Persea americana “Day”

Avocado “Day”

                                     
  ID#572
 
 
 

Additional Information: Purchase on-line from :TopTropicals.com , nursery located in Punta Gorda, Florida.

Avocado “Day” has a Type A flower. While avocado trees have both male and female organs in one flower.Type A will open the female part in the morning for 2-3 hrs.and the male pollen in the afternoon of the next day. (Ref: UofCavo)

Type B will do the opposite.

Fertilization of avocados is more likely if two trees Type A & B of similar season are in proximity.

“Day” is a semi-dwarf type of tree, good choice for a Glasshouse.

HEIGHT X SPREAD: 6 ft x 4 ft small size, slender PLANT TYPE: Tree - Tropical minimum temp indoors: 40F GROWTH RATE: medium vigor TEXTURE: coarse LIGHT: full sun WATER: moist, not wet SOIL: high Organic
As observed in Coastal NC. BLOOMS: Cream color in bunches at end of branches. July to September, Type A flower. Min. & Max. temperature most be above 70F for flowers to open. Below 60F there may be zero set. FRUIT AND SEED: green with smooth skin. Medium-sized tapered-neck shape. High productivity. Fruit weighs about 16 oz. and takes about 6 months to ripen. KEY FEATURES: Very cold hardy. Slender shape tree Origen: Florida, Mexican type avocado
A year cycle in the life of ...... at Mooring Hitch Having grown up in Mexico, I love to eat avocados and I’m determined to grow some although or climate is not suited for it. Now that I have a Glasshouse I will try what people refer to as “Condo” size trees. This winter has been the coldest here for us, the glasshouse has maintained temperature above 45F degrees. Plant perish during hurricane flood August 2011 Emerging time, Fertilization, Pruning, Thinning, Seed Collecting, Cutting, Roots, Division,.......
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