass make up about 80 per cent and the Shepards about 15 per cent, and the . I think Ill pick a few avocados that you mentioned (knowing me Ill get to the store and come back with seven) Call me crazy but I just ordered 10 thermometers that record the max/min temp on my property. (I have to confess this is a real problem of our nation.. No information whatsoever about rootstocks in the nurseries And then people are surprised that their cherry or apricot trees dont fruit). Contemplated stopping by Fallbrook and talking to a grower, but returning on Sunday meant I was a bit eager to get home. My head was spinning, trying to develop the perfect avocado plan for my hillside. Maybe I should just roll the dice! Im more relaxed about it now. We have a large greenhouse and I was hoping you could suggest some avocados that might be easier to grow and fruit here? When they set a lot like your trees have, they must shed some or else branches will break, get sunburned, even die back from the stress of growing too much fruit. The wood is soft, the leaves are soft. I just put down the mulch and leave it be. I also checked on a huge old Nabal in OB that I used to eat from, and I was pleased to find that the tree is now doing better than last year. As a matter of fact, choosing the varieties was just the beginning)))) A Florida avocado has the same kind of fats but in much lower quantities. Or maybe scratch all those and go with GEM or Gwen? . You can always try a Hass too, and just prune it to the size you want. [About our soil: it is not acid at all, for sure. Who grew it, any idea? Sharwil The most popular Hawaiian avocado and the only one certified for shipping to the mainland, Sharwil avocados are relatively large, green-skinned fruits descended from both Guatemalan and Mexican trees. The Different Types According To Region Of Origin Horticulturally, avocados are classified into three categories, based on the regions of their origin. Youve spurred me to finally post on some portion of the topic at least. In Northern California Hass doesnt do as well for some reason (unless you live on the coast) compared with other varieties. Im jealous. This is great news that you found and planted so many trees in Portugal! Its a challenge to choose a single avocado variety to plant. (Both Reed and Hass produce more than Fuerte in my yard.) Come to think of it, Id say Nabal fruits taste a tad richer than Reed, actually. I appreciate all the documentation! Ive been told that landfills in other counties offer similar products. Would you recommend Carmen Hass and GEM? I have never tasted anything but supermarket Hass from distant lands so all I can do is read or watch videos of people describing how each variety tastes like. Or consider 'Lamb Hass,' a similar-size tree, hardy to 26 degrees, bearing 10- to 18-ounce Hass . But where to find this information otherwise? Same for my Sharwil and the Sharwils I know nearby, except that Im not sure theyll produce quite as much as Reed. The Hass has a ton and the Fuerte as well. Hi Greg, Sometimes the selection and quality is terrible, but sometimes its excellent. Thats a fun project. There is no bitterness or bacony note. Which is the best? Thanks for allowing me to announce it here. I know Sylmar, and I would guess that my neighborhood is slightly milder than yours even though my area is also on the hot side in summer and chilly side in winter, as far as most of Southern California goes. LOL! Kona Sharwil Avocado. A single, 25-foot Hass tree will give you a few hundred avocados in a good year, but a tree kept pruned to 10 or 15 feet would give you fewer. The information I am finding on Reed says that it is best grown in Zones 10-11. But Mexicola is about as small as avocados come, so in that way youve already got your lunchbox avocado. Eli mentions that hes swamped with GEM orders, and that he had to save one for me since I contacted him in February because hes completely out of GEM right now. Oh!, and do I ever miss a good fuerte which I used to sell off a fruit truck next to Golden Gate Park in SF in the 70s. I wrote this post with someone just like you in mind. The Hass is a tough act to follow, but Backyard. Its only the second time I have seen one in 5 years so I took it as fate and bought it to replace a Bacon I had which was burnt away by the sun yet I am convinced it was mislabeled and wasnt actually a Bacon. Do you have any recommendations for which trees/rootstock combinations have the best chance of survival out here? Hass avocado is perhaps one of the most famous avocado types and considered by many to be the best.The flavour is quite intense and the flesh is very creamy, perfect for guacamole.. Until the 1930s, Fuerte was the best-known variety in the USA, until Rudolf Hass, a green fingered postman, planted some avocado seeds for a small plantation.Hass then patented the tree he chose and it was later . They have smooth, glossy skins and high water content. See if you can find a Reed to try again in September and youll probably get a richer flavor from it. Thank you and thank you for all the information you have shared on your site!! But now with youtube it has been easier to see what can be grown up here. Have you received your trees? Thanks! Spacing with the Hass is important as well. Were planting literally thousands of sharwil avocados in 30 gallon root pouches, mostly above ground. I wrote to the manager, asked if they had avocado trees available, sent a bank transfer, did the arrangements for the shipping and the trees were delivered to Nice. . The key difference is that Florida avocados contain a lot less fat. Im still fairly new to farming and have a ~280 Hass grove (Fuerte rootstock) in inland San Diego (Ramona), so I am always fascinated with learning about these trees. I found only two Spanish nurseries that talked rootstocks. Ive visited avocado trees only as far north as the Bay Area. Sadly, there are fewer and fewer every year. And youre right about the tree looking weird, but it works. Although I enjoy the diversity of tastes in most all avocado varieties, theres something about Fuerte fruits that hit the target for me. They grow great but just dont produce as much fruit. For the summer/fall varieties, Im unsure about Gwen. Would you say these are still your top 3? Reed Avocado Greengold Avocado. 3 Advertisements West Indian (Persea americana Mill. Mateo. I live in Ramona in the Acres where we really get both extremes temperature-wise since its a pretty low/flat area not shielded by any hills mountains. It is an effective way to manage closely planted trees. Because Ive become more and more concerned about getting production from my trees since I cant afford the water otherwise, Ive been moving toward A types in general since they produce better in my yard. Ill ask and post an update here as I learn. Fertilize every few months with a well-balanced citrus and avocado plant food. Thats because after choosing the variety I decided that time has come to choose the rootstock)))) A good companion for GEM in your allotted space of 12 by 12 might be Pinkerton or Sir-Prize to get fruit in winter before GEM is ready to pick in spring; or Reed or Lamb to get fruit in summer into fall after the GEM harvest is done. It seems that Reed has the advantage in terms of fruit production. (I prefer this to their compost, which is a bit overcooked and too fine for my liking. Oops! They are on the bigger side, green-skinned, pear-shaped, and tasty. The best months for planting are typically March through June, depending on where you live. I just planted a Sharwill which I found at Atkins, hoping that our Global Warming trend leans my way. The main difference is that GEM is a smaller tree, if that matters to you. You could try one of those. Thanks for the response. Step 4. Our USDA certified Avocado fruit are medium to large sized pear-shaped with a small seed (~74% flesh), higher oil content than Hass (28% compared to 21%), and a green rough skin that is soft to the touch when ripe. It may have something to do with the Gwen tree being a bit wimpy during extreme weather compared to some other avocado varieties. The Reed avocado variety is a chance seedling of Nabal, selected by James Reed in California in 1948. I confess I began gardening only very recently, and I am super interested in all the different varieties and the scientific details. Variety: Flower Type: Taste (subjective) Fruit Size: Fruit Color: Fruit Shape: Skin: Oil % Fruit Season (Irvine) Tree Size: Remarks: Anaheim: A: good: 18-32 oz: green . Ive been looking for a long time where could I purchase sharwil avocados. 2 Reed (on Dusa) for me and the cathedral, and one Bacon (on Dusa) for the cathedral. H.B. https://ibb.co/4jnDhXv If its fresh and thick, youll soon notice a lot of fungal growth (hyphae white webby stuff) if you poke inside, but thats never had bad consequences as far as Ive observed. If there is excess moisture, your Hass avocado tree might suffer from root rot. Its single disadvantage is its black color, which has been associated in the minds of the public with poor quality fruits, wrote H.B. I was surprised this past weekend that I found the Lowes in La Mirada had 10 Reeds in 5 gallon containers. 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. I finally managed to buy 1 Hass (on Duke 7) in a local nursery in June 2022 (they sell avocado trees only in May-June). Best of luck with the Reed. Much larger in size, these avocados . Ill write it within the next couple weeks and title it something like Avocado varieties for year-round fruit.. In August I managed to order more avocado trees directly from Brokaw (Spain). This way youll likely have some years with fruit on all but some years where the tender ones get some damage. Thank again for your help. come up with some heat resistant varieties. Queen Avocado. It is so hard to know when a variety will taste good coming from a tree in your yard based on the information of others, I totally agree. Avocado varieties are of two flower types A or B and it has been observed in California since almost the beginning that A-type varieties fruit more reliably overall. You live in a fantastic neighborhood for growing avocados, as you obviously know. Where do you guys find Reeds in San Diego? Im ruthless with pruning shears (you have to be), Youre welcome to check out Piet Stassen and his pruning technique displayed at UC Irvine. Hi Greg, I live on the southern hemisphere so can you please take this into account. Thanks for the detail and everything you do. Would you still recommend a Hass and Reed for us? Notify me via e-mail if anyone answers my comment. They have both Reed and Hass, both Duke 7 and Dusa. This is finally my update. Do you think I should remove the one tree which has a few new green shoots? Excellent flavor - Sharwil and Hass both are described as rich and nutty. If we are successful. Would appreciate any information that you might wish to share! made to the U.S. Mainland and beyond, with the eventual eye toward gaining approval to ship. This is the experience of many others as well. Were planting a minimum of 5000 trees using a high density planting design and will foliage spray. 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