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Where can I get a reed tree in Florida?
I may get to taste if if the tree can hold on to the fruit it set. It does have a history in South Florida with a picking date of December 10. I'm not sure why they stop growing it commercially. http://www.myavocadotrees.com/reed-avocado.html
I wanted to resurrect this old post instead of starting a new one. Reed is absolutely one of the best tasting avocados in SoCal. I have one that is going in the ground soon. I know they are tall and skinny trees but how wide do they get?Bill
Quote from: gunnar429 on June 13, 2015, 03:01:42 AMWhere can I get a reed tree in Florida?I can send you bud wood from my tree at the grove.Joe.
I haven't found Reed to be exclusively tall and skinny despite its reputation. One of the ones I planted actually is actually wider than it is tall (it's still small, but probably 5-6 feet wide but only 4 feet tall). We haven't pruned it at all.
My plan is to let it get up to twenty feet tall and try to keep it to eight to ten feet wide. Is that realistic?Bill
Reed is one of my faves too, if, allowed to hang on the tree at least 16 months.
Yes, you need to wait about 10+ more months. I will start eating them next May and they ripen here maybe a bit earlier than most places in CA. My reeds are about the size of tennis balls currently. They should be more like a grapefruit or softball size and then they still need many months to get the oil up. Last year my reeds were about 1lb 13oz in April
Would you think reed will still thin its fruits from now on? Branch is heavily loaded already, if the fruits will gain weight significantly I'd worry about support.