Hmmm..... I thought it was probably squirrels that took all my Mexicola Grande fruit this year, the first time that my tree had finally set a decent crop at about four years old.
What you reoprt here, Bovine, makes sense to me for why my avos all disappeared in August before they ever had a chance to ripen. 'Til now I had blamed the squirrels for the fruits' disappearance but an opossum now seems a likely culprit, although there were no half-eaten fruits found at the base of the tree..
I will have to try a slick galvanized shield around the base of the trunk to protect next year's crop, but wonderiing how tall is going to be necessary.
Miffed!
Paul M.
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