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Avocado Time to Ripeness
Does anyone know of a chart depicting the time between fruit set and harvest for the various species of avocados? I am particularly interested to know of the length of time the avocado variety known as "Wurtz" takes to ripen. Thanks in advance for any input.
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Re: Avocado Time to Ripeness
Information on Wurtz is here:
Panorama Database Query:AvocadoDB/form A whole lot more information on Avocado Varieties is here: Avocado Varieties
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Re: Avocado Time to Ripeness
Thanks you guys for your help. I appreciate the links. I am familiar with the links posted but the problem is they don't provide the "hang time" of the fruit on the tree until ripeness. I know Pollock has a short hang time, but Haas takes f-o-r-e-v-e-r. I need a short hang time due to the high squirrel damage I will get. I'll keep looking for the info. Thanks guys.
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"Hang time" does not refer to time until ripeness, but instead "time from ripeness until they fall off the tree". If the characteristics of Wurtz are appealing to you and suitable to your environment, then I recommend you grow Holiday instead.
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Re: Avocado Time to Ripeness
Greetings,
First, thanks again to those who tried to help me. Second, when double checking a resource I had scanned over previously, I found the info I was looking for at last (leave it to IFAS). I was surprised at first to see the "time to maturity" of the fruit was based not on specie, but on "race" (genus?) of the plant in question. As you will see from the IFAS chart, what determines time to maturity is whether an avo is a WI, G or M variety. That's it, just three main categories. It does not turn on individual specie. Seems logical in retrospect b/c so many other characteristics of avos break down this way. In case anyone in the future has the same question, or just curious about finding some comprehensive avo info, I found my answer here at the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences website: CIR1034/MG213: Avocado Growing in the Florida Home Landscape |
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Race is a subdivision of species. Cultivar (or variety) is an individual selection of a species, propagated by cutting (grafting), and might represent one or more races due to hybridization. Quote:
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Re: Avocado Time to Ripeness
Thanks for posting the UC Avo info again. It is information dense and I browsed it a great while when you shared it earlier, plant nerd that I am. Unfortunately, with all its data, there is no mention of "time to ripeness" for any variety. The IFAS page was the only resource I found that hit that nail on the head. I'm just glad it is found and now posted for anyone else who may want to know that specific info in the future.
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