When I was younger (and way more fun), I was quite the emotional and highly strung lass. I have, of course, mellowed greatly with age, and indeed, also with having small children. When you are liable to be woken up in the predawn hours of the day with a toy truck being driven over your legs "for the bumps", you either mellow out or check into the mental home.
Today, however, in a nod to my younger self, I have gone from extreme excitement, to extreme confusion, to worried desperation, all in the space of several hours.
Worried desperation may be a tad dramatic - I never quite got over my dramatic tilt.
Now the extreme excitement from this morning was due to exhibition A, pictured above. These lovely little buds on my fabulous Wurtz Avocado tree had me in raptures. And it is just covered in them, I counted at least 20 of these little buds, and this is on a tree that wouldn't be much more than a metre high. Mental images of mountains of guacamole abounded.
In my high excitement I thought I'd do a little research, just to see how long it might take to fruit, and whether perhaps I should remove some of the buds. And that's when confusion set in.
It seems that if you have avocado tree type A, you need type B to pollinate it. And vice versa. Then I read something about the flowers opening one day as a male, and the next as a female. Then I read something about not worrying about having types A and B, as the flowering on one tree will overlap. And then I read something that said, yes do worry. And that's where the desperation set in.
I have no idea what to do.
Does my avocado need a "friend"?
16 comments:
Oooooooooooo exciting!! Sounds like your tree needs a friend although I always thought they were ok on their own?? Ice got a bacon avo but it's tiny and no buds at all yet! Intriguing...
Mrs Bok I thought they were okay on their own too... The bacon variety is good for cooler climates, isn't it? I did a lot of reading today!
I have no experience with growing Avocadoes - I don't think they would survive in our UK climate - but I do like eating them! I'm wondering what a Bacon Avocado is, because one of my favourite sandwiches in Bacon, Avocado and Mozzarella, and maybe a Bacon Avocado would simplify making such things...
I also have no answer to your question - but am really intrigued by the prospect of a Bacon Avocado too!
Hey, Ali, just noticed that you are also contributing to Before It's News now! Shame they don't have a specific Gardening category, but then I suppose that for most people that is not News...
Instead of asking us, why didn't you just Google it? That's what I did, and immediatey found this site:
http://www.kendallfarms.com.au/avocado.htm
Are you sure that these are flower buds, and not just new leaf buds?
And by the way, the Bacon avocados were named after a person, and taste like other avocados, with no flavor of smoked and cured pork.
Ooh I do hope you get avocados. We have an avocado tree that has never fruited. I reckon it's about 40 years old so I think there's no hope for us.
Veggiegobbler, I think you might be safe in saying that, yes... do you have any idea of why yours doesn't fruit?
Helen, I googled like a champion!
Mark, I know, and I am not sure gardening is news either, except to us :) I will have a look for you on there.
I can't believe that a bacon avocado wouldn't taste at least a little like bacon...
Mine have those buds too, so golly, I hope they are flowers! Is it possible that any of your neighbours have avocado trees? I would have thought they'd be popular up your way.
L
500m2 you would think they'd be everywhere here! Mangoes, yes, but I don't recall seeing any avocado trees around my immediate area. I can only hope :)
I really do think they are flower buds, most of them are positioned at the top of the base of a leaf branch (if that makes any sense!), which to me would be a strange place for another leaf to grow... who knows, I have been wrong before... once or twice :D
I know nothing about Avos but like to eat them, so had a look here to see what others have to say.
As usual, your post was very entertaining - hope all is revealed to you in the coming months ... it all sounds very confusing.
It sounds like you have found your a vocation....googling. I plan to plant a couple of avacados...they reckon that if you can grow camellia you can grow avos.. but i will make sure I do my homework. Thanks for the tip.
Ali, we planted two - apparently they fruit better if you have two. And it was supposed to be one of each variety, apparently. Of course, now one is doing well, and the other isn't, so we could well be in the same situation as you are a few years from now...
Ahhh, thanks Celia, that makes sense. I have also read that you can grab a male flower and then wait for the lady flower to show herself. Apparently the ladies only open for a three hour period??
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