Wow! That looks amazing, do you have any idea where to buy that kind of avocado? I live in north florida and around jan to first week of april is the coldest time. Thanks for sharing.
You should mention that this variety in particular is extremely sensitive to salinity burn. In Southern California the tap water is loaded with calcium, sodium, and magnesium, among other minerals, which are the result of the Colorado River eroding though miles of inhospitable desert. These minerals accumulate in the soil and in the leaves, causing the older leaves to dry out from tip to base (as seen in the video) and fall off prematurely. On years with poor rainfall this problem is exacerbated as the winter rains do not flush the soil well enough. So unless you collect rainwater for irrigation, I would not recommend it for southern California. www.avocadosource.com/Journals/ITFSC/PROC_1976_PG_58-60.pdf
That can be remedied by giving him distilled water (this is the same as rain water) a few times per month to flush all that salt and mineral build up from its soil. That's what I do. I think it's about 2 gal of distilled per morning (during summer) and do it for 3 days. You can do it more often if you see the tips of his leaves turning brown, i hear that is the salt burning the leaves.
I have one and I'm in zone 7 ...its 4ft now...the leaves are dying and falling due to love temperatures here...I have the base covered with a thick blanket...it looks like it's hardening or changing?
We have one 2 yrs old that made it through our Tucson winter we had snow, it did fine. Trying to find out more info on SUN rather than cold. We haven't been through a summer with it yet. Any ideas about the temps the Mexicola can withstand? I hear temps over 100 it drops fruit and flowers. We have at least 7 months of 100 degree temps. If we keep it out of direct afternoon sun will it hold up with the heat?
@@kanagunbr Mexicola is doing great thanks for asking. Made it just fine through our Tucson winter. Does have a bit of difficulty in direct sun in our desert summers though. So, it's still in its 24 gal pot and I brought it to a spot in the garden where I use 50% shade cloth on the top and the side where the western sun shines through and he is between a young guava tree and partially under the eave of my front roof, and he does pretty good. So he can take heat up to about 110 F, but just not any direct sun. Then I remove shade cloth in October and he's free until June 1st then the shade cloth goes back up. But he is in the front yard and only gets morning sun but is protected from being in the middle of the guava tree on that side where the harsh western sun comes through in late afternoon around 2pm to 5pm also with the shade cloth above and to that western side of him. So the Mexicola is great for the cold weather but not great for any direct summer desert sun. He can take heat just fine but NO DIRECT SUMMER SUN. I also flush all salt from him by giving him distilled water for a few days each month. He gets very little water though, they don't like a lot of water. And salt burns the tips of their leaves so distilled for a few days flushes that salt from the soil. Hope this helps.
@@kanagunbr We have here in Tucson up to 110 F temps. Mexicola can take the heat no problem but cannot take the direct sun in temps over 100, must use shade cloth and other plants to block any direct sun from him. Morning sun is okay for them but all other sun in temps over 100 is too much for Mexicola. The secret for mine is no direct sun on him after 11am and to place him where he doesn't face any sun and any sun other than morning sun he must have 50% shade cloth AND a plant on that side to block out even the shaded cloth sun. Shade cloth from June 1 to Oct 1 and to be kept with another plant or tree on any side that afternoon sun comes though. He can really take the winters here, our winters here in desert are 3 weeks long and temps for 3 weeks are in the 30s and 40s and a few days go down to 27F. We didn't have snow.
@@barberton3695 Read my replies to Kanagaraj Palanisamy below, it will answer your question. Basically Mexicola is avocado that can handle COLD. It can handle 110F heat only, just not direct afternoon sun of summer. But the heat is no problem, but the direct sun of the hot summer is. So use shade cloth during summer and also place him in an area where a tree or big plant blocks any afternoon sun. BOTH the shade cloth 50% shade cloth; and a plant or tree on the side of him that can block sun, the shade cloth is not enough for afternoon sun. Also give him distilled water for a few days every month to flush out salt from building up (salt burns the tips of their leaves). We have a lot of salt in our water here in Tucson Arizona. My Mexicola is in a 24 gal pot, he is now about 10 feet tall and 2 feet wide. No avocados yet.
I live on St. Croix and at a farmers market yesterday I found avocadoes for sale that look like Mexicola with very thin skin, is like a sweet Hass but better and the skin has little to no taste, any idea what it might be? Im going to track the lady down and see if I can get some bud wood. Was the best avocado I've ever had.
How can you tell if the Mexicola avocado is ready to picked or eaten? My tree produced its first avocado this year and it fell off the tree today.....3.5 inches long, slightly soft.
W J T As long as it doesn’t get below 18 to 20° and it should be fine if you follow all other cultural requirements. If you come into the nursery we can tell you more about the trees in person. Thanks
Recail Islam it sucks hey. Can’t get any in Australia either mate. I’m looking on line flat out for some. Or even better buy a Mexicola tree or cuttings.
Young mexicola trees will die much under 25 degrees a large tree could likely take 18 degrees for short periods, cold types to try are duke -black johnson -arapavia, theses are bigger fruit get more flesh
I am interested in getting some scion from the cold types you mention ( duke -black johnson -arapavia ). Do you have these trees? or access to them? Let me know of a source. Thanks
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