Mexicola Grande Avocado Tree

The Mexicola Grande avocado has high quality flesh with high oil content, buttery texture, and nutty flavor, and with its edible skin, you can bite right into it like a plum once ripe.

How tall does a Mexicola avocado tree grow?

Mexicola Grande avocados are petit in size and weigh an average of four ounces to eight ounces. The fruit ripens from August to October. The tree is fast growing and very cold tolerant to 18 or 20 degrees and grows to a height of 25 to 30 feet and 15 to 20 feet wide.

Is Mexicola Grande avocado self pollinating?

Pollinating. Mexicola cold-hardy avocado trees are self-fertile, meaning you only need one to produce fruit. Avocado trees have both female and male flowers, but they open at different times.

How do you know when a Mexicola avocado is ripe?

See how there's a bit of a flat spot right there. That's your first indication. But more than that

What is the best tasting avocado?

Fuerte is known for its excellent flavor and creaminess, but with slightly less oil content than Type A avocado varieties. Other Unique Facts: The Fuerte is the second most popular commercial variety behind Hass, and commonly grown as a cross-pollinator for Hass.

Can you eat the skin of a Mexicola avocado?

Description/Taste A unique trait of the Mexicola Cocktail avocado is that its skin is completely edible, with a flavor similar to anise, so the fruit does not have to be peeled. The flesh is creamy and buttery in texture, with a nutty, smooth, bold flavor.

What type of avocado is a Mexicola Grande?

Mexicola Grande Details
Hardiness	Very Hardy to 18°F
Flavor	Good

How many years does it take for an avocado tree to produce fruit?

Whether you start from seed or a nursery-grown tree, one essential for success is patience. Plant a tree, and you'll wait three to four years for fruit. Start with a seed, you may wait 13 years or more. Even so, there's something special about homegrown avocados that make them worth the wait.

Can a single avocado tree bear fruit?

Pollination Avocado Trees are self-fertile, so you don't have to have another tree for fruit.

What month do avocados ripen?

Different varieties of avocados mature throughout the year, but each variety matures at approximately the same time of each year. The Bacon in December, Hass in April, and the Reed in July. Climatic factors may cause variations of 1 to 3 weeks.

How cold is too cold for avocado trees?

While healthy avocado trees can tolerate freezes between 30˚ F and 32˚ F, severe freezes are capable of destroying individual avocado trees — particularly freeze temperatures falling below 30˚ F. The colder and longer the freeze, the greater the potential for damage to your avocado grove.

How many months does it take for an avocado to ripen?

An avocado generally takes four to seven days to ripen, and the best place to let it happen is just out on the counter at room temperature. All avocados start out bright green and feel heavy and hard in the palm of your hand.

What is the easiest avocado to grow?

Hass Avocado Tree This tree provides you with a plentiful supply of creamy Hass avocados throughout most of the year, making it an easy choice. Regardless of whether your Hass Avocado Tree grows indoors or outdoors, you can watch it grow anywhere in your home.

What is the sweetest avocado?

There are three races of avocados – Guatemalan, Mexican, and West Indian – with cross-pollination allowing for unlimited hybrid varieties. West Indian types are said to be the most tropical in character with the sweetest flavor.

What is the most productive avocado tree?

Pinkertons are very productive, especially considering that they are a smaller tree, and like Fuerte, Pinkertons also mature a bit earlier than Hass. The main negative is that, to me, Pinkertons don't taste quite as good as Fuertes. (Not that Pinkerton avocados aren't delicious though.

Is Mexicola avocado cold hardy?

The Mexicola avocado is an excellent quality, frost-hardy avocado variety. It is noted for its shiny purple-black skin, anise scented leaves and excellent quality flesh. The trees have an upright spreading habit and are vigorous. Mexicola trees have survived freezing temperatures as low as 18°F.

Will avocado tree survive winter?

Avocado plants prefer warm growing seasons, but can take winter temperatures down to 50 degrees Fahrenheit, when growth will slow.

How do you keep an avocado tree alive in the winter?

During the winter months, your tree may need less water as growth slows a bit, and the water in the soil evaporates more slowly in cooler months. Make sure the soil is dry before watering, or wait until the leaves droop a bit. Yellowing leaves are usually a sign of overwatering.

How do I know if my avocado tree is type A or B?

"A flowers" are female (receptive to pollen) in the morning and male (shedding pollen) in the afternoon. "B flowers" are male (shedding pollen) in the morning and female (receptive to pollen) in the afternoon. For the most part, avocado cultivars have only A flowers or only B flowers.

What is the most cold tolerant avocado?

1. Del Rio (Pryor) This cultivar appears to be the most cold tolerant – and the most fabulous tasting – type of the Mexican subspecies. While these fruits are small, weighing only 3-4 ounces, they are reputed to have the richest flavor and highest oil content of all the Mexican types.