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Tropical Fruit Discussion / Re: Overhyped avocados
« on: April 25, 2025, 06:02:41 PM »
The best part about avocado trees is you can chop them down and change the variety if some are not perfoeming foe you.
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Nabal vs reed, who wins & why?
Check out this seedling mango. Not sure which kind it is but the mangos are 2.5lbs. I thought it was a spirit of 76 seed maybe but I looked those up and it says regular size fruit.
Brad, how did that colorful, monster mango taste? Was it a winner 🥇?
Sharwill totally could be commercial. Main issue is it doesn't turn black like hass and doesn't have extended growing season. Otherwise very very productive tasty and not alternate bearing.
Pinkerton still my favorite. Very productive, nor alternate bearing, very strong nutty flavor. Unfortunately it has a short season. Mature trees make bigger fruit, can be alsmot the size of a banana. One potential issue with it is that it flowers easily, so it can actually fruit in fall, meaning that by spring when it is time to pick fruit you might not be able to easily tell apart the mature fruit from the second immature crop.
Was the Super Hass uniformly ripe? That was a big problem with my last crop.
Love this post thanks! Look forward to the SCG maybe you can toss a Pinkerton in that review too.
Are you growing and Reeds? I’m still tossed on grabbing a-Reed b-Carmen Hass or c-hass. I have a pinker and gem so want something around when those aren’t. Recommendations?
Go for Reed. Yes I have a lot of Reed trees.
Of course I’d do the Sharwil but you said it don’t do good up here in colder winters. Reed it will be thanks! I heard Reed set flowers later on when it warms up too.
Love this post thanks! Look forward to the SCG maybe you can toss a Pinkerton in that review too.
Are you growing and Reeds? I’m still tossed on grabbing a-Reed b-Carmen Hass or c-hass. I have a pinker and gem so want something around when those aren’t. Recommendations?
Reed is the best late summer for CA growers. No doubt.Do you think Sharwil could be grown commercially in CA? Not at major scale, but for a niche, boutique market?
Pinkerton is hit and miss. At first it seemed good but now my 10 year old trees are small and sometimes the fruit don't ripen well after picking. But I may be waiting too long. Sharwil is the same season and I prefer it or Hass over Pinkerton.
If potassium sulfate is produced naturally then it is accepted for organic. We can easily get that here in CR.
Peter