Poncho Avocado - Zone 9A Fruit Tree Update March 2024
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- Опубліковано 11 бер 2024
- Poncho and Fantastic avocado trees in ground. At mature size, these varieties are cold hardy to 15 degrees F. Purchased 10 months ago as 30 gallon pots. The Poncho was immediately planted in ground. I waited until a month ago to plant the Fantastic. Removing the pot revealed pretty significant root rot on the majority of the root system from being in the pot for so long. I removed the damaged roots and planted.
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Beautifull avocado trees this is very interesting video
This year was much better than last year for freezes
Great update, It's nice to see the Poncho doing so well. Hopefully, you get some fruit from it this year 🤞
4/3/2024 update: Looks like the big Poncho will have 5-10 fruit if they hold.
That's so cool. I'm in zone 9a Mississippi gulf coast. About 3 miles north of the gulf. I was up at a garden shop a few days ago and got their last two avocado trees a Poncho and a Fantastic. Got them at a discount because they are looking a little sickly. Going to up pot them tomorrow and check for any root rot. Mine were a little over 5 foot tall but pruned the top off . Hope to get mine in the ground in a couple years but want to protect them for a couple years
Looks great. In most cases "Fantastic" is Del Rio. I have one bought at Lowe's in Georgia that ended up being a Lila/Opal. Good luck with your avocados. You have some nice cold hardy varieties now.
Craig talks about that here floridafruitgeek.com/cold-hardy-avocados/
So glad you are posting videos from FL 9a. I have 10 varieties of avocado, an expensive test for 9a but you never know unless you try. Thank you for sharing. Best wish!
I have found that only pure Mexican are the only ones worth pursuing in Zone 9A. What varieties are you growing?
@@northflbeachavocadoszone9a Mexicola, Brazos Bell, Joey, Fantastic, Lila, Poncho, Oro Negro, Taylor, Improved Pollock and a seedling Miguel. Been looking for other Mexican varieties but they are hard to come by...
I agree. If you ever make it down to Gainesville, FL - Craig of Florida Fruit Geek has several huge trees in which he uses its fruits to graft on to cold hardy rootstock. He has some pretty cool varieties as well as other interesting zone 9A fruit that he sells. floridafruitgeek.com/cold-hardy-avocados/@@DavidHardesty
I live in Jax but I do get over that way on occasion. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Feed, feed, and more with this wood chips rhat suck up the N . Good luck with your garden!
No, wood mulch will never remove nitrogen from your soil
I have a 1 year old fantastic with 3 fruits on it it's in a 5 gallon homedepot bucket and a same age lila with 5 fruits 3' tall 5' wide tree in a 10 gallon pot seems like they like wide pots. They were both grafted 5/23 came in 1 gallon pots.
How far down did you place the bricks around the Pancho?
I'm not sure where your location is, but I'm in Pensacola. Where are you purchasing those mexican advicados. From your videos, I should be able to grow one.
Liner Source which is a provider for Home Depot. They grow some incredible cold hardy varieties. Their grafts are extremely low to the ground - the lowest I've ever seen. You should be able to request some varieties from your home depot.