by Greg Alder | Mar 20, 2022 | Avocados |
(I’m sorry that these have sold out. Be sure to subscribe to my weekly email to be notified when more avocados are available.) Coming to you from the Laferriere grove in Redlands, San Bernardino County, are avocados of the refined Pinkerton variety. Pinkerton...
by Greg Alder | Mar 11, 2022 | Avocados |
(I’m sorry that the harvest is already sold out.) Yesterday, while visiting an avocado grove in Redlands, in San Bernardino County, I noticed that the owner still had quite a few Fuertes on his tree. It’s a beautiful, old and productive tree that I even...
by Greg Alder | Feb 4, 2022 | Avocados |
The skill of grafting empowers you. Being able to graft gives you options. Nursery doesn’t have a Sharwil tree for sale? If you can get your hands on a Sharwil scion, then you can make your own. Just moved into a house with a big avocado tree that makes inferior...
by Greg Alder | Jan 7, 2022 | Avocados |
What’s that little pickle hanging on my avocado tree? That’s not a pickle; that’s a cuke: an avocado fruit that developed without a seed inside. It’s growing on a type of avocado tree called Ettinger, and here is what a normal Ettinger avocado...
by Greg Alder | Dec 10, 2021 | Avocados |
See my other avocado variety profiles HERE All of my Yard Posts are HERE ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new...
by Greg Alder | Dec 3, 2021 | Avocados, Misc |
The new year’s calendar is designed and being printed! This 2022 avocado calendar includes some changes and additions: Section on how to plant an avocado tree correctlyAll new photosWeeks starting on Sunday (instead of Monday, as last year)Extra information for...
by Greg Alder | Dec 2, 2021 | Avocados |
Here is a video showing characteristics of the Mexicola Grande variety of avocado tree (originally known as ‘3-1-1’): And here is a video showing characteristics of the Mexicola Grande variety of avocado fruit: All of my avocado variety profiles are listed...
by Greg Alder | Nov 5, 2021 | Avocados, Soil |
In 2018, I visited the largest organic avocado farm in California. It’s those hills in the photo above — they’re covered with 1,000 acres of avocado trees. And I felt vindicated when I saw that they care for the soil under their trees in essentially the...
by Greg Alder | Oct 29, 2021 | Avocados |
The best thing you can do when planting an avocado tree in poor soil is to plant on a mound. How? Why? We’ll get there, but first: What is poor soil? For avocados, poor soil is not deep or has slow drainage or has high clay content. Not deep means less than about two...
by Greg Alder | Oct 1, 2021 | Avocados |
Six minutes of video profiling the Nabal avocado tree: Coming soon is a full, written profile of this variety. All of my avocado variety profiles are HERE All of my Yard Posts are HERE ShareClick to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pinterest...
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