PRODUCT INFORMATION FOR 2020
Avocado Trees at Tree Growers Nursery
Grassy Head
NSW, AUSTRALIA
Phone 02 65690117 or 0490206035
Email: treegrowers@skymesh.com.au
Details:
Avocado plants in 4L bags 80cm to 1m in height supported by a 75cm bamboo cane. All avocados are grown on benches in order to prevent disease. They are irrigated with filtered water to minimise the presence of any plant pathogens being introduced to the potting mix.
Varieties:
“Hass”: Main commercial variety. It is a large tree with high quality fruit and is of the Guatemalan race. This variety originated in California from a seedling grown in 1926 by Rudolf Hass who named the avocado after himself.
The fruit are large weighing 200 to 300 grams and turn dark black when fully ripe. These avocados are creamy and have a nutty flavour and the flesh has a high fat content.
“Fuerte”: Fuerte avocado trees grow to be quite large and spread more than Hass avocados. They produce relatively smooth skinned pear shaped fruit of high quality with 75% flesh recovery. They exhibit moderate cold tolerance.
HASS AND FUERTE AVOCADOS AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER 2021.
Avocado trees are self pollinating and it is not necessary to plant other varieties in order to get good fruit set.
The 2 most important factors to consider when planting avocados are the soil type and the climate. Avocados are prone to Phytophthora root infection. Phytophthora is a fungal pathogen and thrives in poorly drained soil. It is necessary to plant avocados in well drained soils – commercial plantings are often in deep red soils or sandy soils. A minimum soil depth of 1.5m is recommended for growing avocados.
While mature avocado trees will tolerate temperatures down to minus 4 or 5 degrees celsius, it is best to grow avocados in frost free areas. In areas where light frosts occur young trees can be protected with frost guards until they are a few years old and less susceptible to cold conditions.
Information about growing avocados can be found here.
Recommended spacing: 10 x 5m (200/ha) for Hass and 8 x 12m (140/ha) for Fuerte.
HASS AND FUERTE AVOCADOS AVAILABLE IN NOVEMBER 2021.
Minimum order 30 plants (can be a mix of fruit trees).
Price: $25 each (GST incl.)