They're both a bit marginal here tbh haha. My climate is at the cusp of subtropical and temperate.
But avocados are hardier than many people imagine. Depends on the variety but with climate change I think a whole swath of the southern US and Europe may be able to grow them soon. Some varieties can survive the mid to low 20s F.
Yeah - I did like 2 minutes of research and it looks like the native ranges didnt overlap but the current commercial growing areas definitely push further north than I realized.
Aren’t they kind of annoying to get to pollinate though?
Yes that's the main issue in my area more so than frost actually. We don't have their native pollinators here. And the flowers bloom in spring when it's quite cool, so many years you don't get good production. The flowers only develop properly in warm temps (like 80s).
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Nice!! I wish mine would stop dropping off the tree.
I wish mine would make any at all but I guess planting them under a big maple tree wasn't the best plan.
I’m just surprised to find out maple and avocado have overlapping ranges 😅
They're both a bit marginal here tbh haha. My climate is at the cusp of subtropical and temperate.
But avocados are hardier than many people imagine. Depends on the variety but with climate change I think a whole swath of the southern US and Europe may be able to grow them soon. Some varieties can survive the mid to low 20s F.
Yeah - I did like 2 minutes of research and it looks like the native ranges didnt overlap but the current commercial growing areas definitely push further north than I realized.
Aren’t they kind of annoying to get to pollinate though?
Yes that's the main issue in my area more so than frost actually. We don't have their native pollinators here. And the flowers bloom in spring when it's quite cool, so many years you don't get good production. The flowers only develop properly in warm temps (like 80s).
They were put there by a bee
In an orchard on the grounds?
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Why do they seem to small compared to the ones here I Uganda
Different family of avocado. These are closer to haas avocados .....they grow small. Heres a picture for scale.
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Are they sweet here when an avocado is withdrawn looking like that at a tree, it get thread like structures when it's ripe
These are soft and very tasty if you let them on the counter for a few days. Not really sweet, they taste like they should to me i suppose.