Enjoy this five-minute video I made about the Ettinger variety of avocado, including its eating qualities compared to other varieties, plus a bit about its origin in Israel and its status in California today.
My experience with growing Ettinger trees is still . . . growing. I’ll publish a comprehensive profile of the variety (tree and fruit) when I can do so with sufficient firsthand observations to draw from.
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Hi Greg – I just stumbled on to your website. This is great! Last year I decided to try to grow an avocado from a seed. I started in August 2019 and one of the seeds started growing and is now almost 4 feet tall! It’s in a 15 gallon plastic pot in my backyard. Is the fact that it is in a pot going to stunt it’s growth? At what point should I plant this in the ground? Thanks!
Hi Peter,
Growing in a pot will only stunt the tree once its roots need more space than the pot allows. You can assess this by carefully removing the rootball from the pot and seeing if the roots are circling along the sides. You can also look into the holes in the bottom to see if there are many roots down there.
You can plant the tree in the ground at any time if you live in Sunset zone 22 or higher. Otherwise, I’d wait until March.
Great. Thanks Greg! I really appreciate it.
Hi Peter!
I’m from Velencia in Spain ( Europe)
I’d like to know how tolerant to the wind is the Ettinger tree and also the productivity and the shape and growing of the tree .
Thank you very muchu