It's not often you recognize the exact people who make a change in your life which becomes part of your history. You, Mr. Greg Alder, are unique among all the UA-camrs I've watched and have done that for me. Without tasting, which I DON'T RECOMMEND, I selected two avocado trees based on a Mexican grower's recommendation. One was Pinkerton and the other, the Mexicola. I tried to explain what I was looking for was taste, as I consider most "Florida" designed cultivars as tasteless. He said those two. Since watching all of your taste testings like this one, I've come to realize I NEED a HAAS. The Fuerte, which I wanted badly, won't live in Florida. Too many reports of people giving up on it here. I didn't know until your video how small the Mex is! However, I'm here to report mine is 15' tall and fruiting in only 18 months from a tree 2' tall. They grow! The pinkerton is actually taller but, without fruit. Still, I need the buttery richness of Haas as well and would be poorer in years to come not having your assistant discovering this. Thank you!
I bought my Mexicola from a Buena Park Nursery last Aug after the 115 heat wave killed my just planted Reed. Not sure whether it's a Grande or not. The plant was well bushed and about 4-1/2 feet tall. Now it's December and it is budding already. So after watching this video, I'm looking forward to my first Mexicola. Thank you for your wealth of explanation of traits.
I know I wish we could buy it here in Australia, it sucks that we are not able to get it here. Well it is here but very very hard to get. No nursery that I know of sells them here.
Thanks for doing a profile on Mexicola, we struggle to find a lot of info on it. We got ours at a nursery a few weeks before the 2018 heat wave and it barely survived. We had it in a tree box and it was about 4ft in fall 2019 when we moved. The landscapers planted it for us and installed drip irrigation. It’s been about 17mos in the ground and is over 8ft tall! We are just getting our first blossoms so I’m hoping to see fruit this year. The branches seem to be getting a little “curvy”. Is that normal?
Hi Greg. I absolutely love your videos, it’s helped me a lot selecting varieties to grow. Do you know if the Mexicola Grande is pretty much the same but just bigger fruit? Or is it different again?
Thanks, Scott. Mexicola Grande is not so similar to Mexicola. It's too bad that someone gave Mexicola Grande that name because it implies that it is more similar to Mexicola than it actually is. Mex. Grande is far bigger, the flesh doesn't have the anise flavor of Mexicola, the seedcoat often sticks to the flesh, and the skin is not as palatable as Mexicola.
Beautiful just gorgeous looking flesh. Can we ripen Mexicola the same way we do with Hass by placing them in the frig and ripen in two weeks or they must be ripened on the tree?
We have a mexicola tree I planted three years ago. It is about 6.5 feet tall. It gave up about two hundred fruit this year. I am fighting the squirrels for ownership. We are near Tampa, Florida.
Thanks for the review, Greg. I was recently given a few Mexicola from La Habra Heights. I am really not a fan : / of these, but I also wonder if they were not quite ready. The skin was more green than purple when picked, but they did ripen within a week as purple. I would not describe them as oily or creamy.
Hi Ryan, Can't guarantee it will make you like Mexicola, but it sounds like you tasted immature fruit. Mexicolas will be totally black/purple while still hanging on the tree when they're mature. Maybe ask for a few more to try from that tree in October.
Ryan - You might not be a fan of Mexicola fruit, but the tree is worth keeping just for it's leaves. Use them with the BBQ or in a stew pot, the flavor is great.
@@Sylmardal The tree leaves are edible? Is this only for the Mexicola leaves or all avocado leaves? I am surprised that the fruit skin is edible on Mexicola avocados. I have recently planted a Mexicola Grande tree, looking forward to tasting the fruit. Wondering if the skin and leaves are also edible on the Mexicola Grande.
@@richardmang2558 Mexican avocado leaves are used as an herb in Southern Mexican cuisine much like bay leaves. Has an anise like flavor so don’t use too much.
Thank you so much for this review, Greg. We live in Santa Clarita and have a Mexicola that was planted from a 5 gallon pot two years ago. It is growing quite well and has very tropical looking beautiful leaves but has not blossomed or had any fruit yet. I think it's just trying to get established. Can't wait to taste them ourselves. Our kids love avocado toast. We also planted a GEM avocado at the same time. They are both doing great but so far no fruit. Do you know if there are any fruit stands or Farmers Markets Southern California where you can buy Mexicola fruit when in season? We are not far from Oxnard and Ventura and I'll bet somebody over there is growing these that we haven't seen any at the fruit stands.
Hi Wil, It's very possible that you'll get flowers on your Mexicola and GEM this winter/spring. I don't know of anywhere that sells Mexicola fruit. It is so small and delicate, with its thin skin, that it is not grown commercially by anyone to my knowledge. But the trees are around, and they're in season right now, so it's just a matter of finding one that you can sample from! Maybe someone with a Mexicola tree in your area will read this and offer up a few?
Thank you Greg ! I also enjoy your articles and know that you do not grow Wurtz. I planted a Wurtz tree and had not fruit yet. I'm in Orange county. I'm anxiously waiting the fruits to try the taste. There are not enough information about Wurtz taste and the few suggested it's just ok taste, good taste per vender's information. Would you please describe a bit more than good? It's my first avocado tree in very small yard just enough for Little cado. Appreciate your info.
Santa Clarita used to get winter frost in the low laying areas and no frost in elevated. Global warming has changed things so depending on your elevation you might try other varieties.
Greg thanks for latest profile. I just signed up for your blog. Can you do an Ettinger profile? I picked one up in 5 gallon a few days ago. I don’t know much other than from Israel and good enough to be grown commercially. BTW how you and the trees holding up with the current heat wave? Right now Labor Day 102 in San Jose and we hit 105 yesterday. Been out most of day hosing down the trees and keeping ground saturated. Luckily heat trending down next few days. Quite a bit of the tender new leaves getting burned on a bunch of young (2-3 yrs) trees. Very frustrating!
Hi Pat, I'll try to do an Ettinger profile this winter. Whew! That was hot, but not quite as hot for me as July 2018 so the damage isn't quite as bad. September heat is never as damaging as early July heat anyway.
How big will the tree get I’m in San Antonio Texas and trying to decide where to plant because my southern protection is limited I’m outside county limits in a 1/2 ac. Where the side of my house is the only covered area that I’ve started a microclimate the rest of property is exposed to N.&NE wind and cold where I have the majority of my stone fruits unfortunately that’s also where the deer jump my fence which have attacked my persimmons and apple trees. Lila is suppose to be very cold hardy I just have to know just how big they will get so I can designate. This year (January)our grocery market HEB had 3gallon mexicola tree about 3 feet talll without pot about3/4 in circumference for sale which I had never seen here before so I grabbed it much to my surprise it’s flowering I think I’m suppose to remove the flowers which I’m going to because I want to put it in ground this week just waiting to see if we have a late freeze before I take a chance. My queen tree is even thinner about 1/2 in thick 2ft tall also flowering but that one needs more protection so that definitely going next to my house next to my brogdon & Lila. Ok I’m rambling already 😊 thank you for such informative videos we can all put to use
Do you have an exporting license to sell mexicola seeds or scions etc to Australia? I so want to have this variety but I can’t buy it here in Australia. It’s ridiculous that it’s not here in the nurseries especially down south where it’s colder and we need Mexican varieties like Mexicola.
my newly planted mexicola tree has all the leaves with brown tips. the new leaves stay small and have brown tips too. is there something i can do to help it? thanks
Sounds like there has been a problem with watering or roots or soil. Sometimes these problems are hard to diagnose though, for me anyway. See if you get any clues here: gregalder.com/yardposts/reading-avocado-leaves/ Be sure to read the comments below the post too.
I will try to profile Wurtz next spring. I don't grow Lula (if that's what you meant), and I don't know anyone who does in Southern California. But I'll keep my eye out.
Thanks Greg. I have Mexicola Grande on my multi grafted tree along with Hass & Fuerte.
Greg, Thank you who much for your presentations !
Thank you for sharing fruit of Mexicola avocado detail.
It's not often you recognize the exact people who make a change in your life which becomes part of your history. You, Mr. Greg Alder, are unique among all the UA-camrs I've watched and have done that for me. Without tasting, which I DON'T RECOMMEND, I selected two avocado trees based on a Mexican grower's recommendation. One was Pinkerton and the other, the Mexicola. I tried to explain what I was looking for was taste, as I consider most "Florida" designed cultivars as tasteless. He said those two. Since watching all of your taste testings like this one, I've come to realize I NEED a HAAS. The Fuerte, which I wanted badly, won't live in Florida. Too many reports of people giving up on it here. I didn't know until your video how small the Mex is! However, I'm here to report mine is 15' tall and fruiting in only 18 months from a tree 2' tall. They grow! The pinkerton is actually taller but, without fruit. Still, I need the buttery richness of Haas as well and would be poorer in years to come not having your assistant discovering this. Thank you!
Looking for a good planting location on my Tulare County property. Excited! Thanks for content.
I bought my Mexicola from a Buena Park Nursery last Aug after the 115 heat wave killed my just planted Reed. Not sure whether it's a Grande or not. The plant was well bushed and about 4-1/2 feet tall. Now it's December and it is budding already. So after watching this video, I'm looking forward to my first Mexicola. Thank you for your wealth of explanation of traits.
What an awesome variety
I know I wish we could buy it here in Australia, it sucks that we are not able to get it here. Well it is here but very very hard to get. No nursery that I know of sells them here.
Thanks for doing a profile on Mexicola, we struggle to find a lot of info on it. We got ours at a nursery a few weeks before the 2018 heat wave and it barely survived. We had it in a tree box and it was about 4ft in fall 2019 when we moved. The landscapers planted it for us and installed drip irrigation. It’s been about 17mos in the ground and is over 8ft tall! We are just getting our first blossoms so I’m hoping to see fruit this year. The branches seem to be getting a little “curvy”. Is that normal?
Hi Greg. I absolutely love your videos, it’s helped me a lot selecting varieties to grow. Do you know if the Mexicola Grande is pretty much the same but just bigger fruit? Or is it different again?
Thanks, Scott. Mexicola Grande is not so similar to Mexicola. It's too bad that someone gave Mexicola Grande that name because it implies that it is more similar to Mexicola than it actually is. Mex. Grande is far bigger, the flesh doesn't have the anise flavor of Mexicola, the seedcoat often sticks to the flesh, and the skin is not as palatable as Mexicola.
Beautiful just gorgeous looking flesh. Can we ripen Mexicola the same way we do with Hass by placing them in the frig and ripen in two weeks or they must be ripened on the tree?
We have a mexicola tree I planted three years ago. It is about 6.5 feet tall. It gave up about two hundred fruit this year. I am fighting the squirrels for ownership. We are near Tampa, Florida.
I know a wine master in Napa Valley who is from Guatemala who says Mexicola is the best avocado there is!
Who's this wine master? I live in the Napa valley
Thanks for the review, Greg. I was recently given a few Mexicola from La Habra Heights. I am really not a fan : / of these, but I also wonder if they were not quite ready. The skin was more green than purple when picked, but they did ripen within a week as purple. I would not describe them as oily or creamy.
Hi Ryan,
Can't guarantee it will make you like Mexicola, but it sounds like you tasted immature fruit. Mexicolas will be totally black/purple while still hanging on the tree when they're mature. Maybe ask for a few more to try from that tree in October.
@@gregalderdotcom I hope that was the case. I hate to be so picky : ) Thanks for your thoughts.
Ryan - You might not be a fan of Mexicola fruit, but the tree is worth keeping just for it's leaves. Use them with the BBQ or in a stew pot, the flavor is great.
@@Sylmardal The tree leaves are edible? Is this only for the Mexicola leaves or all avocado leaves? I am surprised that the fruit skin is edible on Mexicola avocados. I have recently planted a Mexicola Grande tree, looking forward to tasting the fruit. Wondering if the skin and leaves are also edible on the Mexicola Grande.
@@richardmang2558 Mexican avocado leaves are used as an herb in Southern Mexican cuisine much like bay leaves. Has an anise like flavor so don’t use too much.
Thank you so much for this review, Greg. We live in Santa Clarita and have a Mexicola that was planted from a 5 gallon pot two years ago. It is growing quite well and has very tropical looking beautiful leaves but has not blossomed or had any fruit yet. I think it's just trying to get established. Can't wait to taste them ourselves. Our kids love avocado toast.
We also planted a GEM avocado at the same time. They are both doing great but so far no fruit.
Do you know if there are any fruit stands or Farmers Markets Southern California where you can buy Mexicola fruit when in season? We are not far from Oxnard and Ventura and I'll bet somebody over there is growing these that we haven't seen any at the fruit stands.
Hi Wil,
It's very possible that you'll get flowers on your Mexicola and GEM this winter/spring. I don't know of anywhere that sells Mexicola fruit. It is so small and delicate, with its thin skin, that it is not grown commercially by anyone to my knowledge. But the trees are around, and they're in season right now, so it's just a matter of finding one that you can sample from! Maybe someone with a Mexicola tree in your area will read this and offer up a few?
Please Do a wurtz, gem and MALUMA.
Thank you Greg !
I also enjoy your articles and know that you do not grow Wurtz.
I planted a Wurtz tree and had not fruit yet. I'm in Orange county. I'm anxiously waiting the fruits to try the taste. There are not enough information about Wurtz taste and the few suggested it's just ok taste, good taste per vender's information. Would you please describe a bit more than good?
It's my first avocado tree in very small yard just enough for Little cado. Appreciate your info.
Santa Clarita used to get winter frost in the low laying areas and no frost in elevated. Global warming has changed things so depending on your elevation you might try other varieties.
Greg thanks for latest profile. I just signed up for your blog. Can you do an Ettinger profile? I picked one up in 5 gallon a few days ago. I don’t know much other than from Israel and good enough to be grown commercially. BTW how you and the trees holding up with the current heat wave? Right now Labor Day 102 in San Jose and we hit 105 yesterday. Been out most of day hosing down the trees and keeping ground saturated. Luckily heat trending down next few days. Quite a bit of the tender new leaves getting burned on a bunch of young (2-3 yrs) trees. Very frustrating!
Hi Pat, I'll try to do an Ettinger profile this winter. Whew! That was hot, but not quite as hot for me as July 2018 so the damage isn't quite as bad. September heat is never as damaging as early July heat anyway.
How big will the tree get I’m in San Antonio Texas and trying to decide where to plant because my southern protection is limited I’m outside county limits in a 1/2 ac. Where the side of my house is the only covered area that I’ve started a microclimate the rest of property is exposed to N.&NE wind and cold where I have the majority of my stone fruits unfortunately that’s also where the deer jump my fence which have attacked my persimmons and apple trees. Lila is suppose to be very cold hardy I just have to know just how big they will get so I can designate. This year (January)our grocery market HEB had 3gallon mexicola tree about 3 feet talll without pot about3/4 in circumference for sale which I had never seen here before so I grabbed it much to my surprise it’s flowering I think I’m suppose to remove the flowers which I’m going to because I want to put it in ground this week just waiting to see if we have a late freeze before I take a chance. My queen tree is even thinner about 1/2 in thick 2ft tall also flowering but that one needs more protection so that definitely going next to my house next to my brogdon & Lila. Ok I’m rambling already 😊 thank you for such informative videos we can all put to use
Mexicola trees are not as big as most other avocado varieties, but you can keep it down to any size you want by pruning.
Do you know if a Poncho will flower at the same time as a Mexicola?
Hi, do you sell cuttings? Or do you do air layers to sell?
Which avocados are same season varieties?
Is the taste of Mexicola grande similar?
Do you have an exporting license to sell mexicola seeds or scions etc to Australia? I so want to have this variety but I can’t buy it here in Australia. It’s ridiculous that it’s not here in the nurseries especially down south where it’s colder and we need Mexican varieties like Mexicola.
Y have avocado in egg format, what specie is this?
my newly planted mexicola tree has all the leaves with brown tips. the new leaves stay small and have brown tips too. is there something i can do to help it?
thanks
Sounds like there has been a problem with watering or roots or soil. Sometimes these problems are hard to diagnose though, for me anyway. See if you get any clues here: gregalder.com/yardposts/reading-avocado-leaves/
Be sure to read the comments below the post too.
Hey can you make a gem tree profile video?
Got it, Alko. I'll do a profile of the GEM tree when I can.
Do you have the wurtz or lila avocado? I'd love to see their profile
I will try to profile Wurtz next spring. I don't grow Lula (if that's what you meant), and I don't know anyone who does in Southern California. But I'll keep my eye out.