Best Avocado Varieties for Extreme Heat and Drought Weather! 

“I’m just a guy who likes to stare at avocados more than a regular person” ❤. That makes two of us! Best past time in my opinion. Totally agree with Reed on heat and one of all time best overall. I’ve got 12 Reed trees and counting. We hit 115 recently and I had a few several year old trees in full sun who barely got any damage. Nabal kicking ass too. Of my 3 Nabal trees all doing amazing. Tough strong trees and absolutely gorgeous to look at. Wurtz I know nothing about. You might find interesting, Ettinger performing very very well in high heat. I know it’s commercial in Israel which is a coastal desert Mediterranean climate so makes sense. San Jose climate pretty similar where I am.

Lol. I'm just a guy who likes to stare at 🥑 trees

Yes, I agree, I have a three yr old Carmen Hass that requires extra water ( 10 gallons a day) during these heat waves. When it gets to around 100 degrees the top leaves will droop. In the past I built a cover for extreme heat waves. On the other side of the yard, I have a 6 month old "Reed" (3.5 ft tall) which get just as much sunlight, yet had no problems with this recent heat wave. Never saw any drooping or brown leaves ( knock on wood). Another good point about the Reed it doesn't have any Persea mites on it like my Carmen Hass. Not only is the Reed more durable, less headache, but the favor and size are better. At least the ones that I got from the Farmers market.

My 3.5- year old Wurtz in 36” box container dropped one fruit almost every day I didn’t water it. Switched to lighter watering daily, no fruit drop during this summer. Let off one day and I’d find a dropped fruit the next morning. I thought for this reason it may not like heat, at least the fruit set didn’t. It’s only 2.5’ tall, so maybe just too young/small to be holding the fruit it has in the first place, about 24 left. Same experience as you with my Reed and Nabal, seem to really love the heat. Thanks for sharing.

I follow you too and I live in Queensland Australia where the heat and humidity this year has been terrible. My little 4 year old Wurtz couldn't care less and grows perfectly with a ton of fruit that I get to eat cause it's on my property ( LOL ) I agree that it's a good one for people in hot areas but only of course when it gets a bit older. Keep up the good work Love your channel

I’m in the Arizona desert and it’s super hot here obviously with months of prolonged, intense heat. Winter Mexican has been a real champ. It’s a Florida variety but the West Indian rootstock has been super helpful for salt tolerance which is a big issue here.

Great video! Surprised didn’t mention Pinkerton

Great video

Great video 🙌🏻

Hi AJ, I produce avocados in Greece and exactly in Crete. I have mostly Fouerte and we have hot weather in the summer.

I have 2 Bacon avo varieties in a hot dry climate and perplexed on position to plant their in containers resting growing fussy but hot dry winds su k up any moisture. Australian Natives loving it 😊

Appreciate your video. Somehow I got ahold of a Julia which is a seedling of Nabal and I have been trying to figure out if it can handle the high heat we get up North. Your video is very encouraging! Greg Alder also recommends Reed for high heat.

For me Nabal and Fuerte are the heat champs followed by Gem. My Reeds were very heat sensitive until they were at least 3-4 years old.

Thanks for the good informations about avocado handling the heat wave can you tell us what the maximum temperature at your area that the avocad trees went through without damage

Well impressive observation 🙂👍 technically heavy mulch and smart paint technique are sustaining these plants healthy. Moreover, it's a residential premises so trees have chance to get some partial shade as nabal avo trees can be seen in the video.

I got obsessed with them too, hell I even set up a sunken greenhouse, in my USDA Zone 7 area, and going for only the cold hardiest ones, and even then I heavily protect them. But so far it seems very promising, its super exciting to mess around with avocados. They are such an interesting fruit in and of itself

My Hass did not do to good in the heat of the Central Valley. I had to move it to the shade under the patio. Doing better now has lots of new growth. All my other trees are doing good as I have some in a small green house. The other ones is planted outside buts it's under good canopy from some big trees. Thanks for the videos. Will have to look out for some cuttings of the other trees mentioned to graft the seeds I'm currently growing.

Ola Aj meu irmão!Concordo que Reed é resistente à seca e uma fruta maravilhosa. Nós temos três grandes, um tem três anos num porta-enxerto Zutano está cheio de fruto e dois pequenos que plantei este ano. Estou ansioso de tu vires cá e ver a nossa horta e partilhar comigo a tua esperteza. Um grande abraço.

Get some Surround Kaolin clay to spray - acts like Sunscreen doesn't affect growth.

Great video. Thank you for your insights! It is people like you with passion that help all of us ge5 a little more knowledge and become more successful!@!

Nice

I've been growing my avocado tree from a seed for 11 years now and it will not give any fruit the tree has a 4-inch trunk and it looks and feels heathy. I'm thinking of grafting but I need some cutting where can i get some? tried driven around my city and I even knock on some door but no one who has a fruiting tree will not let me take cutting. any suggestions?

What is the temperature in summer?

In My country were it can reach 45 c the only avocado trees stud the chance to grow was hass and reed and they come from California in 1992

Reed it’s more cold sensitive the other types, do u thing it could thrive up here in the Bay Area zone 9b

Where in Southern California do u live?

curious on how you would handle our 105*+ heat in Sacramento...Last few years, I've been using large umbrellas to prevent heat burn and it seems to help tremendously. This is our first year in getting fruit(Carmen-Hass) and I'm curious if having an umbrella to protect from the HOT summers would be a detrimental to producing quality fruit. It's 1st of June and we have already had 3 days of heat 101*-105* and more expected next week. Thanks, brian

Nice video, my area must get much hotter. Both my reed and nabal got burnt 😢

I also love to stare at my avocado trees. 😂

How much full / direct sun do your avos get , do they have shade ? What about wind . I find the dry not wind bothers mine . Nice Avos i would be green gazing them too !😊

Just bought a Wurtz in California and brought it back to Las Vegas. I’m hoping it survives in pot. Placing it by house so it gets morning sun til about 1pm then it’ll be shaded. Any tips in this hot and DRY 110+ degrees temp day and night all summer long?

Which commercial avocado varieties are best for hot climates? Here the temperature reaches 40 to 45 degrees

AJ, I’ve been watching your videos for a while. I have 5 avocado trees in my backyard. All are doing well except for my Lamb Hass. I had 20 avocados fall. It just kills me. My Sir Prize is doing very well. Green as can be with tons of avocados. I live in Pasadena. How do you find out what zone you live in? Forgot to mention, my Reed tree is doing well. Pasadena heat didn’t affect it. Thanks

The Reed doesn't suffer from chloride damage like the Hass.

Mexican types should be the most heat resistant as well as cold hardy. I'm not sure how much rootstock matters?

reed and nabal dont do so well in cold also type of rootstock can influeance how well avo do in heat

The water sticks under he concrete and paved surfaces

Is this coastal town and wgat types is that

hey, Interesting video. What do you use to paint the trunks white?

Hi-I have a Reed and Hass seedlings growing in my yard (Lakewood, CA) and looking for a small to medium growing B Type avocado in hoping to cross pollinate. Which variety do you recommend for our area?

What area are you in zone wise?

How about rootstocks? Any recommended varieties for the same conditions please?

Hi, will you be kind enough to send me a few wood stock of your avocados to experiment grafting? I’m in Connecticut

Reed avo can not stand heat in my farm. Only west indian varieties stand strong here in indonesia.

reed, nabal, wurtz!

My fuerte avocado died I’m so frustrated I’m in the in the area of Modesto ca what tree can I buy to keep it alive

What variety would you recommend for Arizona?

AJs why do you paint the trunks an limbs an what kind of paint ??

whay rootstck do u use for reed ? ..im looking for rootstock tht can tolerate salinity as i live in gulf

Hey AJ , Where do you live? I heard in one of your videos saying that you were about 2 miles from the Beach and then I heard what I thought sounded like a Jet Talking off, so my guess is El Segundo , California.

The Elsinore Gardner channel thinks the Gem is the best variety for hotter climates , like his in Lake Elsinore . You're talking about weather . This third year of La Nina is rare . I was a Geography major in CSULB and had a year of climatology . Young people go along with the gw propaganda but climate is an average over decades . The climate goes up and down in different world regions . As the grand solar minimum intensifies , Alaska will warm but the midwest will get colder . I lived 65 years in So Cal and its always 90° to 105° in September til October . Temperatures follow seasons . So the beginning of fall is hottest . Anyways great video on the avacado varieties .

Nobal is a type B tree . Fyi

apcado ke plant bhej sakte ho

Your weather isn't extreme. The Inland Deserts of California and Arizona are HOT and DRY (air too).

RIP Lil Cado😢

AJ, can I have your email for grafting request? Thank you.

Bro you planted your trees on the patch of land you own by the street. People probably steal those fruits thinking it's public property.

Please chk your email for grafting request.