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I get about 90% take’s depending on the season.

Simon

Bananas are technically plants, not trees. Trees make bark

Quote from: lajos93 on August 19, 2023, 02:28:48 AM

Anyone has pictures of avocado trees that grow way beyond what one is used to seeing?

Were talking Zone 8a or even slightly further?

Do you mean latitude or zone-wise? The London ones probably win in terms of latitude, but that's zone 9b or nearly 10a, and in a brick courtyard.

The trees near Brissago, Switzerland are in a slightly colder spot, more like 8b, but in a very protected microclimate next to a large lake.

And even the big Duke tree in Oroville, CA is worth mentioning, though that's in 9b near the 9a edge, and much further south, but the tree is enormous and highly productive there.

Assuming you mean mature, fruiting trees, those are the ones that come to mind.

My own trees are still very small, but latitude-wise, Seattle is pretty far up there. It's 8b here, though really more 9a in recent years. I'll let you know if any of mine make it to fruiting here outside.

I'm also aware of some trees planted outside on Vancouver Island, B.C., which might win latitude-wise, but none that are fruiting to my knowledge. That's zone 9a, though.

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Has anybody tried removing the endocarp per Ronnie Demler's methods and not soaked in GA3?  I'm thinking of trying to remove the endocarp to speed up germination but not sure if the GA3 will be a requirement to break dormancy?

Its not necessarily "more" water.  Its a bit of water consistently so the field stays a certain mositure level.  With well drain DG soil, the moisture level or "field capacity" is not as high as for more clay soil.  With well draining soil it is kind of hard to over water.  The moisture level is always below 30%

If you you want to see what the moisture level in your field is you can buy a irrometer.  They cost about 100$ and you can put 1 or 2 out in the orchard and key your spinklers off one tree with an irrometer.

Quote from: Kankan on July 28, 2023, 02:06:02 PM

I have sand loam in most of my property although there is an area that gets into clay after about 1'. I suspect the watering from the avocados is soaking further into the field underground than I previously thought. In the pictures some of these soils samples are 20' away from being hit even by an occasional drop from the avocado irrigation, some are 10' away from the perimeter of the avocado sprinklers reach. The soil samples in the pictures were taken today and the last watering was about 15 days ago. Mostly dry the first few inches and then progressively damp-moist, able to form a clump at 12" in all samples taken.

I have the following varieties of mangoes with various rootstock (manilla, turpentine, and Coriente). The 2 unknown varieties are estimated to be about 12 years old and 6 years old, the rest were planted by me in the last 2.5 years as about 3 year old trees. The picture of the mango tree in this post is the smallest (so arguably should be the most stressed from lack of water):

Kesar
Chok Anan
Keitt
Valencia pride
Lemon zest
peach cobbler
sugar loaf
fruit punch
Sweet tart
Angie
orange sherbert
M-4
Cac
Kathy
NDM
Diamond (Sein Ta Lone)
Haden
Pickering
florigon
Glenn
2 unknown

wow. Amazing list. That is more than a back yard quantity. You have most of varieties I'd like to have. You are missing Maha.

Thanks.


Where do you obtain the rootstock?  I'm in san diego.