When I get back to Tampa, Florida, I plan to start growing several avocado trees, banana trees, apple, and mabye try kiwi, as well as indoor tomatos and cucumbers.
Does any have experience with these? Any tips?
Growing avocadoes, bananas, apples etc
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I just read that to grow an avocado tree, submerge the bottom half of the pit in water. When it sprouts, plant it.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3557671
http://www.insidebayarea.com/bayarealiving/ci_3557671
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Avocado trees need a male and a female tree in order to become fertilized (correctly pollenated) and produce fruit. So, you can either purchase a tree that has already been grafted with a branch from a tree of the opposite sex, or buy one tree of each gender, and keep them close to one another. Good Luck!
~Amber
~Amber
I found an article about home avocado production It's not quite what I thought it was, but there are a type A and type B of each breed of avocado and it's recommended to have both. Here's that part of the article:
"The flowering habit of avocados is unique in that the flowers are perfect, having both male and female organs, but the parts do not function together. Flowers of type A varieties open in the morning as receptive females, then close in the afternoon until the following afternoon when they reopen for pollen shed. On the other hand, flowers of type B avocados open in the afternoon as receptive females, close overnight and reopen the following morning to shed pollen. In important avocado-producing areas, orchards are interplanted with varieties of both types to assure good pollination. However, under South Texas conditions, there is sufficient overlap between the phases of a flower type that pollination and fruit set are rarely a problem."
The rest of the article is at: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/exte ... cado2.html
Good luck
~Amber
"The flowering habit of avocados is unique in that the flowers are perfect, having both male and female organs, but the parts do not function together. Flowers of type A varieties open in the morning as receptive females, then close in the afternoon until the following afternoon when they reopen for pollen shed. On the other hand, flowers of type B avocados open in the afternoon as receptive females, close overnight and reopen the following morning to shed pollen. In important avocado-producing areas, orchards are interplanted with varieties of both types to assure good pollination. However, under South Texas conditions, there is sufficient overlap between the phases of a flower type that pollination and fruit set are rarely a problem."
The rest of the article is at: http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/exte ... cado2.html
Good luck
~Amber