{"id":19093,"date":"2024-01-04T08:13:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T16:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=19093"},"modified":"2024-01-05T08:26:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T16:26:19","slug":"heavy-bloom-hastens-avocado-maturity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/heavy-bloom-hastens-avocado-maturity\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy bloom hastens avocado maturity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the spring of 2023, many avocado trees throughout California had a superbloom. During that period I watched the avocados on trees with lots of flowers mature rapidly alongside the emerging flowers and even start dropping to the ground in some cases. For example, see <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wisest-way-to-harvest-gem-avocados\/\">my post and videos of these GEM avocado trees<\/a> doing so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(The photo above is a Gwen tree having a superbloom in the spring of 2023.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here in the winter of 2023-2024, I&#8217;ve been seeing some avocado trees again starting a heavy bloom (although mostly not as heavy, or &#8220;super,&#8221; as spring of 2023). My Pinkerton tree is currently starting a heavy bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See what&#8217;s happening with my Pinkerton tree and its fruit in this video:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"odysee-iframe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/$\/embed\/@GregAlder:6\/heavy-bloom-hastens-avocado-maturity:d?r=HJYybPpruRgdFoPoTwFLhZmq3E9orRRP\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a tree that is making a lot of flowers while it is also carrying some fruit (this usually happens in the late winter or spring), you might find that those maturing avocados are ready to pick a bit earlier than in years when the tree is making few flowers. Test it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>See more about <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/how-avocado-trees-flower\/\">how avocado trees flower in my post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>There are no ads on this website because of the cool Supporters who voluntarily contribute to keep my Yard Posts coming. Thank you, Supporters. You can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/supporting-the-yard-posts\/\">become one<\/a>&nbsp;today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All of my Yard Posts are linked&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the spring of 2023, many avocado trees throughout California had a superbloom. During that period I watched the avocados on trees with lots of flowers mature rapidly alongside the emerging flowers and even start dropping to the ground in some cases. 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